Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-01-25
TIE BROOKLYN STRIKE.
Rio.ous aIobs in sl.e City Of Church..


Charged Ivy Militia AID Police,
Brooklyn. Y Y. is virtually under NIL
ltary r.le Streets; are blocked ag;i...t
pedestrians l'y squads of soldiers. and any
one who stops to argue the point is soil
to walk around Tie block, while = giisten-
ing bayonct is held within two inches Of
his face. Thousands Of .aorbdly c;i'ipss
citizens locled to tie $, eres OF Saturday
nights riots and helped 70 swell the
crowds that gathered ID ID mischief.
The green hands had some roug:! cNpc-
riencos all through t,.c day and 7 hrea!-
down of any kind WAS the signal for he
formation Of Il savage mob for the lenioii
ton Of all the glass work in ;hc car. On
the Court street and 9th avenue lines FIJI
~ half the ears are il Il very Gilapi'iatcd
condition The various mob; that gath
| cred at the car stables ard along the
tracks Of The tici-un lines contained 1T
least 30,oJ0 PERSONS
Many ears went astray Sunday. The
| switches. were broken and obstacles We're
| heaped on tIie tracks. wiies were cat n
various points. end on the whole the ia;
was full OF annoyanccs for The railroad
companies. AEotcrmen abandoned their
cars at various points and IN some III
| stances left The city as soon - they pos
| s;biv could. so serious id he situation
seem Blood was spilled but 10 one WIS
seriously hurt.
Saturday was flied with exciting mai
dents. Early III tie morning the militia.
5000 strong. were sent 80 Ike assistance
! Of the street car companies. There We're Il
| dozen or more conflicts with the strikers.
in which tie soldiers used their bayonets
and tie mob hurled stones ana bTi Keats.
Probably twenty persons were seriously
injured. but 10 one was killed.
Every effort 70 settle tie strike has
been without result. Tho strikers, through
their executive committee, have made
| concession after concession. and the only
point upon which they stood cut was that
TIE companies should rc-e,Gpiey al their
old men, This was fatty refused by the
| presidents Of he companies ut thc confer
| ence with Mayor Schicren. II which We're
present AIessrs. Connolly. Best and Glib
| lin. of the strikers executive committee,
and Presidents Lewis, Norton and Wick
or. of the Brooklyn Heights. Atlantic and
| Brooklyn and Queens County systems of
trolley cars. respectively. President Lev
| is made it Il point that he is in honor
bound 10 retain the men he has employed
since the strike began. This the strikers
will not accede to.
| About 3 o'clock Sunday morning 4 mob
Of strikers marched down 9th aycnue -
| 9th avenue and 9th street. They mum
| bered 300 and We're supplied with drums,
| with which they made the night hidc0gs.
| They fled by the mlitiamcn and jcered
| them. but as the soldiers paid no alton
ton to the abuse the strikers soon grew
| tired and dispersed. An effort was made
| by the strikers to cocrcc the men Wno
| were al work on the ~ avenue line.
| which starts from the S.jth street ferry.
| South Brooklyn. into joining the ranks Of
| the Knights of Labor. Considerable cx-
| element was caused in the neighhorhood
by the violence displayed 10y The strikers.
| A large crowd Of riotous strikers began
to force back the soldiers defending the
stables. They were kept back at t'lc
point of the bayonet and dcsistcd from
their hostile demonstration. The strikers
continue to tear down and cut the eiec-
tric wires, but as the cars were not run
ming on the Fulton street line no great in
convenience was caused.
Between IL and II o'clock Vanderbilt
avenue ear was derailed at Vanderbilt
avenue and Bergen street. \ large crowd
| OF disordery characters was attracted 10
the scene and threw stones ut the cars,
! demolishng every pane of glass. The
police charged. but the men made n deter
mined stand, being led by man named
Gallagher. lie was placed under arrest
by Officer Stats, of the Twenty
Precinct The strikers attempted a res
cue, but Policemen Cowan and Conner
went to Stats assistance and marched