Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-22
BROOKLYN STRIKE.
Eight Thousand Troops Aid In Protect
Ing The Railroads.
SOME SERIOUS FIGHTING.
Several Sllitiamen and q Number OF
Policemen Hurt.
CARS STOPPED AT EIGHT OCL0CK.
49,
SOME SERIOUS FIGHTING.
CARS STOPPED At EIGHT O'CLOCK.
Tho Board OF Supervisors OF Kings County
Formally s,mpathizc WIN 'ne
strilers-Atbitra,ion Report.

Ntw YORK. January 1.-THE First
,,r,,,4. under command OF General Louis
,,,,v.,.r,lt ordered TO Brooklyn by Gov
.,-,- Morton 70 suppress the riots caused
g.. the trolIry-Car strikers arrived IN
1,ro,,i,n carly this morning There are
..,..~ So, men IN this brigade. The Ninth
,,,,,,.ut 7no men. were the first troops
,c ,ross the East river TO Brooklyn
leaving this city shortly after O'Clock
Tho rwcntv-sccond Regiment, GO strong
,.roy,,l shortly aftcrward. and by 3
o.cl,ck tho whole brigade had started for
brooklyn.
i;.fore th, First brigade was ordered
unt,r arms there were about 300 troops
iu ,ne Second Brigade on duty In Brook
Ism These. with the soldiers Of General
Ftzgeralls command. form an army OF
between 7.ooo ana SOD men, which ought
=, ,iv. the trolley railroads ample protec-
ti9n for running their cars.
The military made two charges to dis-
t.r-c crowds this morning. Major u.
puIv. Of the Sixty-ninth Battalion. hS'
,.rcl in one Of them. Captain Wendell
and hi. First Battery and Major Duffy
were marching to the Halsey-street sta
l.,, Tn. crowd in the vicinity of the
STABLES was so great that Major Duffy
ort,,.I "A charge The crowd melted
away at the approach OF what IS ieft
a. the former SiXty-nin'h Regiment.
There were no casualties. but the sixty
ninth boys demonstrated that they meant
business. The Seventh-Regmcnt boys
als, made mid charge on crowd
which gathered around the Halls sey-street
stables.
THE SITUATION.
BROOKLYN. January g.-President
LOWS OF the Brooklyn Heights COM
many stated late this afternoon that
about 1f5 cars are running. an increase OF
thirtv-fve over the number running yes
t.riav. lie stated that they Were just
starting 10 run cars on the Gates-aVehur
limo. and seemed sanguine Of success
when questioned as TO his satisfaction
with the protection afforded by the mill
tia and police he said that he was fuzzy
satisfied with the protection given by
The former When questioned closer re-
ieardlng the protection given by the po-
Ice he said. after pause. that ne was
satisfied with the protection given by
both.
president Lewis later gave a detailed
list Of cars IN operation. as follows.
Court street. % cars: Flathush avenue
a.. Putnam and Halscy. 90: Fulton street.
s5 Total 1ij. The total number Of cars
usually operated by President Lewis's
system is 1.lio.
President Norton. Of the Atlantic
avenue system. stated tonight that he
had operated cars rs follows to-day:
Firth avenue. 2S. Seventh avenue. Il; Ber-
gen street. T.. Vanderbilt avenue. 6. To-
tai. c.
President Wickes. Of the Brooklyn,
Queens County, and Suburban system,
had eighteen cars running on the
SImrcr-avcnuc liuc and six on
the broadway line. The latter were
an run between ( and in the evening.
In all about 30 cars were moved In the
city to-day. The number In operation
before the strike was l@O.
Among the 80 cars run are included
cars which dd not start until after p.
NJ and which stopped after 6.
WOMAN RUN OVER.
At go i. NJ woman named Mrs.
Josephine : Eisler was run over by
car in charge Of green motorman at
Erl1lway anl Hayward street. She sus-
tanned a serious injury Of the hip and
internal injuries She 10 in a serious con-
dit0u The motorman was arrested and
locked up. Witnesses say that he was
totally Incapable OF controlling the car.
IL was one belonging to the Summer
avenue line.
REPORT OF ARGTTRATORS.
ALBANY. y. Y. January 2l.-The state
Board Of Mediation ana Arbitration met
this afternoon and adopted a special Re
port on tn. Brooklyn trolley strike,
which was submitted io the Legislature
tonight They say in part:
"A strike Of the employees of the I'VE
electric surface street railways II the
City II Brooklyn. who are members OF
District Assembly 40. -. knights OF
Labor, embracing nearly =" 'No operating
force. took place On Monday morning, jan
uary lih. The Concy Island ana Brook
lyn Railroad Company alone effected a
settlement which enabled it to continue
business without interruption. This
board made every possible effort TO settle
the differences between the other COM
pau!cs and their men, but was successful
only IN the case II the Brooklyn cry
and Newton Railroad Company, win
which AMI its former employees an agree
mcnt was brought about and a contract
signed. under which traffic was resumed
Thursday morning and .st!ll continues
without interruption.
CAUSES OF STRIKE.
eInvesilgltlon or the causes Of the
strike was made. ana It was ascertaned
tha, il proceeded from failure IN the part
Of IN. Executive Committee Of District
Assembly No -. Knights OF Labor. 10
,Tcct renewal of the contract Of 1874
with the companies f-r lN5. with certain
proposed changes. which involved princi-
p4lly an vance OF wages from Wv 10
& - yer day - conductors ana motor
men. W. form the bulN of the employees;
a. establishment OF a proportion between
ptfmanCut regular runs and special tflpa
made for the accumulation OF con-
e,s;ed travel az certain times Of day.
sGn. AZ observance Of the statute which
pre.cr.hes ten hours labor performed
WItau twelve consecutive hours on street
railways as a days work. The demani
fIr ar increase of wages was iniily
WthIr. VA AnI the other TWO points or
florence. winch The men deemed VITAL.
remained in the cases ~ the Brooklyn
Ii-lsnis anl the Atlantic-AVcnue com
paules. while iAr Queens County ana
Slrourhan Company was willing % yield
{, them. hu' could not effect settlement
because ~ inliv dual contracts made with
Pew men wl.ch would prevent tN' return
o. a number - the old men, ana TO this
fnr Executive Board ~ District Assembly
~ - w1u.I uot assem-
WHAT is ten HOURS LABOR?
However the existing troubles on the
Brooklyn stTc'i railroads may be settled.
the str'ntc with regard 20 the hours Of
labor MI unless amended so as to eX-
phgitly state aud ,ctti" what shall cOnsti-
tutc ten hours lanlt. remain a constant
irri'ant and source of dissatisfaction and
contention on the part OF employees.
The compaui.. cnustruc and enforce the
words ten hours labor TO mean labor
while the cars are moving upon the rail,
without tak.ng into account Waitiug-time
at either end Of the routes Thus. by the
evidence taken II was shown that upon
one line where there were eight regular
runs "a day there was waiung-time OF
three minutes at each end. making forty.
eight minutes per day, during which the
conductors and motOrmen were on duty
and ia charge Of their cars. but for
which they received no compensation.
However this method OF computation
OF time Of labor came 20 be established,
II Is clearly not within the terms or in
tent Of the law, and is not just, as the
employees contend. with "a view. there
fore. 10 removal Of this cause OF the
present strike. and the prevention OF its