Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-18

turn IhankS Tor support.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, February 17.-In
calling of the strike on the Brooklyn
Heights and the Brooklyn, Queens
County and Suburban railroads, Dis
trict Assembly No. rs issued the follow
ing address:
40 the Public:
"Acting in behalf OF their employees,
we presented TO the officials Of the
Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn,
Queens County and Suburban Railroad
Companies certain requests for inn
proved conditions OF labor on their
roads for the year 1895. Subsequently
these requests, which were never
other than OF the most reasonable ma
ture, were modified so as TO
LEAVE THE COMPANIES NO EXCUSE
for a failure to come TO agreements with
their employees. So IL is a matter OF
record that we have exhausted every
honorable means to effect friendly set
Element, but tue trolley officials assumed
refused 10 make single concession in
response TO our reasonable requests
They went further, and so far from i'm
proving the conditions OF their en-
plOyes, they Insisted upon terms far less
favorable than they had made without
protest in 1894 and previous years.
Their exactions forced their employees 20
suspend labor on January 14th last.
The companies have not had the
same consideration for the public; the
same spirit OF compromise. They
started out
TO STARvE THEIR EMPLOYEES
into submission, and they have finally
succeeded. The civil, the military.
aud In some instances the judicial
powers have all been urged to coerce
them.
with a deep sense OF appreciation
for the moral aud financial support SO
generously given by the people OF
Brooklyn, we have decided to suspend
the struggle. though with our belief in
the Justice OF our caGse unimpaired.
Ne feei assured that with the aid of
juStice-loying citizens the right will yet
triumph. We earnestly urge upon our
fellow ell zens to use sll their power to
assist us q adjusting the wrongs that
have been Derpetrated on US by
THE HEA8TLEss COMBINATION
of Lewis, Norton aud Wicker, and the
concerns they represent.
I'VE desire 10 return our most sim
cere thanks 10 the organizations and
individuals who have in any way aided
our people during the struggle, and
hope our sympathiZerS will never feel
the power OF corporate oppression.
1--WE remain most respectfully,
"MARTIN j. CONNELLY.
"JOHN GIBLIN
up. j. CULLINs.
Nv. l.. HALCOMBE
"ANDREw ID. BEST.
This action on the part OF d. a. -
will permit the strikers of thirty-three
roads TO return TO work, or at least ap-
ply 20 be taken back. The majority OF
the strikers will undoubtedly be taken
back in time. The strike against PreSi-
dent Norton, OF the Atlantic avenue
line, is still on.
HUNDREDS APPLY FOR WORK.
President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company, said to
night that during the day about six
hundred OF the old men had applied
for work. A number OF them, be
added, have been received back into
the fold, and others had their names
put on the eligible list
Master Workman COnnell is reported
at his home as being very sick, the re-
suit OF the laborS which be has under
gone during the past FIVE weeks as
leader Of the strike.
THE STRIKE COST THREE MILLIONS.
The trolley strike, which has lasted
thirty-four days, has cost an enormous
amount of money. Three million dol
lars is considered by those di-
rectlv involved moderate estimate.
When the strike started ii was stat
ed that District Assembly No 70 had
from 500. 600 20 $50, 600 in It's treasury.
About sos, coo was subscribed by SYM
pathisers. All this has been spent and
the $3.50. 900 wages the men would have
earned has been lost. The Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company was
THE HEAVIEST LOSER
among the roads. II is estimated to
nave lost directly 5000, 600 The other
svstems have lost close TO $500, 900 each.
The cost 10 the city and the
State tor the troops is
expected TO exceed S25O.O The dam
age done by cars manned By inexperi-
enced motormen is placed at $1,000
more aud the loss in the earning cspac-
ity by the militia during their stay
in Brooklyn is cOnservatiYsiY esti-
mated at S25O,O 600. Special officers
and deputies cost Kings and Queens
counties $4,000 and the loss TO the
business men of Brooklyn is considered
light when placed at S500, 600. There
were many other losses 10 swell the
amount in addition TO the einconyenience
and the suffering caused by the biz
strike.