The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-23

was discovered in the stable and fought
with the military officers who found him
there. One OF them received black eye
and the made his escape. Every pre-
caution is being taken to prevent any stran-
ger entering the power houses, as there
have been threats that the stables and
power houses will be blown up and every
man in them killed.
After midnight a nonunion motorman
named O'Neill, who came from Newark.
was seized by a gang of strikers friends.
With a pistol at his head he was ordered
to relinquish his intention of working in
place OF a striker. He refused to do so and
was knocked down with the butt end of
the pistol and kicked until almost uncon-
scious. He was then bound hand and foot
with wire and carried into the middle of
some empty lots and kept there until day
light His fetters were then removed and
he was escorted to Broadway ferry by the
strikers. His fare was paid to New York
and he told not to return under PEN
atty of worse treatment next time.
Two boys were badly injured by being
trampled on by the strikers in the conflict
between the soldiers of the Seventh Reg-
ment and the rioters, last night at Ridge
wood.
A nonunion motorman was attacked at
the Halsey-street station about o'clock
this morning and severely beaten; police
man who stood near by refused to inter-
fere.
LINEMEN QUIT WORK.
In pursuance of the agreement arrived at
yesterday afternoon by the. line men that
they would refuse to execute any repairs
on the roads still tied up, twelve men
struck work at 7:45 o'clock this morning
They were sent with repair wagon to re-
place wires which had been cut during
the night between Gates and Knickerbocker
avenues. On reaching the spot where the
wires were down they refused to have any
thing to do with repairing them and quit
again. The wagon was taken bac.d to the
4 SQUAD of policemen and some disturb
ers were in conflict early this morning
When the men were ordered TO clear away
from the corner of Hamilton avenue and
Court street they refused to do SO. One of
the men hurled an egg at policeman. The
blue coats thereupon cha, charged the mob 6 and m
crowd left the neighborhood with badly
bruised heads.
private Louis P. Duff, of Company L.
Fourteenth Regiment. who was on picket
duty at the corner Of the tIatbusn avenue
car stables A pistol ball passed within a
few feet of his head. The guard was turned
out but could find no one who might have
Edwin Hayes and W. D. Bray, tin roof
ers at work building on Seventh ave-
nue., between FIRST ana second d strSsls, reefs
Inexperienced motormen were the cause of
two minor accidents during the forenoon.
In both instances cars came in collision,
suffering considerable damage, but pas
Colonel Appleton. of the Seventeenth Reg
iment. issued an order to the. men of his
command that there should be no more
when they were assaulted with missiles of
any kind they must answer with volley
however, have been BY women and boys
A mob stoned the power-house of the
~ Fifty.aecond street. t today. TO- ed Many e Windows @
were broken, but no serious damage was
done. A pistol shot was also fired through
fta Ind, ArTvfr, f1,A v1ier
About o'clock this afternoon mob at
Fulton street and Buffalo avenue made an
was made to force the conductor and mo-
torman from the car. Captain Dwyer with
a platoon of patrolmen attempted to dis
stones and other missiles at the officers. !
Fifteen men from troops. under command
of Lieutenant Badgely, came to the assist
ance of the police and the strikers were
dispersed. Two prisoners were captured
and taken in troley-car to the Twelfth
precinct station-house.
TRACKS OBSTRUCTED.
A brush between policemen and strike
sympathizers took place at Green avenue
and Broadway, where small party of the
latter attacked Queens County and SUI
burban car. Mounted police drove the dis
turbers away, but made no arrests OBJ
structions were placed the Broadway
line near Chauncey street, but the police
cleared them away. A number of logs were
Idlu dCIOSS TIE Track Oh ultOn SlISL, near
Buffalo avenue, at about the same time.
Captain German, with a number of men,
went down there. on hurry call ana the
policemen cleared the track. While the
sympa thizer with the strikers, jumped
top of one of the cars and attempted to
policeman % named Faivey W was Ma Struck on the
head with a brick during the disturbance.
There We're many rumors flying around
Ridgewood all day, but really exciting
incidents until after o'clock in the after
noon, when cars were started on the Gates
avenue line. Two shots were fired, one by
a policeman and another by a National
guardsman, to enforce the order issued by
the police authorities to keep every window
closed along the line of the road But
one missile was thrown at the first car
a piece of fire brick from the inside of a
not injure any of the occupants Of the
car One comic incident was the error
from Chicago who, with two other green
policemen, took out the last car and, in
stead Of going down Gates avenue. took
the Myrtle-avenue route, switched off at
Knickerbocker avenue. and then through
Flushing and Throop, to Broadway, and
then went to East New York, instead of
going to Fulton Ferry. On reaching the
Alabama-avenue depot the taken
care OF by the Fulton-avenue men. Nine
teen cars altogether We're started from
Ridgewood, the first leaving at 3H D. m.
and the last returning, except, of course,
With the exception of the pickets the militia
were then drafted into the depot, and quiet
was again restored, a mass meeting at the
Labor Lyceum in Willoughby avenue, at
o'clock, drawing off all the strikers from
the neighborhood occupied by the police
and the militia.
The work of the hnemen was finished at
o'clock in the afternoon. The construc-
tion wagon, labeled on both sides, tx of
L. reached the Ridgewood depot few
moments after that at $40 p. M 'as-
sembly' was sounded. and the three com
panies of the Seventh Regiment b. and
G, under command of Major Abraham,
marched out and occupied sll the streets
branching out from the junction of Myrtle
avenue, Wykoff avenue and Palmetto
street. AS the first company marched out
a. truck laden with new men, accompanied
by four officers, dashed up, and as soon
as 1t was unladen the driver was taken
into custody for causing a fatal accident
on Gates avenue, near Bushwick avenue
To avoid any possible attack he had driven
at furious pace and. overtaking a light
wagon at the place stated, dashed into it,
throwing the solitary occupant out into
the street and fracturing his skull The
injured was taken to st. Johns Hos
ptal and the driver OF the truck to the
Evergreen-avenue police station.
STRIKERS FRIGHTENED
The next incident was a startling one
Car 524 of the line which had started yes
terday arrived from downtown with about
thirty new men board. Sergeant Shell
don, with four patrolmen carrying drawn