The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-05

Brooklyn, n. Y, Feb. About Las
this afternoon 1000 strikers marched
from headquarters on Bridge street to
the city hall, where they were greeted
with cheers from 1000 people. The
committee which was to present to the
board of aldermen petition [Master
Workman Connolly, Best, Collins and
Giblin) assembled the steps Of the city
hall and body of strikers marched
around the street to Jeerolemen street.
While Police Inspector Mcclellan was
attempting to disperse the mob fifty
mounted police charged on the crowd
and drove them off the square.
Circular to Citizens.
The following was issued by the ex-
ecutiYe board <. of L. tonight;
To the citizens of BROOKLYN:
We congratulate you, for this day you
saw demonstrated that the brooklyn
strikers, and their sympathizers could
peacefully assemble in the face of all
the abuse heaped upon them by their
former employers, and present TO their
next representatives, the mayor ana
beard of aldermen of the city Of Brook
Ign, a petition setting forth your rights
and their rights and requesting respect
ful hearing and consideration OF their
grievance.
Will you again believe the misrepresen-
tation of the enemies of the people when
they represent US as thugs, murderers
and rioters, or will you rely upon your
own eyes and experience when you Judge
US?
Never was a more orderly crowd seen
than that today which marched to the
city hall to demonstrate their respect Tor
law and order, and their love for the
good opinion of their fellow-citizens It
is true that the people wanted to stand
in front of the city hall steps and IN the
public square, while the representatives
were considering the petition. 1t is also
true they were prevented from doing so
by their servants, the uniformed police,
of the city of Brooklyn, who, with muir
derous clubs in hand and pistols in peck
ct or belt kept them from their own do
main, the public square in front of the
city hall, and drove them like SO many
cattle from place to place upon the side
walks of Court street Fulton and Myrtle
avenues, Willoughby street and other
public thoroughfares surrounding the city
hall. Not even We're they allowed to hide
( themselves behind the ample and oXidized
coat tails of Henry Ward Beecher, the
reverend philosopher and friend Of the
people, and who ever spoke for free
dom, justice and humanity and whose
voice, were it not cold. would be heard
today in our cause as powerful and elo-
quent as when he stood before an ing
lish mob and pleaded for the shackled
slave Of the south. But, alasl IL seems
d
of his patriotism, the recollection Of his
love for the common people, has passed
away in the city which he made famous
and in which nothing seems now to rule
save the insolent and domineering CO..
porations engaged in robbing and enslav-
Does Cod Will it so? His ways are
wonderful and past scrutiny and his
mills grind slowly, but they grind fine
He must mean well, and we, the people
submit.
| The rule of the common people means
peace. 1t means law and order; 1t means
honesty in high and low places; it means
death TO rapacious corporations. Thai
rule must come by peaceful agitation
since that rule must be in peace. AnC
fellow citizens. that rule will come anC
when the battles between the corpora
tons and people have ceased, and the sur
breaks forth, it will shine upon the people
triumphant, and upon the routed, dis
credited and Impoverished corporations
MARTIN ]. CONNELLY.
JOHN GIBLIN,
ANDREW G. BEST,
p. Z. COLLINS,
WILLIAM L. HOLCOMBE,
Executive Board, D. A. TO- h. of l..
Tomorrow morning, $50 of the imported
motormen who have taken the places o.
the strikers, Will assemble in Mayor
Shieren'S 'Office and will ask Brooklyn'i