The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-24
AT BROOKLYN.
Fifty-twO Special Policemen
Resigned.
The BOARD NOT FIT FOR A HOG.
Headquarters Of the Persistent Wire
Cutters Were Discovered.
ONE MAN WAS BADLY BATTERED
Strikers Stone Cars and Frightened
Passengers Leave Hastily.
ONE MAN WAS BADLY BATTERED
Strikers Stone Cars and Frightened
Passengers Leave Hastily.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 24.-It is understood
that the cross town Myrtle avenue lines
will be started for Green Point during
| the day as we'll as the Graham and Flush
ing avenue lines. Fifty-two special po-
licemen, appointed from the eligible
list of fremen, resigned in a body
at Ridgewood this morning, because the
board was not ft for q hog. Officer
Con O'Keefe, of the Sixth Precinct police,
was seriously injured at Ridgewood dur
ing an engagement by falling into the
car pit OF the Gates avenue depot.
At last New York the Fulton avenue
line started cars out at o'clock and will
Run Them All Day.
The Broadway line was ready to start as
soon as the wires cut are repaired.
A number of linemen, escorted by de-
tachments from Troop A. were engaged at
this as early as o'clock, and at S:45
o'clock cars were again running down to
the eastern district.
| Police Captain Gormaa last night de-
| tailed three men whose faces were not
well known in East New York along the
line of Broadway. Kloppman's Hotel,
opposite ths Church OF st. Francis de
Sales. known TO be a popular resort with
the roadmen and situated about midway
in the section where ell the wire cutting
has been done on the subur ban lines dur
ing the past two or three days and
nights. The officers, in citizens dress,
stopped at the suspected hotel and
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/ of men in the act of cutting wires.
| William McGrath, an ex-conductor
| on the Broadway lins was so badly bat
tered before he would surrender that the
ambulance was necessary TO take him to
the station house. A second prisoner,
| who was engaged in the same job,
is r. Lyman, motorman from the
| Fulton avenue line. Captain German is
now Of the opinion that, the headquarters
OF the gang having been discovered, there
will DE no more wire cutting or delay.
| At Halsey street the 7th Regiment put
on holiday airs this morning and full
formal guard mount. AT Ridgewood the
night was without incident, all the sa-
looms were closed early, and the people
were kept indoors by the
Bitterness of the Weather.
There was no sign of the prevailing
state OF disorder visible when the sun
rose today but at 8 O'Clock the doors of
the car shed were thrown open and
Major Abrams marched his command
out into the positions they have usually
occupied when preparations were COM
plete for starting the cars this morning.
This morning Justice Gsynor, OF the
Supreme Court, handed down his decision
on the application of Joseph Loader, for
r.;-suamus to compel the. Brooklyn
Heights railroad to operate its
cars in sufficient numbers TO accommo-
date the travelling public of the Fulton
street, Putnam avenue and the Green,
Bates and Tompkins avenue lines. He
signifies his intention of granting a man
damus, the form TO be decided on thear-
gument of counsel in court tomorrow.
Judge Gaynor's Decision.
Justice Gaynor's decision is as follows:
tits my duty todeclare this law of the ease.
This railroad corporation Is not in the position
Of - mere private individual or company
suspend business temporarily or permanently
at pleasure.
On the contrary IL has n dual relation; a
public relation 10 the people and private one
to its stock oldcrs. IL must not be forgotten
though it may seem To be growing dim II not
wholly forgotten elsewhere, that In its chief
aspect IL Is public corporation having duties
to perform 10 tue public which trauscends
any Obligation which I'm its private aspect il
owes TO its stockholders. lt received fran
chises from tue state and had conferred upon
il the States transcendent power OF eminent
domain.
In retnrn Il took upon itself tho perform
ance Of public duties and functions in the
performance Of which IL Is in law and in fact
not an independent Individual or entity, but
accountable To the State,
The duty Of the company now before the
court is TO carry passengers through certain
streets of Brooklyn and TO furnish men and
run cars enough TO fully accommodate the
public. 1. may not lawfully cease to perform
that duty for even an hour.
The directors of private bulness company
may. actuated by private greed or motives of
private gain, stop business and refuse 10 en-
ploy labor at all unless labor come down TO
their conditions, however distressing; for
such are the existing legal. indus
trial and social conditions. But
the directors Of n railroad corporation
may not do the Ike. they are not merely
accountable 90 stockholders, they are ac-
countablo 20 the public and To the stock
holders. They have duties To the public to
perform and they must perform that. IL they
cannot get labor TO perform such duties al
what they offer To pay, thcn they must pay
more aud as much AS IL necessary 90
| get II. Likewise. IL the conditions
| IN respect Of hours or otherwise, which they
| impose. ropcl labor, they must adopt more
| lenient or Just coalitions. They may not
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