Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. TIED UP ONLY ONE DAY, Street Cars Running Again
 In Brooklyn. A TIE UP LIKELY IN BOSTON. ParneII Sees No Reason
 For Coercion. THE TORY STARIN DANGER. Lord Churchill's Action A
 Serious Blow.
THE TORY STAR IN DANGER.

HORSE CARS TIED UP FOR DAY. The Brooklyn City Railroad Company 1 Brought to Terms Quickly by Its Striking Employees. BROOKLYN, Dec. 23.-At 4:30 this morning the conductors and drivers of the Myrtle av- | Fulton street, the Putnam avenue, the Third | avenue, the Court street, the Hamilton ave. nue and the Furmon street horse lines decided to strike because the company would | not recognize the Knights of Labor nor the 1 Empire Protective association in it's negotia- l tions with its men. The Knights claim that 1 the men are forced to work sixteen hours and over and some of them for as low as twenty nine cents. This President Lewis says is an | untruth. Though the Knights violated | the agreement of last spring, the company has maintained good faith with it's men and | not a man on straight run or tripper worked more than twelve hours day. Reg ular men were also not paid less than $2 a day and trippers $1.50. About o'clock twenty-five of the old drivers and conductors returned to work without solicitation from | the company. They were at once assigned to cars and by 9 o'clock about dozen cars were running on the various lines. Soon after score of new men were hired and sent out to the stables. President Lewis ! issued the following notice at an early hour this morning:
 Noticeis is hereby given to the employees of the Brooklyn city railroad company that their serv-
 ices required and to report for work at once at
 port port h the company will take p immediate steps to find substitutes for their places The city auh hori and engage in the company's service Men engag- ed to fill vacancies will not be discharged to make places for old employees who leave the service in the present tie up.
 All the stables of the company were put under police protection at about o'clock. No policemen were put on any of the cars save those running out to East New York, and then only from Bedford avenue. In East New York car was attacked by five of the strikers, who unlocked the team, but were prevented from doing further damage by their prompt arrest by the police. East New York was the only place where Presi- dent Lewis expected any trouble, and extra
 precautions were being taken there. The few cars that were running on the various
 lines were packed, mostly with ladies out shopping. On Aeveral of the lines no ears at
 all were running, and the trains of the Brooklyn elevated railroad were crowded; It was evident about 12:30 that there was likely to be serious trouble and the police were called upun to protect a car which the
 company desired to start from the depot at Greenwood Captain Boe and several off
 cers went to the scene and mounting the
 platform the car was started It had only gone block on it's journey when mob un-
 hitched the horses and ran the car back into
 the depot. The police were unable to resist
 the men. A car at Halsey street and Tomp- kins avenue was overturned and the driver
 nd a0gQuIfad
 The police attempted to interfere,
 but were overpowered and the reserves were called upon to aid them. A car was hoisted from the track at Fulton and New
 York avenues and the police were called upon there also. The driver and conductor, who were s'scabs," i" were assaulted. Obstruc- tions were placed upon the track and every thing possible done to prevent the running of cars.
 Late this afternoon another attempt was made to run Fulton avenue car which re- suited in riot. At Fulton and Bedford avenues the driver was assaulted by 8 mob and an attempt was made to overturn the car. A policeman who ran to the assistance of the driver had his club taken from him and was being roughly handled by the mob when he drew his revolver and discharged it. shooting 8 man named Davis in the back.
 One of the strikers then managed to get the officers pistol from him and shot at him, but fortunately missed him. A number of police
 men came to the assistance of their comrade and after 8 general fight succeeded in dis
 persing the rioters. Dennis Keegan, striking driver, Thomas Meehan and Edward Duffy, ringleaders in the fight, were arrested. The extent of Davis injury was not ascertained as he was taken away by friends. A car was overturned at Halsey and Lewis streets and Greenpoint car was overturned at Kent avenue and the bridge and several carloads Of ashes were dumped upon the track. John Kenney, driver of a Flatbush avenue car, was dragged from the car and severely beaten.
 Colonel Partridge, president of the DeKalb avenue road, has signed the agreement pre- sented to him by the Empire Protective association.
 At o'clock tonight President Lewis noti-
 fed the police that his company, the Brook lyn City railroad, had compromised with their employees. The news spread rapidly and when at S:20 p. m. the first car started out of the Greenwood depot it was boarded by Knights of Labor brandishing sw brooms and yelling like Comanches. All hands joined in the enthusiasm as the car proceeded down the route. President Lewis in an in terview might refused to enter into details,
 but said the strike was unexpected and soon- CT than suffer the loss the struggle would entail the company agreed to recognize one employe from each department as commit tee to present grievances and that such com plaints would be given due attention. From another source it was learned that the oom- pany had agreed to pay trippers $1.50 day and conductors and drivers would not be asked to work more than twelve consecutive hours for days work.
 A Tie Up Threatened In Boston.
 BosToN: Dec. 23.-The employees of the Boston Consolidated street railway were in session at New Era'Hall from 12 a. m. till a. m. A very bitter feeling against the