The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-23
SOLDIERS shot TO KILL
One Man Mortally Wounded in the
Brooklyn Strike.
HE WAS AN INNOCENT SPECTATOR.

A Street Car Onieial Admits That the
Companies Have Been Unable to Employ
suiiieiant Men to Run the Cars-strikers
Have the Sympathy of the Public.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 23.-The first fatality
of the great strike took place about IL
o'clock last night, when in an encounter
with few boys at the Halsey street sta
ton of the Brooklyn City Railway COM
pnny volley was fired by the militia.
Henry Aims, OF New York city, was IA
tally shot, a musket ball entering at his
mouth and passing through his head. An
o'her man, whose name is Williams, was
wounded In the arm. Tho shooting had
the instant effect of dispensing the mob.
The quiet which prevailed in the vicin-
ity Of Halsey street was suddenly broken
by tho hootlng Of dozen boys, who made
playful attempt to break through the
picket limos. Tho shouting continued q
nome mt too long. 1t was followed by the
sharp crack Of dozen rifles Most of the
shots seemed TO have aimed high. A few
shots, however, went too low, and Henry
Aims was probably fatally shot through
the lower jaw. He had just come out Of a
corner saloon, where he had been drink
ing with some friends. Aims stepped back
in the protection of the door when he
heard the shooting, but he was too late.
The ball just grazed the brim of his friends
hat and hit Aims full in the face. Ho was
taken to a hospital, and will probably die.
Richard Mitchell, car starter, was shot
through both arms.
The ninth day of the tieup closed with
out bringing material change in the situa-
ton. 1t was day of alarming rumors,
which fortunately proved to have slight
or no foundation. There were between
daybrcak and nightfall numerous brushes
between the police and militia on one Side
and the strikers or headstrong law defying
sympathizers with their cause on the
other. The linemen's strike, which was to
have tied up the trolley lines more effect
ually than had boon done by the strike of
motormen, conductors and other EN-
ployes, was called off before it was fairly
on, and later in the day the mandate of
Master Workman Connolly was promul-
gated, calling upon tho linemen to aban-
don their situations this morning What
influenced tho strike manager to call the
linemens strike off thus quickly and then
to order 1t on again cannot now DO told
The reason assigned for the latter act is
palpably but u pretext.
The operating of the street railway lines
has not been wholly satisfactory to tho
city and military authorities, nor has it in
even n comparative degree met the re-
quirements of the public. Tho admission
was made by the superintendent Of ono
line, who was asked by the authorities to
explain why, with all the protection that
had been accorded, so few cars had been
run, that tho company was crippled by
the lack Of men capable Of managing n
car.
The inference from this admission might
be that the companies are waiting until
experienced men can be brought from
other cities or green hands schooled to
their duties.
There is strong feeling In official circles
that the street railway corporations have
not kept faith for they have alleged from
the first that II guaranteed protection
they could operate all tho cars upon all
their lines. On the other hand the man
ayers of trolln-- lin"s rnnv nllc~e with all