Evening journal., 1895-01-25

mandamus TO compel the Brooklyn
Heights Railway company to operate its
lines in a manner to meet the require
ments Of the public.
In the opinion Of Justice Gaynor the
corporation is held to be IN default Of its
obligations to the public incurred by the
acceptance of a franchise for a specific
purpose. IL is placed under the imputa-
tion Of having more regard for the profits
OF shareholders than for the convenience
of citizens. and 1t is declared TO be the
company.s duty to man its cars at what
ever expense may be necessary.
At 10 o'clock today the court gave
hearing TO counsel upon the question
whether the writ shall be peremptory OF
alternative or In other words whether
the company shall be required to engage
full complement Of operatives forthwith
regardless of the questions Of wages and
hour Of labor, or whether it shall be d.
recte.. to do the best it can under the cir.
cumstanoes.
To make the writ alternative it will bd
seen. will be to leave affairs practically
as they are. Should IL be made mandatory,
an appeal will be taken by the defendant
company, and it Is to be expected that
some Judge viii be found who will sus-
pend the writ until the appeal can be
heard With these facts in view it may
DO said that the victory the strikers have
won is Fabian in its character
Only Two-afths Of the Cars Run.
More cars wero running Thursday than
at any time since the tieup The number
is still but two-fifths Of those that. are in
operation under normal conditions. AS
each day sees an increase, however, the
1 Affect Is 1fur,ir4tfnrr m fba Sfri iEprs
Tho partial resumption Of traffic upon
the Greenpoint. Cross Town and Flushing
| Avenue lines, while Of little present value
| to those who would ordinarily be patron
izing those particular cars, marks another
| step toward the paclfcation Of the city,
because no violence worthy Of mention at
/ tended the passage of cars through sec
| tions that had been regarded as well with
In the storm center.
The Third Avenue line, over which cars
were run on Wednesday with so formida-
| BILE display OF force, was not operated at
all Thursday, the authorities preferring
i to wait and see If events would not cause
the opposition TO disappear
For similar reasons or because OF wire
cutting two other lines upon which a few
cars were run Wednesday were shut down
Thursday.
Wire cutting has been one of the great.
est of the obstacles to successful operation
Of the electric cars with which the compai
nies are to contend today-not that there
has been more Of it than there was during
the previous two or three days and nights,
but because Of the difficulty Of having re
pairs made It is admitted by the conpa-
nies superintendents that about half the
linemen have quit out Of sympathy with
Il he fc
however, no general strike Of linemen, anC
the expectation is that the places Of thosI
who have quit can be filed without much
trouble
AS to the success the corporations ar
having in securing nonunion motormen
the statement is made by President Nor
ton Of the Atlantic Avenue company tina
he has all the men he wants that Their
are many more applicants waiting, ant
that be will never permit man who ha
been engaged in the present strike to on
ter his employ President Lewis Of tn
Brooklyn Heights company reports
steady gain in the number Of experiences
motormen While the strike leaders pro
fess to believe that success is at hand, tn
feeling is spreading among the rank an
) file that it is lost cause.
Wire Cutters Arrested.
. Instances Of violence toward the ns'
men have been frequent and quite a nun
ber Of arrests were made during the da
Of men guilty of assaults.
Several wire cutters also fell into th
hands of the police. and it is notable fa'
that they were strikers. Long stretcht
Of wire have been carried away in SON
localities and general disposition show
to iniure the property Of the railway con
panias as much as possible. The liking
the blame for this upon the strikers cost
these people dear in the way Of publ
sympathy.
Traffic is not YET continued through u
night as it was before the strike. Q
some lines the cars were run In as ear
as 9 o'clock. but on others they continut
to make their trips as late as I % O'Clock,
The streets generally present an aspe
of tranquility. and the theaters. wht
have felt the effects of the tieup perhal
IS severely as any Of tbs business ccncerl
In tho city. last night enjoyed mnasu
able return of prosperity.
The report is current that the First br
rade composed Of the Now York city re-
/ imeuts, is to he-reiicvcd from duty eth
today or SATURDAY. No veriGcation Of u
rumor can he hal General McLeor sa