The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-22

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their much depleted force, occupying tho
lines beyond those fixed by the militia.
One car was then brought out and sent
down Fulton avenue as far as Hopkins and
returned about $3.50 p. m, loaded with
men, some fow Of whom were expert mo-
tormen. They were soon ready for work,
and at 4 o'clock the first car for full week
and more was started down Broadway. 1t
was unmolested, but at every switch had
much difficulty in progressing, as the
switches were all frozen. Largo crowds
assembled at these places, but beyond jeer-
ling and some little verbal abuse the new
bnen were not interfered with. Six cars in
all were sent out, the instructions being
to go slowly and take on no passengers. All
of them were returned safely at 9 :10 o'clock
and not stone or other missile was fired
at them on the route. A number Of OBJ
structions were placed on the track, how
ever.
As trolley cars Nos. 1,b4o and 1.be4 of the
Gates avenue line were passing through
Gates avenue and Central avenue ut 6:23
last evening they were assailed by fusil-
lade of stones from the housetops and
windows on both sides Of the avenue The
crowd which lined the sidewalks Joined in
the attack and sent volley after volley Of
stones into the cars. Patrolmen George
Schackelton, Dennis Busch and James l..
Coolihan were severely injured. Cooli-
hans nose was broken and Busch and
Schackelton received confused wounds
about the face. The cars were stopped,
when the stone throwers ran away.
A car started from the Ridgewood sta
ton of the Brooklyn Heights company
little after o'clock last evening and was
assaulted with yolleys of stones and bricks
tpl Nd 1pto hafn
had proceeded far on its way down town.
A private soldier was struck In the head
with stone and disabled. Tho officer in
command ordered his men to shoot, and
two volleys wero fired in the direction Of
the rioters, who, however, were obscured
by the dense fog. About ESQ bullets were
sent shrieking in search of victims, but
how many, If any, of them found human
targets cannot at present be determined.
Tho militiamen's orders were that when
they shot 1t should be to kill. Policemen
also did some shooting at this point, with
what effect 1t is rs uncertain as in the case
of the militiamen.
The Halsey street line also was the scene
of several lively encounters In one of
them Private Ennis, of the Seventh regi-
ment, was knocked senseless with stone
thrown by rioter. Several shots were
four mon were seen to fall. II that is tho
case, the wounded were carried away by
their friends. At the Halsey street depot
a car was peltcd with stones and sticks,
the windows broken and the woodwork
smashed. The two police guards fired
their pistols into tho crowd, which dis
persed Whether or not any was struck
by the policemcn's bullets is not known.
Two police officers from the Second pre-
cinct, named Collins and began, were shot
at by mob at Stuyvesant and Gates ave-
nue. at p. m. Degan's wounds are seri-
GUS. They arc in the breast and arms
Captain Kitzer learned that the shots
came from a house in the neighborhood.
He forced his way upstairs with two of his
men and arrested woman named Kate
Carney, who, it is believed either did the
shooting or is aware who did it. The wo-
man was put in patrol wagon, but
mob Intercepted the vehicle and pglted it
with stones. Mrs. Carney was hit on the
head with rock and received severe
scalp wound.
At S;45 p. IN. as car No. 1876 of the Hal
scy street limo was being taken into the
depot at Broadway and Halsey street a
mob of over thousand men and boys
gathered there and threw stones at the
car, smashing all the windows. The two
policemen on the car got off and fired
their revolvers at the mob, but so far as
could be learned no one was injured.
Pickcts of the Seventh regiment stationed
there made repeated charges, and finally
drove the crowd back.
AS result of the days rioting 1t Is
known that at least sixteen persons
were injured more or less among the po-
lice, militia and "scab" employees How
the strikers and their sympathizers Jared
is not known.
The ranks of the strikers were recruited
today by the linemen, who until now have
remained in the employ of the companies.
They number about 600, and may be
classed as experts. They have thus far re-
sponded to all calls to repair wires cut by
strikers or their allies. Now, however,
they say that 1t is evident the company Is
waging n mercilcss warfare upon those
who went out, and they profess to fear
that some dry their turn may come to suf'
fer for what they call capitalistic oppres-
sion. They announced this morning that
they will not go out to repair cut lines,
even at the risk of dismissal. They were
informed that their services were no longer
required.
Men to take the places Of strikers are
being engaged in other cities and from tho
unemployed of Brooklyn, but the COM
panies seem to be making very slow pro-
gress, The hiring of inexperienced men
has given tho strikers and their SYM
pathizers an argument which is being
used to influence public opinion. With
all the companies have been able to do
only small fraction of tho lines, perhaps
not more than one in six have been OPP
Grated at all, and on those which have
been nominnlly In operation the last few
days not half the usual number of cars
have been run. The revolt of the llnemen
has aided the strikers greatly.
At a meeting of the board of aldermen,
Alderman Lecch proposed the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Every motorman employed in this city
| must be 81 years old or over, q citizen of
the United States, having resided one year
| in the state and four months in tho
county. Each violation to be punishable
by fine of S25 on the company"
Should Mayor Sehieren sign this it will
become law and will discharge every
new man employed by the railroad com
panies to replace strikers.
New Jersey Railroaders Talking Strike.
JERSEY CITY, Jan. 22.-It is alleged that
the employees of the Consolidated Traction
company in this city have decided to tie
up the trolley roads In the event of the
| Brooklyn strike resulting in victory for
the men. The Jersey City conductors and
motormen are members of the Knights Of
Labor and are we'll organized. The leaders
say the Newark employees of the company
| will also strike If the Brooklyn strikers
win. The company employs about 1900
men in Jersey, operating nine lines.
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