St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-20
5000 MEN UNDER ARMS
Find Their Hands Full iII
Dealing With the
Strikers.
MANY OF MOB BAYONETED
But No One Killed--PPobabil-
tiles Of a General Strike
Of All Unions.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 19.-Three thousand
men are under arms in Brooklyn to-
night. Rloting has been the order of
the day, and the strikers had some seri-
GUS clashes with the militia this even-
ing. The presence of the militia did
not tend to prevent the mObbing Of
numerous conductors and motOrmen
who had taken positions with the tied
up roads. In many instances nOn-unlon
men were badly hurt, and so fierce
were the attacks of the strikers to-
night that the soldiers had to resort
to the bayonet. Several strikers
or sympathizers were bayoneted, and
the situation Is considered the gravest
that has confronted the authorities fer
many years. So threatening, too, had
become the attitude of the mobS that
200 men who had been secured by the
Brooklyn Heights Railroad company
abandoned their work i'll body tonight.
The strikers threatened them with
violence or death, and the newly ell
gagged not only left work, but departed
from the city as we'll.
Even the board of mediation and ar
bltration has given up its attempt at
reconciling the two factions. Conn.,
missiOners Robertson and Purcell have
apparently abandoned any hope of ef-
fecting a compromise for the present,
at least, for after the board adjourned
this evening they left town, declaring
that the board has been able to accom-.
plish nothing.
The most serious side Of the matter is
the
Probability of General Strike
being ordered. Rumors were abroad
through the day that the elevated rail-
road men would go out in sympathy
with the surface men. These rumOrs
were denied as frequently as they were
made. Despite all contradictions. how~
ever, several Of the leaders of the al"
men informed a representative of the
Associated Press that the probability Of
sympathetic strike was great. Confer
ences oD the subject have been held and
it was decided to give the surface men
all the aid possible. 1t was said by the
"L'' leaders that it was not at all un>
likely that strike would be ordered on
Monday morning. Grand Master Sow
ereign is expected in Brooklyn tomOr-
row, and he will attempt to do what the
board of arbitration has failed to do,
conciliate the presidents of the various
roads. Master Workman Connolly.
however, said that he did not know OF
SOVereign'S rumOred intentions OF taxi
ing hand in the question. There was
Conference of Police Captains
tonight and it was decided TO rigidly en-
force the excise law tomorrow. 1t was
regarded by the authorities as extremely
necessary that no liquor be sold to the
strikers during the present trouble, and
hereafter sharp outlook will be kept
on the saloons III the vicinity of the car
stables.
Superintendent of Police Campbell
tonight issued statement that he
had been notified that the Brooklyn
Railroad company will put their lines in
operation at s O'Clock. Their lines are
the Green Point, Myrtle avenue,
Bates avenue, the Third ana Ham,
Tompkins and Sumner avenues, were
IN operation today. The superintendenT
of police, III conjunction with the
militia, will make a special preparation
for the opening Of these lines. Notice
is given that a further force of militia
will be ordered out, the impression
having obtained late tonight that the
strikers had made special arrangements
to meet the railroad officials Oh their
grounds.
The militie at the Jamaica car stables
were forced 20 charge big mob three
times since o'clock. The hrSt time
the strikers gathered around the stable
and in the street and jeered the soldiers.
Col. Eddy, in charge, drew his men up
in line and gave an order to charge. The
mob was driven back to the house on the
opposite side of the street and fell pell
NEIL through the dOorWayS and down
cellars, and, in fact, wherever they
could find place of escape. Charles
Wilson was injured by being stabbed i'll
the back with a bayonet. He was taken
to a temporary hospital by Assistant
Surgeon BeIcher, where his wound was
dressed. 1t was only a slight flesh
wound.
ATTIC and again at 7:15 the militia
again
Charged the Mob.
which had become once again threaten
Ing. Inc strikers aUu luSIr ITIcIiuS Ilitu
begun to gather in front OF the car
houses and jeered the soldiers. There
were several personal encounters be-
tween the guards and the mob. Col.
Eddy called out his reserve in
the barns, formed them INTO
line, stretching them along the
street for distance of 250
feet, and then gave the order to
advance. Some of the strikers and their
sympathizers took issue with the militia
and stopped to argue the point. The
temper of the crowd necessitated
third charge. Again the soldiers ad-
yaDced on the mob and drove IL from
the street at the point OF the bayonet-
a second man named Thomas Nolan,
compositor, was wounded. He fell and
was struck on the left knee with
bayonet. He was removed to his home.
IO:45 D. m.-The strikers have been
rioting for the last three quarters of an
hour in the vicinity of the car stables on
Jamaica avenue. In the Twenty sixth
ward they are hurting bricks and stones
in every direction. The militia scattered
the crowd time and time again. Several
Men and Women Were Wounded.
Eugene williams was stabbed in the
back by bayonet. Phillip 1lghe was
elso stabbed by a bayonet. A woman
whose name could not be learned, whlla