The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-21
Windows Smashed, and the Motormen
and Guards Assaulted with All
Kinds of Missiles.
HOT WATER AND UTENSILS
Thrown FROM HOUSES AT THE SOL
: DIERs, POLICEMEN AND "sCABs."
Many Women and Children in the
MObs-AnOther Brigade of State
Militia Ordered-No Compromise.

BROOKLYN, JAM 20.-There were
but few evidences of the turbulent
scenes of the night before when the
Sabbath sun rose over East New York,
and scarcely sign of life was observed
save in the vicinity of stables of the
Fulton-avenue and Broadway lines. At
7:30 o'clock a. m. the police arrived $50
strong. Captain German assumed COM
mand of both the police and the ma
tional guard. The morning passed very
quietly. the crowds which gathered be-
ing composed largely of spectators. The
tearing down of the trolley wires a few
blocks away prevented the running of
any cars, and, as consequence, the
strikers kept in the background until
the repairs had been completed. The
arrival of the construction wagons,
however, acted like a torch to maga-
zine, and a big crowd at once focked
about the tracks stretching for mile
along the avenue, waiting for the cars
they knew would soon be sent out.
At noon detail of sixty men from
each of the companies of the Four
teenth Regiment, under command of
Capt. w. L. Garcia. relieved the first
battalion of the Thirteenth Regiment
Major Cochran, and after the guard was
posted preparations were made for start
ing the cars. Twenty-Five motormen
were reported as ready to start, but
only ten cars were sent out. The ground
in the immediate vicinity was quickly
cleared, small detail from the Fourth
working the crowd back to the east
ward and couple of mounted police
working them in the opposite direction.
The little force succeeded admirably.
which showed that but few belligerents
were present. At las ten cars were
ready and as the clock struck both
civic and military forces made a move.
A car rolled out of the shed. and with
out any delay was switched on the
track leading down to Fulton ferry.
It was surrounded by twelve guards
under officer of the day Lieutenant Lit
tie, of Company E. Fourteenth Regi-
ment, and, preceded by Sergeant Rel
nels and six mounted policemen, began
it's journey. Captains German and En-
mis-, with one hundred patrolmen, fol-
lowed. The military halted at it's picket
line and the police at once accompanied
the car down the avenue. The other
nine cars followed at intervals Of few
minutes. All went well for thirty min
utes, when the police reserve was seen
to halt. A detachment was then sent
ahead in the patrol wagon at full speed.
On the avenue. near Hopkins avenue,
the mob had taken possession of the
building material in front of row of
brick buildings under construction and
hurled it over both tracks between the
short time of the passage of the second
car and before the third had reached
that point. There were many women
and children in this mob and scene
of turbulence was enacted, lasting a
long time. After the obstacles were re-
moved, as the strikers in the mean
while had succeeded in securing the de-
sertion of four motormen, a second
block occurred near Saratoga avenue.
and the cars were ordered back to the
stable, all reaching East New York in
somewhat battered condition with the
exception of one. the latter being taken
back by a striker who had a big
placard on his breast bearing the in
scription, TX. of L." He was cheered
all along the line. There was very lit
tie excitement in other directions in
East New York during the day.
Additional troops have been asked for
and have been ordered out to quell the
strike disturbances in the City of
Churches. The First Brigade national
guard including all the troops, infantry.
artillery and signal corps. received or
ders from Acknowledgement McAlpin to
be ready for service tomorrow under
Brigadier General Fitzgerald. Early to-
day there was a general feeling that the
Mayor, after his conference with the
delegation of labor leaders and a SUBJ
sequent one with representatives of the
railroad companies, would bring about
a settlement on compromise plan. The
efforts of the Mayor to bring about a
settlement having proved fruitless, there
is no telling at this moment when or
how the differences between the rail-
road officials and the striking motormen
and conductors will be adjusted.
The news that the First Brigade of
the national guard in New York had
been called out this evening caused a
great deal of excitement and anxiety
throughout the city. The trouble be-
tween the military and the strikers
which occurred last evening was looked
on as the beginning of a series of such
outbreaks, and the calling out of addi-
tional troops showed at once in how
serious a light the authorities viewed
the situation. The cars were run to-
day by green hands on the same lines
as on yesterday. but they We're poorly
patronized by the public. Scrimmages
innumerabls took place on all the Lines