The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
BBooSLYN POLICE nERATED.
\ street Railway President Says
Ther ARord 80 Protection.

AMgN AmuEu No A-EUAffAA0ns
Brooklyn. Feb. 2-Prasident Norton. OF
the Atlantic Avenue railroad. has written
a letter 10 Police Commissioner Wells.
rak-ns him over The Goals for rot afford
ing proper police protection 8Ir. Norton
says the strike is over. and that he has
plenty sf competent men 10 run his cars
He says that the Brooklyn police have
not done their duty ana that assaults and
depredaticns suu continue. lie has given
Instructions TO his motormen and con-
7uctors To- arm themselves il they cannot
have police protection. and saws he wiz
if necessary. put an additional armed man
on every car. President Norton charac-
terzes the present condition nj affairs as
disgraceful. and blames the police o.
Brooklyn for it.
E Art 10 O'Clock to-day car No. 2.140 Of the
Green Point line was held up by a crowd
OF rioters az Franklin and Noble streets.
Williamsburg. The windows were smashed
ana the motormen. James Battersby. and
special officer Seinp were era eyed from
the car and brutality beaten. Several po-
hcemea finally arrived and dispersed the
crowd
AT 1915 o'clock car No. 1924 Of the cross
town line, was held up a North Eleventh
street ana Bedford avenue. Williams burg,
by crowd Of 800 persons. The motorman
and conductor were carried away BY the
mob The police were unable to cope
with the crowd until the reserves arrived,
when the crowd dispersed
Permission to the railroad employees to
carry arms cannot be granted. no matter
what the conditions are. The strikers have
stopped sending deserters 10 their homes
Master Workman Connolly, in speaking
sale, said that probably by Wednesday he
would have about $4,000 worth on he
market. number Of business men OF
Brooklyn are anxious to buy them. 1t
was iearped that thirty-hve men desert
ed from the stables OF the Brooklyn
flights Railroad Company in East New
York last night They came on here from
Cleveland a week ago
The withdrawal of the soldiers was
succeeded last night by a series Of petty
assaults and attacks on cars. incidents
that in places gave the policemen ana
nor-union men exciting experiences. hut
resulted in no serious Injury. a few scalps
were cut one nose broken, and a large
number Of car windows smashed.
A man named Taylor reported in a New
York morning paper as killed by a'beating
al East New y rk last night, was run
ming a trolley car this morning.
John @. Weston, a nOn-un.On couduc-
tor on the Green Point line, this evening
shot and painfully wounded Joseph From
welle, q striker. The shooting was the
outcome Of an attempt to drag Weston
from the platform Of his car by a mob Of
several hundred persons. Policeman
Walsh arrested Weston just as the crowd
was threatening to lynch him.
a petition VIII be presented on Monday
al the meeting of the board Of alder
men petitoning that body to revoke the
lights Railroad Company. the Atlantic
Avenue Railroad Company and the Brook
Ign, Queens County and Suburban Rail-
road Company, alleging that the said
companies have grossly violated the laws
Of the nation, state and city, thereby caus-
ng great loss TO the Interests Of the peo-
pie a. Brooklyn.
p. j. Collins OF the executive board
says that on Monday next, 5000 men viii
assemble ia front of the city hall to
awg.t and see what action VIII be taken
by the aldermen.