Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-20

MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Cars stoned, streets Tsrricadcd, aud
Many Persons Hurt strike
L. Spreading.

New York. July ig.-New York troll
ley men Joined the Brooklyn trolley
men today In their big strike. The ccn-
ter Of operations IN New York city was
Second avenue. The excitement In
Brooklyn conferred In the vicinity OF
twenty and Fifth avenue. where
dynamite was used this morning In an
attempt to blow down the elevated
structure.
The rIotlng that took place In New
York this afternoon and tonight was
Of o. serious nature. infinitely ncrcer
than any that has taken place In the
borough across the river. Scores OF
people were severely injured In the
Second avenue district. Tonight that
great thoroughfarc was crowded with
% jcorIng. bowling mob. almost its en-
tire length.
The great tcncmcnts gave forth their
wurkingmun residents who backed up
the strikers Ia many a fierce struggle
with the police. and with the men were
many women ana Htill greater numbers
OF children. They stoned every car
that passed over the tracks. They
hurled rocks and chunks of iron aud
vegetables OF every nature from the
roofs OF houses and from the win
doWHi they barricadod the streets with
paving stones. tore up the street irons,
chokcd up the slots with wire and
spiked ana blocked the thoroughfarc.
they had many a hund-to-hand COM
nict with the GOO putrolmcn that had
been placed along the line.
OF the injured the exact number can
not be- known. Several policemen were
removed to hospitals with broken bones
ana torn scaips. AZ least one striker
or strike Hympathizor had his skull
fractured and a boy had his skull frac-
turcd. lnnumurubic passengers ON the
cars received bad wounds and u was
impossible for passengers ON Second
avenue 60 go much above Fourteenth
street The cars that ran the Euunt-
let had many windows broken ana were
badly battered
II was the hope OF the strikers to
make deep impression by their uuc-
cess In Second avenue. and no Tar as
riotlng was concerned, they and their
symputhizers made IL.
ON the other lines throughout New
York the strike was not at any time
prominent throughout the day To-
night, however. the mOtormen ON the
Eighth avenue line to the number "
100 or more organized and declared "A
strike. They thcrpupOn set about 10
persuade their fellow wufkmcn to leave
their ears and with sufficient success
10 have running only an hourly
schedule before midnight
Tomorrow they declare Eighth ave-
nue. viii also be tied up. The officials
VI the Sixth avenue line made the
statement tonight that the cars ON this
avenue were moving the same as usual,
Madison avenue, Lexington ana
Fourth avenues were but little affected
today. but more IL promised tomorrow.
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strikers made some gains 50 far us the
diminishing OF trolley car trafnc was
concerned, fewer ears running ON
the lines.
.ur dynamite outrage In the
early morning hours was undoubtedly
a severe setback 60 the strikers The
police. In connection with the blowing
down Of the two elevated columns.
moved rapidly ana made more than u
score " ufyestH, sixteen OF the men be-
ing held by the courts. The strikers
deny any knowledge Of the dynamltlng.
and General Master Workman Parsons
has offered a reward ~ $500 N IL can
be- proved that striker b. responsible
Tor o. President kuHHltvr uf the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company has
offered reward Of $1,000 Tor the COM
Nictiun uf the perpetrators. Several
thousand policemen are tonight guard
INK the power house and the plant of
the companies involved In the strike.
The police arrangements to take care
OF rioters have been excellent so FAR.
but the surging mohs on Second avenue
tonight were too much for them. More
than u hundred arrests We're made and
probably az great a number Of persons
az that We're injured By the free use
Of the night stick. but chief Devery
believes, together with his Inspector.
that more forcihle measures than that
will hive To hp uuuutnu NnN York
has not seen such riuting In many "a
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