The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-25
THE BEGINNING QF THE END
Trolley Strikers Have Played
Their Last Card.
50 THINK TIE COMPANIES
Judge Gaynor's Opinion, However,
Declaring That The Companies
Must Run, Has Encouraged
the Strikers. A Day of
Wire Cutting.
BY Southern Associated Press.

DhOohLlN, January ~. - Inc
eleventh day of the trolley rond
strike III this city was unmarked by
any scene OF great violence. Crowds
gathered at various points were
easily dispersed. Iu ouly one in.
stance wore the soldiers compelled
to resort to G bayonet charge.
The beginning Of the eud of the
strike, it Is thought. was reached to.
day. The strikers have played their
last card yesterday in ordering out
the electrical workmen on all lines
Affected.
Wholesale wire cutting took place
during the night aud muny OF the
| linemeR obeyed the order to quit
work. THIS gGvo the computes
some trouble. Several lines which
have been operated for several DAYS
were tied up for time in the early
morning. They were started after
repairs had been made by new men
aud by those who refused to go out.
The companies started new lines
to day and while normal traffic is
not yot restored, vet cars are ouer
ated on all the muin arteries Of
travel. Smaller branches to outly-
ing districts and cross town lines
are still idle.
There were 237 cars in operation
on the various lines to day. Tho
normal number on these lines is
3G1, moro than twice the mum ber Ill
! use. Altogether there were seven
teen lines III working order, thirty
one less than the usual NUN Der. Tue
forty eight roada combined have q
total OF about 1900 cars,
Green Point saw it's first car for
ten days, and its protesting citizens,
who yesterdayademanded the for
TEXTURE of charters, were somewhat
Modified.
Law aud order is not vet com.
pletely established even though cars
are able TO ran with some degree of
safety to their occupants. 1t is deii-
niteiy decided, however, that no
more troops are needed aud the
troops now here are expected to re-
store order.
The man. Thomas Carney, who
was shot III the battle of Hicks street
yesterday afternoon, died at 2:45 y.
M. to day. His WAS the second death
from the soldiers bullets.
The III ost important DEVELOPMENT
III the strike sltnatIOu to-day was
tue decision of Judge Gaynor. in
which he ordered writ of manda.
mus against the Broukly Heights
Company. The decision is unite
lengthy one and discusses the
rights of the people, the company
and the strikers III tho matter with
great care,
His conclusion is that the com.
pany must run its full complement
OF cars or forfeit. lie declares the
company has no legal right to stop
traffic for eveu nn hour. Counsel
for each side will he heard at 10
O'Clock 10 morrow as to which form
OF writ, peremptory or alternative,
shall be issued.
The wire cutting last night was
moro extensive than at any time
since the strike began. The wires
on some of the lines were so badly
mutli@ted that large force of men
ana many hours work were neces.
sary to put them in working shape.
The feed wires were almost cut.
On the Ninth avenue line the supply
wlre WAS cut ont for several blocks.
AT Seventh avenue and Sixteenth
street, near the old stable of the
Ninth avenue line, whole street OF
wire was tipped out. AT Twentieth
street and Seventh avenue the cross
section on the curve at that polut
was cut ont. On the Fifteenth
street line tue wires have been cnt
| nearly all along the line. 1t took
many hours 10 repair the many
breaks, because the companies had
SO few linemen to work, and cars on
the lines affected did not run until
some time after noon.
In lengthy type written state
ment. President Norton, of the At.
lantic Avenue Company, reviews the
strike and It's cause from the com.
pnny's standpoint. Among other
things, 1t cites that had the deIlands
OF tie men been ucceded TO it would
nave decreased the present profits
OF tho company by 800, 900 per year.
In the Interest of the stock holders
he refused the demands. He also
gives his reasons for his refusal
to entertain the proposition of
Tho men to arDitrate. Ills
main reason for the refusal was
that, so far as the lines of the com.
panies which he represented were
concerned, the strike was practically
over and 1t would only be matter
of few days when the cars on all
the lines would bs running as reou.