Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-01
is ABOUT ENDED.
Strike of Brooklyn Street Car
Employees Likely to Co..
lapse Soon.
FEW DISTURBANCES OCCUR.
Resources of the Strikers Get
ting Low and Starvation
Is Near.

10 kN0dTs
BROOKLYN, Jan. 2S.-Were it not for
the scarcity of cars one would not have
thought that one of the biggest strikes
in the history of Brooklyn was in prog
ress. Large crowds assembled around
the depots, where military guards are
stationed, but there was no violence
there, and the bantering the troops re-
ceived was Of good natured kind.
Those in position to draw conclusions
from facts and draw conclusions with
out prejudice, say that the strike is
about ended. The companies seem to be
in position to run their cars. They are
not skillfully operated, and throughout
the day
There Were Macy Collisions
and there was much humping together,
but there was no accident Of q serious
nature. Some of the cars We're without
their windows and others were running
with dissipated looking motor boxes and
badly twisted dashboards, but most OF
them were carrying passengers without
molestation The companies did not
venture to open any new lines, nor did
they seek to run their cross-town line of
cars through the Erie Basin district.
Many of the inhV tants of that locality
are of turbulent character, and would,
the police say, do mischief if only tor
the sake of making trouble. The rail
road companies have now become able
to operate their lines after dusk, and
will, if no serious disturbances are made
in the future, soon be
Running Them All Night
as they did before the strike began. The
quietness of the strike has been brought
about by the leaders, who have pointed out
to the men the folly Of riotous course.
They explained that the state could sup
ply two militiamen for each striker If
they were needed and thatsme bFuls
would soon be overthrown by bullets
and bayoEets. The men heard and un-
derstood the requests Of the leaders and
followed them out.
Starvation already confronts many Of
the families of the strikers. The men
were not well equipped financially when
they decided to stop work and the bulk
of their funds have been used for the
transportation of non-union men to
cities from whence they came
To Replace the Strikers.
This alone has cost the strikers many
thousands of dollars. Storekeepers have
been very considerate, but now that
they see that the strikers are being re-
placed by men from other cities they
are 10th to give credit and the wives and
children of the men out Of work are
going hungry. Landlords, too, do not
enter into the merits of the situation be-
tween the strikers and the companies,
and promises to pay when the strike is
ended do not cut much figure with
them. The demands for food and for
rent have crippled the resources of the
strikers and many of them are in sore
straits. .
Labor Unions to Boycott.
The Central Labor union of Brooklyn
held meeting at headquarters Sunday
afternoon. A member of the Cigar
makers union presided. He refused to
give his name, however. Resolutions
Of sympathy for the strikers were
adopted, and it was further resolved to
boycott the lines of the three companies
affected by the strike, fine of IS to be
imposed upon any member of the union
caught riding on the cars. About 800
was collected in aid of the strikers.
Thomas J. Mcclure and Fl. B. Martin
Of the general executive board were in
terviewed by reporter for the Asso.
ciated Press, and said their visit to
Brooklyn had nothing to do with the
strike. They merely came to fulfill al
engagement made with the cloakmakers
some months ago.