New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-24
AND SEVERAL ARRESTS.

Yesterdays history Of Brooklyn's great trolley
strike like its predecessor. Will be written with
trail Of blood. There more bullets and
bricks and one man. Thomas Carney a roofer, Of
No 4sl Union-st., was fatally wounded the hos
pital surgeons say. The greatest trouble was in
Hicks-st near Harrison The Atlantic Avenue
Railroad Company operates a line through Hicks
ST.. and yesterday was the day set for Its open
Ing Believing that there would be trouble, the
city and military authorities sent the entire 18th
Regiment commanded by Colonel Austen and
Majors Luscomb and Cochrane and numbering
900 men. escort for the first car The
car started from the Butler-st carhouses about
o'clock in the afternoon. and on its way down
1t me, bombardment-
From windows and housetops were thrown
bricks and stones. Colonel Austen had given his
sharpshooters orders to look out for brick
throwers Slowly the car and the soldiers went
down the street. When the bricks began to fly
the soldiers began shouting to people who were
peering from windows &c close them. For reply
In many cases bricks were thrown.
Quickly the word was passed along TO shoot at
the windows whenever opened. The rifles Of the
sharpshooters began cracking angry. When
tho troops reached the vicinity Of No. 44i Hicks
ST. Carney. who. with fellow-workman. had
been working on the roof Of that number, stepped
forward to the edge of the roof
"Crackr went a sha .pshooters rife. and
Carney fell backward fatally wounded. His
fellow workman said afterward that Carney
pcered from the roof merely out Of curiosity
The soldiers say he was brickthrower.
The companies made distinct headway IN oper-
asng Their lines Yesterday. They ran more than
200 cars. and Ful,on-st.. IN the vicinity Of the
city Hall and the Bridge. once more wore It's
busy aspect.
The strikers and their friends caused the COM
pan.es a good deal Of damage By wire-cuttng
during Tuesday night; and the companies were
slow in getting cars started. All things consid-
cred. mob manifestations have lesssened
The soldiers are acqutting themselves with
credit. Their severity has no malice In H. Sc
vcr,tv now is synonymous with mercy. The out
look suggests n long contest before order IL fully
restored. But II will be restored. The authori-
ties OF Brooklyn are beginning 10 realize that mob
violence Is a blot upon the fair record OF the city
They are determined 10 stop II.
Mayor Schieren is acting with discretion ana
courage He and his counsellors realize the
magnitude OF the work before them. and VIII
meet every emergency as II arises Order ana
peace will finally BE- restored.
The companies are st without any defence
FOR being a party to plunging the city into deep
trouble The strikers have set forth their side OF
the case In a manner 10 elicit the sympathy oi
thousands of the best people or the city. The
companies have not denied that the men were
suffering almost intolerable hardships when they
struck. and have refused to submit the questions
to arbitration While the fight Is by no means
over. II Is believed that rotng VIII be less
frequent from this time forward
The companies said last night that they would
move more cars to-day. The strikers answered
their challenge by inducing the linemen TO so