The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-26
MOBBED THE TROLLEY CARS
BROOKLYN SqRIKERS ASSAILED THBM AT DIFFERENT P0iNTS.

A Trolley Pole Was Bent-Eather V hf'ro
 Induced Motorman to Leave His Car by
 Paying Him Ten DoIlars-PeacefulM Meas
 ures Were Advocated at d Labor Meeting'
 When the Strikers Were Advised to stand
 Fi1rn-President WiclSes Will Run His
 Cars To-day.
 Brooklyn, Jan. 25.-Stones were thrown at two policemen from tenements at Hicks and Hackett streets at lo a. H. Officers Connolly and Wright were struck and severely injured. At tlush- inc avenue and.Clermont street crowd stoned a car of the Flushing avenue line at noon and drove the motorman away A crowd was dispersed by the pollee re serves at Manhattan avenue and Java street. Gunner Hayes or the oruhdllce department of the Brooklyn navy yaru this afternoon examined the alleged tor pedo, but without success. The gunner expressed the opinion that the so-cdlieu torpedo was hoax.
 At Driggs and Manhattan avenues a mob of 2,0O0 persons attacked several stalled cars on the Flushing and Gra- han, avenue lines and wrecked them Al Bedford avenue they demolished SIX more cars, and cut the wires for four blocks. ,,,+
 D11ring the afternoon wires were cut at Ralph avenue near Fulton street, and on Fulton street, near Saratoga ave- me No arrests were made. The mop was dispersed in each case by platoon of the Seventy-first regiment. Ihe tracks were not obstructed as they were vasterday. but the Booklyn City com many seemed to suffer greatly trt m d lack of men with sufficient exper,ence +o renair the broken wires. Up U b n m the Fulton street line had been blocked for five hours. It looked as IL tbe hIoclade would hold until morning The crowd on the street was large' put orderly. A Gates aveiue car was helo mn aft Gates and Hamburg avenues at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The crowd tried to overthrow the car, but was dispersed by details of the Seventh reg iment and of the Sixty-ninth battalion Two women were badly frightened
 The Hamilton avenue line began run ming cars at 2:2O D. m. to-day. At that ho11r the first car since the strike began was sent out.
 The Brooklyn Heights company ls- e,,ad a. notice stating that it is willing to take into it's employ such of US tor- ,,7,,,. oronloves as motormen and con- ductors as are needed to fill existing vacancies. paying them the market rate of wages for their services, providing such employees will accept the regu- lations of the company.
 President Norton declared he would have every car on the Atlantic avenue system on the tracks within forty-eight hours. He said:
 i've are now running ninety-siX cars on Fifth avenue, Seventh avenue, Ser zen street, Sackett street, Fifteenth street Butler street and Hicks street. The usual number operated at this season of the year is about l5O. The Seventh and Fifteenth streets lines, which were crippled yesterday by the cutting of wires, were started today.
 There were six or seven arrests after dark.
 The Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban company offers $500 for in- formation which will lead to the arrest and conviction of any member of the committee which has advised the cut ting of wires or injury to any of the oonpany's property; also for the arrest of anyone cutting wires or otherwise in turing it's property. President Wicker of the line says that he intends to start every car on his line at 6:30 tomorrow morning.
 Green motormen caused many acci- dents to-day. A trolley car on the Fifth avenue line collided with truck, knock ing off Driver Miller and fracturing his arm and toe.
 At 615 o'clock tonight a Nostrand avenue car was mobbed at the Broad way ferry, Williamsburg. The trolley pole was bent and the windows of the car were smashed. The policemen in charge of the car dispersed the mob. No arrests were made.
 Local assembly 3048 held an informal meeting tonight. Peaceful measures were advocated, and the men were ad- vised to stand firm to their principles.
 A guard was placed in the rear of the Halsey street station on Hancock street tonight. At the corner of Gates and Evergreen avenues this evening a motorman of the Greene and Gates avenue line was struck with stone thrown from the crowd and knocked down. Several windows of the car were broken. fGeSlQenCS or HICKS street ubNe petitioned the grand jury to investigate the "disgraceful and murderous" com duet of the militia under Major Cochran and their firing on innocent women and defenseless children. The citizens denounce the conduct of Mayor Schie- ren in allowing the citys streets to be overrun with irresponsible and mur- derous military. They characterize the shooting and killing of Carney as a cold blooded murder at the hands of Major Cochran.
 Father O'Hare of St. Anthony's church had assured Mayor Schieren that he would undertake to keep order in that part of the city. He was sum moned to the scene of disorder to use his influence in quieting the mob. The mob, numbering several thousand, had surrounded a car and was shouting for the motorn1an to desert Father OHare pushed his way through the crowd and offered the motorman $10 bill to leave in order to restore peace. The motorman took the money and de- parted.
 The act was received with cheers and order was gradually obtained.