The sun., 1895-01-22
CAN'T GET TIE MEN.
Lewis and Norton Confess Inability TO Op-
crate Their I.iues.

The boast OF the street car companies that
they would open all OF their lines the moment
they got sufficient protection was not made good
yesterday, and during the day only one new line
was opened by the Brooklyn City and none
opened by the Atlantic Avenue Company;
though on the lines that had been previously
opened more cars were run than had been run
on any other day. IL was announced by the Of
hcals on Sunday Eight that cars would be run
until midnight. but they were stopped on
nil lines AS early o O'Clock. probably
because of the trouble out in Gates avenue. It
transpired during the day that Mayor Schieren
lad notified the companies that they must i'm
medately make an effort to resume traffic on all
Of their lines. Tho Mayor said himself that he
had notified the railroad Presidents on Sun
day.
said the reporter.
"A reasonable time must be allowed for prep
aration," replied the Mayor
During the day the Mayor was back and forth
between his office and the headquarters OF the
Second Brigade in the Hall Of Records several
times. He would give no information whatever
regarding his conferences with Gen. McLeer.
sCHIEREN REPORTS To M'ALrIN.
At noon the Mayor telephoned to Adjutant-
Gen. McAlpin, who is In Albany. He told the
Adjutant-General that everything was quiet
and that his reports were that additional cars
were being manned hourly, and that probably
all the lines in the city would be in operation
tomorrow. Again at 4 30 he telephoned the
Adjutant-General and said that he thought the
prospects of trouble were slight. lie was ed
whether lie considered the military force ON
hand sufficient. and lie said he did lie said
he thought that the presence OF the soldiers
would guarantee peace.
President Norton OF the Atlantic avenue road
was asked after the Mayor had mado this state
ment 20 Gen. McAlpin whether, in his opinion.
the military protection was sufficient. He said
he thought II was but lie wouldn't be surprised
IL the mobs needed a lesson before they under
stood that the soldiers were around to preserve
the peace. He was asked why It was, II he had
the mon he said on Sunday he had, that is,
enough 10 start all his lines, he did not go ahead
and start them. He said:
COMPANIES CAN'T GET MEN.
because We can't keep all the men We get
We send men out and tho strikers succeed in
getting some away. That makes IL necessary 10
send n lot more. and more even after the second
lot. We have hired twice many men as we
need 10 run all our cars. We will have all our
ears running within day or two. when eXpe-
rencsd men that VIC have Engaged out OF town,
and who cannot be induced by the striEers to
leave, arrive here Some are coming in all the
tlLlc, We nave lo-udy seNenty-nNC ears run
mug, The total number OF cars operated on all
our iines il 40"
The representative OF President Lewis ot the
BrOOklyn City Railroad admitted yesterday for
tie first time that the company did not have
eIoush men TO operate Iis lines, The excuse
WAS the same as that offered by President Nor
to;, that men had been gotten AVA. either
peacefully or had been driven away by intimi-
dc IN. Eor the first time since the strike
besau the main offices of the Brook
lyu ucights Railroad Company in Montague
s:cet were closed up early last night and Presi-
dent Lewis and his associates, il was said, had
RGns elsewhere TO deliberate on tho situation
T,ere were two private detectives on guard out
F"stu5 Lu''ling and two others inside. One Of
t.e detectives explained 10 reporter that
threatS la. been made to blow up the building
with dynamite
ENe-pTeE!dent Wicler Of tho brooklyn.
C4eeLs County and suGurbLa rad would no;
(,,s3ss h:s failure 20 open the lines that Le
prar..,ei ua '"ndLy nigAtt 10 OIea. Thsse Lines
N.gc tho Held avenue tho Ralph avenue, the
Nwi. Serrad street. the Broadway, and the
SIIErf avtEIe lrss. All were TO be In nearly
e." siXTElig: 4 ;eN cars only we're run on the
- ~I.,''' aStLus line and fewer were run on the
LIv'GAs:l N"5e wES run on ;he other l.ues.