The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-22
SWARNIyC WITH SOLDIERS.
Between 1000 and 5000 Troops
Now on Duty in Brooklyn.

The First brlRade OEosSSs over FROM
New York TO the City of Churches
with Gen. Louis Fitzgerald in Com
uand- -supt. Byrnes Orders All the
Police Reserves on Duty in New York
During the Absence of the MiIitiamen.
The Crowds Around the Street Rail-
way Depots Give Way When Charged
by the Troops.
New York. Jan. 21-The first brigade,
r~4sr command Of Gen. Louis Fitzgerald,
ordered to Brooklyn by Gov. Morton to
sap7ress the riots caused by the trolley
oar strikers. arrived at Brooklyn early
this morning. There are over 4,GOO men in
this brigade. The Ninth regiment with
ri men were the first troops to cross the
Fss. river TO Brooklyn, leaving this city
s7or,ly after > o'clock. The Twenty-sec-
oa3 regiment. COO strong, followed shortly
after and by O'Clock the whole brigade
4 had started for Brooklyn.
Before the first brigade was ordered
4 under arms. there were about 5000 troops
in the second brigade on duty in Brooklyn.
These. with the soldiers under Gen.
4 IlfL-efdlQ S command form an army OF
4 between 1000 and 5000 men, which ought
10 g.ye the trolley railroads ample pro-
lection for running their cars.
Sapt. Byrnes has ordered all the police
reserves on duty in the city. This was
done because the first brigade was or
d=red over to Brooklyn TO reinforce the
militia of that city and assist in suppress
ing the street railroad rioters. There will
b. no nights off or days off for the pres
rrr Every man who is NOT on tho ei
list Will he on duty and in reserve day
4 and night
Brooklyn. y. Y, Jan 2l.-The military
4 made TWO charges to disperse the crowds
this morning. Maj. Duffey of the Sixty
ninth battalion figured in one of them.
4 Capt Wendell and his First battery and
4 Mai Duffy was marching to the Hal
soy street stables. The crowd in the
street in the vicinity of the stables was
60 great that Maj. Duffy ordered a charge
4 The crowd melted away at the approach
Of what is left of the former Sxty-ninth
regiment There were no casualties, but
q the SiEty-ninth boys demonstrated that
they mean business. The Seventh regi-
ment boys also made a mild charge on a
crowd which gathered around the Halsey
street stables.
President Lewis Of the Brooklyn Hights
Company stated late this Afternoon that
about li5 cars were running, an increase
of tNe1 y-hve over the number running
yesterday. He stated that they We're
just sarting TO run cars on the Gates
avenue line and seemed sanguine of be-
ing successful. When questioned as to
hs abstraction with the protection af-
o.lad by the militia and the police, he
sal that he was fully satisfied with the
"A protection given by the former. When
4 Questioned closer regarding the protec-
uon given by the police, he said, that
he was satisfied with the protection given
A hy both.
President Lewis later gave a detailed
list Of cars in operation, as follows:
Court street, 80 cars; Flatbush avenue,
4. Putnam and Halsey. 20; Fulton street,
So, total 145 The total number of cars
usually operated by President Lewis
4 system is 1,140.
President Norton of the Atlantic ave
q nlo system stated tonight that he had
q operated cars as follows: Fifth avenue
~ seventh avenue, Il; Bergen street.
L, Vanderbilt avenue, 6; total, 63.
President Dicker of the Brooklyn
4 ca ems County and Suburban system had
a ears running on the Sumner avenue
line. and on the Broadway line. The
latter We're all run between 4 and 6 p. m
Ia all about 230 cars were moved in the
a city of Brooklyn to-day. The number in
lA operation before the strike was 900.
In the 23O cars run are included cars
which did not start until after p. m,
and which stopped after o'clock.
Al -3J p. m, a woman named named
Mrs Josephine Seigler was run over
~ q car in charge of green motorman,
a, Broadway and Hayward street. The
woman was 60 years old. She sustained
confusion of the hip and internal in
lires She is in a serious condition
The motorman was arrested and locked
up Witnesses say that he was totally
incapable of controlling the car. It was
one belonging TO the Sumner avenue line
lhe officials of the Bergen street line
sad they had concluded to stop their
cars at o'cloc. President Lewis sent
word 10 police headquarters that he would
Stop his cars at o'clock. President
wicker said nothing, but hustled his
vars INTO the car house as soon after
oarf as he could.
Ihe rain mixed with the fog, which
prevailed all day, made the night one of
4ll'u darkness, except where the cleo
lfio lights made objects visible a few
isel each way. The troops had a most
e'asreahe Job in the rain and fog, and
mere was no certainty as to the precise
moment when brick and stones would
emerge from the gloom and whizz un-
l'sasahtly close to the guardsmen's
ID East New York, in South Brooklyn,
'" NlileI unluNlung uelSHDOIuOOuS,
were car stables are located and strikers
a-a hoodlums abound, the soldiers had
i-eAF Of trouble. The many disturb
e~.es that occurred between 4 o'clock
sA4 clock, by which time the cars
r stopped operations, showed that the
z-7A=e Of plans on the part of the presi-
1.-ls was a wise one.
tonight at sis o'clock Thomas Larkin,
. Years Of age, of No. 2259 Third avenue,
gas arrested for assault on Patrolman
"a1.es McCue. McCue was trying to dis
9e sang of men when Larkin struck
.--1 shocking him down With the as
-.aiioe of soldiers, Larkin was locked up.
-.9 BOARD Of supervisors of the county
NlAss met this afternoon and adopted
=. unanimous vote the following pre-
'-,.te and resolutions:
.tieas, The managers and directors
.e various railroad companies, whose
..tes are now on a strike, have been
@'-iIs that had they the proper police
... -..lAtary protection they could operate
YER lines, and,
T. -'ieas, The claims of the companies
-"2 respect are not based on fact, as
~ a. uoa OF the mayor in sympathy with
~ -IpioFes has demonstrated; therefore