The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-05
cOUNCIL AND THE CHARTERS.
-uF ALDERMEN DECLARE TWO
FRANCHISES REVOKED.

-te Vote 10 to s-The Chairman
Votes in the Negative and one
v.nber warns the Board That
Their Action Is Illegal - The
RrooI.Iyn City and the Atlantic
Avenue Line the Roads Affected.
onIv 1000 Persons Assemble in
Front OF the City Hall in Response
70 the Labor Call.
P,,oklyn. y. Y. Feb 4.-Barely 2.M0
,.,Dls assembled in front of the city hall
his afternoon, and the grand demonstra-
to1 planned by the strikers TO overawe
~. civic authorities was a failure. al
las: as far as force Of numbers was
4 concerned.
Master Workman Connolly had an
pounced that $1,000 people would certainly
Be present. and perhaps double that mum
tsr. Mayor Schieren, at the eleventh
hour, decided that his proclamation of
two weeks ago ordering the citizens to
refrain from eongregating on the strets
or squares Of the city are still in force, and
under directions from him the police
cleared City Hall square Of the crowd
which assembled in response to the order
. Of Mr. Connolly and others of the ex-
soutve committee Of the strikers.
The men are highly indignant at the
f action Of the authorities in refusing them
the time honored right to assemble for
the purpose Of petition and prayer for re-
lief from unjust usage. While they were
. rebufted by the burly policemen in front
Of the city hail, their leader entered
4 alone by the rear door and was permitted
TO carry his bundle of petitions to the
council chamber, where the board Of al
dermen. after a brief discussion. passed
4 by ;ote Of ten to eigh.. the resolution
Zprayed for and revoked the grants to the
+ Brooklyn City ana Atlantic avenue troll
8 ley companies.
The action Of the board. even if it as-
#Capes the mayors veto. which is not
likely. is not expected to have a serious
. etect on the companies. The power Of
the board of aldermen to summarily re-
Yoke the rights granted common carriers
Questioned, and the aldermen themseIt es
are somewhat hazy as to how they can
hope 10 enforce their action. Should the
proceedings before the attorney general
n Albany result in the forfeiture of the
company charter, the action of the com
mon council to-day would become opera-
l'e but otherwise it would have but lit
BE effect
AA-e irom the gathering at the city
AaA Aere was no change in the strike:
uAul two or three assaults upon motor
men and conductors were reported and
vera cohsions between trolley cars and
uCAs occurred. One motorman was sent
uae hospital with a scalp wound in
avy.l Dy str kers, and the police fur
lsle1 the surgeons with two cases for
calp treatment
me February grand jury was sworn in
ll charged to see to it that whoever has
a~plel upon the law be brought to jus
Justice Gaynor granted a writ Of alter
80 hdhaam to-day against the At
1Iu' avenue .tilroad Company. A per-
mptory writ was applied for last Fri
1', me company will have twenty days
~ was Ii5J o'clock when word was given
y. o 51r s'LIhers who We're assembled at their
..-tuaIl lers' Mugge's Hall, to march
.u me CITY hall. There were 300 people
E Dullling and as many more in the
Sge' IN iront Of it, They swung into
yN street and started down toward
r, seat OF the municipal government.
ba ~ ~ marched BY twos, threes. or by
E b-o-1ili -ii qozen. People on the sidewalks
w.. lnen and the men cheered back.
nio5 -1H trolley car manned by nom
kSsa .t zen oashed through their ranks.
E tbsir 60 shouted 'Scaos,' and shook
-~'A lNlS at tho
sr,, several hundred men who were
1s.ns about the street corners in the
ssst.y o1 the city hall Joined the pro-
rit~ ~ so when the crowd entered
4 csttar'oi.5, s4uare, 1t was about ! 900 strong.
Wit doout the triangular opening
q lN - - 'He city hall stands were nearly
gbo 9pi7 attracted out of curiosity and
#krsIks ~ hept moving along the side
s Erar,~, ~ zvO policemen, under Giants
E psnao.glH' Short, Brennan and I,eavev
& tolca 'lcheIler was in charge of tha
/ wenfr . easements. He had a squad of
In barr.e mounted police in reserve in
81 #nl I'M ms @ OF the municipal building
station ~. 80 oiInen in the first precinct
"a It was 1.,5 ABOUT three blocks away.
#eacbs4 l'' clock when the processior
4 Fn+u me city hall. II nassad 49,
& .re4t erect to its junction with Court
assa3 ,,eA aA turning the sharp angle
s kas L. Court street until the processjon
3 aza Il doout the little three-cornered
ttatrt. D-e center of which the bron7a
= ~ vi Henry Ward Beecher stands
s rect faeA tDeA halted. They stood IN the
g nrwar5 the city hall and pressed
,ener ,9 IT to overwhelm the few no.
s |as sou, l-- me plaza. For a moment there
- l1s.l -'rlAs IKE crowd in front Of tbs
8 ain IFooably 2,0o0 people faced the
rsss-,l oAce Then 100 blue coats beI1
s bon rhs az the station house marched
5 lni lef. liza ptaza and deploying to the right
b cr5,-s -1A night sticks drawn. Dusbed
+ he mo-. odck to the opposife curb
bje thra.1i police, in two detacbments
# ad heI1s5 n IL Court and Fulton streets
the cI-y GI,,e SIIIe the people from in front
once Ill Ine crowd melted awav
s ctual q1,,tttAi mere was only one case If
s ars No., r. One of the mounted ar
S PENS of 5dusfled with the slow move
Frlck PIE me men, swung his club and
Ealp. Tf Mcdonald, laying omen the
& ouse ana man was taken to the station
llance ~, uIs wounds dressed by an am
eslsd f5r eoh. Daniel Linden was ar
s The er,-.5 using to move on.
rsets of was forced into the side
pace lne square, and at o,cIocl- the
81 Mar -'-l the CITY hall was ciss,
'y hail 80 CC-hnelly did not march to the
ESQ o,, "t.A his followers He waited
" bsu ock. when he entered the
arm zone by the rear door Trnde1
S male oe trapped in a newspaper. was
s .5l 2oaa ons, which, he said. num-