Evening journal., 1895-01-26


his car, and after some conversation with
Father o Hare he said: " | belong to Bnf-
falo, andI won Z return unless / get money
to do so. have wife and family TO look
after y
You will be we'll taken care Of If you
have - cried Father O'1lare.
The priest then handed the motorman
a bill. and the nonunion man left the car
and disappeared in the crowd. After
few moments not single man was left
on any Of the IL cars.
Father oIIare's Appeal.
Father O'Hare had an interview with
the police and called on the strikers TO re-
turn the cars to the depot in safety. The
strikers, who carried large placards on
which was printed " X. OF L., = manned
the cars and brought them back to the
depot
Father o Hare then read a letter which
he had received from Mayor Schieron say
ing promise was made by delegation
Of Greenpoint residents on Wednesday last
that II no militia were sent 20 Greenpoint
the trolley company would be allowed to
run their cars without. protection, and
that unless the violence Of the mob ceased
he should draft the militia.
Father O'IIare appealed to the crowd TO
allow the nonunion mon to run the cars
and not to dishonor Greenpoint by vio-
lence. He then visited the strikers head
quarters, where q meeting was being held
which he addressed and at which the
nonunion men made speeches promising
to keep off the cars in the future They
numbered "a and were from Now York
Buffalo Syracuse Washington, Cinoin-
natl Jersey City, Boston and Reading.
The strikers committee said they would
be sent 20 their homes. One OF the nom
union men said he had received no money
during the three days he worked for the
company and would sue for It He had
acted as motorman on three different lines
in the three days. While this meeting was
going on the Cross Town cars had again
been started.
They were brought to sudden halt at
Manhattan and Greonpoint avenues where
long iron pipe had been placed from the
wire to the track, burning out the circuit
for four blocks
One Man Fell After Police voiley.
The mob again collected and wrecked
the cars. Policeman Steens was ON the
rear platform of car No 1898 whom two
! shots were fired into the car. No arrests
| were made
Troop A. with patrol wagon drove up
at this juncture. The mounted men and
| police charged the crowd and drove II
back, using their clubs and the flats OF
| their sabers with telling effect. The crowd
| fled, but gathered again, and two more
shots were fired into the cars The police
returned the fire. and man was seen tc
fall as if wounded. He was dragged away
by his comrades. and his identity has moi
been discovered.
The mounted men and the patrolmer
then brought back the cars TO the depot
and MS 1t was becoming dark 1t was decid
ed to run no more cars until morning.
Father O'Hare was seen later by o 70
porter and denied that he had bribes
any OF the nonunion men to leave the rail
road company
II gave nobody money to do So sal,
he, and even II had don't suppose j
would have been crime on my part Th
strikers are providing those men with foo'
and shelter and are sending them to thei
homes. The persons who say that bribo
any nounion men are trying to place m
in false position =
. More Trouble In RIdgewood.
The monotony Of quiet that has prevail
ed at Ridgewood for several days wa
I
committing several assaults and the pro
miscuous firing of musketry A cor boun
for Ridgewood was stopped at Gates ave
nue. and Hamburg street by obstruction
on the track.
The policeman on the front platform
discovered the trouble and told the motor
man to stop the car No sooner had thi
been done than several men jumped upol
the rear platform and hauled the oonducto
off the car Then tho trolley rope was Gu
and the bell pulled as a signal to start
The motorman obeyed the bell and ava
I went the car. The two officers were pow
erless to cope with tho mob, who succeed
cd in pulling the motorInan OFF the ca
and allowed it to run wild for svera
blocks before the policemen could shut o.
the power.
While the car was flying through th
street it was pelted with stones by me
and women from the sidewalks. Wor
was telephoned to the Ridgewood militi
. | ry headquarters, and Captain Nesbitt wa
sent down with Company b. Seventh reg
ment. The militia found mob Of oyt
800 persons and charged 1t, They ais
took three men prisoners and took thel
! | to Camp Abrams at Ridgewood, whel
they were turned over TO the police
During the dlsturDance many WINDOW
in the vicinity were open and filed wit
spectators. Captain Neshitt gave orde
? to close them, but a stubborn refusal WI
: persisted in. He then gave orders to
Z squad of seven men to fire, and the sour
! Of musketry rang through the street
! Twenty shots were fired, and the milit
kept up the charge Saloons, stores an
yards were cleared out by the soldier
Q This concluded the trouble at that spo
9 and the militia returned to headquarter
. President Faure's Daughter Betrothed
+ PARIS, Jan. 26.-The betrothai Of NIL
? Lucie Faure, daughter Of the president
2 the republic to NJ Paul Deschanel,
: member OF the chamber Of deputies, is a
I. nounced. M. Paul Deschanel is the sC
7 Of M. Emile Deschanel, the ointment pr
fessor He is a Republican.
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