The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-01-26
The Men Succeed in Stopping
All Traffic.
THE MILITIA is P0WERLtSS
Tracks Obstructed and windows of
Rolling Stock Shattered by the
Angry Mob.


of the night before when the Sabbath
sun rose over East New York and
scarcely a sign of life was observed,
save in the vicinity of the stables of
the Fulton avenue and the Broadway
lines At 1850 a. m. the police ar
rived 175 strong. Captain German as
sumed command Of both the police and
the National Guard. The morning
passed very quietly, the crowd which
gathered being composed largely of
spectators. The tearing down of the
trolley wires few blocks away pre-
vented the running of any cars and as a
consequence the strikers kept in the
background until the repairs had been
completed.
The arrival OF construction wagons,
however, acted like a torch to a maya
zine and a big crowd at once flocked
about the tracks stretching for a mile
along the avenue waiting for the cars
they knew would be sent out. At noon
detail of 60 men from each Of the
companies of the Fourteenth regiment
under command of Captain w. T. Gar
ella relieved the First battalion of the
Thirteenth regiment, Major Cochran,
and after the guard was posted prep
arationS were made for starting the
cars. Twenty-Five motormen were re-
ported as ready to start, but only 10
cars were sent out. The ground in the
immediate vicinity was quickly cleared
small detail from the Forty-seVenth
warning the crowd back to the east
ward and couple of mounted police
working them in the opposite direc-
ton. The little force succeeded admir-
ably, which showed that but a few
beiligerents were present
CARS DID'T MOVE FAR.
At las 10 cars were ready ana as the
clock struck two, both civic and mill
tary forces made the move. A car rolled
out of the shed and without an error
was switched on the track leading down
to Fulton ferry. 1t was surrounded by
IL guards under the officer of the day.
Lieutenant Little of company e, Four
teenth regiment and preceded by Ser
geant Reinels and six mounted police
men, began its journey. Captains Cor
man and Ennis, with 100 patrolmen.
followed. The military halted in their
picket line and the police alone accom-
panied the car down the avenue. The
other nine cars followed at intervals
of few minutes All went well for 30
minutes, when the police reserve was
seen to halt. A detachment was then
sent ahead in the patrol wagon at full
speed. On Fourteenth street. near
HopkinSon avenue, the mob had taken
possession of the building material in
front of a row of brick buildings under
construction and hurled it over both
tracks between the short time of the
passing Of the second car before the
third had reached that point There
were many women and children in this
mob and a scene of turbulence was
enacted, lasting a long time after the
distractions were removed. The strik-
ers in the meantime had succeeded in
securing the desertion of four motor
men and a second blockade occurred
near Saratoga avenue and the cars
were ordered back to the stable all
reaching East New York in a very
battered condition, with the exception
OF one, the latter being taken back by
a striker. who had big placard on his
breast reading: *. of L." He was
cheered all along the line. There was
very little excitement in other direc-
tons in East New York during the
day.
STIRRING INCIDENTS.
There has been no change in the con-
dition of affairs of the Brooklyn trolley
strike today. No new lines have been
opened. as President Lewis promised
they would.
From midnight last night there were
the usual minor disturbances likely to
occur at such times. At a. m. a wire
on an uptown track at Sackman street
was cut and was in a dangerous cOndi-
ton to passers-by. These breaks were
promptly repaired by the trolley com
pany's repair wagon. On upper Broad
way the wires of the Brooklyn, Queens
County & Suburban railroad were also
cut
About o'clock this morning a mob
of strikers marched down Ninth avenue
20 Fifth avenue and Twenty-fourth
street. They numbered 300 and were
supplied with drums, with which they
made the night hideous in that immedi-
ate neighborhood. They filed by the
militiamen and jeered them, but as the
soldiers paid no attention to the abuse
the strikers soon grew tired and disap-
peared. Although a number of cars are
running on the various lines which are
open, the noticeable feature of the day
was the comparatively few passengers
who patronized the cars of the compa-
MES. 1t was evidently considered toe
great a risk to ride in them by the pub
lie. In consequence of orders of the pO-
lice. the LIQUOR saloons throughout the
city were closed up tight at midnight
and in the neighborhoods where the
strikers were congregated they were
kept closed.
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