Evening journal., 1895-01-23


was called off before it was fairly on, and
later in the day the mandate Of Master
Workman Connolly was promulgated,
calling upon the linemen to abandon their
situations
What influenced the strike manager to
call the linemen's strike off thus quickly
and then to order it on again cannot now
be told. The reason assigned for the lat
ter act is palpably but pretext The Of
feet Of this move, which the strikers have
compared to the playing Of a high trump
card, remains to be demonstrated
The developments Of the day were not
reassuring as a whole In spite OF the fact
that there are under arms in the city 8, 600
OF the state soldiery and that l, 800 police
men are on duty, intramural traffic is
suffering a virtual paralysis, in which all
the industries of the city participate to
greater or lesser degree. Lawlessness is
rampant, and altogether conditions are
such as may well excite the grayest appre-
hension.
The disorderly element in the city has
been largely recruited from New York
and other cities, and has, as Is usual in
such cases, arrayed itself with the striS-
ers. selfish advocacy of whose cause may
afford a pretext for the perpetration ct
progress of the pending contest.
Mayor Wants no More Militia.
Governor Morton has evidently become
restive over the failure TO restore order. II
was by his direction that Adjutant Gen.
eral McAlpin came here from Albany to
take close look at the field of conflict
General McAlpin has returned TO Albany
and will report to the governor that Mayor
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ity. with the police force and national
guardsmen at present available, to enforce
the law.
That was the purport OF the mayors re.
sponse to the offer of the adjutant general
to order to this city the Third brigade OF
the New York state national guard, com
posed Of companies in the smaller cities Of
the state. Though the proffer was de.
clined with thanks, the members Of the
several commands are under marching or.
ders and can be concentrated in Brooklyn
within comparatively few hours should
an emergency arise.
The police force is being recruited to the
utmost possible limit Tho available list
of applicants was exhausted, and it was
determined TO swear in for special duty
500 applicants who had failed in the civil
service examination. These men will be
assigned to patrol duty, making an equal
number of experienced men available for
the protection of street railway property
and the suppression OF street riots. The
members cf the police boat squad have
been ordered to- duty on shore which,
while it weakens the city at one point,
strengthens it at another.
The operating of street railway lines has
been in q measure experimental It ha.
nos been wholly satisfactory to the citJ
and military authorities, nor has It in ever
comparative degree met the requirements
Of the public The admission was made
by the superintendent Of one line, who wa.
asked by the authorities to explain why
with all the protection that had been ac
corded with two policemen to accompany
every car and with soldiers 30 guard thu
power stations and carhouses, so few car
had been run, that the company was Grip
pied by the lack OF men capable Of nanag
ing a ear. 1he inference from this ad
mission might be that the companies arr
waiting until experienced men can b
brought from other cities or green hand
schooled to their duties.
Street Car Companies at Fault.
AT all events there is strong feeling Il
official circles that the street railway cor
porations have not kept faith. for the,
have alleged from the 6rst that II guaran
teed protection for their property and 70
che persons of their operatives they coult
operate al the cars upon all their lines.
On the ether hand the managers o
trolley lines may alleee, with all fairness
that the protection they have received Il
far from complete.
Il bas not psefentad tie ffeqptnit cot
ting q Hirss e tic stonlp. St cars as The,