St. Paul daily globe., 1895-02-18
THEY MAY APPLY FOR WORK
Some of the Strikers Reduced
to the Verge Of StarVa-
Lion.
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
Dollars, the Officers Say, Again
Win Over Empty SLom-
aehs.

BROOklGN, FeD. 1l.-In Gaining
off the strike on the Brooklyn
Heights and the Brooklyn, Queens
County & Suburban railways, Dis
trict Assembly No 70 issues the fol-
lowing address:
To the Public: Acting in behalf of
their employees, we presented to the Of
ficials of the Brooklyn Heights and the
Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban
Railway companies certain requests
for improved conditions of labor on
their roads for the year 1885. Subse-
quently these requests, which were
never other than of the most reason
able nature, were modified so as to
leave the companies no excuse for
failure to come to agreements with
their employees. We have exhausted
every honorable means to effect a
friendly settlement, but the trolley Of
ficialS assumed most uncompromis-
ing attitude, and refused to make a sim
gle concession in response to our red-
Sonable requests. They went further,
and, so far from improving the condi-
tions of their employees, they insisted
upon terms less favorable than they
had made, without protest, in 1894 and
previous years. Their eXactions forced
their employees to suspend labor on
Jan. IA last. Since then there never has
been a day on which the men have not
been willing to go more than halfway
in an endeavor to adjust amicably a
difficulty that
ENTAILED HARDSHIPS
on the employees, as well as incalcuIa-
BILE loss and inconvenience to the pub
lie The companies have not had the
same consideration for the public; the
same spirit of compromise. They start
ed out to starve their employees into
submission, and they have finally sue
ceeded. 1t has been fight of dollars
against empty stomachs, and, as was
to have been expected. the dollars
have won a victory, though a dear one.
Our people, after a heroic resistance,
have at last submitted to the ineyita-
Ble. The civil, the military, and in
some instances the Judiciary powers,
have ait been used to ceeree them. We
desire to return our most sincere
thanks to the organizations and indi-
viduals who have in any way aided
our people during the strike, and hope
our sympathizers will never feel the
power of corporate oppression. Many
OF our people still need assistance to
keep the wolf of hunger from their
doors. A little from the many will suf-
flee, and any citizens, society or news
paper that will help our people in this
respect will receive the best thanks of
all, with the hope that the time will
yet come when equal rights will be ac-
corded to all, special privileges to none,
and that all will stand equal before the
law. We remain, most respectfully,
MARTIN J. CONNELLY,
JOHN GIBLIN,
P. J. COLLINS,
w L. HALCOMBE.
ANDREW D. BEST.
This action on the part of D. A. rs
will permit the strikers of thirty-three
roads to return to work, or at least
apply to be taken back. The strike
against President Norton, of the At
Iantic Avenue line, is still on.
+ President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad company, said to-
night that during the day about 900 of
the old men had applied for work. A
number of them, he added, had been
received back into the fold, and others
had had their names put on the elig-
ible list. He fully expected that the
remainder of the strikers would be on
hand in the morning looking for their
old positions. Master Workman Con-
nelly is reported at his home as being
very sick, the result of the labors
which he has undergone during the
past five weeks as leader of the strike.
COST THREE MILLIONS.
The trolley strike which lasted thir-
ty-four days, has cost an enormous
sum of money. Three million dollars
is considered by those directly involved
a moderate estimate. When the strike
started it was stated that District As
sembly No. 70 had from $60, 600 to $50, 600
in it's treasury. About S65, 900 was SUBJ
scribed by sympathizers. All this has
been spent and the $3.50, 900 wages the
men would have earned has been lost.
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad COM
pany was the heaviest loser among the
roads. 1t is estimated to have lost di-
rectly $500, coo. The other systems have
lost close to $500, 900. The cost to the
city and the state for the troops is ex-
pected to exceed $3.50, 600. The damage
done by cars manned by inexperienced
motormen is placed at 100000 more
and the loss in earning capacity by
the militia during their stay in Brook
lyn is conservatively estimated at $780,
0U0. Special officers and deputies cost
Kings and Queens counties $50, 600, and
the loss to the business men of Brook
lyn is considered light when placed at
$700,0G0. There were many other losses
to swell the amount, in addition to the
Inconvenience and the suffering caused
by the big strike.