Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-23

etabis " we htlknDothOod of the
stapIes are crowded with striLa
sympathisers. They are In n tbrantn,,-
Gated. N'0oi'ilns ihtoNl-
lWo boys were badly injured nv be.
inb tfampled In conflict al Rideewsv
me company Is unable to sc,t,,.s no
, ,hen TO run the cars, and 1t is expected
than yesterday. ''N"'
The police charged the mob at Ham
liton avenue ana Court street and
cluoDed every one In sight TWENTY
were badly bruised. "''
me linemen Of all the roads strucI,
ms morning. The superintendent saya
nm, .nis preciudes all possibility of run
, LUZ, eais as me hiking Of electric wires
requires expert knowledge. This IL the
ceived NN' ; ct
Tntre were many rumors filing
around RidgewoOd all day. but M
really exciting incidents untu aftnr 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, when cars
We're started ON the Gates avenue line.
Ninetetn cars altogether were started
from Rldgewood. the first leaving AT
j'4l p. m. and the last returning at &
minutes PAST o'clock. with the excep-
tion OF the pickets. the militia were
then drafted Into the depot and qulet
was again restored.
The MiiItia's Work.
Ihe mass meeting at the l.yceum. in
NlHoughby avenue, at O'clock drew
OF all the strikers from the nelghbor-
hood occupied by the police and militia.
Ihe work Of militiamen was begun at
O'Clock IN the afternoon. The con-
struction wagon, labelled on both sides
Is. OF L." reached the Ridgewood
depot few minutes after, so that at
$40 p. m. Assembly was sounded.
ana the three companies OF the Seventh
regiment. Il, ID and G, under command
or Major Abrahams, marched out and
occupied all the streets branching out
from the junction Of Myrtle avenue.
Wykon avenue and Palmetto street.
AS the iirst company marched out,
a truck laden with men, accompanied
by four officers. dashed up TO this as
soon as IL was unladen. The driver
was taken into custody for causing "A
fatal accident on Gates avenue, near
Burwick avenue. To avoid any posi-
Bile attack he had driven at a furious
pace, and overtaking Il light wagon at
that place, dashed into 1t, throwing the
solitary occupant out into the street,
and fracturing his skull.
The next Incident was n startling
one. Car 524 Of the line. which had
stnrted yesterday. arrived from down
town, with about thirty new men on
board. Sergeant Shelton with four po-
llcemen carrying drawn pistols were
on the front platform. Captain Kitzer
and four men made similar display
on the rear When the car stopped
the captain noticed four or five men
on the elevated railroad track. Point
ing his revolver at them he shouted:
Come. get off from there; we are
through monkeying, or Wen show We
mean business"
Locked Them Up.
The militia also ordered them away,
and no more were allowed on the
structure. The platform and stairs
We're also cleared. AS the second COM
pany of the Seventh swung around
into Palmetto street, the great crowd
OF strikers in front Of their headquart-
ers, odd Fellows hall scarce half
block away, suddenly melted, a large
number running around into Irving
avenue, but about 200 crowded into the
hall. Then. at a signal, the line of men
in blue stretched across the street, adj
vanced at the double quick past the
han doors. which were at once closed
and locked by the police, and the men
We're like rats in a trap secured until
all of the cars were sent out and
brought back to the depot. a space of u
little over two hours. When the troops
reported "All ready" car 524, which
had been brought up with men as
stated, was started down the line with
two motormen, two conductors, two
policemen and three reporters on board.
Just as the start was made mem
Der Of the Seventh regiment noticed
several persons at an open window in
the second story of the hotel opposite
the depot. and ordered It closed. The
order was not Instantly obeyed, so he
fired a shot in the air, and the window
tffp ant .ta1N oil nj ha
disappeared
During the passage Of the car down
the avenue there was considerable
jeerlng, but one shot from n police
mans revolver fired In the air, closed
the open windows, and the only mis-
sile was fired at the first car, and none
at the others, as they proceeded on
what at first promised to be a perllous
journey. All the cars returned without
damage on schedule time. The cars
taken out Monday were also brought
back with them. Car No. 1865. having
too great Roadway on Franklin avenue,
at the corner of Lexington avenue
dashed into car OF the Franklin ave-
nue. line and smashed its rear plat
form.
Cayenne Pepper.
On the return trip, and when cross
ing Central avenue, n woman stopped
with n tin dish IN her hhnu, from
which she threw something into the
air, It was cayenne pepper. and tho
wind blow II In the faces of the motor
men and policemen. They were nearly
blinded but did not lessen their speed,
and when they reached the depot were
attended to by the surgeon of the
Seventh regiment.
The following order has been issued
by Superintendent McCampbell:
strong order.
oaice Of the Superintendent of Police,
Municipal Building, Brooklyn, n. Y"
Jan, %, 1895.
Ordered: Amy officer who suffers
without resistance to the best OF his
ability any motorman, conductor or
other employe OF any railroad company
TO be taken from the car or 10 be other
Wise assaulted, or fails to promptly ar
rest any person SO assaulting or at
tempting TO assault any such motor
mon. conductors or other employees, or
who fails promptly to arrest any per-
son who puts or attempts to put any
obstruction on the track or otherwise
attempts to interfere with tho free