Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-22
CARS MOVING SLOWLY.
Strikers Seem to Be Gaining on the Companies-Military and CiJi-
 zens Have Clash.

BROOKLYN, N. Y., Jan. 21.-President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights company stated late this afternoon that about 145 cars were running, an increase of thirty five over the number running yesterday. He stated that they were just starting to run cars on the Gate avenue line, and seemed sanguine of being successful. When questioned as to the satisfaction of the protection afforded by the militia and police he said that he was fully satis- fled with the protection given by tue former. When questioned closer regard ing the protection given by the police he said, after pause, that he is satisfied with the protection given by both.
 President Lewis later gave detailed list of cars in operation as follows Court street, 30 cars; Flatbush avenue, 40 cars Putnam and Halsey, 40; Fulton street, 35; total, 145. The total nun Der of cars usually operated by President Lewis system is 14l0.
 President Norton of the Atlantic Avenue system stated today that he had operated cars as follows today: Fifth avenue, 2S; Seventh avenue, r; Bergen street, 12; Vanderbilt avenue, 6; total, 63. President Wicker of the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban system has Is cars running on the Sumner avenue line ana on the Broadway line. The latter were all run between and p. m. In all about 230 cars were moved in the city of Brooklyn today. The number in opera tion before the strike was 1900. In the 230 cars run are included cars which did not start until after o'clock and which stopped after o 'clock.
 At 2:20 p. m. @ woman named Mrs. Josephine Zeigler was run over by car in charge Of green motorman at Broad way and Hayward streets. The woman was 69 years old. She sustained contu- sion of the hip and internal injuries. She is in a serious condition. The motorman was arrested and locked up. Witnesses say that he was totally incapable of con- trolling the car. It was one belonging to the Sumner Avenue line.
 The Seventh regiment was under fire few minutes before 6 o'clock this even- ing. Shots were fired from the crowd at the militia and several volleys were fired by the troops over the heads of the mob. So far as known the only man injured was Private Ennis of Company H. He was wounded by shot from the crowd. The troops engaged were six companies of the Seventh regiment. They were under com- mand of Major Abrams and were guarding the streets leading to the Ridgwood depot of the Greene and Gates branch of the Brooklyn oity line.
 car on the Fifth avenue line started from Fifth avenue and Twenty third street shortly after o'clock. About three blocks from the depot 1t was surrounded by a mob. detachment of the Thir- teenth regiment, under Sergeant Cochran, charged he mob with fixed bayonets and the crowd scattered. August Brown re- ceiyed a bayonet wound in the hip. He was taken to neigh boring drug store and was treated there, after which he wire was cut in the Bergen street railroad, between Rogers and Nostrand avenues. Pa trolman Collins, who was riding a car, saw four men run, and gave chase. He arrested Edward Dugan, who was recog- nized us a motorman on the Sackett street railroad.
 At 615 o'clock mob of over 1000 men surrounded Gates aven ue car at Nostrand avenue. Sticks and stones were thrown and shots were fired by men in the crowd. The reserves from the Ninth precinct po- lice station hurried to the scene. After which three policemen were seriously injured, the mob scattered. Officer Lewis Shackelton sustained a fracture of the skull. Officers Dennis Burke and James L. Goodman were injured, but not seriously. They were hit on the heads by stones, crockery and other missiles thrown from house.ops.
 Late this afternoon Elmer P. Vandyke, 25 years of age, of'New York, member of the Seventh regiment, fell from the second story of the Forty seve3th regiment armory, causing compound, fracture of the skull. He was removed to tho seney hospital. Vandyke was under arrest for intoxcation and placed in the tempo rary guard room, from which he tried to make his escape by lowering himself by means of rope made from his under clothes. The rope parted and he fell, with the result above stated.
 Notwithstanding the numerous out breaks in different parts of the city the number of arrests for disorderly conduct were but few.
 The presidents of the car companies, who announced positively last night that they would operate their lines until midnight tonight, began to weaken before o'clock.