The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-28

The city IS quiet ana troops are stationed where they can be sent to any part of the city to quell any dis turbance which may arise l cannot make the object of the conference or it's result public"
 A mass meeting of citizens, called in the interest of the strikers, was held at the Atheneum this afternoon. Henry George, Congressman Jerry Simpson and Joseph R. Buchanan were the speakers. Red-hot language was in- dulged in and resolutions calling uopn the attorney general to take action against the railroads were adopted.
 What we are confronted with" said MT. George "is more than a Brooklyn question; it is the greatest question of the age-the question of the rights of men. When traffic is suspended and the streets are filled with police and mili- tia, when a tax upon the rights of the people is committed and the great body of civilized community sympathize with the men, who are standing nom inally against the law, there must be deep injustice; there must be unright- eousness, and I believe these strikers are making a righteous fight; that they have been imposed upon and ill-treated; ; that what they are asking for is some thing they ougt to have, and believe that to be the general belief of the com munIty. And yet it is a fight in the dark Righteous as their demands are, they cannot be gained. The people themselves ought to own each the means of transportation.
 Congressman Simpson advocated the public ownership of railroads as the only way to settle struggles between or ganized capital and labor.
 No attempt was made to run cars un- til midnight tonight. The various lines began to close at ' p. m The Fulton street, Putnam avenue, Third avenue Flatbush and Court street cars were run until 10 o'clock and then all cars were housed behind the sentry lines which are thrown out around the car houses.
 Brooklyn had one of the dryest Sun days in it's history to-day. The order sent out from police headquarters last night was fairly well observed and nearly all day saloons had both front and side doors closed. This undoubted- ly aided materially in giving the city a quiet day. Sermons were preached at nearly all the churches in which the strike was mentioned. pr. Lyman Alp bolt deprecated the interference with law and order. The Rev. A. c. Dixon scored the railroad corporations for their refusal to arbitrate.
 The Rev. R. R. Meredith directed his remarks at lawlessness and interference with peaceable citizens. The Rev. Fa- ther O'Hare of Greenpoint counselled moderation.
 A number of members of tEe Seven teenth Separate company of Flatbush who are stationed at Ninth avenue and Twenty-first street, attended services at the Church of the Sacred Heart this morning. The Rev. MT. Nash made some remarks refecting upon the con duct of the militia, whereupon the sol diers walked out of the church,
 The strikers had a benefit perform ance at the Star theater tonight A portion of the program including dis play of living pictures, was cut out by order of the police.
 Grand Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor, who had long standing engagement to speak at the Criterion theater this evening did not appear there. The meeting was held under the auspices of the coachmen's union.
 The Central Labor union met to-day and decided to boycott all the lines operated by non-union men.
 The strikers have consulted lawyers and have decided to begin suits against the Brooklyn Heights company for one weeks pay for each of the 1,600 for merly employed by the road. They claim that the laws of this state en- title them to one weeks notice and claim that they were locked out with out warning. The suits are to be brought in patches of one hundred at time, beginning Tuesday or Wednes- day. They also propose to begin ac- tion against the company for violations of the ten-hour law. There is a $500 penalty for each offence against this law
 They say 1,600 will bring suits and the company will be mulcted $500, ,000 Lawyer Towns, who was one of the counsel in the mandamus proceedings, has charge of the proposed suits. He sent note to Hadden Crowell, presi- dent or the Long lSlanu trust com pany, and trustee for the bondholders of the road, requesting MT. Crowell to call at his residence and see if some could not be made. MT. Crowell replied by letter referring MT. Towns to Thomas $. Moore, counsel for the road.
 There is also talk of suits for dam ages against the trolley companies by the shopkeepers and merchants, whose business has been seriously affected during the past two weeks by the fail ure of the companies to run their cars as usual. It is claimed that Judge Gay nors mandamus ordering the compa- nies to operate their lines and furnish the same accommodation to the public that they did before January IA fur nishes a basis for these damage suits, which mount up into the millions. All was quiet at Halsey street and Broadway this evening. The only in- cident was the scattering of the crowds there by mounted police Reports from various other points stated that all was quiet at a late hour.
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