The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-31
TROLLEY LINES TRIUMPHANT.
CARS RUNNING ALL OVER THE
CITY IN SAFETY.


Tbe Companies Claim That They
Have FILLED Nearly All the Places
Vacated by the StriIers-NIast of
,he Militia Withdrawn From Pa
,roI Duty-The Strikers and the
cowpanies Both Turning to the
courts for Redress.
r3rool1vn. Jan. s0.-More troops were
.-t-,,5rawn from the streets of Brooklyn
.,-5av All but a few companies of the
..,ond brigade were ordered from their
-,zts 10 their armories and held there
- ~eservo.. Some regiments will probably
:. dismissed tomorrow. The second bat
-s-v broke camp and went home this even
~. The withdrawal Of the troops was
49,. result of a conference between Mayor
e-bieren and Brig. Gen. McLeer. They
z.,t5ed that the peace and quiet Of the
.,,v was practically restored, and that
she notice could take care of such dis
Enhances as still continue.
The strike itself is over. The places
...rstsd by the 5000 men who quit work
To-, a have nearly all been filled. and
~ -. trolley line in the city was in
e.,tton today. The strikers to-day have
5~s-ted their attention to the proceedings
a. 49, The attorney general at Albany. to
pg-o,1 tne cbarter of the Brooklyn Heights
ann md in addition, have moved
Collp@ ~, court for peremptory man
p,,'s Igainst the Atlantic Avenue rail-
uaf to compel it to operate its lines.
nd before. another court for the arrest
If its president and superintendent for
violation of the ten hour law.
on the other hand there is talk Of asking
the grand jury to consider what connec-
ton. if any, has existed between the con-
fsrencas of the strike committee in Mugges
hall and the systematic wire cutting
bonbardment of cars, obstruction of
tracks and mob violence which have ter
rorized the city of churches for the past
16 days.
Very few disturbances have been re-
ported to-day. Passengers in trolley cars
have ridden through all parts of the
city without any missiles being thrown.
and non-union motormen and conductors
have been comparatively free from as
sault There have been a few arrests
for stone throwing. wire cutting and as
sault but the effective work of the troops
and police has broken the spirit of law
lessness and Brooklyn is practically her
self gain.
President Norton of the Atlantic ave-
nue. line, when asked what effect the is
suance Of a mandamus against his COM
pany would have, replied: 1--WE are run
ming all the cars of our line which have
not been incapacitated by strikers. We
hold the city responsible for the damage
10 them and it is not our fault that they
are not now running, We have plenty of
men and viii run all our cars as soon as
we can repair them
About $50 o'clock this evening car No.
Ills of the Flatbush avenue line was
attacked by a gang of strikers, near the
reservoir, opposite Prospect park. The
motorman, Bejamin Middlemart, was pull
ed from the car and beaten, but was finally
rescued by Special officer Loring, who
was riding on the car. Some one in the
crowd stole the motor handle of the car.
C.. Augustus Haviland called the atten-
ton Of United States Attorney Gennet to
the fact that the Brooklyn flights Com
pany has the sign United States Mali
on cars which are not carrying mails. This
is violation of the United States stat
utes
Assistant United States Attorney r.
H. Roy said this afternoon: Il have
looked up the statutes in the case and
find a law which positively forbids the use
Of such a sign on vehicles in which mail
is not carried. have been informed that
the company claims to have been
given the right to put these
signs on their cars by their
contract. If this is so it is. in direct
violation of the law, which is positive
on that point The attention of the dis
trict attorney has been called to the mat
ter, but no complaint against the COM
pany has been made. If one is made the
district attorney will be obliged to begin
proceedings against the company for
violation of the law"