New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-28
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
BROOKLYN PASTORS DISCUSS THE RIOTS
AND THEIR CAUSES.


SOME PLAIN Truths From THE HEv DR.
l.. A. BANKs-sTRIKERs NOT TIE ONLY
yIoIAToRs or LAW
The Rev Dr. Louis Albert Banks spoke III inc
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal ChurcA brooh-
Iyn by way of prelude, yesterday. on The Proper
Attitude of Christian Citizens Toward the Present
Strife In the City Growing Out OF the Strlhe He
spoke In part a follows
The last two weeks have made history wni i
the citizens of Brooklyn Will not remempeT "'t ~
marching and counter marching OF military FORCES,
the woundng and manning Of police de eoiu'e of
innocent onlookers. make record that VIII not leaa
pleasantly The present duty uS We o1de eS tS a
the city. repeat what said last SUNDAY. .nar
to both rich and poor It the duty Of every tygs
citizen give support in every pSssihe WAY o dS
iaS In every street But While that true and
must be accomplished in any event it is time
1t needs to be said loudly that IT cannot ,S oe
we compelled to use bayoLets ana bullet let,
to put down did not begin With the striker but
fled the laws as to stock watering. and undertook
to O Of ,S I blood o" w o sr
when the railroad companies dched the law az TO
defy the law as to speed Of their cars There ere
was where the awlessness began Wne s me
are in danger OF anarchy. and that II must be
stopped II i takes all the military iorce ol me ne
teach good many people that the lawiessness
Of railroad company or sugar trust has aS S
electric wires the street or throwing stones ny
The d s50l be p %n of us
sugar trust officers, and we call II aharchy Wheh
standard for lawlessners ana know that IT Is as
truly incipient anarchy for rich man 10 pfea" the
Whoever shall win in this strife the undeniahle
fact will remain that the men onemt TO h hns,ress
of the streetcar COMPANY VII not warrant var s me
operation at all ] know man In BROOKLYN WHO
wSen he found they were determined 10 refuse 10
pay decent wages to their workmei; severed ms
in" the inauity | have talked with number OF
physicians about the probable effect on motorhien
especially as to their health and longevity under
such work and l have not seen any physician yet
who believed that 1t would be possible ior motor
dure more than ten or a dozen years Of the exact
ing strain REQUIRED In that Position Not
and motorman in their exposed situation must
amount to about double that Of the average mechanic
These things must be taken into consideration wnen
Christian men and women are making up I heId
sseTed' It M must he protected But manhood and
wonlanhood and childhood must also be held sacred
Of property and the protection OF humanity, hui
manity must have the benefit Of the doubt. ,o..
their n struggle. my Judgment is that they viii lose
because they followed the bad example set them
MEN WHO WANT TO WORK HAVE RIGHTS.
The Rev. Or. T. S. Cartwright. Of St Barna-
bass Church. In Bushwick-ave.. preached last night
on Lessons from the Strike" He considered the
duties of the employer and the employed the rela-
ton OF capital and labor. the measures needed fo'
the prevention Of such strikes and the danger or
Anarchism He said that the need OF thousands OF
soldiers In Brooklyn to keep the peace was dep'or-
able He scored the sel6shness exhibited by cor
porations which refused to meet their enpoyes
half way In settling differences lie said that ne
wanted TO work and who were entitled TO liberty
though they wanted to take PAGES cb a an ow
break as brooklyn has had leaves III results that
may not be outgrown In years
FATHER MALONE FOR BETTER LAWS.
The Rev Father Sylvester Malone rector OF SITS
Peter and Pauls Church. in Wythe-aver during the
9 O'Clock mass yesterday took occasion to SPEAK on
the trolley strike. The venerable priest said that
the present trouble the railroad companies
and their employees has been agitating the people OF
the community for the last two weeks He declared
that the only way such matters could he settled
would be for the people to elect such lawmakers as
would truly represent them In the Legislature.
Strikes are to he depored as general thing, and
az far as possible ought 10 be prevented. Men who
nv any possible means at any Tine may he en-
gagged In strike should learn TO employ lawful
means In rightng their wrongs. No one In this
grea, country can violate the laws of the country
must recognize that when laws are made as long
as they remain the statute-book 80 long must
The haIlotbox is the remedy for all repugnant
laws BY living up to these principles the rght
end will be reached. Universal suffrage VIII remedy
vote for the good OF the country.
DIR. MEREDITH BLAMEs CITY OFFICIALS.
The Rev. Or r. r. Meredith OF the Tompkins
Avenue Congregational Church surprised his large
congregation last night by outspoken attack
on the municipal authorities for their alleged In
, capaay in meeting the strike situation. He be-
gan his sermon with review OF the strike. and
dwelt at length upon the relations that should ex-
list between capital and labor.
There liz disorder in the city, said he. but
would there have been II the city officials had
acted with promptness on the start! con-
tend that with promptness and efficient methods
at the beginning OF the struggle, no trouble would
have occurred" The preacher said the trouble
was mainly with the dsorsanized police department
OF the city Had the 800 or 100 policemen In
the employ OF the city. and who were on duty
at the beginning OF the strike. acted with prompt
ness the disorder would have been checked in
ak hours time. The argument used 80 often that
the police sympathize with the strikers is easily
overcome Had any such fault became apparent.
Police Commissioner Welles could have promptly
expelled 100 or more OF the force who evnced such
a sympathy and the remainder would have
promptly obeycd orders. The fact that the police
force proved itself insufficient to quell the trouble
and that there calling out OF the militia
was infamous. and no more or less imam an outrage
upon the people OF brooklyn ., +, -a,
The Doctor then referred to the trouble IN Green
ms aspects of bloody riot and said that that in;
cident alone tended TO show that the ponce coula
Sys asa ros9ss wne hs pTeaeher
said did the police at Greenpoint ma thsnlseNess