The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-23


I threw a rope over the trolley wire and
attempted 10 pull il down. The calvary
. charged upon them and the strikers fed.
Fifteen hnemen, most OF them Gates
avenue men, struck to-day. il is not set
tied whether they aid 10 of their own mo-
ton or were ordered out by their master
workmen. but the latter certainly or
. dered them back to work and they were
reinstated. Asked about the situation to-
night Master Workman Connolly Of Dis
+ trict Assembly No. IS. said: Every line
man viii be ordered out in the morning,
and those who remain viii know what
they are doing. Everything Is quiet and
+ tie men are firm Master Workman
T Connolly said that members Of the Sew
/ enth regiment took possession of the odd
i Fellows hall on Palmetto street. near
I Myrtle avenue at 4 clock this afternoon.
/ 81 had made arrangements 10 hold a large
{ meeting there tonight he said, "and
/ several prominent citizens were to make
i addresses. / was in that neighbOrhood
this afternoon, but when I attempted 10
enter the hall 1 was prevented by the mill
/ itia. All those who were i'm the hall were
/ locked in and papers and books were
seized by the officers of the Seventh regi-
T ment i'm command. This / considered
/ high handed outrage. The city is not un-
] der martial law and 1 cannot understand
/ where they get their authority to close
/ this place. I determined, in consequence
tary, to revoke the order for the line
men to return to work and this means
that they VIII all be out in the morning
This is the strikers version of the ar
I fair. They threaten the vengence Of or
ganized labor on the perpetrators OF this
invasion Of the rights of workingmen 10
assemble and organize.
The military account of the affair varies
I materially from Mr. Connelly's statement.
/ IL is as follows when the troops were
ordered out to protect the starting Of the
first cars from Ridgewood on the Gates
| avenue line, at $3.50 p. m, to-day Maj.
/ Abrams of the Seventh regiment noticed
/ that large number OF the strikers, who
/ had been standing nearly all day in front
I Of their headquarters. retired within the
/ building. AS a matter of precauton, and
] to assist in preserving the peace should
/ any of these men be inclined to break II,
/ he ordered the second company to advance
/ on the double quick down Palmetto street
/ until they had passed the hall. The police
/ at his request, followed Immediately and
| caused the doors of the hall 10 be locked
For over two hours nearly POO men were
/ securely boxed. No papers We're seized,
! nor were any of their rights invaded, save
keeping them in Involuntary confinement
until all the cars sent out had returned
/ and been securely housed
There are about 400 linemen employed on
I the trolley lines. They are under contract
TO work until Feb. %. Presidents Lewis
I and Norton said this evening that they
had not heard that their linemen win strike
in the morning.
There was trouble ell day on the Gates
avenue line. one shot was fred by a Sew
enth regimen. man before II was over.
Early in the day President Norton, OF the
Brooklyn City system which controls the
line, announced that it would be operated.
He succeeded in moving ten cars over the
line This number does not mean ten cars
were in opera ton all day. As matter of
fact they were started out close together,
after $3.50 p. m, and We're hustled back
into the carhouse before o'clock. Maj.
Abrams and companies 3. D. c., Seventh
/ regiment, 300 strong, were on duty this
morning at the depot In Ridge street; Po-
/ lice Capt. Kitser, with 30 men Sergt.
, Black with 30; Capt. Ennis with 80 and a
| mounted squad of Is men. The first car
was started out at $3.50 p. m. 1t was es-
corted by Maj. Abrams and detachment
of troops.
At Knickerbocker avenue and Palmet-
to street, the militia and police charged a
| crowd which had collected. Capt. Kitser
of the police fred a shot, as did also
! one Of the militiamen. On Gates avenue
the police ordered all windows closed. one
/ man hissed the militiamen and a militia
man fired. The shot hit the window sash
/ and the man retreated The first car had
| it's windows smashed Others were hit
with stones and bricks. All were stopped
! at o'clock
supt Quinn of the Atlantic avenue
line stated tonight that the company
had run cars all day over nearly all the
| lines of the system. The first car on the
! Atlantic avenue line, he said was sent
out at 5:12 o'clock, and the last car over
that road was run into the stables at 8
o o'clock tonight. The lines which the
/ company was operating. he said, We're
! avenue fine, the Bergen street line, the
| Vanderbilt avenue line, the Butler street
line, and the Fifteenth street line. Cars
| were sent over the last named two roads
| to-day Mr.. Quinn said, for the first time
| since the strike was inausurated, He de-
| clared that there had not been the Slight
est disturbance on any of the lines. Pres
ident Norton, Mr.. Quinn said, was much
/ pleased with the outlook, and was SAN
guine that the companies would be able
to operate their roads fully in a few
days.
A charge was made by the military at
| Broadway and Halsey streets at IL
| O'Clock tonight. Some small boys had
been jeering the soldiers and there were
| but few men about. drunken man
/ from New York started from John Con-
ways saloon on the corner to cross Hal
sey street. He was fired upon and his
/ in the face, sustaining a compound frac-
ture OF the Jaw. MS name y i IuoHidh
/ Aims He viii die.
Mr. Mitchell of the Brooklyn City rail-
way was shot in the arm. Two Of the bull
/ lets from the guns of the militia went
through the large plate glass windows Of
/ the candy store Of John Eckoff, at No. 1857
| Broadway narrowly missing the clerk be-
hind the counter. Mr.. Eckoff's daughter,
/ Sophia, who was standing in front Of the
store, was just missed by a bullet.
/ DR.. T. z. Wilson attended the wounded
man and was an eye witness Of the shoot
! ing. He says there were but few people
! about and much less excuse for the shoot
ing than last night, when large crowd
at the same place created quite a distur-
I bance An ambulance took the New
Yorker to the St. AIary's hospital, and
/ Mitchell went to his home.
At11:40 the neighborhood was almost de-
1 serted but the few men about were ex-
| cited over the occurrence.
There was less than 20 men present
I when the shooting occurred
The shooting was done by five Of the
/ men of the picket line which the Seventh
regiment had established along Halsey
street to guard the carhouse. A dozen
t.ss5 No,