The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-23

| resumption Of ncTindi tTdllc.
rms RIoTrSG or THE DAY.
The first disturbance OF the morning
was in the vicinity OF Fifty-eighth street
| and Third-avenue stables. The strikers
made an attack on wagon containing
a motorman and conductor The wagon
was Oh its way to the stables. A howl
| ing mob followed the vehicle. yelling,
| jeer.ng and throwing missiles OF all kinds
| at the men. BY the time the wagon had
reached the stables a mob OF nearly a
thousand had gathered. and the situation
looked quite threatening. At this point
the officer IN command Of the troops or
dered a charge. and the streets We're soon
! cleared. During the charge a shot was
| fired, but no one was hit.
An assault was made about o'clock
this morning on Inspector Jenning, of
the Brooklyn Heights Company He was
attacked by a gang Of strikers near the
! Halsey-street station. and was badly
beaten. but not seriously injured
The Mayor, Corporation Counsel Nc
Donald, Police Commissioner Weller. CITY
Works Commissioners White and other
members of the cabinet entered into a
conference al Il o'clock this morning at
the City Hall At l o'clock the meeting
adjourned, and Mayor Schieren through
his secretary. issued the following procla-
nation as a result Of the conference:
Law and order must prevail first in
this community, must be respected by
all, and must be enforced upon all even
IL 1t takes the entire force of the State"
JUSTICE GAYNoR WILL RuLF.
Lawyer McCabeau L. Townes an
nouhced this morning that late last night
ne applied to Justice Gaynor of the
supreme Court, for writ of mandamus
10 compel the Brooklyn Heights COMPANY
to show cause had been granted. The
order required the company to come be-
Iore him at a special term of the Supreme
court 10 be held tomorrow. and show
cause why peremptory writ of man
damus should not be issued recurring the
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company TO
forthwith resume the operation of it's
INES and why 1t should not forth,7.ith
maintain and operate a sufficient number
OF cars on all Ines as may be necessary
Tor the transportation of the petitioner
ana ms employees and Customers and the |
cIIlzens and taxpayers Of the city of
brooklyn, and for such further relief as |
may seem just and proper.
Ihe Kings County and Suburban Com
pahy began the operation of its RaInb- |
avenue line this morning. Six cars were |
run over this line, and no trouble is look |
eu Tor until after dark Comnapv - |
Scyenty.first Regiment. Is Iardtne fbos,
car-houses. '''9 '''eSe
Durlns the morning the strikers placed a |
NUMBER OF distractions on the tracl,s |
oi the tulton-street line at Buffalo ave |
nue. a crowd OF about 200 persons sur- |
rounded the cars, which were stopned NV
the instructions, and pleaded with the |
IloIornen and conductors TO leave the
cars They refused TO leave them. and |
alter the police had cleared the track |
.in me cars were started for their destina-
uon. The men were not molested.
THE MAYORS VIEWS.
Mayor Schieren, after the talk with the
members Of his cabinet said that the
situation is unchanged from vesrerday
He intmated tnat no immediate action
toward calling out more troops would be
taken but that II disorder is not stopped
the entire militia of the State will be
summoned. The Mayor said he nOped the
Hrlng OF The militia over the heads of the
people would have a salutary effect. and
that trouble would now cease without
blOodshed.
Mayor Schieren has been in comnunica-
tion to-day with Governor Morton and Adj
jutant-General McAlpin. He has advised
them fully as to the occurrences of last
night and the situation to-day
At o'clock lnemen had begun putting |
up wires on Gates avenue. where they |
had been torn down. The Iinemen said |
Connolly, the master workman, mad told
them to go ahead and put the wires up
1t was stated that Connolly had said that
the ordering cut OF the linemen was a
mistake.
The Atlantic-Avenue Trolley Company
started twelve cars on each Of the three
following named lines this morning be
tween the hours of . and & o'clock Fifth
avenue, Sey, th-avenue and South Fer
ry Fifth avenue was patroled by the
militia all the way from the power-hOuse
to Flatbush avenue.
ACTION OF THE LINENEN.
Fourteen sections Of wire were cut on
the Gates-ayeuue line last night: two |
blocks were cut on the Myrtle-avenue
line. and wires We're cut on the Nostrand-
avenue line
The linemen of the Gates-avenue line
held meeting this morning. They talked
The situation over, decided to strike, and |
then returned the trucks TO the stables.
The superintendent OF the Gates-avenue |
line says the men did not strike. but |
were driven away by strikers. and not |
allowed 10 repair the lines which were
cut near Central avenue. lie asked for
mounted police to protect the Hnemcn. |
Later ON the linemen returned 10 work.
no DOUBT under orders from their mas
'N4 Nf'i fNii4s'iis ' - were started on the \
following lines this morning: The Broad |
way. Court-street. FultOn-street, Putnam
avenue, Bush street and Ralph avenue |
The police discovered a gang of twenty |
men in wagons at 3ii5 o'clock on east |
Parkway, attempting to cut down the
wires OF the Nostrand-avenue and Bergen
street lines. As soon as the wire-cutters
got sight of the police they fed and
escaped. There was no disturbance at
the Flatbush-avenue car stables during
The day. The militia guarded the barns
and patrolled the line for a considerable
distance. Everything was quiet. The
cars began 10 run early. The first car out
vas delayed fifteen minutes at the en-
trance TO the Plaza, where the track was
Dbstructed.
GENERAL M'ALPIy SATISFIED.
AdJutant-General McAlpin arrived in
brookiyn at 4:5O. He went to the City
Hail, and was closete1 with the Mayor
or an hour Thence he went 10 brigade
lerdquarters, where he was closeted for
some time with Brigadler-General Nc
-eer and members Of his staff. Later
he Mayor, accompanied by Polio, Com
missioner Weller. went to brigade head
quarters and took part in the conference.
which assumed something OF the nature
# a council Of war
Those present were Adjutant-Genera |
icAlpin Mayor Schieren. Colonel Mar
'ln' Military Secretary to Governor Nor |
on; Colonel Greene Assistant INSPECTOR |
ieneral, and Major Burbank, T.. 5. A.
Upon leaving Adjutant McAlpln ex-
PRESSED himself as being fully satisned !