Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-30
PLANS OF THE STRIKERS
Suits TO Be Brought Against
Brooklyn Trolley Companies.
THE HEARING AT ALBANY TODAY,

Master Workman Connolly Assumes Conf
tiencc and says the New Men Are Being
sent Home Conductor stabbed and "a
MotOrman kidnapped.
BRooELYN, Jan. 30.-Tho striking troll
ley men have gone to law. Suits iniunc-
tons. writs of mandamus and other forms
of legal attack have been begun by the
wholesale against the companies. The
strikers have competent counsel. and their
broadsideS will be we'll directed.
In the meantime violence has not Who'll
ly stopped Tho TACT that the strike is
still on undoubtedly gives encouragement
to the rougher element in the city to com
nit lawlcSsnesS of many sorts
Today at Albany there is a hearing be
fore the attorney general in proceedings
that contemplate annulling the charter of
the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company.
1t is an application by eX Speaker Viii
liam Sulzcr. James \. Dennison and Delos
McCurdy, representing the strikers, for
permission to lOg.n action in the courts
to annul the charter,
What the TO ice OF the Greenpoint sta
tion believe Ia NE dynamite bomb was
found late last night Mt the corner of Mil
ton and Franklin streets, Brooklyn, on
the track of the Myrtle Avenue line 1t
a
about three inches in diameter 1t was
wrapped in paper and was found midway
between the rails. The bomb was con
ncctCd with the rails by thin wires, and
on each rail was n percussion cap.
The bomb was found by Frank Gillette
a respectable merchant living at Ill Mil
ton street. Ii was almost under an cleo
trio light lie noticed tho fluttering of
the paper wrapper and caught the CLINT of
the something like steel or silver. He I'M
fastened it very carefully and carried it to
sne station.
Sergeant Peter Lynch put it in II bucket
of water and called in some neighborhood
experts. They said that the substance in
the bomb was giant powder and dynamite
The bomb will nc sent to police headquar-
tiers and examined thoroughly.
i Conductor stabbed.
While cax l+S of the Fulton street line
was passing under the elevated railroad
structure at tn corner of Alabama avenue
and Fulton street u short. dark man leap,
cd out from tie SHADOW OF one of the iron
pillars and jum ing on tho rear step of
the car lungcd at Conductor Green, who
was standing on the platforms. with a
knife As he did so his foot slipped, and
| the blade was buried in Green's body Just
| over the left hip In the confusion that
| ensued Green : assailant made his escape,
Green was assisted to the company 5
office in tn" stables, whore his wound was
| found to lie -! II not very dangerous char
acter. After it was dressed he went &c
his lodgings Green is one of the new
men employed by the company to take III,
place of their striking employees
Tho East New York stables OF the Brook
| Ign City RailrCad company have assumed
! something OF their old mir. and for til,
! first time in days the starters office al
that point is not occupied hy the militia
| Fifty cars We're running IN tho Fulton
| street line during the day, the last cal
| leaving nj 90 81 \, m. arriving bach
from the ferry shortly Ecfore midnight
| No trouble with the wires has been rc
| ported, and the new men nlv manaEinE
| the cars in u satisfactory manner.
Through the afternoon small crowd,
| from time to time gathered at the corner
| of Alabama avenue and Fulton street
| but were dispersed with very little DIM
| Guilty by Major E.. uick of the Forty seventh
| regiment, who i stationed there
In place OF aving Captain Wvn,xlI
grim guns to guard the approaches 20 III,
| stables the soldiers have brilliant calcium
! lights l'ashiu-; broad RAYS of light aloHA
the various st.c'ts in front of the depot
showing plainly to the outposts every on
who approaches.