New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-24

TERMs-THE CAUSE OF THE MEN WILL
BE UPHELD 50 LONG AS THEY
REMAIN ORDERLY vIo-
LENCE not TO BE
| TOLERATED.
The Shepard Democracy. at their meeting on
! Tuesday devoted considerable time to considering
the strike \ committee consisting Of Walter =
| carton. " y. Klllror. Terence Nugent ana hoDert
3. Dobie drafted report the situation, when
after being slightly amended. was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted. The report reads follows:
! Tn, difference between the trolley car corr
panies OF Brooklyn and Their einp!oycS - pI99Pe'
subject for comment by public and pocIi ,l Doa 80;
causes the public are and while they CON
the promise OF which alone justified the grant TO
the companies OF their franchises we believe 'V NJ
believe that no citizen. rich poor. employer or
employc should be permitted to attempt to right
! his wrongs either by oppression or by violence
1t is the legal right OF every citizen to seek hon
work mee he an S S Se in so
doing The Mayor ana the police must at any cost
ad YIN any ~ a rzens whether Officers
or rcpresen aves OF corporations or persons seek
Within Tier "gai right and without regard to
the moral merit or demerit OF their assertion OF
But we protest against the proposition that while IL.
on the one hand public 1rder nn ma nihrr deal
with the right and wrong OF the difference between
sa5 OF sorieT We Mayor scheren
for his Efforts to secure arbitration Of the dis
nxcsve and enormously
| Valuable public franchises shall treat their
cr i'Tns ~ scope Of public Criticism We protest
against the proposition that the trolley ear sif-
ployes may not combine In order TO present thelr
case through skilled and competent representa-
The right OF capital to combine. as capital does
! combine. implies an equal right on me par, Oh
workingnen to combine. II Is In the puDHc inleI-
| Yeil n he interest
selves that bodies OF citizens Ike motormen ana
conductors shall in their negotiation enjoy the
same advantage which the combination OF capital
gives their employers. .,
The public interest requires that men operating
trolley cars shall have superior physique nerve
alertncss OF eye and ear. and presence OF mind
soy tn"t ' t6 pa they have beenor what is
nearly the Same thing. waiting FOR work NO
come dullcd unduy wraried trolley car -
labor II is against the public Interest that men
operating these cars should D. unGerpaH. 49,
wiliincness to give to individuals tn terms
sought by ihr Isolation OF ,ne, T 5c p r
I'M dangerous SITUATION In order to dscredit or
disrupt tn combination - ne employees, 70 Dss
IN. trolley companies to submit to arbitration.
While. therefore we sustain and snail sustain,
vigorously and completely preserving pubic order
"' m ,h tofr"raiions or persons who are to be
urotrcted nevertheless we call upon them 10 make
g.,a' IN 70 Hrooklvn viii not submit to having the
incornpeien, and dangerous service which Is neces
sAriiy Implied in insufficient compensation or IN
unduly prolonged daily service on the part OF the
men.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS UNITE.
Tho Fourteenth District Republican Association Of
the Twenty fourth Ward OF Brooklyn neld meet
ing on Tuesday evening. and passed resolutions
d.nounclng Mayor Schlcren in the scverost terms
ON account OF his action In regard to the strike.
William ! Blarcv the president. and John Jenk-
ms John i Ascher Daniel +. Former and Louis
Perry Of tho association. have signed the resolu-
tons which declare that Mayor sch'rens policy
has been "cowardly. vacillatlng and unwise' that
n. has acted az a scrvile tool to the demands
~ m. most arrogant wicked and selfish corpora
,ion that has ever existed in free country, and
that he "stnl Insists upon waving the red nag by
calling for more militia
The resolutions also denounce "ths Introduction
OF the military at the behest OF the tyrant rail-
road klnrs who declared that II they had fun
protection they would man and run every car
on schedule tlrne and after many days trial
with ample protection. they haVe utterly iale'
I'm their c,-ry promise AMI after the cXhloitloh
y, tho weakness OF the railroad authorities by
putting on their cars incompetent men VINO are
brought from foreign cities and tl' Sums
Ara reg,,lar meeting q the Thirteenth District Re
puhl,can club OF the Twcnty-fourth Ward. on
Tuesday evening. notion was MADE r'lu'S""e
the secretary Henry Crane. and Theodore A"p'eF,
a member. to resign FOR accepting employment
az non-union motornen
The Twentieth District Democratic Association OF
tho Tw.ntv-nfth Ward held special meeting
nj No : Somerset. Yesterday and adopted r''o-
buttons severely condemnlng Mayor Scherens
polcy. and expressing sympathy with the strikers
in th,lr fight against the corporations
",v 1xsr.LT TO INTELLIGENCE"
Tho single Tax League Of Kings County. at its
last meeting held at rs headquarters No. 10y
Bedfori-aye Brooklyn, adopted resolutions III ""''
)
the position Of the brooklyn uo"'S '''"P"''9 "
severely criticised.
These railroads" the preamble states. are III
possession of franchises OF enormous value OBJ
talncl from the peoples representatives. thfnush
corruption and fraud. on which these inohoio's''
and ,nerciless corporations have never paid tax
In any sense proportioncd To the 'dIu" OF "ese
privileges which constitute fully - per cent OF
their capitalization. and their contention ,ha' '"ey
cannot pay the paliry wages now asked ny '"e
men IL insulting to the intelligence u the oo''''
munity."
These resolutions were adopted:
Resolved. That we demand that the city officials
at once take the necessary steps to restore 10 .ns
city the railroad franchises held bv the present
public and that, for the lutnre an o., ~, reneGf
he owned and operated by the CITY lot '''e 'e''"'
Resolved les That We extend our sympathy and and
moral support to the striking motor'nen ahd com
ductors i'm their peaceful effort 10 MAINTAIN their
rights and assert their manhood.
WHAT BROOKLYN EDITORS SAY.
Among the many citizens OF prom VINO
have written on the subject OF he strike ana us
effects on all concerned. Murat Halstead Is par
ticularly worthy of note He says: "rhls seems
to be a contest between two corporations tine
CORPORATION OF Labor and the corporation OF the
street railway syndicate. Both parties insist upon
their right to settle things In their own way ana
the public in spite OF the fact that 1t IL deeply
concerned. Is absolutely disregar1cd." He com
mends the action taken by the Mayor OF BROOK
oliryo NJ he
and Law ste and the De Kab-ave. lines. where. by
slight concessions the goodwill OF the strikers was
gained "A very small concession. ne says;
upon both sides would end IL All speedily, ana
| think things will wind themselves up during this
week" . - . ,.,
Andrew Mclean. Editor or the trookyn cit-