Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-22

BROOKLYN. n. Y, January 21.-Vio-
lence and bloodshed constitutes the re-
cord of the eighth day Of the street
railway strike. Three militiamen are
in hospitals with broken heads, two
having suffered at the hands OF riotous
men or women, while the third was
the victim OF his own careessness,
having fallen out Of second story
window. A SCORE or more policemen
are suffering from bullet wounds or
confusions of the head and body, dis
abling them for the time being.
To what extent the rioters have snf-
fered cannot even be conjectured. II
they escaped punishment il was not the
fault OF the militiamen. who in accord
ance with their orders fred as directly
at their assailants as dense fog which
com pletely hid objects at thirty yards
distance would permit. The strike is
lLL Hlltu duO NlASA 10 NV ASoNCASN'
Seven thousand national guards
and fifteen or sixteen hundred police
men have not to-day been strong enough
TO make the resumption OF the street
railway traffic in Brooklyn practicable
In fact the gain over last Saturday Is
scarcely perceptlble. The calling out
of the First brig ade, composed OF New
York City regiments, has seemed rather
10 add to the tension than 10 bring a
solution OF the difficulties. The task
restoring Of peace and order over nearly
200 miles of street car line is a vast one.
The new levy numbered not far from
4, 900 men. Generally speaking the
greetings they met with oG the streets
were far from friendly. Boys guyed
and the men ieered them as they
passed through the sections inhabited
by laboriug people. The Scotch mist
settled down all over the city. A car
started from the Ridgewood station OF
the Brooklyn Heights Company, little
after five O'Clock, and was assalled with
yolleys OF stones and bricks from win
dows and vacant lots before it had pro-
ceeded far. A private was struck on
the Dedu Win q obOnO
The officer in command ordered mis-
men to shoot and two volleys were hred
toward the windows and house tops from
which missiles had mostly been hurled.
The militiamen's orders were that If
thew shot, il should De TO kill. Police
men also did some shooting at this
point, with what effect is as uncertain
as in the case Of the militiamen.
A car started out an hour later and
was beset by rioters at Gates aud Stuy-
yesant avenues The police tried TO
drive off the rioters, and while doing so
were fred upon from house. Two
policemen were wounded, one In the
arm and the other in the hand. A de-
tail of police entered the house and
arrested Kate karney, who was
caught in the act OF hurting
missiles from the window. Attne same
time a skirmish between another mob
and the police escort was ia progress a
few squares nearer the bridge. Three
patrolemen received painful Injuries oy
being struck with stones. Otlcsr Colii-
gan's nose was broken,
Tue Halsey street line was the scene
OF several lively encounters. private
Ennis was knocked senseless with
stoue. Several shots were fired into
the crowd and rumor has IL tnat lour
men were seen 10 fall. III that IS the
case the wounded were carried away by
their friends. At the Halsey street
depot a car was pelted with stones ana
sticks. the windows broken and the
wood work smashed. The two police
guards fired their pistols Into the
crowd. which dispersed. Whether or
not anv one was struck is not known.
By 6:3O all the cars were housed.
Men to take the places OF the strikers
are heinp engaged IN other cities and
from the unemployed of Brooklyn.
The hiring OF inexperienced men mas
given the strikers and their sympa-
tbizers an argument which Is being used
70 influence public opinion. win
all the companies have been able TO
do. only small fraction of the lines
-nerhaus not more than one In SIX
have been operated at all, and on those
which have been nominally in operation
the last few davs not more than haiI
the usual number Of cars have been
run. -,
The ranks of the strikers will proba-
hlv he recruited tomorrow by the line
men, who until now have remained In
the employ of the company. Ihey num-
ber about 600, and may be elassed as
experts. Their sYmpathies have been
with the strikers throughout Iney
have thus far responded to all
calls to repair wires cut by
strikers or their allies. Now, however,
they say that it is evident that the com
nanv is waging a merciless warfare
mon those who went out last Monday.
aad they profess to fear that some day