The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-21
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 DRIES THIS MORNING.

 The Strike in Brooklyn Is Assuming Alarm
 ing Proportions-Mayor Schieren Has
 Issued A Manifesto to the Effect That
 Peace Shall Prevail and That it Will be
 Kept Even if the Police and Militia Are
 Called Out.
 Brooklyn, Jan. 20.-At 10:S5 a. m. crowd of twenty-five or thirty strikers collected at Thirty-ninth street ferry and tried to persuade men to leave the employ of the railroad company. A call was sent to the Eighteenth pre- cinct and men were sent to disperse the crowd.
 At 1O:SO a. m. a, crowd of 2,OoO persons stopped car on Bergen street, took off the motorman and stoned the car. The reserves were ordered and dispers- ed the mob.
 Patrick J. Commerford, aged sixteen, was arrested for placing obstructions on the railroad track in Bergen street, near Albany avenue, this afternoon.
 A crowd of toughs on the Bergen street bluffs stoned the cars and caused considerable trouble all the af- ternoon. The police under Captains Short and Cullen charged the crowd, which numbered several hundred, and arrested one Gallagher. The crowd made an onslaught on Officer Staats, who had him in custody and endeavor- ed to effet a rescue. Clubs were used freely for a while and Gallagher was locked up in the Twenty-second pre- cinct station house. The bluff was finally cleared and 15O policemen were stationed there.
 The Ninth avenue branch of the At lantic avenue system did not accom- plish much to-day. One car was started out from the depot at Twentieth street. It got as far as the Plaza, when the motorman was induced to desert and the car got no further. No other cars were run. The strikers claim that ten of the new men employed by the company deserted to-day The mayor sent out the following official statement covering the matter at 4 D. m.
 "An effort was made to-day to as- certain if an adjustment could be ef fected in the interest of public con- venience and safety, by which all sur face railroads could be restored to inn mediate operation. To this end the mayor had conferences with Messrs. Connolly, Best and Giblin, representing the former employees of the railroads, and later with various representatives of the companies, including Messrs. Lewis, Norton and Wicker. The effort was without result. Corporation Coun- sel Mcdonald and Commissioner White were present at the conference"
 Master Workman Connolly later gave out the proposition that the men made. It was that the companies restore to their pay rolls all men who were in their employ January 12, the mayor to appoint a committee to whom both sides could submit their eases and the company to decide who is to remain in the employ of the roads and at what terms. The men made no condition re- quiring the discharge of the men em- ployed to fill their places.
 This proposition was rejected by the | presidents of the companies.
 Mayor Schieren after the failure of his attempted arbitration decided that | the situation was becoming grave. | He immediately held a consultation | with General McLeer and at o'clock | gave out the following in addition to ms former statement.
 Under the circumstances 1t has be- | come necessary to secure additional | protection to operate more of the sur | face lines. The mayor has since con ferred with General MciLeer and has | made request on the governor for ad- ditional troops These will doubtless be | on duty promptly.
 Tt is a time when the gathering of | people on the streets is to be avoided, and the police have been ordered, and the militia requested, to prevent any crowds gathering and to keep loiterers off the streets"
 Master Workman Connolly said this morning that over 200 new men had been induced to leave the employ ofethe railroad companies yesterday and the same tactics were continued today
 At o'clock tonight Mayor Schieren issued the following proclamation: To the citizens of Brooklyn, and the
 public generally:
 [ In the name of the people of the state l of New York I, Charles A. Schieren, mayor of the city of Brooklyn, do here by require all persons within the limits of the city to refrain from unnecessary 1 assembling in the streets, squares or in public places of the city during the present disturbed condition and until quiet is restored, and I hereby give notice that the police have been or- dered and the militia requested to dis perse any any unlawful assemblage. I eXhort all persons to assist in the observance of this request. Signed: CHARLES A. SCHIEREN. January 20, 1895.