The sun., 1895-02-05
tn THERE A COD OF PEACE IN
BRo0KLTNS
Tns ou,rages Cou,-ittss sy Strikers.

| The OmtFnReh NoNaHntNNoN y SNNANN-s
To rHE EDITOR or THE suN-Sr: Ever since
my ancestors arrived in this country and landed
on tho gray rocks OF Connecticut, in the year OF
our Lord 1884, every e-bodied male Of the
| blood has held himself ready to go forth at the
call OF his country in support OF its laws and to
| the punishment OF all lawbreakers Pioneer
| blood in the veins has sent many to the frontier
| My immediate progenitors being OF the Ohio
settlers as early ne 1905 and giving good service
| to their country In the war OF 1872 y Black
| Hawk " war Of '33, the Mormon war, the Mexi-
| can, and in the late civil war. every ono of my
generation Of males. Of the blood, served mis-
country. all enllsting privates at the very first
call and all becoming officers OF the line, field,
or stan, promoted for service. None were ever
political hcelers. None were ever STRIKERS"
Pcaccable in time of peace; In time OF war,
warriors.
Now, has this more than two and a half CEN
tures OF service for country been for nauRht2
With despondent feelings as q true and loyal
American read in your report Of the Brooklyn
strike this morning. among too many similar
terrible statements:
Albert Baylis a striker who had returned to work.
wns set upon by six men and beaten. He drew his
revolver and fred three shotG OF which hit any,
body [more's tho pityl He was nfterward arrested
complaint OF his assailants and was held In $1,000
ball for shooting at themI"
Great God Shades Of Dick Turpin and Billy
the Kid. Highwaymen attack peacesble citi-
zen who is endcavoring to honestly earn the lit
tie necessary to support himself and family.
Six OF them set upon him and beat him He
exercises the God given right OF self-defence
against these worse than thieves, and Is ar:
rested on complaint of these hghwaymen and
And not one word is said OF punishment for
these nends! Justicey Hardly, And present, Of
course at the trial were police officers mot to
meDttOn this JuGRe) who paid salaries more
than twice as large as this prisoner-for what2
that the law was enforced and that people
guilty of felony or misdemeanor were arrested
The story hor our Roen Y Eo
the City Of Churches God save the mark y, as |
daily read In your truth-telling paper shows
that not one IN ten of these lawbreakers is ar |
rested, even when seen by the officers violating |
the laws. and that many of them arrested for |
stations of duty, beating threatening, and ours
ing them. cutting wires, obstructing car tracks, |
the fiends of hell are let of BY these Police JUS
tices with small fines. under straw bail. or. II
breakers, so-caled Knights (pI, maybe terrible |
fine of from three to ten dollars 10 i'm posed And
S
sympathy for the poor strikersl
aried leecGes for the other men. made in the
likeness of the man Christ, who to honestly earn
them take .hsr lives in their S lands and bravely
bear all this pun ishmeDt. They, forsooth. ac-
cording TO these lOng-hare sleek, suave ad-
mirers OF fair sisters and would be teachers of
virtue, OF repentance, and OF peace and charity,
are scabs. Scabs yourselves. you unworthy fol-
lowers! IQuote again:
- crowd OF 1000 strikers and sympa thzers sur.
rounded the car, throwing rocks and brickbats Po-
liceman Streets made break and caught fellow
10 the act OF throwing rock. dozen men seized |
him and resisted the officer. He held on to his pris
oner although badly beaten. dozen other officers
came to his assistance and vigorously welded their
clubs, and this brave officer got his man safe"
No other arrests are mentioned by the club
SINGERS Why Half or more OF the police force
have brothers or cousins or such. members of
this organized gang of lawbreaKers.
Men tell day after day in the public papers of
being beaten, dragged off and held as prisoners,
and describe the committeeman who examine
I hem and threaten them with death, describe
the localities where they and others are impris-
oned, and as Yet (but it is only eighteen dayso
no raids have been made on these bastiles. No
arrests OF the Connellys and Giblins and Nc
Gwartys, and like ilk of known leaders and d.
rectors Of this mob have been made by our Of.
ficals, paid large salaries to see that laws are
enforced. Instead we hear through the news
papers of these arch scoundrels hobnobbing
with the Mayor. the Attorney General SO. God
help us Annex US to New York and give us q
strong Mayor, at any rate a native one. IL that
cannot be DONE we humbly pray that Long
Island be annexed to the United States as we |
seem now TO be in worse condition than even |
poor Hawaii, she having q man competent to |
put down a rebellion Sut he Is an American |
A VETERAN OF VETERANS
FRIDAY, Feb. l.