The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-24

a law proofs before him and ne PROMISES
n make summary work OF any olncer :.
found to be derellct. ,.e.,
In the board of aldermen this aiterh9on
resolution was introduced by Mr. C?nn,
,,.hiob nronoses to oblige corporations
' W l,~t Street railways by electricity
y, ,pe a',,nIoy rs motermen, only such per-
sonS rs shall have passed satisfactory
ayamination as to their qualifications;
Alderman Guylfoile offered resolu-
tion calling upon the state legislature 10
increase the licenses fee for eac 10 slree.
40 y from 500. as at present, to SlOO. NO
ant;on was taken upon either or THESE
resoIutions The board voted, WIN one
dissenting vote. in approval of memorial
signed by about 60 properly o wIe
which calls for measures WHICH shaii
compel the street railway companies "
operate the usual number OF cars upon
tbe;r lines or else request the attorney
general to bring proceeding lor 'ne "nnui
nent of their charter. ..
A resolution expressing sentiments SIN
liar TO those of the memorial were unan-
imously adopted by the board OF super'r
sOrS. 'a A., .+,;,,
The executive committee of the strlK-
orc were today called before the meet
iny TO tell their story of the employment
of incompetent motormen, whlch, IL 10
held. imperils the safety OF passensets,
pedestrians, and those driving upon I'VE
streets of the city. These several onGiai
acts. are, of course, calculated u sYe
coumgement to the strikers. whose J
chompOn. Major McNulty, not disheaft- q
onod by the fractures of his move III the
same direction last week, made appilca-
t;nn to Judpe Cullen for an order upon
tho street railway companies 10 SHOW
cause under their charter why their cnar-
t"rS should not be forfeited for failure
~ keen their several lines in operation
Major McNulty is Il merchant VINO al
II epes that his business su1lers ny leaaoi
of the suspension of street railway 'ral-
fic. +ho Cafes avenue
rro ware on their way down town at
gao o'clock this evening ,they were
surrounded by bowling mob at Gates
and Stuyyesant avenue. Missels OF eV-
"rU Il escTiption we're hurled at he men IN
char~e of the cars and the police VINO
were escorting them. A portion OF the
lmob had gathered on the mouse Ups
In the vicinity and from TINS Nanta aSe
ground bricks. taken from chimneyss, were
hurled with terrible effect on the po-
Ice several of whom were badly m
ured Emboldened by the fact that
tho latter were comparatively poWeriess
70 make resistance the mob pressed Tor
, ward and a number of shots were nreG,
several of which took effect on Iatrlch
Coleman, % years old, and James began
30 years old. of the Second preclhcI; VINO
formed portion OF the suaru. ca nesan
was shot through the arm and Coleman
through the hand. They were taken
TO a neighborng drug store, where Their
: wounds were dressed by an ambulance
, surgeon, who was summoned, after Wnlch
they were taken TO their homes.
The mob after this succeeded in wreck
ing the three cars, which were taken down
oppOsite the Ninth precinct police sta
tion on Gates avenue, by reserves who
had been summoned from there, and who
finally succeeded in dispensing the crowd
During the melee Kate Karney was de-
,, tected throwing misselS from WINDOW.
! She was placed under arrest
,, SOME SKIRMISHING.
: Brooklyn, Jan. 21--The vicinity of the
5 Ridgewood avenue stables, this afternoon
e and evening was the scene of the most
/ determined conflict between the strikers
;, and their sympathizers on one side, and
the troops and police on the other, that
q has taken place in the present disturbance.
Y When the second battalion of the Seventh
t regiment, consisting of companies Il, and
d, and G, arrived at the Ridgewood'stables
f early this morning everything was as
n quiet and orderly as any peace-loylng
h citizen would desire. But the arrival of
e the soldiers attracted a mob to the Vlcln-
e ity that necessitated the turning out OF a
d guard, which was done, and then all the
e streets approaching the station were pa
trolled by the militiamen. The guards
d were compelled to push the crowd back
i and on Myrtle avenue it was necessary for
: one squad of four men to fix bayOnets and
= charge upon the crowd. In the stampede
D that ensued one of the mob, George Cal
/ Ian, was iabbed through the coat by
t bayOnet but was not injured in any way.
Shortly after 2 o'clock the police
stretched a guard across all the streets
from which the soldiers had withdrawn
their lines on account of rain storm.
About 3 o'clock three cars and a covered
van under the protection of few police
men and Major Kip with companies A, r,
r and II, composing the First battalion
of the Seventeenth regiment, came in
sight. The cars and van contained about
100 new men, who were taken into the
stables.
About 5 o'clock it was decided by the
officials of the road to send out car on
the Gates avenue line. The bowling mob
who had approached as near the
stables as possible, by this time
and when the commander IF the militia
received word that a car was to be sent
out he prepared for trouble. Two cOmpa-
MES of the battalion were
drawn up in front of
the car. They had been instructed that
if any stones were thrown ut them they
were to fire. The car was rolled ont of
the car house, and half dozea reporters
and an equal number of policemen took
their places in it On each side OF the car
: was placed squad of policemen on foot.
!, On the sidewalks a number of policemen
were stationed to aid in driving the mob
before them and behind the car. AS it
; left the stables platoon of mounted po-
J lice were placed 10 resist an
attack from the rear. When the
car and it's armed escort reached the tene-
| ment houses an attack on the rear was
made. Missiles of every description We're
1 hurled at the police and soldiers. The
e crowd pressed in from the east and both
< ends, and seeing that the police and mi
e litia We're useless the police and soldiers
n resorted to their pistols and muskets, the
e police firing over the crowd, while the
guardsmen discharged their weapons
v at windows and housetops. One volley
/, was fired, but when it had the effect of
l. dispelling the crowd the officers de
It cided it was useless to proceed further
II and the car with its escorts returned to
5 the Ridgewood depot. In all between
l. the hours of 4 and o'clock this even