Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-26


 lonoe He then visited h, strikers head. quarters. where a meeting was heing held, which he addressed and nt which the nonunion men mado speeches promising to keep off the cars in the future. They numbered 2I and were from New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, Washington. Cincin- nati, Jersey City. Boston and Reading
 The strikers committees said thoy would be sent to their homes One of the non union men said he had received no money during the three days he worked for the company and would sue for it. He had acted as motorman on three differont lines in tho three days. While this meeting was going on the Cross Town cars had again been started.
 They were brought to a sudden halt at Manhattan and Greenpoint avenues. where a long iron pipe had been placed from the wire to the track, burning out the circuit for four blocks.
 One Man Fell After a Police vOlIey.
 Tho mob again collected and wrecked the cars. Policeman Steens was on the rear platform of car No 3323 when two shots were fired into the car No arrests were made,
 Troop A. with a patrol wagon. drove up at this juncture. The mounted men and police charged the crowd and drove it DuGks uSllH InSlF Cluus hLu blo DAbS Ok their sabors with telling effect The crowd fled, but gathered again, and two more shots were fired into the cars The police returned tho fro. and man was seen to fall as if wounded. He was dragged away by his comrades. and his identity has not been discovered.
 The mounted men and the patrolmen then brought back tho cars to tho depot, and as 1t was becoming dark it was decid ed to run no more cars until morning
 Father O'Hare was seen later by re- porter and denied that he had bribed any of the nonunion men to leave the rail- road company.
 II gave nobody money to do so." said he and even if had don't suppose it would have been a crime on my part Tho strikers are providing those men with food and shelter and are sending them to their homes. The persons who say that bribed any nounion men are trying to place me in a false position !"
 More Trouble In RidgewoOd~
 The monotony of quiet that has prevail ed at Ridgewood for several days was broken by strikers or their sympathizers committing several assaults and the pro- miscuons firing of musketry. A car bound for Ridgewood was stopped at Gates ave nue and Hamburg street by Instructions on tho track.
 Tho policeman on the front platform discovered the trouble and told the motor man to stop the car. No sooner had this been done than several men jumped upon the rear platform and hauled the conductor | off the car. Then the trolley rope was cut and the bell pulled as a signal to start. The motorman obeyed the bell, and away went the car. The two officers were pow erless to cope with the mob who succeed and allowed it to run wild for sveral blocks before the policemen could shut off the power.
 While tho car was flying through the i street 1t was pelted with stones by men / and women from the sidewalks. Word was telephoned to the Ridgewood militia l " headquarters, and Captain Neshitt was l sent down with Company B. Seventh regi- ment. The militia found a mob of over ! 500 persons and charged it They also 1 took three men prisoners and took them to Camp Abrams at Ridgewood. where . they were turned over to the police During tho disturbance many windows In the vicinity were open and filled with l spectators. Captain Nesbitt gave orders l to close them. but a stubborn refusal was 1 persisted in. He then gave orders to a 1 squad of seven men to fire, and the sound l of muskctry rang through the streets 1 Twenty shots were fired, and the militia 1 kept up the charge. Saloons, stores and ! yards wore cleared out by the soldiers ! This concluded the trouble at that spot, | and the militia returned to headuuarters