The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-21

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Uno ez1denk shAx they consdered = sgo
exsAk rssk 70 ride In sassrn An eofsse-
SrsuGee ~ <hs oTderS cf tsas police. 10
ezl1oona 4hrougipst flse city wsrs c1esed
10 kiefk u mi1n191st, an6 n tbs neigh
buxkoos1s where tase str1kes1 we're congre-
eaAsa fb&y wers keg< csosssA Mr. Hoa-
exrsb. 81 district assembly K q l..
oa3d tie strikers. - Tar - be knew. were
not h savpr 81 : synpn1heeic strike q
IN the labor orgAnerst1ouA
All noFs1tng - unysr w1s couferrinx
rsssA The members Of his eabfne<, and wss
"a cunDg1ux c0gnmpn1onx5eb with repre-
sontnfives Of the labor orxautzaeIons4 II
xss rnm~sd MS morning flnz& addition
q tsoDps were 10 be called out. Mayor
6chtersn vas asked n this rumor had any
f0andnttoa In fact He replied tf&e he
had no Intention Of asking the governor
for any more TROOPS.
There was great deal Of excissnent In
~ nssssborhood Of the Hsisey street
saahles OF tise Putnam avenue line al
nSon- w<sen : large crowd Of rsotous
sfrikerS began TO force back the soldiers
dafendiug nee stables They were kept
back 1t The point OF the bayonet, and de-
sisted from their hostile demonstrations.
Malccim Wood. . mtfitianan whose skun
'Nas frarursd iast night by brick thrown
by strikers from the Alabama Avenue
essvaxsd staxsDn, Was taken from ST.
Mays hospital 20 his home today. He
rested quistsy during the night ana was
waited by his parersss. II Is believed be
win recover The strikers continued TO
lear down and cut the eaersrfc wires, but
o the cars were not running On the Full
spn street iins today. no great ffcon-
veniencb was caused
Between IL and II o'clock Vanderbilt
avenue car Desame derziied at Vanderbilt
ayeus<e ana Bergen street. A large crowd
al dtsorderiy characters was attracted 10
the scene. bpa the police were numerous
enough 30 drive thnm away. but not be-
fore the windows were smashed b. stones.
AZ j: 80 p m. car No IsI of the Bergen
street line became stalled on account OF
ecs,e detective mechanism Ia FROM OF the
Avsnues. This caused the eaoppags OF
ti5fsse osfSr cars. AT The back OF the lot
II fs-foos blum. The crowd gathered
slsere and threw stones at the cars, demoi-
sshiHS every pane OF glass. The roisce
charged, bat the men made n determined
stand. being led By = man named Gaia
cher. He was placed under arrest. The
stzfkefs Attempted a rescue. hut the POI
s..senlen marched hAm Of TO the Twenty
xecond precinct kiat.en. Several OF the
pe55c1sssen were cut by flying stones and
pisces Of brick. burt no one was seriously
injured. TIE neighborhood IN now pa
froIied By a strong force of police. In Tins
Instance also cooking utensils and other
household goods we're hurled at the 20
lice from the windows OF houses In The
from the upper floors The police are tn
vcstigating the matter.
Major Cochran. Of the Thirteenth regi-
naent, said 10 a reporter Of the Associated
rress this afternoon that the military
forces In the city are not sufficient to cope
with the rioters. The separate company
~ Flushing. L. l.. arrived In brooklyn
early this morning. II has not yet been
assigned TO duty.
1yhe presence uf the military caused an
enormous crowd 10 gather around the
Bush street car house OF the Court street
11ne -eday. The strikers were orderly
enough until green snotos1nan became
mixed up In a switch at Hamilton avenue
and Court street. He could not extricate
his car. and the crowd gathered around
him ard guyesf him. Another car APP
yFoaShing the city had run thzougfs the
crowd and hurt two men and q woman,
who were taken away by strikers, ard
their names could not be learned. THIS
agssered the crowd. and they began to
throw STONES at the car and smashed ev-
cry window IN II. The police charged, but
we're powertexs TO move the men, and one
Of the bllecoais was NIT on the head with
. stpne. infiicting a small scalp wound
THE Hne was blocked for half an asour
Great excitement ensued. ani missiles
were @hrown at the motorsnen and police
from the windows of the houses on Court
street Tue poilce reserves we're called
ont. and tho crowd dispersed In every H.
reciion. Court street was patroheI
throughout the entire length by thu police.
The soldiers had 20 charge the crowd
s--ssnd me stable three times. bui no one
MAS injured.
The mayor. through his secretary. made
tasss statement to thu Associated press
IAN effort was made to ascertain II an
adjustment could be effected. In he in-
tefsssts Of public convenience and safety,
by which all the surface csrs Of the city
could he restored TO inameiiate use II,
this end thu mayor held conf~rence
WITH Mtzsxrs Gibiin, ReTs and Connolly.
representing the former employees OF ire
railroads. and later with the representa-
tises of the various companies. suciuaing
Presidents Lewis. Norton and Wicker.
Tho effort was withoaf result Corpora
ton Counsel Mcdonald and Public Work
Commissioner White were az the confer
ence Strike Lender Connolly said later
that the fault Hes with the companies.
Tho men only stood CIT fer taking aa1k
oil the men.
At Tho Afahasna street stables OF the
Fulton street tire OF the brooklyn rail-
road TIE scene or ere furious conflict last
ntxsss between militia ard strikers. there
WAS crowd Of sop strikers and their
friends to-day. TIE military kept them
well back From he railroad tracks which.
were onssrssesed fsosn fisnc To ..ps with
ash harw,sas ami cid iron stoves, AZ 2
e'eiaek this afternoon two ears were
started from the depot ami got as far as
sansner street. where fney were ssoyzp~a
by = rsle 81 building material placed on
che crack fer = sisstsn,e az fry feet. Al
> ma there was great excitement on
broadway be- ween Msoru and FLUSHING.
A ssssnner avenue ear Was attacked hy a
nssb. and Captain Preach. Of the Nine
seeatts rseeines, was struck In the saes
With brick The police are OF the ops.s-
hon thst the hrsek was noe intended for
Cart French.
The reserves OF the Sixteenth ana Sew