The sun., 1895-02-08
FRANCHISES SUSTAINED.
MAJOR soHIEREN DEcLARES
soUIRELY AGAINST Tine STRIK ERs,

Ans Aldernsnic ey~pathy Gees fer Naueh
-BrsokIyn CitiEsns Gsttins Tired .
Feiies Csu=-.issisHsr wsiies ssa VIII
Fstitisn ths Mayor 20 Rs.ove Mis- o.
the aro..a OF I.ee-psts,cy-N-ners
Accidents, One Fst.i-An Angry Grove
Throws n Car Over 70 Get the BODY
| The Anarchists OF the Brooklyn Board OF Al
| dermen were rebuked again yesterday by Mayo
schieren. who is doing his best 10 recover thu
prestige he lost by expressing sympsthy will
law-breaking strikers in the early days OF tn,
big trolley strike. Hc vetoed tho resolution
passed by the Board on Monday revoking th'
licenses under which the railroad companies
operate their cars. In his veto message he says
VI expressly disapprove OF, and now return will
my objections, the resolution of your honorable
body adopted at your meeting held on Feb. 4
1905. IL Is plain beyond doubt that the respective
grants referred to are not revocable at the will
OF the Common Council aud that the revocation
sought to be declared is void. My duty is there
fore plain to disapprove the resolution referred
TO. 1t could have no effect whatever In law, and
no effect In fact, except for mischief There has
been already much disturbance of the public
order. Anything tending in the least degree to
the continuance of disorder ought promptly and
positively TO be discouraged. In my judgment
now being considered. l desire, and shall do
all In my power to sec to It, that the fundamental
right Of every man freely to work on such terms
as satisfy him shall be recognized and protected
and that any interference with the exercise Of
this rightsh all be prevented. This dsapproval
seems to me to be In the line Of that purpose"
The Mayors decision was made public about
o'clock in the afternoon. and there was great
hullabaloo about the strikers headquarters in
Mugge's Hall. The members of the Executive
Committee denounced him, and swore that he
couldn't even be elected pound keeper II he ran
for an Office again. Mirabeau l.. Towns. their
counsel, who drew tho resolution. and staked
his reputation as a lawyer on the legality of the
action Of tho Board, was on the verge of q ft,
and threatened to write piece Of poetry about
the Mayor and Corporation Counsel Mcdonald.
who furnished the law to his Honor. Mr.. Towns
went down to the Navy Yard and interviewed
the big blacksmith who opens Willamsburgh
bombs with sledge hammer after he had fumed
q while.
Violence in the city. as reported at Police
Headquarters. continued to be light yesterday.
Police Headquarters reports. however. 1t has
been found are unreliable. Whereas early In the
strike reports given out there were often exag-
gerated, 1t was discovered quite accidentally
yesterday that everything now is being belittled,
and many instances of lawlessness are sup
pressed altogether. The well-known sympathy
the police held for the strikers was probably re-
sponsible for the early exaggeration, when
peanut rows were termed riots. and probably
public Indignation. aroused by the continuance
of roting. is responsible for tho belittlng of
things now. Practically the only news now
given out at Headquarters is of accidents and
the slips put up for the information of reporters
usually say, Due to incompetent motormen."
A case Of violence where the police tried to
suppress the news was printed in THE SUN
yesterday. 1t was the experience of the Gates
avenue car which left the Ridgewood stable at
Z :45 on Wednesday evening and ran the gaunt-
let for mile, being assaulted every block or 30
by stones and bricks. Police Commissioners
Welles delegated adeputy in his Office yesterday
to deny the story 1t happened that SUN re-
porter was passenger on tho car. and what he
reported was verified by another reporter, who
got his information from police sources before
any order had been issued from Headquarters
The facts were, Of course, as reported in The
sun.
A citizens movement has been started to have
little more than year. The present strike is
charged that he has displayed great lack Of
displaced Superintendent Campbell
who has been on the force many years and is
chsra. in ths men and assumed
The Superintendent Is Democrat.
The movement tor the removal of Mr. Welles
Schieren,, which has been extensively signed.
and which will in all probability be presented
within day or so. The petition is:
To Hon. Charles a. schferen Mayor OF the City Of
DIAN sik The undersigned believing that the most
important function OF the municipality Ia the main.
isasse s of and p%b and that
property and danger to the community ar,
due % lax administration Of tho laws hereby re.
ne or t sRS
viii secure TO all men within the corporate
'aaay aaaer !s the TO whe" all
present Police leonard e h.N .ne
lng his inability cope With the pres
.Ss sssrs y assault % %Ssse irI
tGs
assault rotns or ncitins to riot, or of s' destruc
o Hs eS Sa s nsseSs @
fa pena for their .S srMss they would further
Ices 10 called % me dangerous result allowing law
@ AZ 'e bali S fSs Pe to be
resume their depredations; they would further sus
opera Of tie Several pSc" as sss
70 the snS anG " wseh e
And we we hereby pledge to you our hearty support
return to normal civic conditions, and the equal
mission OF all men to the laws which for the pro-
lection OF all.
Mayor Schieren yesterday expressed his con-
idence in Commissioner Weles and said he did
not believe that the allegation OF incompetency
'ould be sustained. The Mayor is also quoted !
AZ saving:
III this trouble occurred In New York to
whom would the people look for reief2 Not to |
he Police Commissioners, but to the Superin- |
endent of Police. Unfortunately our Super |
ntendent of Police is an old man who never |
caves his orce. II the petition read Supcrn- |
endsnt Of Police instead of Police Commits |
oncr there would be something In It,"
Superintendent Campbelrs place Ia wanted by |
reformer, and there is bill now pending 10 |
lbany the sole object of which Is to enablo the |
'eform Government TO retire him. This inter- |
Jew IL the first declaration by the Mayor that he
rants the Superintendont's place Previous to
his time there never has been a riot In Brook
yn that has not been promptly put down, and
he functions OF the Superintendent have never
)cen usurped. lie has always actively COM
handed the force. Commissioner Welles yes
crday issued this general order:
10 NE Inspectors and Commanding Officers.
You are hereby directed 10 be extra Vlgant In pre-