Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-25
THEY WANT PEACE
Brooklyn Strikers Make q Re-
quest For Arbitration but
Arc Refused.
THE COMPANIES CONFIDENT.
Soldiers Bullets Find Another
Victim in the Person of
a Workman.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 24.-There is a greater
public confidence in the maintenance Of
public order than on any day since the
strike commenced. The city is about
free from the vague terrorism Of nameless
deeds by mobs which kept the public
mind at high tension and served to in
crease the danger of serious collisions
and outbreaks. The mere rowdyism,
which is looking for trouble and wants
to destroy property from wantonness,
has been pretty well suppressed. 1t has
been demonstrated to those characters
that the militia will shoot to kill, if
necessary, to suppress lawlessness. An
other abortive attempt was made
On Behalf of the Strikers
to induce the trolley officials to agree to
submit to arbitration. The proposition
which was submitted to President Nor
ton of the Atlantic Avenue company
was fatty refused by him. The refusal
indicates that the companies feel no
abatement of confidence that they will
win the fight. The success which the
Atlantic Avenue company has met with
in it's efforts to operate it's line undoubt-
eddy had it's influence upon Presi
dent Norton in this matter. That
the strikers made the overture after
having been several times repulsed in
the same quarter may be regarded as
indicating that they have
Lost Some Confidence
and are anxious for peace. Indeed, it is
alleged that for three days the highest
hope has been that they might be able
to extort from the companies the conces-
sion that those who abandoned. their
cars 10 days ago should be reinstated
and the new hands be discharged.
When it was found that the linemen
We're at work as usual repairing the
damage done during the night, Master
Workman Connolly denied that he had
ordered the men to strike. Later i'll the
day, after the episode at Odd Fellows
hall, he declared again that the inemen
Were ON Strike
and would be all out by morning. There
a no indications of the linemen quit
ting work. They are under contract
with the companies for from 80 to 80
days. In isolat i cases crews have re-
fused to take orders to repair wires
which have been cut by the strikers or
their friends. AS class they remain
loyal to their employers. The fact that
the Thirteenth regiment was
Retired From Active Duty
is believed to indicate the beginning OF
the end. The evening passed without
sensational incident Of any kind. There
was some trouble feared at the Myrtle
avenue carshops, but up to midnight
none had been reported.
The discovery that the wound of
Richard Mitchell, who was shot Tues
day night, was caused by 22-calibre
ball has caused some doubt as to whether
he was shot by one Of the militia, as
they have no weapons Of that calibre.
Another Fatality.
AS company Of the Twenty-third
regiment was escorting a Hicks street
car, Thomas Kearney is said to have
thrown a number of bricks at it from
roof. Some Of the soldiers were hit by
the missiles, and one of their number
took deliberate aim and shot Kearney in
the side. The man was so seriously in
iured that the chances of his recovery
are but slight. Kearney was at work
OH the roof at the time and was at
tracted to the edge by the excitement OF
the crowd below in consequence OF the
passing of the first car through Hicks
street. The police and military officers
found Kearney on the roof, lying uncosl-
scious in a large pool of blood. A doc
tor. who made an examination, said the
wound was fatal.
But Few Cars Running.
Fifty-nine cars in all have been run
out of the East New York depot during
the day, 80 on the Fulton street and ~
on the Broadway routes. At 6 in the
evening, as the cars began to come III,
they were held in the department for
the night.
The militia was then withdrawn from
the streets in the immediate vicinity OF
the stables, having been relieved by
detachment Of police.
The majority Of the new men are
sleeping in the carsheds. Some of them
would be glad to quit, but prefer to re-
main rather than run the gauntlet in
getting away.
French Wine Crop.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-According to
United States Consul Wiley at Bor-
deaux, the French wine crop for 1884,
including Corsica and Algiers, amounted
to LILY $40, 900 gallons, valued at $780,
100000 at 16 cents per gallon. The
crop was smaller than the preceding
L. ooc 40 mn ~, Franco rrODer