The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-23

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that the wires had been cut in the neigh
borhood OF Flatbush avenue and Fulton
street and lincmen refused to repair them.
The companies are also short OF men.
Repair shop No. OF the Myrtle avenue
line has 30 electricians and 30 assistants at
work this morning. The cut wires In
East New York and Gates avenue have
been repaired. The linemen say they will
not strike in a body. as the motormen re-
fused To help them a year ago when they
had difficulties with the companies. In
dividual members among the linemen
may strike, but there will be no organized
leaving off OF work.
Red Pepper is Freely Used
by the rioters and many OF the police and
soldiers are suffering from sore eyes. The
stuff, in thin paper wrappings, Is hurled
at the soldiers and II it breaks in the
eyes or on the foreheads or even anywhere
about the head the miiitismen suffer ex-
cruciating pain for while. Fortunately
most of these missiles have missed their
marks, but the soldiers dread them more
than bullets.
has caused the strikers TO cut the wires
and ground them by means OF the eleva-
ted railroad posts, The wires are In
worse condition today than they have yet
during the strike. There seems to be no
means OF detecting the men in the act
and the only way the electricians
have OF telling Is when the cars on the
whole line become blocked and cannot
move until the break Is repaired. AL
though the number cars running is small
and considerably less than yesterday the
following lines are in operation: Brook
lyn City railroad, Myrtle avenue, Greene
and Gates avenues, Fulton street, Put
nam and Haisey streets, Court street,
Third avenue, Flatbush avenue, Brook
Iyn, Queens County and Suburban,
Broadway, Summer avenue, Ralph avenue,
Reed avenue, Fifth avenue, Seventh
avenue, Ninth avenue, Fifteenth street,
Bergen street, Butler street, Hoyt street
and Atlantic avenue.
During the night the pickets at
Twenty-fourth street and Fifth avenue
were fired at by mob OF rioters. The
None OF the soldiers was injured. They
fired n volley in return, but the men had
fed as soon as the shots were fired, and
made their escape under cover OF the
darkness.
Master Workman Connolly said to a
reporter of the Associated Press this
morning that he has not ordered strike
of The linemen nor will he do so.
Henry Weyant, private in Company X
OF the 18th Regiment, fell from exhaus-
tion this morning at Park place and Van
derbilt avenue. He wasytaken to the 18TH
Regiment armory where he was attended
by the regimental surgeon. Weyant had
been on guard duty for 10 hours and had
insufficient food.
AT S:I5 gang of men gathered in front
OF the Bushwick Cottage hotel and jeered
at the non union men who were as the
Ridgewood depot. Company K, 4, and
G OF the Seventh Regiment were ordered
70 charge the men and scattered them.
No shots were fired and no one was in
jured.
Two cars were started on the Ninth
avenue line this morning. The new mo-
tormen, mistaking switch, ran the cars
on South street causing delay of half an
hour.
The shopkeepers. have signs displayed
in their windows calling for
Aid for strikers
and so far about s6o0 have been collected
for them.
AT East New York but one car was
started on the Fulton street line this
morning. 1t had proceeded but short
distance when it came to a s;andstilI. The
attempt TO stsrt second car was found
be useless, and it became evident that
tho wires had been cut somewhere along
the line. The break was repaired and
after two hours delay the car resumed its
trip.
stones and Bcicks Were Thrown.
The strikers are today receiving their
weekly allowance from the Knights of
Labor. The married men are receiving
s10 and the single men 81.
An unknown .motorman was assaulted
and badly cut about the face and neck at
the Twenty-ffth street station OF the
Ninth avenue al" road this morning. At
10:4S this morning car OF the Fourth
street line, and one Of the Halsey street
lines were switched on to The Third
avenue and Sixth avenue lines respec-
lively. Each car contained "a men,
who were TO take the strikers places and
upon the Second and Third avenue lines.
The cars were protected by four police
men each, and two mounted soldiers rode
Oh each side OF the cars. BY previous
arrangement, the officers OF the 23d
Regiment had ordered all tho houses and
stores between Twenty fourth street and
Fhty-eighth street to be kept closed until
after the procession had passed. There
were some fats in course OF erection from
which all the workmen were driven and
told to stay away by the militia.
Companies aud II OF the 23d Regiment
kept the crowd back. Stones and bricks