New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-05
A PEACEFUL GATHERING.
OVER 10000 STRIKERS AND THEIR
FRIENDS IN CITY HALL SQUARE.
MORE ACTS OF VIOLENCE AFTER THE MEETING
AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC-FOR



The fourth week OF the Brooklyn trolleycar strike
began YESTERDAY. and the day repiete with
Interesting features. The call sent out on Satur-
day night for gathering OF the strikers at the
| Clty Hall 10 walt upon the Mayor ana BOARD Oh
Aldermen resulted In bringing out great crowd.
The strikers and their friends began to assemble
shortly before 2. and at about they moved down
Fulton-st.. F1atbush DeKalb and Myrtle ayes.
Court. Wioughby and other streets, numbering at
least 1900 The city authorities had said that they
saw no danger In the masslrg OF the strikers. and
that no extra safeguards against violence would be
provided. Mayor Schiercn and Commissioner We.les
took no chances, however. and went quietly ahead
/ with precautionary measures, so that when the
strikers began to swarm toward the city Hall, Po-
ice Inspector Mackelar in charge OF about thirty
mounted men. rode out from behind the Municipal
Building. and-in twinkling the crowd scat
tered TO the sidewalks and cross-streets along Full
ton Boerum. Wloughby and Court SITS. once on
the sidewalks the regular policemen kept them NOV
/ Ing and when resistance was shown clubs
freely used. \ number OF protesting strikers their
| friends We're dubbed among them Michael More.
OF No 92i Hancock-st., who got two scalp wounds.
ana Franklin CURE. of No. lj9 East Twenty
! seVenth-st. this city. whose head was badly cut.
Neither Of these men l. a striker.
Ihe crowd was not In "A begerent mood. When
ordered to keep moving by the "buecoats." the
I men almost invariably oocyed orders. There were
enough policemen to handle things easily. and by
/ O'Clock the crowd began to melt away. At time
was there any danger of riot and the strikers
seemed to take good deal OF pride in the fact
! that they are giving the companies battle In the
courts Interest centred. OF course in the action Of
/ the Board Of Aldermen which assembled at O'Clock
! in the Common Council Chamber Enough strik-
ers. or their sympathizers got through the lines
+ 10 MI completely the chamber. and the routine
work Of the Board patiently listened to for
an hour and "A ha.f before the red-letter feature Of
/ the day reached AT about 1870. tod in
OF her allah ~ ,ha
/ Ward. rose In his place" and moved the resolu-
/ ton to revoke the licenses and franchises Of the
Brooklyn Heights and Atlantic Avenue Railroad
companies.
MORE ACTS OF NIOLENIE.
As was expected. the breaking Ip of the big crowd
afforded opportunity for trouble between the
strikers and the non-unlon men. Martin Casey
+ policeman 81 the Steamboat squad was on car
D No. Los. OF tn. Catss-aye. line. on its way to the
depot at Rlgcwood Almost in the centre Of the dry
goods dis;ric, ia Fulton-s. near Dekalb-aye.. the
b car was attacked 10y .arg' crowd Of men They
assaulted the conductor. pulling him over the dash
board and dragging him away. The policeman was
! In the mean time protecting the motorman The
rioters also tried drag him OF the ear but were
D he'd AT bay by tho policeman. who drew his re-
volver The car WIS run a.ong till II came TO
! crowd asslultng a Inotoruan Of Thiri-ave.
car. whom the rioters had on the track
The latter WAS put on the car. which was soon
i attacked again The policeman hshung
saSageiy with his club when brother officers
came Up ami dispersed the crowd Fulon-St was
nllcl with people at the time. and II looked as II
there would ho a serious conflict Tho Third-ave.
j or moiorman was taken away IN Fr't Precinct
patrol wager. Dr. TOWNSEND. OF 80 535 Green
ave was On the car the time. and attended
the injured man. McauNhil" tn Thiriav" cor.
from which the moiorman had boon dragged. was
+ running away up Fulion-st policeman u The
+ Fourteenth Precinct. named Forrest. discovered
fN.s Ttl Icy
stopping the \ man jumped ON and tried -
yut the trolley back on tac wiz 30 that It cprhl
run away again. Forrest knocked ia" fellow
' down with hs club ana took hm to the First
Precinct Police Station on the order Of Inspector
MacKeuar. Through some misunderstanding The
man VA discharged by the captain. but he Wa
! rcarrcstcl later. and gav, his name as Michael
Moor. of 40 gu Huncock-st Moore b. the same
man Who walked around town Ia the interval be-
! tween his two arrests exhibiting his cut head 20
/ tho strkcr> and newspaper men.
+ \ crowI attacked car AZ T"ea'y-ninin-st and
Thir,i-ave Two windows were broken \ stone
4 ,hr,w.r was arrested 10y sergeant Haley. NJ
abou, thu. same time a crowd attacked a Tniri-ave.
car Al Eighth-si ami Tho special officer broke his
new locus, club over a stone-thrower's mead
4 mob OF over 100 gathered In Ful,on-st.
near smlth-st between 70 and II O'Clock last night
A sml,h-st ear ami FuIton-st car hal run to-
ge,her Tn. moiormen began swearing At each
other The crowd pulled the moiorman on the Full
,on-s, car over the dashboard and assaulted him.
4 serious riot sccmed 10 be imminent. and platoon
q. mounted police summoned and the crowd
dispersed.
An ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC
Tn. strikers issued an address to the public and
their friends last night
"wil You again believe the Interpretations
q, tho enemies Of the people who call YOU thugs.
murdercrs and lawbreakcrs?' asks the address,
which goes to say that never was there
more orderly crowd than that OF yesterday. lheh
follows "A severe condemnation Of the police au-
thoritles FOR preventing the strikers from asSemb-
ling on the city Hall steps and upon the public
sounre while their representatives, were consider
/ ing the petition
The last paragraph OF the address says:
THE rule OF the common people means peace
II means Law and order; 1t means honesty IN
high and low places. 1t means death to rapacious
corporations.
/ The al ircss Is signed by the members OF the
! Executive Board of the strikers.
IN THE COURTS.
! The strikers and ia. companies yesterday had an
inning apiece In the United states court before
+ United states Commissioner More. The case was
/ the adjourned hearing OF the action orousn' ny
/ william II. Weber, n former employ" OF 'he AZ
/ lontic Avenue Railroad company charging the
company with violating the postal laws In dis
nlavinV the sign United states MALI on cars
that were not used TO- postal purposes us
+ trict-Attorncy Bennett appeared Tor the "oVern-
/ rnent and ex-Judge Morris represented MT NOT
ton The argument was almost "hoiy on 'ne
right OF the company to use the postal sign MI
uennot, said that the company had no right TO use
those signs except on two cars that hai been
paintcd especially for the purpose lie I''h I'M
usual stress upon the word actually III tne Ia"
which said that only cars that are actually IN
use FOR postal purposes shall display 'he sign
Ex-Judge Norris alleged that the companys con-
,roc, Nth the (;oycrnment absolved IT, Commits
s,oner Morle took the papers and said he would
hand down decision at 10 ocock ms rn 9pr h
Echr,1arv term Yesterday. and spoke with unusuai
vgor upon strike matters. which VIII come prio,e
the Jurors later on In their 'ern'' re S'' "'"'''
/ other things: .oa,,. thar. hos
"Durng the last two or three weeks there mas mas