St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-19
STRIKERS KIoTOCs.
A Number OF Clashes Between
MobS and POsiCA

MobS and Police.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 1S.-The BROOKLYN
Heights and Atlantic avenue railroad
companies are gradually increasing the
number of cars in operation and
the strikers are becoming correspond
inglv bitter. The leaders are advocating
peace but there is a large number Of
Wild spirits who want to see trouble.
The Court street, Flat5ush avenue and
Putnam avenue lines of the Brooklyn
city railroad are being operated with
nearly their entire complement Of
cars. The Fifth avenue line of
the Atlantic avenue system was
also running and there were
more cars than have been IN oper-
alton since the strike began. There are
IN this city now about 150 men from
Philadelphia. They are for the most
part experienced motormen, and as cars
were found for them they were put to
work. LaWless demonstrations were
frequent in the early hours. AS a
Court street car was passing First
Place, a group of strikers stopped
it, and so terrorized the motorman tn =
he deserted his car and toJk to his heels :
When the second car started out Their :
was some excitement caused by tb :
firing of two shots by somebody in
crowd that surrounded the car and
drove the mOtorman from the plat
form. he police chased the Gro wd
away. No arrests were made. The five
cars following were tied up at the cor
ner of Court and Second place by Strik-
ers who asked the motor man and con-
ductor of each car to leave. Eight meu
deserted their cars and left them stand
ing on the track. On the Putuam ave-
nue. avenue line crowd stopped car,
pummeled the moterman and
Smashed the Car windows.
The police drove the crowd back TO
a block, and, thinking that it was safe,
left it to proceed, with only guard OH
the front ana rear platforms. No
sooner had the police turned their
backs. however, than the crowd re-
turned to the attack. This time the po-
lice charged the crowd and drove them
into the side street. John NesbItt was
arrested. Seven of the strikers on this
line applied to Supt. Campbell today
for reinstatement.
During the night the motor boxes of
several of the Fifth avenue cars. while
standing in the shed at Fifth avenue
and TWenty-thirds streets, were de-
strOYed.
President Norton, of the Atlantic
avenue railway, has made formal APP
piication to the mayor for the calling
out of the militia and the federal
troops to protect his new employees to
open up his lines and protect the mail
cars from damage.
A Halsey street car was attac ked by {
mob of seventy-five strikers. The
mOtorman and conductor were dragged
off the car and beaten. A passenger
named E A. Sphinx was Knocked down
twice and seriously injured by the
strikers for denouucing them. The moi
was finally dispersed by the police.
AS a car of the Putnam avenue line
was passing Saratoga avenue it was
fired upon by party of men said 10 be
sympathiZers with the strikers, but no.
body was hurt. There we're no arrests.
President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights company, promises that within
forty-eight hours he will have cars
running on all that cOmpany'S lines.
He says that hereafter contracts will be
made with individuals, and not with
organizations. The inability OF the po-
lice to guard all the cars in the city is
shown by the fact that, all told, there
are about $500 surface cars and only
1850 policemen.
The letter of the board of arbitration
in reply to 4 communication from
Mayor Schieren simply reviews the
work of the board and states that the
board sees no way clear to settling the
strike by mediation or arbitration. 1t
makes no recommendation and does not
refer to the calling out of the militia.