The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-28
Everything Save the Cross-Town
Lines Were Running Yesterday at
Fairly Regular Intervals.
TALK OF PROSECUTIONS
STRIKERS DECIDE TO CALL ON At
TORNEY-GENERAL FOR REVENGE.
Henry George and Jerry Simpson Adj
dress a Mass-MeetinE of the EN-
ploycs-Mob of 500 Dispersed.


Athenaeum, at Eighth and Clinton streets
The house was packed to the DOORS Clar-
ence s. Roberts, president of the Stereo-
typers' Union No. !, presided. Henry
George was the chief speaker. He said if
the municipality owned the roads and taxed
land values the railroads would be free
to the people. Congressman Jerry Simp-
son, who also spoke, urged the audience
in the future to vote the Populist ticket.
One of the principal planls in the Popu-
list platform was the ownership of the
railroads, telegraphs and telephone lines
by the government. Charles II. Matchett,
the Socialist candidate for Governor of
New York at the last election, was ac-
corded a hearing at the request of the
audience. He expressed his sympathy and
that of the Socialist party with the strk-
ers, and said that the Socialist party
went further than any other political party,
as it not only advocated government own
ership of railways telegraph and telephone
lines, but of all other industries having
a public character.
Henry George then addressed the meeting.
He sad that when traffic had been sus-
pended as it has been in Brooklyn, when the
streets are filled with militia and police,
there must be deep injustice. He said
further: "The strikers have been imposed
on, and are but asking for something they
justly entitled to. There is a deep wrong
somewhere, and believe that the people
ought to own and conduct all the means of
transportation in the city. The Brooklyn
bridge is being successfully operated by
the cities as railways and the manu-
facture of gas in other cities and before this
question can be satisfactorily settled, all
means of transportation must be operated
nv nn1,ln Il
goes the value of land but wages of labor
ingmen do not Increase
He finished by saying there should be no
fare to pay street railways; that they
should be run by the cities for the benefit
of the people, the same as elevators are in
large buildings.
Resolutions We're adopted denouncing the
"heartless and avaricious'' corporations for
having thrown the entire community into
confusion, involving immense pecuni-
ary loss and pauperizsAs vast number Of
people; sympathizing with the men in their
effort to secure living wages and reason
able hours of labor; demanding that the
Attorney of the State begin pro-
ceedngs to annul the charters of the rail-
way corporations, and that ON the forfeit
ure of said charter all city railroads should
be operated by the city of Brooklyn or by
responsible lessees under stringent regula-
tions for the exclusive benefit of the peo-
pie Of Brooklyn.
Early this morning Company c. of the
GNorty-seventh Regiment. was obliged 10
disperse a crowd of five hundred persons.
Thomas AIcGray, striking motorman, was
discovered placing stone on the track. A
crowd gathered and jeered at the officers
McGray was arrested in spite of their pro-
tests.
POLICEMAN BEATEN.
Moses Brown, a special policeman and
Captain Kitzer, of Ridgewood, We're ter
ribly beaten and his shield and club taken
away from him by a mob in a saloon
which the officer entered this afternoon.
Investigation by his superiors showed that
Brown had been drinking during the day
and was abusive. He was suspended.
The members of the Seventh Regiment
stationed in East New York, Ridgewood
and Kelsey street, are calculating on re-
ceying orders at 10 o'clock tomorrow 10
return home. They base this anticipation
the fact that rations for but two more
meals were ordered to-day. Quite num-
Der of windows were broken along Myrtle
avenue without any arrests being made
Odd Fellows Hall, the headquarters of the
strikers at Ridgewood, was thronged all
day, but the best of order was maintained
Master Workman Murphy said that his
men believed in keeping the Sabbath.
This morning for the first time in two
weeks cars were running on Richmond Hill
and Lutheran Cemetery lines of the Brook
lyn Heights Railroad Company, and the
Cypress Hill Cemetery branch of the
Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban sys-
tenn. Tompkins avenue and Lorimer street,
Becker and Metropolitan avenues were last
supplied with service
The Central Labor Union of Brooklyn
held a meeting at headquarters Sunday af-
ternoon. A member of the Cigarmakers
Union presided. He refused to give his
name, however. Resolutions of sympathy
for the strikers were adopted and 1t was
three companies affected by the strike, a
fine of s. to be imposed on any member of
the union caught riding on the cars About
$500 collected to aid the strikers. Thos.
j. Mcclure and II. b. Martin, of the general
executive board, We're interviewed, and said
their visit to Brooklyn had nothing to do
with the strike. They merely came to full
fill an engagement made with the coach
makers made some months ago.
THE strikers have the full sympathy of
the executive board of K. of L. said Mr.
Mcclure. but the executive committee has
not yet been called on to interfere: Master
Workman Connolly will wait on the presi-
dents of the three railroad companies to-
morrow and inform them that the men
who are locked out are at the disposal of
the companies and ready to go to work
Immediately. This will, of course. be on
the condition that the men running trip
pers' are to receive $150 a day and are to
work only ten hours a day out of twelve
consecutive hours. The best legal opinion
has been obtained, and we are advised that
the effect of this action will be to make
Judge Gaynors decision mandatory. Pres
idents Lewis, Norton and Wicker can no
longer give any excuse for not running the
cars on schedule time. The police and mil
itia will not be wanted, for if the old hands
are taken back the occupation of the SOL
diers and police will, so far as the strike is
concerned, be at an end.
TALK OF PROSECUTION
Proceedings will also be instituted to-
morrow against the officers of the COM
panies for working the men more than ten
hours a day. They are liable to a fine of
$500 and a term of imprisonment for every
such offense. Prosecutions are also pend
ing by citizens against the companies for
not fulfilling the provisions of their chart
ers. Some prominent citizens have this
evening left Tor Albany, and will put the
matter in the hands of the Attorney-gen-
eral. There fsenother matter on which an
eminent lawyer has been consulted. The
law regulating employment by the railroad
companies says that men may be employed
who are residents of. the State. This law
was evidently passed TO prevent cities like
Brooklyn from restricting employment on
those roads to residents of the city in ques-
ton. The question will be tested whether
the trolley companies can hire men in Chi
eago, St. Louis, Philadelphia or elsewhere
outside the State.n
Mr. Mcclure then said that ownership
BY the State Of railroads would remedy