Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-18
PEOPLE, j. !! WALK,
The Brooklyn Street Car
Tieup Thorough and
Complete.
STIKERS ARE IN CONTROL.
Cars Alleged to Be Carrying
Mails Attacked by the
Rabble.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 15.-Nearly 5000
men including motormen, conductors,
electricians and others employed on the
various trolley railroads in this city
quit work between and a. m. 1t
was the first strike the trolley system
had experienced and was most thor
ough and complete one. The only
road not tied up was the Brooklyn
and Coney island, better known as the
Jay and Smith street line. President
Henry Slocum had the mems demand
under consideration and when the
committee of the district assembly
called on him, the strike, as far as his
road was concerned, was amicably SET
tied. An agreement was signed and
now that road is
The Only One Running in Full Force.
During the day Mr.. Lewis, president
of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad COM
pany, made a public statement in
which he said the tieup was without
any Just cause. He also notified the
mayor, police commission, sheriff and
fire commissioner of the strike, and
asked for police protection. He sent
communication to the railroad commits
sioners at Albany and posted notices of
warning at all the car houses, notify
ing strikers to keep away. There were
also warnings to keep the peace, but in
spite of these. numerous cases OF inter-
ference occurred. There was some de-
lay in transportation of the mails, but
the mail cars were guarded by police.
men.
Quiet at the Power Houses.
At the different power houses
throughout the city, everything was
quiet A short distance from each
one, the strikers kept their plckets on
duty. Railroad depots were deserted,
but the pickets kept watch there also.
During the forenoon mail car OF
the Flatbusn Avenue line left the Flat
bush depot for the purpose OF getting
the mail at the postotfice. On 1t we're
Sergeant Zimmerman and two police.
men. About $50 strikers surrounded
the car and began to throw planks
across the tracks. The police removed
the obstructlons and the Car had pro"
ceeded about two blocks further when
a farmers wagon was placed across
the tracks, men jumping into the
wagon and -..sf. ..,.
Defying the Police to Move Them.
A squad of police finally routed the
o%s
women in sympathy with the strikers
undertook to obstruct travel on the
Third Avenue line by piling ash bar
rels and other obstacles on the tracks,
but were driven away by the police.
Peter Butcher, motorman, has
been arrested on a charge Of obstruct-
ing car. He threw a heavy iron
girder in front of United States mail
car of the Flatbush Avenue line. The
Car was stopped, but went on to Flat
lands later. He was held in $500 bail
for examination and may have to
answer to the United States authori-
ties for interfering with the mail.
Police Protect a Car.
Superintendent Quinn made another
aCCelupI W AOISo poISSI1So oAOA Wy aAC0A
4 O'Clock. A mail car bearing the
usual sign, ~. S. Mail, was sent out,
on the front and rear platform crowded
with policemen. The determined atti-
tude OF the officers cowed the strikers,
who allowed the car to be taken as far
as Ninety-sixth street and Fifth ave-
nue.. Some stones were thrown, but
the only damage sustained was few
broken windows. The car was or.
dered back to the shed by the superin-
tendent. The strikers and the women
who gathered with them, stood in its
path and threw volley of stones at
the policemen guarding it, several Of
whom received slight wounds. The
car was housed amid a scene of great
excitement.