The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-06
WON'T Give up.
Brooklyn Strikers Still Con-
fident Of Winning.
a Letter From Justice Gaynor Throws
Light on Trolley Masnate's Methods

BROOKLYN, Feb. 6-Master WoSkrssn
Connolly says that the strike Is as far
from being of as IL was three weeksago
1--WE had about 100 applications for re-
lief and passage home yesterday" said he.
''rhsse men were brought on from Phila-
delphia. Baltimore, Cincinnati. ST. Louis,
Chicago and Boston by the companies ON
whose roads the strike exists They were
found to b. totally incompetent and were
discharged They appealed 20 the strikers
for relief and sufficient aoney TO pay
their fares home. The strike leaders, how
ever, refused TO have anything to do with
them
1--WE haa nothing to do with them," he
continued, emphatically, ''and we don't
want to have anything to do with them.
They did not leave the employ OF the COM
panies Voluntarily; they were discharged,
and we will not aid men of this kind.
Any one who leaves the companies OF his
own accord will be well taken care of, will
De fed and sent 60 his home IL he wishes 1t.
Things look brighter tonight for the
men and the bosses must give In, for they
are running the roads at dead loss Sym
pathy with the men is keeping the travel
ing public from using the trolley oars.
The public viii not patronize the boy.
eotted lines"
Justice Gaynor's Pointers.
Justice Gaynor Of the supreme court has
written letter to the state board of medl-
stion and arbitration, in which he dis
cusses the circumstances attending the
Brooklyn trolley strike, and In which he
says:
I'm the Immediate dispute which led TO
the conflict between the companies and the
mon, i see nothing worthy of serious ut
tention. Tho dispute was too small not
to have been settled easily, except for the
infiamed condition brought on by the at
tempt to create vast inflated wealth on
the one side being met by justly aroused
uneasiness and apprehension on the other.
Under healthy conditions the dispute
would not have lasted an hour, II IL arose
Ut all.
II remind you that In the case Of the
other large companies here the same dis
pute was settled at once. Until the cause
Is removed, 10 IL idlo to try TO prevent the
effects. i submit this in the hope that it
may promote thought and do some good. +"
He recites the history OF the Long Isl
and Traction. company, telling how the
little Brooklyn Heights railroad Ga cable
line four or Ave blocks long) leased the en-
tire Brooklyn city system. He then tells
how the Long Island Traction company,
formed under the laws Of West Virginia
In March, l8o3 with q paper capital of
$500 000. 900 without O dollar, a stick OF
wood or steel rail st the back Of it.
This corporation was formed, the letter
saws. by officers of the Brooklyn City road
and shrewd Wall street men to control
the Brooklyn city system. The manipu.
lations Of these men, Justice Gaynor says,
caused the strike.
.They were forced to cut down all ex.
pcnses, but, it is said" continues Jus
tice Gaynor In his letter, shat all these
transactions were strictly lawful. admit
it. They were in strictest accordance with
statute law, as any court would have to
decide But what of thati Is the law al.
ways right In what 1t permitss II that
were SO, we would never need a change"
Justice Gaynor's letter was sent at the
request OF the arbitration board, and no
axks 1t to be regarded as tho opinion of a
citizen, having nothing to do with his
judicial position.
Exciting Incidents.
Late yesterday afternoon. when car 1923
Of the Flushing avenue line reached the
corner of briggs avenue and Leonard
street, on its way down town, crowd of
about 80 strikers suddenly appeared, and
notwithstanding that the car was full OF
passengers, began hurting stones and other
missiles at It, A huge piece of iron went
crashing through one Of the windows, fol-
lowed by shower Of rocks.
Special Policeman Bender, who was act
ing as guard to the car. was set upon by
the rioters and beaten almost into insensi-
bility. Several policemen went to tho res
cue, and Officer Bender drew his revolver
and fired three shots point blank at the
strikers. A number Of arrests were made,
and IL was ascertsined that several people
HAD been severely bruised In the encounter,
although none of them seriously.
Trolley cor No. 1899 of the Crosstown
line came into collision yesterday after.
noon with hearse that headed a funeral
procession at the corner Of Broadway and
Wythe avenue The hearse was com
pletely wrecked, and the casket, containing