The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-19
BROOKLYN In ARMS
Just a Few TIol1eys Move
While Soldiers 0VeraWe
the Crowds.
MANY CARS STALLED
Green Motormen Burn Out the
Fuses - A Few Stones
Thrown.

ulUNAs
BROOKLYN, Jan. 19, 1S95.-The City of
Churches awoke this morning to find it
self an armed camp. Quietly the call
for troops had been issued, and the good
citizens of the town slept peacefully, not
knowing over night of the call to arms.
Two inches of snow fell, and while 1t
was falling the soldiers marched quiet
ly to their posts of duty at the armories.
At daybreak all important depots and
stables of the trolley car companies were
guarded. The mobilization of the troops
was effected in way that demonstrated
the effectiveness of the National Guard.
Mayor Schieren's request reached Brig
adler General McLeer at nine o'clock last
evening. The colonels of the regiments
were at once notified. They in turn sent
messengers to the homes of the Cap
tains who notified the Sergeants, who
notified the Corporals, who notified their
men, and at eleven o'clock militiamen in
full uniform began arriving at the arm
ories. The Mayors intention was to call
out 600 or 700 men for guard duty at the
depots and stables of the companies.
General McLeer ordered out the entire
Second Brigade, numbering about 5000
men and made up as follows:-The Thir-
teenth Regiment, Col. David E. Austen,
CAT men; the Fourteenth Regiment, Col.
Harry W. Mitchell, 6S1 men and officers;
the Twenty-third Regiment, Col. Alexis
w. Smith, S05 men and officers; the Forty
seventh Regiment, Col. John G. Eddy,
$50 men and officers; the Seventeenth
Separate Company of Flushing, Capt. F.
U. Bell, so men and officers; the Third
Battery, Capt. Henry S. Rasquin, rs men
and officers, and the Signal Corps, Capt.
Fred T. Leigh, SO men and officers.
STATIONS OF THE TROOPS.
The Signal Corps were distributed at
the armories and four men were stationed
at Brigadier Headquarters in the Hall
of Records. From the roof of this build
ing orders were sent by wigwagging to
the nearest armory and passed along to
the other armories Gen. McLeer, who
has but recently arisen from a sick bed,
arrived at headquarters at eight o'clock,
and received the reports of the Colonels.
At the Twenty-thiru Regiment Armory
$50 men reported before daybreak. The
orders each man received were:-"Repa1r
to Armory at one ready for active ser
vice" The men turned out in full fatigue
uniform, with canteens, haversacks, over
co.. }eggings, muskets, bayonets and
- 3 1eufsis Of bah aTiInunition. Col.
Smith remained at the armory with one
battalion. The other was assigned to
duty as follows:-Companies and G,
under Captains Everett and Skillman, at
the Flatbush avenue stables; Companies
C and H, Captains Blackman and Nam
lin, at the Seventh avenue stables; Com
panies 1 and K, Captains Craft and
Thorne, at Eighth avenue and Twenty
third street.
Four companies of the Thirteenth Regi-
ment, under Major Cochran, arrived at
the stables at Bergen street and Sumner
avenue at seven o'clock. Four COM
panies of the Forty-seventh Regiment,
under Major Eddy, arrived at the Hal
sey street stables at seven o'clock. They
were:-Company C, Capt. Libby; I. Capt.
Bateman; F, Capt. Collegan; and B,
Capt Fish. Two hundred men of the
Fourteenth Regiment, under Capt. A. L.
Kline, were on duty at the Hamilton
avenue stables, and Major Tobey, with
100 men from the same regiment, were
stationed at the Reservoir Bluff, Prospect
Park. No attempt was made to start
cars until the troops arrived and were
placed in position at the various depots.
Snow delayed the starting of cars for
a while after this, as the SweeperS had
first to be sent out and that was no
easy matter with green men to operate
them. The Court street cars were started
STARTING THE CARS.
At $50 A.. NJ an attempt was made
been closed since Monday. An electric
sweeper was started out, manned by
Philadelphia men, in charge of w. NJ.
Avenue avenue Pne It went afnt two @ biz Blocks and
stuck fast in the snow. After it had
been run back to the depot and several
half of track. Then the first car was
sent out. There were jeers and yells from
the small crowd which watched the pro-
ceedings, but there was no interference.
~ The Third Battery, under Captain Ras-
quin, remained in their armory on reserve
duty. They have Gatling guns ready to
NOW down any mobs that may form
but will probably not be called upon
At the Ninth avenue and Twentieth
street depot, $50 men of the Twenty-third
arrived fi at % 7:se A. NJ. snow and and lee css
covered the tracks and the company made
no attempt to start cars early. Several
dozen new men were on hand ready to
operate the cars when The tracks were
cleared. All was quiet around the depot
NO TROUBLE HERE.
AT Avenue y ana f1dlDuS0, Capt.
Stokes and 100 men from the Twenty
third Regiment were on duty The Flat
bush cars were started early and run
without trouble.
Major Chas F. Luskin and $50 men from
Companies A, B. I and P, of the Thir-
teenth Regiment, arrived at the depot
of the ToInpkins avenue Line at Tomp-
kins and Fulton avenues, early In the
morning. At this and other depots the
troops formed a line of pickets extend
Ing along an entire block or more and
formed on the depot side of the street:
No one was permitted on that side of
the street except the men now in the
employ of the company. The streets
around the depots were kept clear OF
people. There was no Indication of trou-
Bile at any of the depots. The strikers
seemed to realize that the troops meant
business. Squads of policemen were pres
ent at all depots, and as fast as the
roads were ready to send out cars two
policemen were placed on each car At
rdne o'clock thirty cars were running on
the Haisey street line. The full compile
ment is afty-four cars. Cars We're in
operation on all the lines that were open
Yesterday, and the Bergen street line
was added to the list early today
AWED BY THE TROOPS.
The Seventh and Ninth avenue lines of
President Norton's system We're started
m about nine o'clock. The troops at the
5epots prevented any hostile demonstra-
lions. The Seventh avenue cars got
along all right The Ninth Avenue ys ne line