Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
Henry Aims, Shot by the Militia Last
Tuesday, Died Yesterday.
TENTH DAY OF THEGREATSTRlKE
Railroads Find 1t Hard to Get
Men to Work.
THE ACTS OF LAWLESSNESS CONTINUE

of Motnrmen and the Wires in Bad Con-
dition--So improvement in the Condi-
tion of Affairs Yesterday.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. Jan. 1S.--The Brook
Ign Heights and Atlantic Avenue Railroad
Cos. are gradually increasing the number
Of cars in operation on their lines, and the
strikers are becoming eorrespondingly
bitter. The leaders are advocating peace,
but there are number of wild spirits who
want to see trouble.
The cars of the Court street, Flatbush
avenue and Putnam avenue lines of the
Brooklyn City railroad are heing operated
with nearly their entire compliment OF
cars. The Fifth avenue line OF the ATTAIN
tic system was also running, and there
were nire cars than have been in opera
ton since the strike began.
There are in this city now about 100 men
from Philadelphia. They are for the most
part experienced motormen, and as fast as
cars can be found for them to man they
are put to work. Most of them are armed
and being irresponsible men, it is thought
that should they come in contact with the
strikers in a body there will be blondshed.
Lawless demonstrations were frequent
in the early hours. AS Court street car
was passing group of strikers stopped it
| and so terrorized the motorman that he
deserted his car and took to his heels. The
car was pushed along to its destination by
| the next one following.
When the second car started out there
| was some excitement, caused by the firing
of two shots by somebody in crowd that
| surrounded the car, and dropped the
motorman from the platform. The police
chased the crowd away. No arrests were
made.
The five cars following were tied up at
| the corner of Court and Second streets by
strikers who asked the conductor and
motorman Of each to leave. The men de-
| serted their cars and left them standing on
| the track.
On the Putnam avenue line crowd
stopped a car, pummelled the motorman
and smashed the car windows. The police
drove the crowd back for a block, and
thinking that it was safe, left it to proceed
with only guard on the front and rear
platforms. No sooner had the police
turned their backs, however, than the
| crowd returned to the attack. This time
the police charged the crowd and drove
them into the side streets. John Nespitt
was arrested.
During the night the motor boxes of
several of the Fifth avenue cars, while
standing in the shed ut Fifth avenue and
Twenty-third street. were destroyed.
FOUGHT LIKE A DEMON AND ESCAPED.
Il BROOKLYN, N. ", Jan. 22.-There
4 was an unusual calm about Brooklyn
this morning after the excitement of
last night. The posts where the mill
tary guards are stationed were devoid
of crowds, and save for few petty as
saults the early morning was without
incident. AT the Alabama avenue sta
ton of the Fulton avenue line of the
Brooklyn Heights railroad the soldiers
were treated to volley of bricks and
stones, but the men who threw them
kept out of sight.
While they did not make any open
manifestation, the mobs busted them
selves In cutting wires. They could do
this work without fear of discovery and
at the intersection of Gates and Myrtle
avenues they cut the wires for about
two blocks. At other places they also
cut the wires and carried them away.
At Flatbush avenue it was discovered
that man had made his way into the
stable and had attempted to bribe the
new men there to desert their posts
under promise of being well paid
for staying away from their work. Il
was discovered that he or some othel
mscreant had tempered with the motor
, boxes of some of the cars. The mar
was discovered In the stable and fought
! like demon with the military officer:
who found him there. One of them re
ceived black eye and the man made
his escape,
} Every precaution is being taken t.
, prevent any stranger entering the powe
houses, as there have been threats tina
the stables and power houses will bl
blown up and every man in them killed
A NoN-uNIoN MAN DRIVEN AWAY.
After midnight a non.union motto
, | oil hA
Newark, was seized by gang of strik
and he was ordered to relinquish his in
tention of working in place of striker
He refused to DO so and was knocked
down and kicked almost unconscious. Ill
; was then bound hand and foot with wire
! carried into the middle of some empt,
t lots and kept there until daylight. III
e letters was then removed and he wa
4 escorted to the Broadway ferry b.
4 strikers. His fare was paid to New
/ York, and he was told not to return
i under penalty of worse treatment mex
G time.
d 1t is learned that two boys were badl,
c injured by being trampled upon b.
e strikers in the conflict between tn
h soldiers of the Seventh Regiment an
the rioters last night at Ridgewood.
STRIKERS IN THE BEST POSITION.
Z The companies are still further hamp
d cred by the refusal of their linemen t
y repair cut wires. This is practically
i strike OF the liuemen.
y A non-union motorman was attacke
i at the Halsey street station about
J. o'clock this morning and severel
Y beaten. A policeman who stood nearh
L refused to interfere.
y LINEMEN REFUSE TO FIX THE WIRES.
e In pursuance of the agreement al
rived at yesterday afternoon by the line
men that they would refuse to execut
any repairs on the roads still IL me
q went to work at las this morning. Thre
-e were sent with repair wagon to replaC
ID wires which had been cut during Oh
ID night between Gates and Knickerbockt
le avenues. On reaching the spot whei
a the wires were down the men refuse
~ point-blank TO have anything TODD wit
,e repairing them and left the wagon. III
al wagon was taken back to the depot b
the motorman and conductor.
POLICE CLUB THE MOB.
A squad Of policemen and some di
: turbers were in conflict this morning
W When the men were ordered TO c.ei
i. away from the corner Of Hamilton avt
it nue. and Court street they refused to
r. 81. One of the men hurled an egg at
2; policeman. Tie bluecoats thereupo
"a charged the mob and dubbed every OF
y, 10 in sight. Twenty of the crowd left IN
. neighborhood with badly bruised head
LINEMEN JOIN THE STRIKE.
Superintendent Campbell has receive
u word that linannen IN all the railrOal