Additional troops have been asked
for and have been ordered out by Gov
ernor Morton to-day to quell the strike
disturbances. The First Brigade Na
tional Guards, including all the troops,
infantry, artillery ami signal corps, re
ceived orders from Adjutant General
McAlpine to be ready for service to
morrow under Brigadier General Fitz
gerald. it numbers 4,700 men. The
efforts of the mayor to bring about a
settlement having proved fruitless,
there is no telling when or how the dif
ferences between the railroad officials
and the strikers will be adjusted.
The news that the First brigade of
the National Guard in New York had
be« n called out this evening caused a
great deal of excitement aud anxiety
throughout the city.
Tlie trouble between tlie military and
strikers which occurred last evening
was looked upon as the beginning of a
series of such outbreaks and the call
ing out of additional troops showed at
once in how serious a light the author
ities viewed the situation.
The cars were run today by green
hands on the same lines as on yester
day, but they were poorly patronized
by the public. Scrimmages innumer
able took place ou all the lines em
braced in the strike, but nothing of a
serious nature occurred. The men are
being advised on all sides not to resort
to violence, and in many of tlie
churches tlie clergymen appealed to
them to be quiet and law-abiding.
At 1:30 this afternoon car No. 161 of
the Bergen street line became stalled
on account of some defective mech
anism in front of the empty lots be
tween Classon and Grand avenues.
Tills caused the stoppage of three cars.
