The Indianapolis journal., 1899-07-23
Collision of Trolley Cars and an At
tempt by Strike Sympathizcrs to
Lynch a Nonunion Crew.
GREATER NEW YORK QUIET
STRIKE IN THE CONSOLIDATED CIT
les VIRTUALLY ENDED.
Police Injured by q Car Going Down
an Embankment-Torpe
Placed ON the Tracks.

hundred troops under arms to back the
police force, and with more troops In re-
serve II they are needed, the authorities
tonight believe they have control of the
strike situation. The calling out of four
companies of infantry and a troop OF caval-
ry to-day to reinforce the two battalions
OF naval reserves who were ordered under
arms yesterday was prompted by the out
breaks OF anarchy last night and the night
before. Three companies OF troops
on guard tonight at the barns and power
plants OF the company, and already the SOL
diers have had one brush with mob which
collected near the Nelson-avenue barns.
There were several disturbances to-day and
tonight, in which the nonunion men did
their best to defend themselves, and in one
instance Aone-thrower was shot.
The decision to call out four companies
OF the Fifth Regiment, o. N. G., located at
Cleveland. and troop OF cavalry to
do strike duty In the streets of the
city during the present street-railway
trouble was reached after long conference
between Mayor Farley and Director of Po-
lice Barrett 1t was decided that it was abb
eolutely necessary, not only for the safety
OF the property OF the street-railway COM
pany and the lives Of its employees, but for
the protection OF lives and property OF the
citizens that extra militia be called into
service In addition to the naval reserves.
A serious rear-end collision took place on
Ontario street to-day between Scovil-ave-
nue. car manned with a nonunion crew and
q woodland-avenue car. Four persons were
badly hurt. The Woodland-avenue car had
stopped to take on a passenger. The Scovil-
avenue car, which was closely following,
crashed into the Woodland-avenue car at
full speed. A hig crowd of people quickly
surrounded the cars and threatened the
nonunion men on the Scovel-avenue car.
There were shouts OF lynch him. break
his head" and the like. The crowd became
very threatening. but the police soon ar
rived. They struck number OF people with
their clubs before the crowd finally gave
way.
The driver OF a wagon for a wholesale
grocery house was shot by a nonunion car
conductor this afternoon and seriously
wounded. The car was passing the grocery
store in South Brooklyn. where the wagon
was standing. The driver stopped to pick
up a potato IL to throw 1t at the car.
The conductor drew revolver and fired,
the bullet passing through the mans neck
and lodging in his shoulder The did not
stop and the conductors name was not
learned The man had the wound dressed
and departed without giving his name. The
wound is not serious.
The company began the operation Of two
OF its suburban lines to-day without trou-
BILE. These are tho Euclid beach and Col
lingwood lines, and pass through territory
IN which several riots occurred during the
first strike. The feed wires carrying the
current to the South Side lines were cut
last night under the Central viaduct, but
the break was quickly repaired to-day. The
company Is securing new men every day.
Thirty-five arrived to-day from Chicago and
most OF them were put to work.
Rumors to the effect that there had been
break in the ranks of the strikers are de-
MED by officials. The press committee OF
the strikers issued to-day an appeal to the
public. In which. among other things, is
the following: I'VE believe force can be
applied In many instances and that 1t is
absolutely essential in the present case
Government protects life and property, but
does not regard labor in any light whatever.
When great aggregations of capital defy
law and wipe out competition, thereby di-
minishing the demand for labor. they must
be met by an element strong enough to
render their organization futile"
The first clash of the mob with the militia
was this evening at the Wilson-avenue
barns OF the railway company. A big crowd
assembled and began TO Jeer the soldiers
This continued some time. when the stone
throwing began. That was followed by an
order for the troops TO charge and they
went at the mob in earnest. The rioters
were driven helter-skelter. running into
alleys and dooryards 10 escape the bayonets
OF the soldiers. Nobody was hurt. One
man was arrested and turned over to the
police.
At about the same time a mob inter-
fered with the running OF crosstown cars
on another part OF Wilson avenue. Stones
were thrown at the car and the nonunion
conductor, revolver in hand, charged the
crowd alone. He refrained from shooting
and successfully resisted attempts TO dis
arm him until a squad OF police arrived,
scattered the crowd and started the cars
man named Fred Schneider was shot
through the arm by policeman tonight
for throwing eggs at a car on Cedar avenue.
Schneider was ordered to stop throwing eggs
and he started 20 run. The officer command
ed him 10 halt and on his refusal TO obey
the former fred. Schneider was arrested
and his wound was dressed at police sta
ton.