Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-01-26
USED THE BAY0NET
Brooklyn Mobs Driven Back by
Troops.
SERIOUS RIOTS OCCURRING
Stones and Bricks Hurled In Every ~
rection by the A7fu Thrown Dnt
OF Employment.

Brooklyn, Jan. 19.-The militia at the
Jamaica car stables We're forced to
charge the big mob three times since
+ o'clock tonight. The strikers gathered
around the stables in the streets and
5eered the soldiers. Col. Eddy drew his
men up in line and gave the order OF
charge. The mob was driven back to
the opposite side of the street and fell
pell nell through doorWays and down
cellars. Charles Wilson was injured
by being stabbed in the back with a
bayonet He was taken to the hospital
ihe militia again charged the mob
which had again become threatening.
The strikers had begun to gather in
front of the car house and jeered the
| scldlers
/ / here We're several personal encouut-
ers between the guards and the mob,
/ which began to close around the car
house Colonel Eddy called on the re-
SCI YES IN the barn, formed them into
i line stretched them along the street
| and gave orders to advance Some of
the strikers and their sympa thizers took
issue with the militia and stopped to ar
que the point. The temper of the
crowd necessitated third charge
Again the soldiers advanced on the mob
and drove it from the street. a second
man was wounded. His name is Thorn
as Nolan, compositor He fell and
was struck on the left knee with a
bayOnet in the hands of some unknown
man.
1o:45 p, m.-The strikers have been
il0tlng for three-quarters of an hour in
the vicinity Of the Jamaica avenue sta
bic. In the tWenty-siXtil ward they are
hurting bricks and stones in every di-
rection. The militia drove the rioters
back several times, chasing them from
the stables. The situation at this place
is serious. Several ambulances have
been sent to the scene
IL y. NIT is rumored that a man
has been killed by the militia in eastern
New York. The Thirteenth regiment
charged the strikers several times 4
hundred mounted police have been sent
out
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
About 5000 militia We're ordered out
today, prepared to put down any vio-
le1ce on the part of the striking street
railway men or sympathizers. The first
appearance of the soldiery upon the |
street was greeted with jeers and hiss
ing from men and boys who thronged
the thoroughfares, while women at the i
windows of tenement houses shook /
their fists and uttered imprecatons. A /
detachment of troops has been sen, to |
stations of ali trolley lines which the /
companies proposed to operate today.
The calling out Of the troops has !
caused Indignation among labor unions.
Master Workman Connolly said a gem
eral strike may be ordered before Sun
day At noon there was no change in +
the number of roads in operation. Mem
bers of the board of mediation and ar
bitration made every effort to bring
about a settlement today. although they
conceded that they had no reason to
expect to succeed.
The first demonstration Of violence
toward soldiers took place at the Hal
sey street depot, where Corporal Cherry
of Company [, Seventh regiment, was
knocked down and so severely beaten
that he had to be taken to the armory.
Several cars We're attacked by 1nobs
and the mOtormen and conductors Sc
verely beaten.
Companies T and G, Seventh regi-
ment, were sent to the east New York
depot on Fulton street at noon A
crowd of strikers had collected there
to prevent the cars from beng started
The police charged the mob and used
their clubs freely. Two strikers We're
badly hurt. Nearly 1000 strikers and
sympathizers Waylaid two Broadway
cars near Flushing avenue and carried
off the mOtOr;nan and conductors as
prisoners.
TROLLEY WIRES CUT.
Two cars of the Fulton street line,
one flying a United States mail flag,
reached Williams place and Fulton
street at las p. m About l 400 strikers
chased four policemen, the passengers
and non-union men from the cars. Po-
lice reinforcements are on the way to
the scene. The trolley wires were cut
at Manhattan crossing and Stone
avenue in two places The mob was con-
stantly increasing and serious trouble
was expected Two more Fulton street
cars We're held at Williams place and
Fulton street.
Justice Cullen has denied the applica-
ton Of Major AcNulty for a writ COM
pelling the Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Company to show cause why they
should not run their cars on Fulton
street and other lines.
FIRED on STRIKERS.
Militia in Brooklyn Have Had Their First
Fatal Encounter.
Brooklyn, Jan. 22.-The first fatal en-
counter of the great strike took place at