The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-26
THE BROOKLYN STRIKE.
Mayor schieren Says the Cars Are
Running Satisfactorily.
STRIKERS STILL TALK OF VICTORY

As Several of Their Number Have Deserted
the Ranks. However, 1t Would Indicate
That They Are Badly Deaten-An Over
Jealous Priest.
BROOKLYN Jan. p6-Mayor Sehicren
expressed the opinion this morning that
the strike was over so far ms 1t would AZ
feet the convenience Of the public. Colo
mel Appleton, of the Seventh regiment
said he expected to be relieved from detail
very soon. Master Workman Connolly
Btill maintains that the strikers will win,
but dozen strikers applied to the Brook
lyn City railroad yesterday for rcinstate-
ment, and were put to work. Street car
officials say they will be glad to take back
old men, but they will not be allowed to
dlsplace the new ones taken on. More
cars were run yesterday than on any day
since the strike began. Mayor Schieren
declares, as result of personal inspection,
that the lines arc giving good service. Tho
mandamus which it is sought to have is
sued to compel the companies to run cars
is not of much importance under these
circumstances
The most serious disturbance yesterday
occurred at Greenpoint In opening up the
Flushing and Graham avenue line. There
were no militiamon stationed at that
point and the police force was not strong
enough to cope with the mob of 1900,
which made riotous demonstrations and
stoned the cars. Father p. r. O'Hara, OF
st. Anthony's church, bad given Mayor
Schleren an assurance that he would be
responsible for tho maintenance of order
at this point. In his zeal to keep his agree
mont ho persuaded n new motorman to
leave his car in order to remove tho cause
of the trouble Then he read to tho mob a.
message from Mayor Schieren, saying
that unless order was preserved he would
have to send militia The crowd then dis
pcrsed and the stalled cars were run back
TO the depot but no further attempt TO
run them was made for the day.
At Maspeth lot of non union motor
men were taken from car and locked up
In hall by strikers Tho trouble was
temporarily settled by the strikers win
ming over the non-unlon men. All Of the
non.unionists subscribed to IN oath that
they would not again enter the company's
employ while the strike lasted.
The demonstrations Of tho day were con-
fined principally to wire cutting and to
small and unorEanized attacks on the
street car property or on the militia. An
effort is being made to secure an indict-
nont for murder against the militlaman
who shot Thomas Carney, the tin roofer
on Hicks street, who died as q result Of
his wound
Messrs Feeney, Robertson md Purcell,
comprising the state arbitration commit
tee which left Albany Thursday night for
Brooklyn, We're in secret session at tho
Hotel st. George yesterday afternoon and
subpnnaad Messrs. Lewis and Norton,
.a~bntt, thou mn tn, t,o or,1
status of the strike. The committee also
sent n note to Mayor Schieren requesting
tho presence of that official at the exam
inatlon, but the mayor positively declined
to attend.
AT $3.50 last evening the trolley wires
that We're cut on Fulton street near Sara
toga avenue at 1 80 were repaired, and the
half hundred cars which had been stalled
on both tracks for four hours proceeded on
their trips. Guards from the Seventy first
regiment preserved order whilo the re-
pairs were being made.
''This Is the most encouraging day we
have had during the strike" said Master
Workman Thomas hurry to the Asso-
ciated Press reporter last evening as he
entered the strikers headquarters. "If
you will sit down here for a while will
show you why we are SO much encour-
uBous We hfo getting tno new men AWAY
from the railroad companies as fast as
they arrive. From 0 this morning until
this afternoon we induced twenty new
men to leave their posts at RidEewood,
and so far today we hare rescued thirty
men at the other end Of the line, to say
nothing of the number we stopped before
they reached this side of the river from
New York We have done all this, re-
member, without any violence or intim-
idauion, and the newcomers in every case
have yielded Willingly"
While the reporter was talking with the
master workman n number of non=union
men were brought in by the striking
scouts. One of these was motormau
named Squlres, from Baltimore Ho said
he was an expert motorman, but coming
from warm climate, so thinly clad, and
being compelled to feed on red horse and
punk" and sleep on the floor, he did not
want the job bad enough TO stay lonRe..
He said tho company owed him az.
Squircs was the motorman who took out
the nrst car on the Myrtle avenue and one
of the other lines.
The reporter noticed many of the now
conductors handing in their envelopes
without money. They declared they had
taken in no fares.
Judge Gaynor heard tho arguments on
the question whether tho mandamus
against the Brooklyn Heights company
should be alternative or peremptory. At
its conclusion he announced that he
would render u decision some time today.