The sun., 1895-01-22

Eli. w III" yelled both the women at once
Thereupon the soldiers He'd from beneath tue
windows. and a roar Of derisivr Laughter from
the tUuphs uu the corner opposite aSSnlleu tnelt
ears some Of the women walked along the side
walk patrning the beats with the young men,
Further down the line thy populace, vas very
hnspiinblr. and those ~ Major Bartlett@ men
wT" wsrS .,%tohed cap Washlns,on avenue and fr
several bucks thersAbOuts were well treated.
aud received from, the residents what they nG-t
M tedcd. food. The reporter. walking down thr
street. saw a big motherly looking Irish Womnt
come out Of her door aud address ssthree youthful
militinmcn who were passing.
"sAtNTs AuUNE. rHEY'RE sTARvIN'."
Wouldn't wan NV yes a.e q nice bite nv n
sandvidee nv lbought it OUT" she asked in.
"WnmIdn't we. Oh. mamma. Try it and see"
said the three In emphatic mi son.
saints above. The pnor byes i starvin."
cinc,a,ed the good woman. and dodRing into
the house she presently rrapreared with plat.
ter Of bread Rn1 meat aud some st"aininI hnt
fnly. Thev wanted 10 pay her for it. but she
would hear q: no such thing. 50 thev saluted IN
miiiery style 6N way @t ,mahks Is t ana WSI} on
hood TOOK pattern by the Kind .heartcd Irish.
woman, and the soldiers al along there
meat anu hot soup. the latter being received
with peculiar enthusiasm. Another blessing 70
bearing a biz rack of overshoes, which he sold
out NJ pNtrp ordinary prices and with great
speed straishtway setting ont after another m
I s,ationel. C6i King reported everything quiet,
Beyond little hooting we have encountered
no signs of disorder. The cars are runntng, but
equip its line thoroughly. as the full quota Of
cars does not seem & t2 ,.,n De 1qt, do not "h''c'-
enforced. a good d-naturCd but infiexibe sentry
stood guard at the door and there was much
red-tapc proceeding before admitting any one;
Then there was more red taDe before ono could
get out again. All day long. messengers Kept
coming and going. and people with bundles con
tanning a pair OF ovcrshoes for John. or n neck
crchef for Charley. or WHY'S forgotten clean
h9ndkerehG e., or OpY Of cigars nr rSr or rSer % % 1r
tary life for sam. drove the sentry almost crazy.
All conslgnments were received, however. but
military friends.
TROOP As STABLES.
Troop AS headquarters in the Tompkins ave-
nue. lines stables at the corner Of Fulton street
notice from the BROOKLYN Board of Health when
the strike is settled. They are old stables. The
and they didn't do much kicking, either.
troop at HDt As O'clock @ on sunday evening. and
when he marched them to Brooklyn yesterday
morning his command n, NUMBERED l4S men, and and
men were either sick or out of town. Many of
the members of tins organization are young men
of wealth and social standing. and II has been
noticeable on their different tours of duty that
they have taken to hard work and uncomforta.
ble quarters with less grumbling than some of
the members OF other organizations to whom
these things are not quite 80 much Of novelty.
The troopers wore their service uniforms when
they rode out of their armory at Ninety-fOurth
street and Park avenue early yesterday morn
ing. and their commissary department was pro-
members of the troop own their horses. and for
those who don't. mounts were furnished by
This trip was not made on horses that refused to
move until the conductors bell rang. The troop
rode down Madison avenue YESTERDAY morning
before many people were up to see them. and
then through Fifty-ninth street to Fifth avenue:
down Fifth avenue ana through Twenty-third
street to the Willamsburgh ferry. One boat
carried them all over to Broadway. and from
there they felt their way to the Tompkins ave-
nue. lines stables. where they were to make their
headquarters.
THE CAvALRYMEN's WORK.
Capt. Roe had neither map nor guide. and
1t was o'clock when his command reached the
stables. a crowd OF idle men lined the streets
on both sides as the troop arrived. but they
made no hostile demonstration; The troop is
divided into four platoons. and while two of
them were doing sentry duty patrolling Fulton
and Herkimer streets for, 300, yards on either
side of Brooklyn avenue. the other two platoons
better accommodation for their horses than for
themselves and they agreed that this was as it
unsaddled during the day. 80 that they were
ready for in,mediate service. with their riders
The men who were on duty in the streets at
tracted more attention than the trolley cars
that were running, They were mounted on good
look ing horses. and they wore their blue service
uniforms with the big yellow lined ulster capes
turned back. and their sombrero service hats
trooper patrolled about hall block. and when
ever group of curious men gathered To watch
them rode and that
give this order more than once.
A LIVELY run.
The only incident OF the day was a hard run
by two OF the platoons under the command OF
{ n
Sumner and Greene avenues. mile and half
S drSr Fl Soa Sss
pass. About "a hundred strikers and idle men
cred around and attempted to get the motor
man and conductor to desert the ear. Some one
was real riot and an order was telephoned TO
Capt. hoe to take "A detachment of his troop and
ride to the scene OF the disturbance.
With two platoons behind him. he hurried TO
sumner and Greene avenues. The troop made
good time and got there, ten minutes after the
order had been received. but by that time every
thing that was necessary TO dsperse the mob
had been done by the police. Capt, Roe and his
having had occasion to strike a blow.
, The men rolled up in their blankets on the
as they could, while they were of duty. Most OF
them had been up all night, and after two hours
duty patrollins half block In the rain they
didn't feel like skylarkinR very much. A hon
fire was built in Eerkimer street Just back of
the stables. and dozen enthusiasts sat around it
coming real old Campaicners. They didn't stay
there very long. however. and there was plenty
of room for them In the stables. The Troop \
men had oxtail soup. bacon. and bread and
coffee for their dinner last night, and the cook
ing was done over II fire in the street. Alto
gether II n nice little picnicky sort of a
I time, and had II not rained the men would have
thoroughly enjoyed it,
THE TWELFTH WET AND COIN.
The Twelfth Regiment. commanded by Col.
H.man Dowd. arrived in Brooklyn early in the
forenoon and located in the old Thirteenth
Regiment armory in Flatbush avenue. II is a
most uninviting place, the root being lcaky and
the interior OF the building being entirely dis
nantled. When the Thirteenth moved ont n
few months ago they left water in the steam
pipes. so. they were frozen solid and were
broken IN places, The 800 men depos-
they could ind and an attempt. was
tecrs to man the boilers in the basement were
called for. and Lieut.. Croker and three privates
finding the boilers safe. soon had steam up and
were trying u thaw out the pipes. The chan
dcliers and gas burners all over the building
were also lighted aud after II time a fair degree
OF warmth was attained COmmissary SCHUYLER
Schieneiin had depleted several small grocery
stores in the vicinity If the regiments New
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