The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-22

ambulance surgeon in the ninth pre-
cinct to which station the injured were
conveyed.
At S:45 p. m. as car of the Halsey
street line was being taken into the
depot at Broadway and HalSey street
mob Of over 1000 men and boys gath
cred and threw stones at the car
smashing all the windows. The two
policemen on the car got off and fired
their revolverS at the mob, but so fan
as could be learned no one was injured
PicketS of the Seventh regiment sta
toned there made re/ated charges
and finally drove the crowd back.
JOINED BY THE HOBOS.
The ranks of the strikers in Brooklyn
today were Swelled by the addition OF
gangs of tramps and loafers from New
York. All day through the rain and
fog these hoodlums tramped from
New York over the Brooklyn bridge,
bound for the point where instinct
told them there would likely be more
trouble
1t is estimated during one hour this
morning that 5000 persons crossed the
bridge by way of the promenade.
The executive board of the district
assembly No. Is, knights Of Labor,
which ordered the strike has been call
ed before the grand jury, They are
to be examined as to the cause Of an &C
cident at Franklin and Fulton avenues
on New Years night. The jury requeS-
ted the men to produce the timetable OF
the company which specify the time OF
running number of trips made by each
car during the day The jury will also
look into the discharge of men by COM
panies, cause Of dismissal and other
matters connected with the manage
ment of the trolley cars. The object
of the investigation IS 10 ascertain
whether cars are propelled at rate of
speed in excess of the legal limit. 1t is
expected that this investigation VIII
have an important bearing upon the
strike.
Superintendent Byrnes announced to-
day that the entire police force reserves
would be held at the several stations
for any emergency that might arise in
Ney York City during the absence of
the militia on duty in Brooklyn.
While three cars on the Gates avenue
line were on their way down town at
$50 this evening they were surrounded
by a bowling mob at Gates and
Stuyvesant avenues Missiles of every
description Were hurled at the men in
charge Of the cars and the police who
Were escOrting them. A portion of the
mob had gathered on thehouse tops
in the vicinity and from this vantage
ground bricks taken from chimneys
were lufleu NlIn terrible eIiSCL on lilc
police, several of whom were badly in
jured.
Emboldened by the fact that the lat
ter Were comparatively powerless to
make resistance, the mob pressed for
ward and d number of shots Were fired,
several of which took effect on Police
man Coliigan and James began of the
Second precinct who formed a portion
OF the guard. Degan was shot through
the arm and Colligan through the
hand. They were taken to a neighbour
ing drug store where their wounds were
dressed by an ambulance surgeon who
was summoned, after which they were
taken to their homes.
The mob after this succeeded in
wrecking three cars which were down
opposite the Ninth precinct police sta
ton on Gates avenue. During the
melee Kate Carney was detected throw
ing missiles from a window. She was
placed under arrest