Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-20
SITUATION IN BROOKLYN.
More Cars Running, With Increased
Patronage, Today.

NEW YORK, July S--The strike in
Brooklyn up to 10 O'Clock this morning
presented no important changes. More
cars were running after am on the vari-
Gus lines than prior to that hour, and the
lines were more freely patronized. The
motormen and conductors express them
selves unwilling to run out to the suburbs
unless accompanied by police.
The police becoming weary of the
continued strain. and they are showing it
in a marked degree.
No attempt has been made as yet to run
a car over the Hicks street line, which was
closed early Monday morning This is an
accommodation cross-town line, and passes
through what is known as Smoky Hol-
low" the locality of a rough element. 1t
was at Smoky Hollow that a man was
fatally assaulted in a trolley strike a few
years ago.
Tin Cans on Trolley Wires.
The trolley wires over nearly the entire
line are strewn with tin cans, old coats
and baskets. Several effigies of Rossiter
also decorate the wires, also placards in
scribed Down with combinations
meeting held last night in Kings
ton Hall by 80 employees of the Rapid
Transit Company, who have never had a
local assembly. 1t decided to meet
again tonight at which time organiza-
ton viii be effected, and if the majority
indorse such action the men will quit work
The fact that the police wires have been
found cut in several places has caused the
department to cause the tags to be re-
moved from their wires. The tags have
been used by the hnenen to distinguish
the police wires from telegraph and tele-
phone wires The tags have furnished the
strikers with the same information. The
tags will be replaced after the trouble is
over.
RiOting Last Night.
Several times during the afternoon yes
terday the police were called upon to quell
riots in I'd avenue. but none was of serious
import The real trouble did not begin until
the thousands of working people who live
along that great thoroughfare came home
from work
By . o'clock last evening ID avenue from
10th street to the stables a 96th street and
even as far as 10th street, was filled. and
even on both walks were dense mass of
people, all eager for trouble. Captain DOna-
hue of the East 61st street station earlier
in the evening had sent out squad of men
TO keep the people out Of the middle of the
street so that no tampering with the slot
might occur. But his men were like SO
many chips on a river when the tide is
strong, and they were tossed hither and
thither- They used their clubs with all
their power, and the only result was to an
ger the crowd. so that little discrimination
was shown between the police and the
carmen when bricks were thrown.
AT about = o'clock d great crowd gathered
between 42d and 45th streets and attempted
to overthrow the cars that came along
about thirty minutes apart. Policeman
owen ConOvan, who was on a car bound
south. was hit on the head with a brick
and knocked of his seat to the pavement.
His left eye was almost knocked out. He
was taken to the Flower Hospital. Mike
Sheridan. a strike sympathizer of East 42d
street. was taken home with a fractured
skull a sergeant and forty reserves were
got out on the dOuble-quick and dispersed
the crowd, making a number of arrests.
A favorite diversion for the mob was to
drag up the heavy iron covers that cover
the conduit manholes. These were turned
on end and thrown into the holes. leaving
about half of the cover projecting, and
making most effective barrier.
the line. Policeman OLSON of the Kings
bridge mounted squad was thrown from
his horse during fight near oath street.
The horse was struck on the head with a
stone and frightened that il reared
throwing its rider heavily. The policemans
leg was broken and he received internal in
juries- a motorman was struck on the
chest with brick, near the uptown car
stables. and severely injured. Several of
the passengers OF one of the cars going up
town, near 10th street received nasty scalp
wounds from stones thrown by the mob
The Brooklyn police on duty along upper
I'd avenue declared that the riot was inf
nitely worse than any that had taken place
in Brooklyn The crowds were very much
greater and more anxious for fight.
AT 1O:b last night ali operations on the I'd
avenue lines were suspended. None of the
officials OF the company would assign a rea-
son for Withdrawing the cars but the strik-
ers claimed that the company did not have
men enough to run them. The last car was
housed about 1890. and heavy guard of
policemen put about the power house De-
tectives were posted on the elevated struc-
lures TO watch the surrounding streets and
prevent any one from throwing explosives
on the building
About 100 motOrmen employed on the Sth
avenue line held a meeting last night eff
fected an organization. and declared a strike
in operation. General Master Workman
Parsons addressed the meeting, attacked
President Nreeland, exhorted the men to
keep sober and refrain from acts of yio-
lence. and placed the whole blame of the
trouble on Tammany Hall
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