Evening journal., 1895-01-22


Heights company, and smaller numbers
Of men We're received at other depots The
hiring Of Inexperienced men has given the
strikers aud their sympathizers an argu-
ment which Is being used to influence pub
lie opinion as is shown BY the proceedings
In the board Of eideTmen and board Of su.
peryisors
With al the companies have been able
to do only small fraction of the lines.
perhaps not more than one in six, have
been operated at all and on those which
have been nominally in operation the last
few days not more than half the usual
number Of cars have been run.
Linomen May Go out Too.
The ranks of the strikers will probably
be recruited today by the linemen who
until now have remained ia the employ Of
the companies. They number about 600
and may be classed as experts. Their SYM
pathies have been with the strikers all
along They have thus far responded to oil
calls to repair wires cut by strikers or
their allies Now, however, they say that
it is evident the companies are waging
merciless warfare upon those who went
out last week, and they profess to fear
that some day their turn may come to
suffer for what they term capitalistic OPP
preston
They have let it be understood that to-
day they will not 60 out to repair cut
lines even at the risk Of dismissal They
viii not strike, they say. They will mere
ly refuse to perform the work required Of
them and put upon the companies the
onus Of discharging them.
a car started from the Ridgewood sta
tion Of the Brooklyn Heights company
was assailed with volleys Of stones and
bricks from windows and vacant lots be-
fore it had proceeded far on its way down
town A private soldier in command or
dered his men to shoot, and two volleys
were fired in the direction Of the rioters,
who. however, We're ohscured by the dense
fog. About $50 bullets were sent shriek-
Ing in search Of victims, but how many,
If any. of them found human targets can
not at present be determined.
| The militiamen's orders were that when
they shot II should be to kill Policemen
also did some shooting nt this point, with
what effect is as uncertain as in the case
Of the militiamen. It is asserted by the
militia officers that they only ordered the
volleys when the violence Of the mob made
1t necessary to do so.
Policemen Stoned From Housetops.
On the same line a car started out an
| hour later was beset by rioters at Gates
/ and Stuyvesant avenues. The police es-
/ corting it essayed to drive off the rioters
| and while doing so were fred upon from
house Two policemen were wounded.
one in the arm and the other in the hand.
As trolley cars Nos 1910 and 1924 Of
| the Gates Avenue line. in charge Of Mo
tormen Theodore Alter and William Es.
sell, We're passing through Gates avenue
near Central avenue, they were assailed
/ with fusillade Of stones from the house
tops and windows on both sides Of the ave
nue.. The crowd which lined the sidewalks
joined in the attack and sent volley after
Volley into tho cars.
Patrolmen George Shackelton, Dennis
Bushe and James L. Coolihan We're severe
| ly injured. Coolihan's nose was broken
and Bushe and Shackelton received seyera
confused wounds about the face. The carr
we're stopped, when the stone throwerI
ran away. The policemen's wounds wer'
dressed by an ambulance surgeon in tn
Ninth precinct to which station the in
iured were conveyed.
Thomas Horan, 10 years old, Of 10 Six
teenth street was busily engaged in punch
ing the head Of Conductor Henry Path o
Oh his up town trip. Horan was arrestel
by Policeman Martin Casey, who brough
him before Justice Tlghe Of the Butle
street police court Justice Tighe sen
Koran to the Kings county penitentiar.
for 90 days.
Policemen Shot by Strikers.
While three cars Of the Gates Avenu
line were on their way down town the
were surrounded by a bowling mob a
Gates and Stuyyesant avenues. Missile
Of every description were hurled at th
men in charge Of the cars and at the pc
lice who We're escorting them. A portioi
Of the mob gathered on the housetops il
the vicinity, and from this vantage groun
bricks taken from the chimneys wer
hurled with terrible effect on the police
several of whom were badly injured.
Emboldened by tho fact that the latte
were comparatively powerless to make rs
sistanoe, the mob pressed forward, and
number Of shots were fired, two of whic
took effect on Policeman Patrick Colliga1
SO years old and james Degan, 81 years
Of the Second precinct who formed POI
, tion Of the guard. Degan was shot throug
She arm and Colligan through the hand
They were taken to a neighboring dru
J store, where their wounds were dressed b
Ambulance Surgeon Mylod, who was sun
moned, after which they were taken
their homes. Colligan lives at 521 Henr
] street and Degan at 237 Huntington street
The mob after this succeeded in wrecl
{ Ing the three cars. which were taken dow
5 opposite the Ninth precinct police station
on Gates avenue, by reserves which ha
. been summoned from there and whic
I finally succeeded in dispensing the crowS
I Captain Kitzer learned that the shot
{ came from house in the neighborhooG
He forced his way up stairs with two I
5 bis men and arrested q woman name
Z Kate Carney. who, 1t is believed, eith'
r did the shooting or is aware who did i
The woman was put in patrol wagon, b'
a D mob intercepted the vehicle and petite
0 1t with stones. Mrs. Carney was hit c
5 the head with rock and received a seye
: scalp wound
o Elmer r Van Dyke. aged 25 years,
? % West Twelfth street. New York,
. member Of the Sixteenth regiment fe
5 from the second story Of the Thirteeni
d Regiment armory at Flatbush avenue
9 the roof of the Long Island railroad depo
9 a height Of 20 feet. He sustained a cor
i pound fracture of the skull and lacerat'
wound on the face He was removed
a 1 Genav bosDita1 and traafed fbera It