The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-21
MILITARY PROTECTION.
Twelve Thousand Troops Under
Arms at Brooklyn.
mo SIGNS OF COMPROMISE NOW.

cults. The strikers, tlrOa I'll their execu-
tive committee, have made concession
latter concession, and the only point upon
(which they stood out was that the com.
panies should re-employ all their old men.
This was fatty refused by the presidents
of the companies ut the conference with
Mayor Schiren yesterday afternoon, al
(which were present Messrs. Connolly, Best
and Giblin, of the strikers executive com.
1nittee, and Presidents Lewis Norton and
Wicker, of the BROOKLYN Heights Atlantic
and BROOKLYN and Queens County systems
of trolley cars. respectively. President
Lewis made IL n point that he ia in honor
bound to retain the men he has employed
since the strike began. This the strikers
will NOT accede to
Yesterday was n dov of oreat d,sorder
THE CITY Is vjrtualIv under military rula
streets are blocked against nedestrians nv
soldiers and anyone Who stops to argue thu
Ipoint 4, told to walk around tbe block
and a olistenino bnvonet ia held within
two inches of his face Thousands of curi.
lous citizens hocked 70 the scenes of the
riot and helped To swell the crowds thai
gathered to do mischief The green hands
had some rou0h experienced, ali through
the day. aud y brealfdovn of any kind was
the SIGNAL for tbe formation Of a savage
mob and for the ranid demolition Of all
the glass vvorl, in the car On the Court
street and Fifth avenue lines fullv half this
cars are in n very dilanjdated condition
The various moba that Gathered or tbs
car stabIes and aII those along the tracl,s
of the tied mn lines contained bo oon neonIe
The switches ,yera broken and obatacle.
lbeaned on the tracks. yviras were emf M
various no,nts and on tho whole ,ba d,v
was full of nettv annovances for tho rail
road oomnanies Motormen ahandonea
their cnrs nt various noints and in aoma
instances left the city as soon as thew nos.
sibly could 40 serious did the Situation
seem. Blood was snilt in quantities INF
no one was scrionslp Injured
At noon n detail Of siytv man from, eocb
of the COMPANIES of the Fourteenth rcgt.
ment nnder command of Cantain W 7,
Garcia rclievcI the f,rst bottaIion ~ tbo
Tbirteontb re-Ircnt NIaior Cocbran and
after tho g,,,r1 was ,,nstn5 ,rcnarations
were made far starting mo GAYS T,vcnty.
two motormc -, wore renortnd ne ra,dy 70
start INF only ton c,rs wore cont ont Tha
ground in tho Immediate y,cinitv ,yas
onicI,Iv cIc,rod n small detail xvorl.inc, tba
cro,,.d I,,,l- ~, he o.st,,,r, "a ole,,rio
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few, be,I;o,a,,a,,ta ,vor, r,rasar,t
AtI.45 n ~, ton co.. ,,,ara r,.a, na..
tbe clock strucl- . hotb ci,-ic and n,ilitorv
forcee m ado tbe n,ove A c,r lied CT -,
the shed and was syvitcbed on the trocl-
Headline down To Fnlton ferry II xvos s,,r.
rounded hy t,,nl,,a e,,,,r1s ,,n5ar 7 ia,,to,
ant Jdttle Of Comnnnv n Foprteontb
regiment and nreceded 6v Sergeant Rain.
els and six mounted nolicemen began to
fourney Cantnins Gorr,a, ,,a Enrta
with n hundred n,trolman fol,onod Tha
military halted in their nictet line and
the noiica accop,n,niad a. do,y,, ~ az
nue. The other nine cars followed AT in
teryals of a few minntes
All went well for thirty minutes whom
tb, no,ica rasarvos ,varo soar - hn,t
detachment was then sent ahead In the
natrol wagon at full amazed The mob bad
taken nossessIon of tbe huildIno In 'FRONT.'
NJ a row NJ brick bnildipra undor COW
struction and hurled n over botb trocLo
There yvere many xvomep and children an
this mob. and "A scene of turbnlence was
enacted lasting a long time after the oh.
stacles were removed ns the strikers in
the mcnnwbile had succeeded in securing
the desertion of four motormen
A second block occurred near Seratogn
avenue and the cnrs yverc orflered b,cl, 10
the stable all reachiny East New York i'm
a somewhat battered condition. with the
execution If one tbe latter being tolron
hack nv n striker. who Ind n big nlac,rd
on his 6rcast heorino tho inscripfian az
of ~ He was cbeored nil along tho line
AtR o'clock several sbots yyere Aired nj a
car MT Fiftb avenue and T,yentiotb etraats
the bullets nassing thronob the ,vindo,ys
and imbedding tbemselyea in the wood.
work No arrests y,are made
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nrocI,ua+ion ro,nirir,, naI7 ,aan,a,,-
tvitbir Tho limits ~ tbe o,+,, e. naf.oI.,
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