The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-20

Brooklyn, n. Y. Jan. 19.-Thres
Thousand men are under arms in
Brooklyn tonight. Rtoting has been
the order of the day. and the strikers
/ Ead some serious clashes with ths
militia. The presence of the militia
did not tend to prevent the mobbins
| of numerous conductors and motor
men who had taken positions with
| The tied up roads. In many instances
non-union men were badly hurt and so
/ fierce were the attacks Of the strikers
tonight that the soldiers had to resort
| to the bayOnet. Several strikers or
! sympathizers were 1bayonetted and the
/ situation is considered the gravest tllat
/ has confronted the authorities for many
years. So threatening, toe, had become
I the attitude of the mObs, that 200 men
/ who had been secured by the BroolSlyn
/ Heights Railway company abandoned
| their work in a. body tonight. The
strikers threatened them with violence
or death, and the newly engaged tnen
not only left work, but departed from
| the city as we'll
No Hope of Compromise.
! Even the board of mediation and ar
bitratiOn has given up its attempt az
I
missiOners Robertson and Purcell hays
I apparently abandoned any hope Of ef-
! fecting a compromise, for after the
board adjourned this evening they tefC
town. RunOrs were abroad throughout
the day that the elevated road men
would go out in sympathy with the sur
( face men. These runlOrs were denied as
frequently as they We're made. Despite
| all contradictions. however, several Of
the leaders of the ''L' informed a. re
....gA ! j.,
probability of a sympdth strike was
good. 1t was said 10y the IL leaders
J that it was not at all unlikely that a
general strike would be ordered Mon
day morning. Grand Master Sovereign
is expected In Brooklyn tomorrow and
| he will attempt to do what the board
of arbitration has failed to do-eoncigF
ate the presidents of the various ro2dS.
! Master Workman Comedy said ne
did not know of SOvereign's Intentions
of taking a hand in the strike. There
was a. Conference OF the police cap
tains tonight and it was decided to rig
idly enforce the excise law tomorrow.
1t was regarded by the authorities as
extremely necessary that no liquor be
sold to the strikers during the present
troubles Superintendent OF Police
Campbell tonight issued a. statement
that he had been notified that the
Brooklyn Railroad company will put
their lines in operation at 8 O'Clock to-
morrow. The superintendent Of police
in conjunction with the militia, will
make q, special preparation for the
opening Of this line.
/ Notice is given that a further force
OF militia will be ordered out, the I'M
preston having obtained late tonight
that the strikers had made special ar
! rangements to meet the railroad Off
Gals on their ground.
At noon there is no change in the
number of roads in operation. The
members of the board of mediation
and arbitration will make every effort
to bring about a settlement today, al
though they concede they nave. no
reason to expect success.
First Demonstration.
The first demonstration Of violence
toward the soldiers took place at
lHalsey street depot, where Corporal
Cherry, Of company I. Forty-SeVenth
regiment, was knocked down and SO
severely beaten that he had to be-
taken to the armory.
Several cars were attacked by the
nObS and the mOtOrmen and conduct
ors Severely beaten. Companies f and
G, F'orty-seventh regiment, were sent
10 the East New York depot on Fulton
street at noon. A crowd of strikers
had collected there to prevent the cars
from being started. The police charged
the mob and used their clubs freely.
Two strikers were badly hurt. Nearly
800 strikers and synlpathiZers way
laid two Broadway cars near Flushing
avenue and carried off the motorman
and conductor as prisoners.
Two cars on the Fulton street line,
: one flying the United States mail flag.
/ reached Williams place and Fulton
street at 1:40 p. m. About 1 400 strikers
chased four policemen, the passengers
and uon-union men from the cars. The
police reinforcement are on the way 10
, the scene The trolley wires were cut
at Manhattan and Stone avenue in two
places. The mob is constantly increas-
: ing and serious trouble is expected.
Two more Fulton street cars were
l held at Williams Place and Fulton
| Street The crews deserted their posts.
Justice Cullen has denied the appli-
cation of Major McNulty for a writ
2 compelling the Brooklyn Heights rail-
D road company to show cause why they
should not run cars on Fulton street
and other lines.
II Militia Charge the Mob.
The militia at the jamaica car
) Stables were forced to charge a big
! mob three times since O'Clock The
2 first time, the strikers gathered
around the stables in the streets and
e jeered the soldiers. Colonel Eddy. who
a was in charge, drew his men up in
: line and gave an order to charge.
Y The mob was driven back to tho
E house on the opposite side of the
t street, and fell pell NELL through the
. 1oorways and down tine cellars, and
. in fact wherever they could find a
place of escape. One person, Charles
Wilson, was injured by being stabbed
In the back with a bayonet. He was
taken to hospital established by
Assistant Surgeon Belchsr, in one OF
> the empty car houses, where his
wound was dressed
AT 40, and again at 7:15 the mil
a fila again charged the mob, which
had become once again threatening.
The strikers and their friends had
begun to gather in front of the car
n house ard jeered the soldiers. There