Strike At Brooklyn Still On
Buooklyn, Fob. 4- So far as assaults on the new motormen and conductor oí the trolley lines is concerned the strike is still very niueh "on." One motorman was fatally beaten by strikers and othyrs are continuouaily ittacked. This is made easier by the wlthdrawal of troops, the polioe linding it impossible to give protection to the workuien. ïhen when riolers are taken in the very act they are frequently discharged by the jusuces. President Norton isked, under tiiese circumBtances, peruttisslon to supply hi men with urms that thoy might protoct them6elves, but this was reiused by the ehief I of pólice. A great many arrests wore made yestorday of strike sympathizers who persisted in throwing stones and waylaying all the aon-union men in sight. AUan Hoagland, a new hand omploted by the Brouklyu Jieights KaüroiiU oompauy, luul tlio teirorlty fco takc his car out on the Groen Polnt line without waiting for the two special polioemen who were detailed to protect hini and the company's property. Wbon the car reaehed Franklln and Huron sfreets two men jumped on the front platform and pulled Hoagland off. They t'irew htm to tlie grouud and kicked him uumercifully. Hoaglaud drew hls revolver and flred two shots, neither of which took effe;t. The men got away. A numbor of strlkers held up a car in South Brooklyn. The mob stoned the car and broke almost every window in it. A forcé of policemon arrosted John Borland He had a stone in his pocket when arrested. John Weston, of Buffalo, a conductor employed at the Franklin stroet depot. Green Point, was arrested on complainc of John Freudolle. Weston was on his way home on the car after having worked all day. when he met Freudelle near the car stables. Freudelle callcd him vlle names. Weston drew a revolver and shot Freudelle in the neck The wound is not considored serious. At Third avenue and Fortieth street th track was encumbered with a great pile of boards, boxes and other material of a heavy nature. Every car that passed this way was held by. the obstruction and while the conductor a;d motorman wero engaged in removing the debris they were pelted unmercifully with bricks. mud and snow balls. Master Workman Connelly issued a manifestó to the citizens of Brooklyn last evening on behalf of the str.king motormen and conductor. He calis upon Mie citizens to arm themselves in sclt-defense, now that President Norton bas, ns Connelly alleges, proposed to arm his men in defiance of the pólice denartment.
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