The morning call., 1895-01-26
What One Priest Is Doing for His
Practitioners.
HE KEEPS THEN IN GOOD ORDER.
SecOnding the Efforts Of the Authorities
While at Work for the In.
tereStS Of the Men.

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the situation was more serious than ever
before. Rev. Father O'Hara who has
charge of Green Point parish, spoke to the
new motormen and conductors who were
taking out the cars. He begged them to
leave their cars and join the strikers.
'Thev viii take care of you. Come on,
act like men and join the strikers" was
his oft-repeated request, and several men
Jumped from the cars amid cheers from
the onIookers. Big crowds congregated in
the vicinity of the stables and the tracks
were INSTRUCTED with barrels, boxes and
refuse.
A good deal of stone-throwing was done
by the mob despite the efforts of Father
O'Hara, who frequently entreated the men
not to use violence. The police charged
the mob and the crowd fell back. Father
O'Hara received a letter tonight from the
Mayor by a messenger. The Mayor said
that if the disorder at Green Point did not
cease he would at once send the militia
there. On receipt of this letter Father
O'Hara went out on the street to induce
the crowd to disperse.
Traffic on the Hamilton-avenue line was
resumed this afternoon after twelve days
suspension. The Third-avenue line has
been operated with scarcely any Interrupt
ton and little show of hostility. Thirty
five property-owners residing on Hicks
street and on Hackett street sent petition
to the Grand Jury this afternoon denounc-
ing the killing of Thomas Karney. The
petition denounced Major Cochran as a
''cold-blooded murderer" and demanded
an investigation into the circumstances at
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to former employees of the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company has been sent
out. 1t bears the signature of President
Lewis:
Notice is hereby given that the Brooklyn
Heights Company is ready and willing to take
into its employ such Of its former employees as
motormen and conductors as are needed TO fill
existing vacancies, paying them the market
rate of wages for their services, providing such
employees win accept the regulations of the
company as to the frequency with which cars
shall be run and the number OF cars which
shall be run.
Messrs. Feeny, Robinson and Purcell
comprising the State Arbitration Commit
tee, which left Albany last night for Brook
Ign, were in secret session at the st. George
Hotel this afternoon and subpenaeG
Messrs. Lewis and Norton, whom they
examined as to the cause and status of the
strike. The committee also sent a note to
Mayor Schieren requesting the presence Of
that official at the examination, but the
Mayor positively declined to attend.
At $50 this afternoon the trolley wires
that were cut on Fulton street, near Sara
toga avenue, at 1920 were repaired, and
the cars which had been stalled on both
tracks for four hours proceeded. Guards
from the Seventy first Regiment preserved
order while the men were at work repair
ing the wires.
This is the most encouraging day we
have had during the strike" said Master
Workman Thomas Murray to the Asso-
ciated Press representative. eve are get
ting the new men away from the railroad
company as fast as they arrive. From
O'Clock this morning until 2 o'clock this
afternoon we induced twenty men to leave
their posts at Ridgewood, and so far to-
day we have rescued thirty men at the
other end Of the line, to say nothing of the
number we stopped before they reached
this side of the river from New York. We
have done all this, remember, without any
violence or intimidation, and the new
corners in every case have yielded will
ingly. We bring them to our headquar-
tiers, warm and feed them and furnish them
ticket to return home, no matter how far
away they live. They have been deceived
in coming here. They say they knew
nothing OF the strike, but after getting
here they wanted to earn enough to get
back home. Some Of them forfeited the
money the company owes them and are
Glad n crpt off So aocvr
While the reporter was talking with the
master workman number of non-union
men were brought in by the strikers. One
OF these was motorman named Souires
from Baltimore. He said he was an expert
motorman, but coming from warm
climate, so thinly clad and being COM
PEELED to feed on "red horse and punk. "
and sleeping on the floor, he did not want
the job bad enough to stay longer. He
said the company owed him So.
From observation, the reporter found
many conductors handing in their en-
velopes on return trips without money.
"What, more whitewash?" said one of
the officials.
Eyes; did not have a passenger on the
trip" was the conductors retort.
''Do you look out for passengers on the
sidewalk?' was the next question.
"Me? did not dare to look for anything
but my head, said the conductor.
The blockade at the corner of Green
Point avenue and Franklin was raised at
6:3O by crowd of men sent down from the
depot of the Green Point and Myrtle
avenue station. Quiet has been restored in
Green Point, but it is doubtful if the road
will run cars tomorrow with the protection
of the military. Every one that went out
to-day returned in very badly damaged
condition.
Sheriff Don't to-day received letter from
President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad, protesting at his failure to take
proper steps to protect the railroad cars
located in the county, and notifying him
that he win be held personally responsible
in Queens County for all damage done.
Master Workman Connolly, who has
charge of the strike, was angry to-day. He
said early in the day to several reporters
that the strike might be called off. Later
when asked for particulars he replied that
the strike would not be called off in any
event, and that instead of but 5000 being