The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-24

AT FlLy-urSL street ana Iniru avenue,
the strikers headquarters, lot of stones
were thrown at squad of troopers ana q
wagon load of nonunion men early this
and drove it back into the headquarters
and down the side streets.
rioters had a run in with the militia at
Fifth avenue and Twenty-fourth street
The rioters numbered! about fifty. but they
the militiamen in the face with brass
knucks Red pepper was freely used by
soldiers are suffering from sore eyes The
stun. IN thin paper wrappings. is hurled
about tbe baad aha ah I;,a II IL opeaRs arywhere
most Of these parcels have have missed ''t their eS
than buliet
The dissatisfaction among the linemen
ground them by means e of the the N.es eevated aed
road posts. The wires in a worse con-
dition to-day than they have been yet dur
means of detecting the men in the act,
and and the only way the electricians have of
bg btelling IS when the cars on the whole line
The first car that has run over the
Myrtle-avenue line since the strike began.
ten days ago, was started at O'Clock The
railroad company has been hiring new men
for several sgoad days .,o and housing them at
escorted the. new employees to the car
barns. The fact that cars would be start
ed this morning had caused a crowd to
gather in the vicinity AS the new en-
ployes emerged into the street thev were
greeted with derisive cries. Major Abrams
at once ordered his men to charge, and a
general stampede followed, the crowd fee-
ing in all directions. closely pursued by the
juncture two made their appearance
on the trestle of the elevated road, directly
overhead. They were in front of the loco
motive and their appearance was sus-
picious.
Come down off therer' yelled Major Alb
rams.
"Oh, we are all right came back the
answer from one of them, while both re-
Come down or I'll shoot." commanded
the major again, more sternly.
The men gave utterances to something
the major could not understand, but re-
fused to bulge.
81 give you fair warning. Come down or
AT the same time five of the majors men
advanced with elevated muskets. The COM
UP by the action of his men had its effect,
form
CARS STARTED WITHOUT TROUBLE.
Before starting the first car a detail of
militia was sent out on Myrtle and Wykoff
avenues, Magnolia and Palmetto streets to
clear those thoroughfares. The Sixty
ninth Battalion had been sent up from
Gates and Ralph avenues and lined Myrtle
avenue from Ridgewood down to Broadway.
At precisely 8 o'clock a car was started
down Myrtle avenue with two polio amen on
each platform and detachment of soldiers
on the sidewalk. This was soon followed
by another car similarly guarded. At 9l0
forty more new. employees were escorted
from the railroad company's Office to the
car-stables by the police No demonstration
was made, as the crowd had been dispersed.
During the night the wires on Broadway,
near Fulton avenue, over both tracks were
torn down, cut Off and thrown into the side
streets; On Fulton avenue, near Sackman,
hoan tfod
number of the linemen had struck it was
Impossible to run cars. Two cars were
went down as far as Manhattan Junction.
put as they could go no further they were
Broadway line did not attempt to nut a car
out. although everything was in readiness
20 increase the number sent out yesterday.
AT E,ast New York but one car was started
on the fulton-street line this morning 1t
nad proceeded but short distance when it
a second car was found to be useless. and
IT became evident that the wires had been
was repaired, and after about two hours S
ueIay the car resumed its trip.
On the .Flatbnsh-avenue i.ne cars were
store-keepers on this line have signs dis
played in their windows calling for aid for
strikers and so far about $500 has been COL
iected Two cars were started on the Ninth
avenue line. The new motormen, mistaking
switch, run the cars on South street caus-
ing delay OF half an hour. On the Gates
avenue line a car was started. taking tl,e
Myrtle-avanue route owing to the fact that
the wires h2.d been cut on Gates avenue.
During the night the p:ckets at Twenty
fourth street and Fifth avenue We're fired
at by the mob of rioters. The shots We're
soldiers were injured. They fired in the di-
rection from which the shots came but
probably without effect.
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A SOLDIER
An attempt was made last night to shoot
a soldier on guard duty at the Flatbush
depot. Private Joseph Prout, of Company T.,
Fourteenth regiment, was the man fired at.
The miscreant escaped IN the darkness.
Later a tried to cross the tracks
at the same place. The sentry fired over his
head and the fellow ran away.
AT Sis o'clock this morning, a crowd gath
cred in front of the Bushwick Cottage Hotel
and jeered at the non-union men who were
at the Ridgewood depot. Companies and
d, of the Seventh regiment, were ordered
to charge on the mob and succeeded in dis
persing it. No shots were fired and no one
was injured.
Henry Weyant, a private in Company X,
of the Twelfth regiment, fell from exhaus-
ton this morning at Park place and Van
derbilt avenue. He had been on guard duty
food. The guardsman stationed at the Flat
bush depot complained of the poor food
they were getting. The detail there was
reduced to-day tn twenty men.
The doors of the depot at Third avenue
and Fifty-eight street were thrown open at
IL 40 o'clock this morning. Two cars were
in readiness one manned by Charles Scho-
field, electrician; Motorman G. III. Schmitt
and Conductor Emil Reeme. Policemen
guarded the front and rear of the
twelve men of the second mounted squad
were drawn up in front of the depot as the
car left the depot the soldiers surrounded
it, Three men riding in advance three on
each side and three IN the rear. On the
roof of the railroad depot were sharpshoot-
ers who covered with their rifles the ele-
waited station at Fifty-eighth street and the
windows on each side of the avenue. The
elevated station was occupied by a strong
force of the militia, was Third avenue to
FIRST street. From First street to Atlantic
avenue sharpshooters patrolled the side
walks. The entire Twenty-third regiment
was engaged in the guarding of these cars.
At II As a. m, Motorman Schmtt started his
car at high rate of speed. another car
following The east side of the avenue is
at the foot of hill and the vacant lots at
the back of the houses on the avenue were
thronged with strikers and their friends.
The headquarters Of the strikers at Fifty
fifth and Third avenue were kept closed
the guard of soldiers in front being fifty
men. All the windows and doors along the
road We're ordered to be kept shut. There
was no disturbance and no stop was made
until Seventeenth street IVES reached when
a slight delay occurred while Electrician
Schofield opened the switch leading to the
Second-avenue road
At the factory Of Robert Greaves Thirty