The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-29
The STRIKERS SURRENDER.
They Ttrdsr Their Services to the Pes
dents for 81 Per Day:
THE SITUATION is MUCH IMPROVED,
Tho Presidents Decline the Offer of the
Men and the Latter VIII Apply Tor
damus-witbdrawInG Troops.


| this afternoon. A formal statement to
| the public was issued by the Executive
! Committee, and the men rendered their
services 70 the presidents for 81 per day
| for motormen and conductors and Sioo
| per day for trippers. These terms have
| never been in dispute. The men say That
| the move IS made in the interest OF pub
| lie safety and quiet, and that the nom
acceptance of their offer will be followed
by application for peremptory mandamus
against all the Zines.
The following letters were given out Dy
| the Executive Committee Of the Knights
| of Labor District Assembly No. % this
! afternoon: 10 ,oo-
brooklyn. n. Y, Jan. IS, 1888.
"To the Public: We have this day sent
to the Messrs. Daniels. of counsel for the
railroads. representing the different sys-
tens of street railways which have ceased
operat.on IN the city Of Brooklyn. the
subioined letter. which speaks for itself.
We will add that we have made this
offer. not because the strike was waning
or our cause weakening. 1t never was
stronger. But. in the interests of Brook
Ign. our home. and it's citizens our
friends, we are willing TO make the sacri-
flee suggested in the letter.
(SigneD Martin J. Connolly, John Glib
lin, T. j. Collins, Andrew ID. Best"
THE LETTER 10 THE PRESIDENTS.
brooklyn, n. Y. Jan q, 1895.
benjamin T.. Norton, ESD President OF
the Atlantic-Avenuc Railroad Company:
Dear SRI am instructed by the rep
resentatives of all the employees Of the
Atlantic Railroad Company. including the
inemen, VINO were in the service Of the
company on the 18th day OF January,
1895, TO offer you their services upon the
same terms and scale Of wages obtained
In January 1894, which was, as you know,
s. q day for motormen and conductors
having full day cars and not less than
$50 for motormen and conductors nav
ing trippers. If these terms are accepted
| the committee will meet you and arrange
10 resume work within six hours. IN
conclusion, permit me TO observe that.
though this is a great concession on the
part Of the employees OF the company,
they are willing to make II In the inter
ests of the public who have been great
sufferers from this controversy existing
! between the corporation and It's men. /
| nave sent a similar letter TO the prcSl-
dent OF the Brooklyn Heights Railroad
| Company and to Mr. Wickers. the repre-
sentative Of rne Brooklyn, Queens County
| and Suburban Company.
(SigneD MARTIN J. CONNOLLY.
sTRisERs SAY IT IS Net a SURRENDER.
The action Of the strikers in offering 10
return without the many stpulauons
| which Their former offers have contained
IS generally considered a surrender. The
| strikers say il is not; and intimate that
| applications for perempJory mahdainHs
val follow refusal from the presidents
Al 122o o'clock this afternoon gang
OF straers held up car or the NosFahu-
avenue line az the Boulevard. detail or
Bol.ce was sent TO the scene, and three
of the strikers were arrested. Br-ga-
dier-Geutrai James NJ. Narnum. Pay mas
ter-General on Governor Morton's STAN
to-day sent a communication TO County
| Treasurer Adams, of King county, stat
! ing that he held Kings county accounta-
| BILE for the EXPENSES incurred by the Ma
tional Guard of the State during the
strike.
Forty deputy sheriffs. who have been
| working under Sheriff Dohl at Masneth'
| preserving order at the car stables,
| struck at II o'clock to-day.
| No cars were run from Maspeth to-day.
| AT Il O'Clock the police received word
| that five non-union men had been cap
ture1 by strikers and were held prison
ers in Odd-Fellows' Hall, on Palmetto
| street near RdgewoOd. The men were
| said TO have been injured In a scrmmaSe
and were having Their wounds dressed
| by the strikers. 4 squad of mounted
| police was sent to the rescue of the 1--WE
| men. This hall IS the one in which Major
| Abrams. of the Seventh Regiment. penned
| in two hundred strikers for four hours
While the Gates-avenue line was opened
! last Thursday.
TROOPS GOING HOME.
The Sixty-ninth and Eighth battalions
| of the First Brigade, who have been 40
| ing guard duty here for the past week,
| received orders this afternoon to start
for home The Seventh, Seventy first
| and First batteries, all Of the First Brig
ade. went home this morning being the
| first troops released from strike duty
The situation to-day was much I'M
| proved. The lines which have been open
| ed during the past few days were all run
ming ana with more cars than on any day
] since the strike was begun. Three new
| lines were opened this morning. The com
| pany apparently gains steadily in the
! number of new men, and IT is question
| of but a few days. apparently, when nor
| NAL traffic will be resumed. There was
! less w3re cutting during the night, ana
| less stoning Of cars this forenoon. The
! strikers still stubDornly refuse. however,
| 10 admit that they are beaten. They mold
! together well and less than one hundred
| men out OF the original six thousand men
! have returned TO work. The problem that
| now remains is 10 run the cars at night.
There is no certainty that the with
| draWals of troops VIII not be followed by
increased disturbances. and even In the
daytime. The police are either incapa-
bic. or do not desire to prevent lnterier~
ence with the wires and cars OF the COM
panies The superintendent of the Brook
lyn Heights Company to-day said that on
the lines operated 10y his company 315 ears
| out OF a total of $40 are running. super
intendent Young of the Atlantc-avenue
system. said that on his line to-day l01
| ears out of total of 1863 were running.
on the Brooklyn Queens County and
Suburban lines the officials stated that
Is out of 1872 cars are running. Putting
these official statements together, the
lines affected have 5SS cars running out
of a total Of ST.
That these statements are not thor
oughly reliable is shown by the fact that
the companies pay the city an annual
license on LOO cars, and the normal num-
Der operated is 2l7 Taking the compa-
MES statements as TO the number OF
cars running as correct they should,
therefore be credited with operating 5SS
cars out of a total of LII
SOLDIERS on POLICE Duty.
Details of soldiers were sent out along
the lines of roads where stone-throwing
and Interference has prevailed. and the
troops did police duty on street corners
and even on the cars IN some sections.
1t has been learned by experience that
with policeman at either end Of car
the windows have been broken by stones
and brick-bats, and the safety of passen-
gers endangered. But few arrests have
been made. The stone-throwers do not,
hit policemen except i'm rare eases, ana
thcn by accident. and the policemen do