The sun., 1895-01-22
The car, that were run carried very few ps,,en
STRANGE AcrIov OF ALDERMEN
Ordi-srees Clearly Meast to Ewbsrrsss the
Conps.ie--Are the Peiice In sympathy
with atrfk ere = May Cs N pisints.

ordi..-ess Clearly Me.st to E-bsrrs.. the
| Coups.is--Are the Peiice In sympathy
| with strikers q May Complaints.
| Brookiyn's Board Of Aldermen and Board OF
| Supervisors took occasion yesterday to show
| that they Joined with tho other officials, In
| cludinu the police, In sympathlzing with the
| striksrs The Board OF Aldermen had NEE l.
| ing IN the afternoon. and the matter Of the
| strike was the nrst thing taken up. Alderman
Cohn offered a long preamble and resolution.
the object OF which was to punish the railroad
companies by making II impossible to get the
men necessary to open the lines and break the
strike. IL wasn't very plain. but this. the re-
porter was assured. was II. object. Another
Alderman offered as substitute the following:
Whe,en, ny section OF Article v. Of chaptefsot
the Laws Ordinances Of the city OF Brooklyn for
the year, 1883 and 1882 IL provided that perAon
shall drive any railroad car while carrying passengers
in any OF the OF the city unless he be 2 years
old resident of the State year and OF the city
for four months. and unless he shall have obtanata
license from the Mayor for such purpose under pen
atty Of s25 nne for such offence. said fine TO bo
recovered from the owner OF such railroad or from
such driver or both or either; and,
Whereas. Since tho passage OF that ordinance me
power OF the various lines OF surface railroads
in operation in this city has been changed from
horses to electricity requiring the service OF skilled
workmen for the proper and safe operation OF skfd
through the public streets therefore, be npub
Resolved, That motorman shall operate any troll.
ley while carrying in OF the streets
of this city unles, he be 81 Of resident Of
the state year and OF the city four months and
unless he has obtained license from the Mayor for
such purpose under penalty Of sg5 for every offence
cars.
This resolution was, promptly passed, and
then Alderman Gilfoyle bobbed up with this
Whereo, Tho present dlf1cgty between the rail.
city under great expense in maintaining the police
Se sn and e tSs raroaa St
Whsr,ds The $50 license fee now paid by the com.
panes is inadequate to meet the EXPENSE therefore
Reso'red, That the senators and Assembymen from
this county be requested TO have the charter Of the
for each and every car.
CITIZENS WANT THE CARS run.
This was passed, too, and then Alderman Gill
who BEEN
running and because the police had been
used to protect the property of corporations.
your yo honorable body take such % measures es
as shall Immediately compel said companies to
or else request the Attorney-General to COM
mence proceedings for the annulment OF their
Accompanying the petition was a resolution
directing the transmission of copy of the petit
from from Z the e"' Board % that immediate action b be
taken thereon. This resolution was adopted as
promptly as the others had been. The passing
of these resolutions, which OF course were all in
tended TO embarrass the railroad companies.
was all the business that the Board transacted
at the meeting
The Board OF Supervisors contented them
selves with passing resolution sympathiZing
with the strikers. The resolution which the
Board Of Aldermen passed requiring residence
in Kings county Of four mouths and n license,
originally passed In 1850 for purpose simi-
lar to the one that brought it out yesterday,
There was a strike on the Atlantic Avenue
Railroad then. and Deacon Richardson, w 10 WAS
running the road, was endeavoring tn get mej
just President Norton and President Lewis
from everywhere. That strike was compromised
and so far as could be ascertained yesterday the
ordinance was never strictly enforced. The Al
dermen say it will be this time. tsTy
enforce it. the trouble that President Lewis and
President Norton have had in getting men
won't be a marker to he trouble they will have.
II is pretty certain that there are not enough
experienced motormen In Brooklyn outside OF
the strikers to operate One-half OF the cars that
the railroads ordinarily operate. ..-.
POLICE SYMPATHY. -..
Besides the evidence of sympathy given by the
Board OF Aldermen and tho Board OF SUPER
day showed their sympathy with the strikers.
George Kelly of the Seventeenth precinct went
aboard OF one Of the Fulton street cars and
guarded the motorman through one trip. When
he got back he said he wouldn't do any more of
that kind ofwork. Capt. German ordered him 10
go ahead and do as he was told. Kelly said
he wouldn't. OF course the Captain had to
take his shield away from him and send
him to the station house. Policeman Bennett
OF the Eighteenth precinct got pretty drunk and
the strikers. He was taken to the station house
and relieved of his shield,