The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-06
BROOKLYN'S Big TIE-UP.
GOVERNOR MORTON ORDERED
OUT THE MILITIA.
Continuation Of Struggle on the Part
Of the Trolley Employees for In
creased Pay, Shorter Hours and a
New Adjustment of the Trip Sys-

New Adjustment of the Trip Sys-
tem-Brooklyn a Military Camp.
The first savage encounter in tho big
Brooklyn trolley tie-up between the soldiers
and the mob occurred about $50 on the
night OF the sixth day Of the trouble at the
stables Of tho Brooklyn City Railroad and
the Brooklyn, Queens and Suburban Rail-
roads In East New York. During the even.
Ing small mobs gathered in dozen places
in the neighborhood, and charge after charge
had to be made to scatter them. In the
charges numerous persons were hurt, and
It was reported that one man had his head
fractured and was fatally injured. f.ys r.
The morning OF the sixth day found the
Second Brigade Of the National Guard IN the
field. The soldiers were detailed to guard
the terminals OF the various lines un-.
der operation and to polnts where riot
Gus mobs had previously congragated.,
This left the entire police force OF 1850 men
to look after the non-union employees of the
road and to patrol the streets.
The railrond companies said they would
have all their lines running within forty-eight
hours after protection was thus given them.
They failedto make good their promises, for
the railroad companies. with all the protec-
ton they asked for afforded them, succeeded
IN opening only five more OF their forty-one
tied-up lines, and these they ran under great
difficulties for only few hours.
Riot eliminated in bloodshed shortly be-
tore IL o'clock midnight, in East New York,
where three companies OF .he Thirteenth,
Regiment, under Major Cochran, charged
on an angry mob furiously and bayoneted
several men. .t.'.
The known wounded were James Tighe,
pedler, twenty-eight years old; bayonet
wound in groin. wilkins Eugene, twenty
eight years old, ex-prize fighter. living In
New Lots; bayonet wound in groin prob
ably mortal. ..-
The mob had been growing in size all the
evening and toward midnight developed a
threatening attitude. The strikers had been
drinking freely. They were strengthened by
Anarchists and other unruly characters who
haunt the neighborhood habitually. N
Major Eddy had been on duty at the
Brooklyn City Railroad depot there, with
two companies of the Fo1y-seyenth Regi-
ment, and was about to be relieved by Major
Cochran. AS his detachment prepared to;
leave. the strikers grew suddenly violent and
threw stones. .....
Major Eddy called upon Major Cochran
for assistance, and Cochran immediately
ordered bis three companies to arms. At
this, the mob charged, and q shower Of
stones and bricks fell among the soldiers,
injurlng some severely. The situation was
critical, and Major Cochran ordered q
charge.
The boys Of the Thirteenth, bruised and
angered by the assault, lowered their bayo-r
nets and made vigorous charge into the
very middle Of the crowd. A hot fight fol-
lowed. Clubs were brought into play, and,
with loud yells, the rioters slung stones into
the faces Of the soldiers. Then they closed
i There was no shrinking on the part Of the
militia. Facing shower OF stones and
bricks, these citizen soldiers gave the mob;
the cold steel. The soldiers punched their
bayonets into the bodies Of the rioters with,
out compunctIon, and after q brief, wild
struggle. made noisy with yells and curses
and shrieks OF pain, they drove the mob
back. . l .. s.. -..
II was all over in q few moments. The
rioters saw that they were dealing not with
boys, but with determined soldiers Of might
and courage. They turned and ran In all
directions, hurling few stones by way Of
parting. But they did not all go. Four or
five men were left struggling and groaning!
on the ground.
As soon as tho crowd was completely
driven of and the street cleared, Major
Cochran brought his command back and
the wounded were cared for. Ambulancesl
were sent for, and several were found suf-
Johns Hospital. One OF these men, who had,
q severe bayonet thrust through the groin,
would, 1t was said at the hospital, probably
die. .en
The losses were not alone with the riot.
ers. Private Malcomb W. Wood, OF the .
Thirteenth Regiment, was picked up from
the ground senseless witha badly shattered /
head. He was taken also to the hospital, !
and It was learned later that his skull was
fractured and his condition very critical. !
He had been struck BY brick. . /
Nearly every man in,the three companies,
however, had suffered more or less. Nearly
all were struck by rocks and bricks.
To the police was left the duty OF protect
ing the various lines and the city generally.
The strikers met this move by merely trans
ferring hostilities to points o few blocks
from the immediate neighborhood OF the de-
pot. Many were their assaults upon
passing ears and the riots OF great
and small degree In which they engaged
the police without interference from
the militia. They also developed for the
first time disposition tocu wires, and In
this way successfully crippled several lines.
The utter failure Of the companies to sue
ccssfullY operate their lines, even with the
assistance of all the protection they had de-
manded and secured, tended to anger Mayor
Schieren and the city authorities generally.
It was considered not unlikely that the
Mayor, In case OF continued failure on the
part ofthe companies, would take steps for
the annulment Of their charters.
The complete failure OF the Brooklyn au-
thorities to handle the big trolley strike
even with the assistance OF the Second Brig.
ade OF the State National Guard, eliminated
on tho night following the bayonet charge In
a call upon the State for further aid. Mayor
Srhieren, after consultation with civic and
military authorities, telegraphed Governor
Morton, who promptly ordered out the First
Brigade.
As a consequence, all the troops of New
York City, consisting OF five regiments and
two battalIons of infantry, two batteries OF
artillery, one cavalry troop and the naval
reserve. were ordered under arms by,
General Fitzgerald. commanding the First
Brigade, and portion OF them were
ordered to duty In Brooklyn.
Brooklyn thus took on the appearance OF
military camp. The town bristled with
bayonets, armed men went about her streets
and from her loftiest battlements there waved
blood red signals of war. The clank OF
swords was heard in once peaceful thorough
fares, and the morning hours were broken
by the trumpet call and the sound OF the
shrlll and martial fife.
The troops of Brooklyn and New York con-
sist OF the entire First and Second Briga'les
ofthe State. The Second Brigade, already
on the scene of action, numbered 800 men,
The First Brigade numbers 400 men. Thus
1900 troops were ordered for duty in the
peaceful city OF Brooklyn.
The Mayor of BROOKLYN saw the leaders o.
the strikers and got from them glad eoD-
sent to arbitrate. Then he sent for the
leaders Of the trolley corporations. Led
by Benjamin Norton. President OF the
Atlantic avenue line, they resisted
the Mayors appeal in a conference an
hour and half long. At the end Oh the con-