Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-06
THE BROOKLYN STRIKE.
The Action of the Aldermen VIII
Not Stund-SO More violence.

BROOKLYN, February 5.-rhe resolu-
ton presented by the Board OF Aldermen
Yesterday revoking the licenses and fran
chises Of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Company and the Atlantic Avenue Rail-
road Company will reach the Mayor In
due course of business tomorrow. That
he will veto IL nobody doubts. lie Is
quoted by his friends as expressing the
opinion that the action of the aldermen
is Illegal.
President Lewis, Of the Brooklyn
Heights Company. and s. : Whltelpuse'
mis- counsel. said this morning that they
would pay no attention TO the resolution,
as il did not affect them In the least.
Mirabeau l.. Towns. counsel for the DIS
trict Assembly. No. 10. *. OF L., SAID:
"Of course. no lawyer will hold for
minute that the resolution VIII stand. /
told the men when they consulted me
about IL that the resolution would be IL
legal. but they wanted it drawn up that
way. so | did IL for them. OF course, the
Common Council has no right TO deprive
the companies OF their franchises. but
they can modify them. They can change
the motive power from electricity 10
horse. They are doing that all the time.
They have done It in Philadelphia three
times But this resolution won't hold
FUNDAMENTAL LAW.
This is what S. :. whitehouse. counsel
for the Brooklyn Heights Company, said
1T is impossible for "A body like the
Common Council TO revoke "A license OF
a franchise on which a corporation has
spent millions Of dollars. That Is funda-
mental law. You will find it In the CON
stitution of the United States that no
body shall be deprived Of property with
ont the due process Of law, and the
United States Supreme Court has decided
/ that due process Of law means Judi
cial proceeding according to the common
law principles
RESTING on THEIR OARS.
The members Of the District Assembly
10 we're resting on their oars to-day
They had apparently exhausted all theii
! ammunition. Al last night NOT an assault
on a non-union man nor on car was
reported 10 police headquarters. No ar
rests were made after 10 +. NJ, and NJ
wires were cut All cars were runnini
| thus morning as usual
| Commissioner Morle. In the lnlteC
| States Court. this morning dismissed th'
| complaint against Benjamin Norton o.
| the Atlantic-Avenue Railroad Company
| VINO was charged with violating tn
| Federal laws in allowing signs marked
| United States maiT' 70 be placed OF
| the cars that do not at all times carry tn
! mail
| Fortv-iive non-union men called thi
| morning on Mayor Schieren and aske'
10 be sent home. They had come from
| Chicago. Pittsburg. and other places q
| get work on the street railways. Th
| railway companies having all the mel
| they need could not give them work
They are having a hard time they said
and have to sleep I'm empty cars an
other places. The men said they aske
TO be sent home because they did no
want to become a burden on the county
MAYOR Schieren told them he could d
| nothing for them.
The mass-meetinC in the interest Of
the former employees OF the trolley roads
which had been arranged to take place
Al the Athaneaum. was not held THIS
evening. owing to the presence OF th'
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