New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-19

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mission The protection that he has afforded US
has been absolutely inadequate, and there mas
never been any pretenson that II mas oeeh oshei.
wise We have cars without pohcemen on
the front platform and result We nave mere
a hospital filed with men banged up with orlckS
and stones Our telephone is being rung con-
stantly by employees who say 10 US: J am airad
TO come down for If | try to | will he killed. For
Gods sake keep my car, and as soon as can gel
there | will And all this time Welles Keeps OH
saying to us: Go slow. Wait for us.
What are you going 10 do?' asked the re-
porter. ,
sioner or the Mayor. or the Governor. We nave
asked for protection. and every time we have go'
1t We have run car Now. the only question: II.
now many shall run at noon ana NJ
| night? Must we pay men when we can u,v
them? Is there railroad in New-fork or any
other city that will permit any one to tel ., 49,"
many cars ii may run at such and such 'iiheS -,
1--WE said to the Knights Of Labor before ilie
strike that We would keep our regular men anu .o
pay them 81 day. and such extra i,ien , % ,td
needed we would pay them for the work they uu
but as for paying extra men fuI DAY "'e'''
II would be impossible. ,,,s,,.
But said Mr. Bogardus c0nten al,1 ~ 10
that doesn't suit organized labor. We SAID TO tme
committee: If you can't agree TO these con,',
TONS let us take Of our business ouisenTs.
But Master Workman Connolly put theiT POSITION
in nutshell when he said we VIII Tie "P "'''
and settle it afterward.
WHAT HE WANTS.
I'VE won't do it," exclaimed Mr. Bogardus.
banging the table with his knuckles I'VE want
our time table arranged so as to use our men
when needed The poor devils asked us TO put
them on these extra runs. We put them on ana
it helps them, it helps US. and accommodates
the public. 1t makes our payroll larger, ana IL
a benefit all around But it doesn't suit the
committee. 1880
Now continued the manager. this is no
freak OF mine or OF Mr. Lewiss-it is simply
managing railroad There is no more bulge To
us in this matter than there is in iron posts
in rock. If they don't think that we mean that
,ha,r I1tilf phi a
business let them leave the tracks clear ana
watch us
Mr.. Bogardus then got up and took walk
I'VE have said to Welles twenty times day"
he continued: " Let us run this car let us start
this road But he has said. NO. not now; wait
for us And I'm getting tired Of II. said MT
BOgardus savagely.
DO YOU expect the militia will be called out?"
You'd better ask Welies about that said
Mr. Bogardus.
WHAT TIE MAYOR HAS DONE
The Mayor had hardly moment to himself
all day In discussing the situation yesterday
afternoon he said: "A published report that
said the police force of Brooklyn was made
quate to hold the strikers in check and protect
life, business and property Is absolutely incor-
rect. ! simply said that II all the cars on every
line should all be started at one time there were
not enough available men on the force 10 man
them as escorts.
The administration has done everything in It's
power TO bring about a settlement OF the strike
The police are protecting the citizens not me
railroad companies. II is absolutely necessary
for policemen to protect passengers. motorinen
and conductors from violence at the hands OF
lavloss persons: but If the number 81 run is
In excess of the number Of policemen available u
protect them the result Is sef-eViGent. | SIN
approve the order OF Police Commissioner Welles,
prohibiting cars being run by incompetent motor
men | believe that every mctorman should be
officially examined and compelled TO take cat
license the same as a man who runs steam
engine or boiler is compelled To do. ana | shall
hot he AVID nf
ordinance to that end. II such an ordinance
should be adopted. IL would be. at least. one
benefit accrulng from the strike. and would tend
largely to increase the public safety. We have
learned more about the trolley system since this
| strike began than We ever knew about II be
| fore ! am satisfied that II is as dangerous for
| man to run trolley-car as II t. to run a steam
engine or boiler and shall use every effort when
the strike is off and quiet restored to have such
| official regulations passed as shall Increase the
| public safety. and. hope, satisfy the people OF
| this city
HOW THE CHARTERS MAY BE REVOKED.
| There has been considerable talk about the
possibility Of revoking the charters Of the com
| panies. after proper notice, If they failed to
| carry the passengers in accordance with the
charters provisions. Corporation Counsel Nc
Donald said yesterday that ne had not given
| the Mayor any written o. formal opinion regard
| ing the strike. or the powers OF the Mayor I'D
| this regard I'VE are in frequent consultation
| on various subjects at all times he went on,
and have been So during the strike Any ad-
vice may have given To the MAYOR regarding
| the strikers oral and informal am pro
| fessionally prevented from discussing what the
| Mayors powers are.
| "iIas he the power after giving the railroad
| companes three days notice. To cause their
| cars to be seized and operated by the city gov
| eminent. II the companies fail to operate ther
lines fully. as has been stated? the reporter
"Certa My not" Mr. Mcdonald replied. THAT
| statement is simply absurd. Please DO not ques-
| ton me further about the strike.
i therl 81
! by name said "All this talk about the Mayor
| having power to compel the railroad companies
| TO put their lines in full operation or lose their
| charters IL sheer nonsense. The companies were
| all incorporated by the state. not by the Guy
| which has no power OF Incorporation. Any rev
| ocation Of their charters would have 10 be maze
| bv the State. not by the municipal authorities.
| The Mayor or any othes citizen, can petlnoh
| the Governor 10 annul the charter 81 any cor
| narration Should the Governor take any action
| on such a petition. he would simply rcier IL 10
| the Acknowledgement Of, the state IL would
| then become matter % Judcial INJURY, n, ,5
| the violation OF the charter provisions Wouid
| have To be pretty plainly proved 10 have been
very fragrant before the charter would be re-
| yoked The courts would be likely TO 70 very
, CIV esnecIalv where the inability Of a com
| many 10 run its precisely as prescribed
| bv its charter was caused by violence resulting
| from strike and especially such a strike a.
| the present one. in which over Gcoo street rail-
| road employees are involved
EIGHT STITCHES IN HIS HEAD.
| lanes Murray a roundsman Of the Eigh-
! teenth Precinct who was hit on the head with
a rock late on Thursday night near the Atlantic
| Avenue Company's station, AT Fifth-ave and
| ntv-fourth-st.. and who was taken TO the
| Norwegian Hospital, will be discharged from
| the hospital to-day. He had eight stitches In
| the scalp wound. . j.
| Ernest Hursche. twenty-seNen years Ola, or
| No 100 Hudson-st. Hoboken. n new non union
| conductor on the rutnam-ave. line. was on his
+ way home to Hoboken and was just leaving the
York-st elevated station. near the Bridge. When
! he was assaulted by man with "A club. lie
| was knocked senseless by blow on the head
He was taken to the City Hospital. II is feared
| his slul is fractured Hurschc claims he WAS
1 followed from the Halsey a. Dower-house TO the
Z Bridge. His assaiant escaped
! Henry Ellis Of No lOI ButW st, brooklyn,
I ycotorrnan who had been employed to take he
! ,lace of q striker on the Court-st. line IF the