Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-25

seph Leader. a shonkeeper, for writ of rnRndamus to compel the Brooklyn | Heights Railway company to operate its | lines in a manner to meet the require- | ments of the public, l
 In theopinion of Justice Gaynor the i corporation is held to bo in default of its | obligations to the public incurred by the acceptance of franchise for specific purpose. It is placed under the imputa- tion of having more regard for tho profits of shareholders than for the convenience of citizens. and it Is declared to be tho company duty to man its cars at what ever expense may be necessary.
 At 1U o'clock today the court gave a hearing to counsel upon the question whether tho writ shall be pcremptory or alternative, or. in other words. whether the company shall be required to engage a full complement of operatives forthwith, regardless of tho questions of wages and hours of labor, pr whether 1t shall hc di rected to do tho best it can under the cir cumStances. To mako the writ alternative, it will bo seen. will be to leave affairs practically as they are. should it be made mandatory an appeal will bo taken by the defendant company. and ii is to be expected that some judge will be found who will sus- pend tho writ until the appeal can Do heard With these facts in view, it may be said that tho victory the strikers have won is Fabian in its character
 Only Two-tifths of the Cars Run. Moro cars were running Thursday than ! at any time since the titup. The number l is still but two ffths of those that are in operation under normal conditions. As l each day sees an increase, however, the 7 effect is dispiritinG to tho strikers. ] The partial resumption of traffic upon 1 the GreenpOint Cross Town and Flushing Avenue lines, while of little present valuo l to those who would ordinarily be patron l izing those particular cars. marks another ! step toward tho paciiication of the city. 1 because no violence worthy of mention at tended tho passage Ot cars through sec tions that had been regarded as well with , in the storm center
 The Third Avenue line, over which cars 1 werc run on Wednesday with so forlnida- ble display of force, was not operated at all Thursday. tho authorities prefcrring l to wait and scc if events would not cause tho opposition to disappear
 | For similar reasons or because of wire cutting two other lines upon which few cars were run Wednesday were shut down Thursday.
 Wirc cutting has hcen ono of the great est of the obstacles to successful operation of the electric cars with which the compa- ; hlOS AIC tb tbiltCtlu ltuhN -llOt NAlStb tLGAC has been moro of it than there was during tho previous two or three days and nights, but because of the difficulty of having re pairs made It is admitted by the cOmpa- nies supcrintendents that about half the linemen have quit out of sympathy with the mOtormen and conductors. Thore is, however, no general strike of linemen, and the expectation is that tho places of those who have quit can be filled without much trouble.
 As to the success the corporations are having in securing nonunion mOtormen, the statement is made by President Nor ton of the Atlantic Avenue company that he has all the mon he wants; that there arc many mOrc applicants waiting, and that he will never permit man who has been engaged in the present strike to en- ter his employ. President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights company reports a [ steady gain in the number of experienced } motormen. While the strike leaders pro , feSs to believe that success is at hand, the feeling is spreading among the rank and file that 1t Is a lost cause,
 Wire Cutters Arrested.
 Instances of violence toward the new , men have been frequent, and quite a num- Der of arrests were made during the day of men guilty of assaults.
 Several wire cutters also fell into the 3 hands of the police, and it is a notable fact that they were strikers Long stretches 3 of wire have been carried away in some
 localities and general disposition shown
 to injure the property of the railway com.
 panies as much as possible The fixing of
 the blame for this upon the strikers costs
 these people dear in the way of public
 sympathy.
 Traffic is not yet continued through the night as it was before the strike. On
 some lines the cars were run in as carly as 6 o'clock. but on others they continued
 to make their trips as late aS 10 o'clock.
 The streets generally present an aspect
 of tranquility. and tho thcaters, whicl
 have felt the effects of the tieup perhap,
 Ns severely B. any of the business concerns
 fin the city, last night enjoyed measur
 able return of prosperity
 The report is current that the First bri
 Rade, composed of the New York city reg
 iments, is to be relieved from duty either ] today or Saturday. No veritleation of tn, ) rumor can be had. General McLcer sait
 he had received no orders in the matter
 and, if he had. should not mention it unti
 the troops had received the command to go
 At the Brooklyn Heights railroad depo
 at Ninth avenue and Twentieth stree
 nothing has been done tD repair tho wire which were cut by wholesale, and no at , tempt was made to run, cars all day. 1
 strong outside guard is maintained so tha
 the destru Ition of car property which Wa
 so disastrous Wednesday night cannot b
 repeated.
 ar .a At Strike Headquarters. |" Affairs were very quiet at strike head Gs quarters and the leaders were taking
 rest A deputatiOn composed of Nat New
 man. Mir. Montgomery and another mau members of Typographical union No. (
 called upon Master Workman Connolly but did not stay long.
 Regarding their visit Andrew Best said
 "They came to offer us substantial assis'