The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-04
TRADES UNIONS PETITION
HOUSANDS TO G.I.HER IN FRONT
 OF BROOhLYN'S CITY HALL.

Police Will be on Hand at the Demon
 stration to Preserve Order.
 Brooklyn, Feb. 3.-It is expected that
 when the board of aldermen meets in
 the city hall tomorrow more than 10000
 persons will be standing on the plaza
 outside waiting to see what action the
 city fathers will take in regard to the
 petition and resolutions to be presented
 by the executive committee of D. A,
 No. 75.
 The petition was sent to all unions
 throughout the city to-day. Is asks | that the franchises be taken from the
 Brooklyn Heights railroad, the Atlantic avenue railroad and the Queens County and Suburban company Master Work man Connolly tonight stated that he
 was not anxious to have the strikers at the city hall, but he desired to have all the other laborlng men in Brooklyn there. He said from the reports receiv- cd every man, woman and child of
 Brooklyn is anxious to go to the city hall and stand in the plaza for one hour
 or dozen hours if necessary.
 He said the men would not go in a body; they were to go in twos and threes and stand in front of city hall. They would be a quiet and orderly crowd
 When asked as to the reason for MT. Debs visit MT Connolly refused to an- swer, other than to say that Mir Debs came here to see now the situation stood.
 A number of assertions from the rail road were reported to-day.
 Police Commissioner Welles, Superin- tendent Campbell and Mayor Schieren had a consultation in police headquar- ters for more than three hours this af- ternoon. What took place could not be learned.
 Commissioner Welles when asked about the demonstration which the labor men intended to have in front of city hall said he would have a suffi- oient number of policemen on hand to see that no violence of any kind occur red When asked about the remark made by President Norton of the Atlan- tic avenue that the police took no pains to duell the riots the commissioner said: More than 300 arrests have been made since the strike has been on. That looks as if the men were doing their duty. I am going to let MT. Norton do the talk ing. I will take charge of the other end of the strike"
 The same number of cars were run to-day that have been running for the past few days. Small accidents were reported from various parts of the city, but nothing serious resulted. The com panies claim that they are getting all of their cars out on schedule time.
 President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights company said he had all the men he wanted and was perfectly satis- fled with the outlook Allan Hoagland, motorman in charge of car of the Greenpoint line was held up by two men to-day at Franklin and Huron streets. He was dragged from the plat form, thrown into the street and beaten about the head and body. | While lying on the ground he drew a revolver and fired two shots at his l assailants. The bullets went wide of their mark, and the two men ran away l on the arrival of a special officer. | The latter summoned surgeon, who dressed Hoagland's wounds, which | of bruises about the head and | body While the ear from which Hoag- | land had been busted stood on the | tracks a large crowd threw stones at the windows. The conductor was hit | on the head with 8 stone, receiving a | slight scalp wound.
 Andrew Brennan, William Cosgrove and John Mitchell were arrested this charged with cutting wires at Fifteenth street, near Eighth ave- nue.
 A car of the Tompkins avenue line, in charge of Motorman Farrell, collided with a car of the Reed avenue line 1t Roebling street and Broadway. Both cars were badly shattered and had to be laid up for repairs. No one was in- iured.
 Master Workman Connolly tonight said so far 61, ,491 names had been signed by the citizens of Brooklyn to the peti- ton asking the aldermen to take the franchises from the three roads.
 MT. Connolly stated that he had learn sd that at conference in New York Presidents Norton, Lewis and Wicker decided to have all of the men now in heir employ arm themselves with pis- -ols so that they could protect them selves in case they were attacked by strikers.
 MT, Connolly tonight gave out state- nent in which he says:
 "We notice a statement made by Pres- dent Norton of the Atlantic avenue 'ailroad that he proposes to claim the privilege, in defiance of the police de- 1artment, to arm his imported scabs f this is done the citizens will certainly exercise the same privilege and go arm d in self-defense and as a protection against these lawless imported thugs lnd their corporate criminals who em- )loy them in defiance of city and state aws.'' h
 Mayor Schieren stated tonight that Lewis and Norton had not lotified him that they intended to have oinkerton men run their cars. He ex- ,ressed the belief that they had no such intention.
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