The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-25
STRIKE NOT ENDED.
Brooklyn a Scene OF Blood and
Turbulence.
MILITIA AT LAST RESORTS TOLEAD

Nearly 1000 Troops and Policemen DO an
All Day Task of Resisting the v ol-nce
and Matters Are Not Improve at the
Days CIose-Two Hundred Miles Of Car
Lines To Be Guarded.
BROOKLYN. Jan. 22-Violence and
bloodshed constituted the record OF the
eighth day Of the electric street rail ny
operatives strike Three militiamen are
in hospitals with broken heads. two hav-
ing suffered at the hands of riotous men
and women, while the third was the vic.
tim of his own carclessnoss, having fallen
out of seconi-story window. A score or
more policemen are suffering from bullet
wounds or Commissions OF the head and
body, disabling them for the time being.
To what extent the strikers have suffered
cannot DO cunjectured. If they escaped
punishment it was not the fault of the
militiamen, who, in accordance with
orders, fired as directly ut their assailants
Us dense fog which completely hid OBJ
jects at thirty yards distance, would per-
nit
seven Thousand Gunrdsmen on Duty.
Seven thousand national guardsmen
and fifteen or sixteen hundred policemen
resumption Of the street railway traffic In
Brooklyn practicable. In fact the gain
over the last Saturday is scarcely percept-
ible The calling out of the First brigade,
composed OF New York city regiments,
has seemed Gather to add to the tension
than to bring solution of the difficulties.
The task Of restoring peace and order
along nearly 200 miles of street car line is
vast one. The new levy numbered not
far from 1000 men. They were moved
across the great bridge early in the day.
Jeered Mt and Guyed by the Mobs.
The various companies went by elevated
trains wherever it was possible to the
points where they had been ordered. Gen.
orally speaking the greetings they met
with on the streets were far from friendly,
Boys guyed and mon jeered them as they
passed the sections inhabited by laboring
people. The elements which early in the
day were suspicious soon took on an I'M
friendly aspect.
Fighting Rioters in n Fog.
A Scotch mist settled down ON all the
city, increasing i'm density as the evening
approached, and added to the difficulties
which attended the carrying out of the
announced intention of the street car
lines upon lines not operated since the
strike was declared. Such attempts in
this direction rs were mado were futile.
A car started from the Ridgewood station
OF the Brooklyn Heights company littlo
after o'clock, and was assailed with vol
legs Of stones and bricks from windows
and vacant lots before it had proceeded
far on its way down town.
The Rife Lets Loose at Last.
A private soldier was struck in the head
with a stone and disabled. The officer In
command ordered his men to shoot and
two volleys were fired in the direction of
the rioters who. however, were obscured
by the dens log. About $50 bullets were
sent shrieking in search of victims, but
how many. if any, of them found human
targets cannot at present be determined
The mlitiamon's orders were if they shot
it would be to kill. Policemen also did
some shooting at this point with what
effect is a, uncertain as in tho case of the
militiamen.
New Employees Desert the Company.
The great number of new employees of
Brooklyn City Railroad company which
were taken to tho Ridgowood avenue
stable havo deserted and joined the strik-
crs, and there Is not n single man in the
stables who can operate the cars which
the railroad company announce they will
send out this morning. Tho strikers sue
ceeded in winning tho men over and are
taking care of them.
As far as known thoro were twcnty-one
persons hurt during tho day. or these
one was hurt by falling out of window--a
soldier; eight were policemen; five were
soldiers of whom one will probably die;
two were street car employees; three, one
woman, were passengers and three were
unknown men, one of whom will proba-
bly, die How many, if any, of the rioters
were hurt in the fusillados OF bullets is not