The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-26
The STRIKERS DETERMINED.
Rioiing Is Resumed IN Brooklyn on q
Broader Scale.
RUHORS or DYNAMITE CURRENT.
A Man with Bombs In Ills Pocket Ar
rssted-Pre,ident Lewis Says Old Men
arc Applying for Work.

men and the companies are as far apart
a. ever. and there seems 20 bc no imme-
diate prospect OF either Side weakening.
President Lewis. oc the Brooklyn
Helghte Company. claimed to-day that a
dozen Of his OLD hands had applied to
him for their old positions and had been
reinstated. and ne expressed the opinion
that this was the beginning of the end,
as general weakening in the strikers
ranks might now be expected. The strike
leaders emphatlcally denied that any such
break had occurred. declaring their ranks
were just as solid now as when the
trouble began.
sIRiaE or THE IINEMrN.
The strike Of the Hnemen was material
Is extended today. as was evidenced by
The difficulty with which the companies
operated lines on which wires had been
cut or cuf out
Early lu the afternoon wires were cut
at Fulton street and Saratoga avenue. on
one of the main liuCc Of the Brooklyn
Heights system. Although the company
was Immediately given ample police and
military protection, no lnemen have APP
peared up TO o'clock this evening, and
no attempt has been made 10 repair the
wires. As consequence that road has
been blocked all the afternoon, and al
present 80 looks ass it the blockade would
hold until morning. The crowd about the
nelEhbprhood was large. but orderly. ana
seems t1 understand that the militia are
there for 'Einess.
a number of other wire cuttings were
reported during the day on the different
lines. causing more or less trouble 10 the
companies but This sort of warfare on
the part of the strikers or their sym
pathizers was not 80 extensive as mat
OF yesterday.
MORE VoLTNCE BEsoRTED TO.
Tho eastern district of Brooklyn. Ridge
wood. and Maspeth. were the scene ol
various disorder and violence to-day.
cars were held. and in several cases
pistol shots We're fired az policemen. lh
the Eastern district O. mob of about AUD
persons attacked seven stalled cars OF
tbp Flushing and Graham-uvcnuc line at
the corner OF briggs ana Manhattan ave
uues AT 2.3J o'clock this afternoon. After
dragging OFF the m0tofmcn and conduc-
tors. the mob wrecked the cars com
pletely
The mob then moved ON TO Bedford
avenue where 10 demolished siA more
cars belonging to the cross town road. IL
also cut the trolley wire for four blocks.
7 ne ItliNt thNI EN'i iii' HtN'f
moved ou toward Greenport.
Al Noslrand and Park avenues more [
cars were stalled.
An attack was attempted on them. For |
nearly am hour the police pied lher /
clubs inceseauuy. The mob refused at |
first 20 move but after several charges |
edged off. There was no militia IN thal |
section of the city.
"a PRIEST TRIES TO RFs1oRE ORDER
Rather O'Harc of ST. Anthony church, !
lt3u s5sured Mayor Schiercu that ne |
would undertake 10 keep order ln lhai |
ptrt of the city. This afternoon he was /
.ummoncd tu the scene of disorder, 10 /
us. mis- influence ih nulcurg the mob. |
The mob numbering several thousand /
had surrounded car and was shouting /
for the motorman 10 desert This he zee |
fused 10 60. Father OIiuc pushed nus |
way through the crowd, and, jumping ON
board the car. offered the motorm1n "a
ten-dollar bin to leave iu order 90 restore
order The motOrman took the money
aud departed This act was received with
cheers and order was gradually obtained
Just az this moment Father b'HaIc Pee
celved "a meseapc from Mayor Scheren,
IN which the Mayor said if order Was not
maintained in Grgcupolnt he would Doe
compelled TO send tine militia there.
The priest read this message aloud, and
then appealed to his auditors 90 dispense.
Tie told them OF his assurance jO Mayor
Sohleren. and ne hoped that thc people
would assist him iu Keeping order.
shortly after a mob at Bedford avenue
and the Bushwick creek bridge tore do,yn
the trolley wires. and were about tJ ut-
tack "a half dozen stalled ears when the
police and a detachment " troops move
in sight
NoN-UNIoN MIN HELD Ur
..v...r, fn,f4rruar H.J J....,t.l tI,. 1
cars, and patrol wagon with others
were brought from the ear stable. When
they saw the crowd they refused TO alight !
from the wagon. and We're taken back
The police and soldiers are guarding the
stalled cars
Special Policeman Meehau. while riding
ON a ear ol Manhattan avenue. was shot
by some one iu crowd. The bullet |
grazcd the officers head. Prior to the
shooting the car had been stoned. aud
every glass I'M 70 was shattered Late this !
afternoon a car from NeWtown contain
tng forty uJu-uulon men. was held up
near Maspeth, and "a number OF the men
were induced To join 'hc strikers A de-
tachmcnt Of The seventh Regiment from !
ladgewooi, assisted by the police. cap
tured a few Of The non-unlon men and /
took them 20 the Maspeth station Of the
Brooklyn Heights Company. The strikers
claim that thirty men deserted. Joined
them. and were sent TO their homes in
other cities.
Ia kdgeWOod a car was held up at
Gates and Hamburg avenues this after
noon. The crowd tried TO overthrow the
ar, but We're dispersed by details of the
Seventh Regiment and the SlXty-nlnth
Battalion. Two women IN the ear were !
badly frightened. No arrests We're made
Al tho corner OF Gates and Evergreen ,
avenues this morning a motorman of the
Green and Gates avenue line was struck :
with stone thrown from the crowd and |
Knocked down. lie recovered shortly and ,
ook his car. with several windows
lroken. 10 the end of the journey I
These were the chief disorders OF the
lay and occurred practically in the
suburbs Of the city
IN the city proper outside OF wire-cut-
ing The disorders reported were princ-
paliy oi a minor character.
AUNoEs or DYNAMITE :
Rumors OF dynamite were current to-
lay. An alleged bomb was found on the !
rolley tracks at Fulton street and Flat
push avenue. man, who failed TO give q
'ls name carried the bomb 10 the First
precinct station house. The suspicious
0oking thing was at once sent 10 Super-
niendent-of-POlice Campbell who With g
some alarm. hurried II to the nayy.yard
or the experts there TO make an exan1ina- 3
ion. Commander Elmer. OF the ordnance l
department., turned the supposed deadly >