The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-21

afternoon when the board of arbitration
and committee of the strikers will dis
cuss the situation. The men now hold
out only on one point that if the strike be
declared off. all the men on strike shall
be taken back and the new men en-
ployed during the strike sent back
to their homes. The mayor believes that
the companies which now seem obdurate
Will recede from their position and allow
the men to return.
At 10 o'clock fifteen cars on the Sew
enth avenue lines of the Atlantic avenue
system had been put Into operation.
Thirty motormen reported at the depot
before o'clock. Those not on cars are
held in reserve
Foreman Hart of the Fulton avenue
line, said this morning that three of the
old men had returned to work.
At South Ferry this morning, two cars
on the Atlantic avenue line were in col
llslon- They were in charge of green
motormen. Both were filed with pas
sengers on their way to New York. No
body was hurt, but the platforms and
windows of both cars we're smashed.
The executive board of district assem-
bly, No rs, Knights of Labor, which or
dered the strike and is now conducting
it, has been called before the grand
jury They are to be examined as
to the cause of an accident at
Franklin and Fulton avenues, on
that New Years night The jury re-
quested the men to produce the time
tables of the company which specify the
time of running and the number of trips
made by each car during the day. The jul
ry will also look into the treatment Of
the men by the companies, because
of dismissal and other mat
tiers connected with the management
of the trolley cars. The object of the in
vestigation is to ascertain whether cars
are propelled at rate of speed in
excess of the legal limit 1t is expected
that this investigation will have an i'm
portant bearing upon the strike.
Under cover of darkness last night the
rioters laid neat trap for the soldiers
and caused them to charge in order that
they might fall into it. Some wire which
had been cut from the Brooklyn Heights
company's plant had been stretched
! foot above the ground. 1t was attached
firmly at the ends of two posts. One of the
mob then called out: "Raise cain
and see some fun They became so
boisterous just before daylight that the
military charged to keep them at a dis
lance. Fully half of the soldiers tripped
and fell when they encountered the OBJ
struction and the crowd retired jeering
at the unfortunate militiamen.
Tearing Up the Tracks.
The strikers are tearing up the
tracks of the Green and Gates
avenue line at Gates and Cen
trail avenues. The company claimed
that it had intended to send out thirty
cars this afternoon The police instruc
tions today are to keep all persons on the
streets moving and not to allow any one
standing talking. The saloons in the
neigh borhood of Flatbush avenue are
filed with idlers.
In disposing of the first battalion, of
the Thirteenth regiment, Major Cochran
| met with obstruction from a crowd in
front of the striker headquarters at
Fifth avenue and Twenty street.
| Major Cochran ordered a charge, before
which the greater part Of the crowd
numb ering about 600, fed inside the
building.
Col. Appleton of the Seventh regiment,
at Halsey street with three companies,
sent out to the neighboring stores to pur-
chase provisions, but the threatening
aspect of the mob terrified the shop
keepers, who refused to sell to the sold
iers or to shut up their stores. The
soldiers then charged the mob, scatter
ing them in all directions.
Morton Won't Give Up.
Master Workman NJ. j. Connolly, the
strike leader. is confined to his home by
/ sickness. Ills vile anu CHllQ are also III
. with pneumonia.
A secret conference of master work
men was in session at Mugs hall al
noon. President Lewis of the Brook
Ign Heights railroad company is report
ed to have stated today that be
is willing to compromise with the strik-
ers if President Norton of the Atlantic
avenue company will join with him. Mr
Norton, it is declared, will hold out al
long as the men do and if Mr. Lewis
waits for him in his present state o
mind, the strike will continue.
, At 1915 two cars of the Brooklyn
, Heights railroad company reached cas-
New York with 40 new men. They were
!, met at I ompkins ave- by Serg. Reimel
of the third mounted squad and a trool
of policemen, who escorted the cars t.
their destination.
!, The strikers are gathered around thu
: Howard house. Al intermittant period
; the mounted squads charged and KEEP
them moving. A party of men VIII
, were gathered in front OF the Brooklyn
Eagle branch office on Atlantic avenue
, looking at the bulletins displayed there
: were dispersed by the police.