The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-23

Z OF last night. and the situation to-day.
I At o'clock linemen had begun put
rng up wires on Gates avenue, where
I they had been torn down. The Hnemeu
I said Connolly the master workman, told
I them 10 90 ahead and put the wires up.
I IL was stated that Connolly had said that
the ordering out of the linemen was a
+ mistake.
! The Atlantic Avenue Trolley Company
started twelve cars on each of the three
I following named lines this morning be-
tween the hours of and o'clock: Fifth
/ avenue, Seventh avenue and South Ferry.
J Firth avenue was patrolled by the militia
+ all the way from the power house TO Flat
/ bush avenue
I Fourteen sections of wire were cut on
+ the Gates avenue line last night, two
/ blocks of wire We're cut on the Myrtle
avenue line and wires were cut on the
NOstrand avenue line.
The Hnemen of the Gates avenue line
Z held a meeting this morning. They talked
7 the situation over decided TO strike and
then returned the trucks TO the stables
I The superintendent of the Gates avenue
I line says the men did not strike. but
were driven away by strikers and not
{ allowed TO repair the lines which were
cut near Central avenue. He asked for
I mounted police TO protect the hnemen.
I Later on the linemen returned to work,
4 no doubt under orders from their mas
I ter workman.
Cars were started on the following
1 lines this morning: The Broadway.
I Court street. Fulton street, Putnam ave-
nue., Bush street and Ralph avenue.
The police discovered a gang of twenty
I men in wagons al 3.45 o'clock on East
| Parkway attempting to cut down the
/ wires of the Nostrand avenue, and also
/ the Bergen street lines. As soon as the
wire cutters caught sight of the police
/ they fled and escaped.
There was no disturbance at the Flat
| bush avenue car stables during the day.
I The militia guarded the barns. and pa
/ troNed the line for a considerable dis
/ tanGe. Everything was quiet. The cars
/ began to run early. The first car out
/ was delayed fifteen minutes at the en-
/ trance to the plaza, where the tracks
were obstructed.
! Adjutant General NIcAlpin arrived in
/ Brooklyn at 4:30 o'clock p. m. lie went
/ to the city hall and was closeted with the
mayor for an hour.
Thence he went to brigade headquar-
I tcrs where he was closeted for some time
/ with Brig. Gen. McLeer and the members
/ Of his staff. Later the mayor accompan-
/ led by Police Commissioner Weies went
/ to brigade headquarters and took part
/ in the conference. which assumed some
! thing of the nature of a council of war
/ Those present We're Adjt Gen. McAlpin,
] Mayor otIltlG4ls AA-- MAJ " H. AiAllLdlg
( secretary to Gov. Morton; Col. Greene, as
sistant inspector general; and Maj. Bur-
/ bank, T. s. A.
Upon leaving the headquarters Adjt
! Gen. McAlpin expressed himself as being
/ fully satisfied with the situation. He fur
| ther said that the mayor had expressed
/ the belief that the forde of soldiers
now in this city was fully competent to
! cope with the strikers and the existing
/ situation did not warrant any further
military display.
| For the first time since the Inauguration
| of the strike the Brooklyn, Queens County
/ and Suburban Company began this morn
| ing to run cars on its Ralph avenue line
/ Usually 46 men are employed to operate
/ this branch, but this morning only %
men could be counted in the barns. Com
/ pany c, Seventy-first regiment, numbering
/ 60 men, in charge Of Capt. Francis, We're
| on guard. The company continued to
/ operate this branch up 10 6 p. m, when it
/ was decided that it would not be safe to
| run any more cars to-day.
! On Fulton street, between Ralph and
| Patchen avenue, very serious trouble was
/ threatened during the day. A mob of
/ nearly 1000 strikers and their sympathizers
/ held that neighbOrhood in terror for sew
erai hours and only the timely arrival Of
1 detachment of police and cavalry pre-
vented bloodshed. At one time a small riot
] was III pEOBIeSS anu lHe ponce were COUl-
| PEELED to draw their reyolVers At the
sight of the weapons the crowd scattered,
rushing into the side streets, but quickly
returned at a different point
The mob kept increasing in sight and
with multiplied forces its demeanOr be-
| came much bolder They hOoted the motor
/ men, jeered at the police and stoned the
cars. The tracks were piled up with large
beams, huge stones, ash barrels, old
stoves and numerous other DISTINCTIONS
! These caused much delay TO the cars and
! gave the strikers an opportunity to plead
with the non-union men to desert their
| posts The trouble eliminated at 1870 p.
m. when car No 115 came along. Near
| Patchen avenue it had to stop
| owing to obstructions on the track. The
| strikers crowded about the car and asked
| the conductor and motorman to join
| them They refused. Strikers then jump
ed upon the platforms, seized both men
by the necks, yanked them off and threw
| them into the bowling mob. once there,
they were kicked and punched unmerci-
! fully Then a dozen strikers picked both
| men up bodily and ran down a side street
| with them About dozen cars had, in
| +bs meantime come up and the police
on the platforms drew their sticks and
| fell upon the crowd. They smashed right
| and left, generally landing on some un-
! fortunate strikers head. The crowd re-
taliated with stones and for few minutes
| the fight was hot. The police grabbed
two leaders of the mob and placed them
under arrest. The strikers tried to rescue
their brethren and were only prevented
from so doing by the police drawing their
revolvers and driving the mob back The
temper Of the strikers was now thoroughly
aroused, and they stoned the cars un-
ceasingly. In a few minutes detachment
of officers under command of Capt Dyer,
and a portion of troop A, Lieut.. Badgley
in charge. came up. At the sight of the
galloping horses the mob beat hasty
retreat. rushing into nearby saloons, up
| side streets and across lots. The cavalry
Immediately formed a picket line and pa
raded I'D and down the side walks, fore
ing oilers to move rapidly along. There
were a large number Of women in the
throng and they hooted and jeered worse
than the men. Many Of the women with
babes in their arms, crowded about the
cars and their voices crying in shrill
tones. "scabs," "scabs," could be heard
for blocks.
The police were somewhat gentle with
them. but for all that the women stoned
them on every opportunity. Many Of
tbs-n taunted the strikers for not tearing
- non-union men from the cars and