New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-01
Mr.. NORTON IN COURT.
mn ANSWER TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF
THE TEN-HOUR LAW
.r TROOPS SENT TO THE BROOKLYN ARMoRIEs
.no,,r 7oo CARS RuNNING-oFFlcIALs SAY
THEY NEED NO MORE MEN-SIhihhHs

sr,,1. HOPE FOR VICTORY
49,, ,ro,Iev strike is passing swiftly
into oblivion The arhe" " ,'Y -.
Guarded the troubled dstricts are e',, 1870
rostor,d TO their homes ana '"e'i ~" 49,.
ho still remain on active DUTY nave
ana 'hoSe III. duties TO perform. Only one
ohiy ie" We yesterday and that was quickly re-
WIG was aBc on all the lines involved IN the
pd"eu' az" rsstored to nearly its normal CONDITION
-, -, conductors no longer ring up SIN iaie' III
a. 20 stop the car, anu 'ie ''i'' '0 ~ "
o'u.' % swear eloquently at the truckmeh ana
Iedr"'"s 10 continue TO block their passage In
caoie .ha feet that all the ted-up lines are now
spi'e a,ion the strike leaders stil loudly
al -, a victory over all the railroad nagha'es.
,,,raheau L. Towns, as their Champion mas cair'eu
49, ,var into the courts and yesterday ne an
.onced thas he had the companies at MS mercy
NJ rowns's last legal move yesterday was 10 III
luce United states District-Attorney James l.
,no,, 70 issue warrant for the arrest OF presi-
80. Marion Of the Atlantc-ave system Tor Vlo-
,,,o Section No. 1919 of the Revised statues OIL
Tho United States. which make II ims
lsneanor for any vehicle to carry the Ohi'eu
S,ates Mai sign" when not actually carrying man
r. company Mr.. Towns declares has USED the
government sign to protect its cars when NOT
,,,,g mail and on the strength of his ahdaVlt
warrant was issued for Mr.. Norton arrest. iie
=. N appear in the Federal Court AT ~ 0'on
.h,s morning to answer. The penalty is me Vi
.,n, for each trip and by little lightning cacuid-
49, Mr.. Towns announced that the Atlantic
,,.'rue Company was liable 10 total me Oh
- go ON behalf OF the bicyclist Murphy, VINO
g. ,,rred in a collision of trolley cars last New
-, Eve the lawyer has begun a suit Tor
$4,000 damages
MIR. NORTON IN COURT.
isort Norton apparently in good humor
,corcerned entered Justice Walshs court
oo,o at 10 o'clock yesterday morning 10 answer
q, the charge Of violating the ten-hour law. ne
was represented by ex-Judge Samuel l.. MOTIFS
and Mirabeau L. Towns appeared FOR the three
rorrner ennployes on whose affidavits the warrant
- 80 iseued A great crowd present and
uh.r the Justice called out Norton and quinn
IT was visbly pleased
.ro these defendants plead not guilty and wish
an examination here?" asked Justice Walsh.
I'VE plead not guilty. replied Judge MOTIFS
.snd request an adjournment until next Wednes-
day"
~ Ivs,,ce COMPROMISED on Saturday and
naro,ed the defendants until that date. Bail was
not required. The Atlantc-ave ROADS chiei exc
cutive waved farewell with his top nat 10 '"e
Justice and jumped into a cab superintendent
Quinn returned on a trolley!
Three emissaries from Debs arrived In BrooKiNh
from Chicago. They Immediately heid
a conference with Master Workman ConheIi!'
Their Spokesman j. NJ. Kicker. was loaded win
lurid threats and announced that II ,o"'''',
said the word the American Railway Union "ouiu
tie I'D every road in the land IL was fur'hei s"'u
at Mugges Hall that telegram had been ieoe,' "
from Congressman Tom Johnson, OF Cleveland III
which he assured Mr. Connolly that II ne couiu
Get hold of the charter he would pay Incense Vi
$50 a year for each and would give the motor
men Sc a day The leaders still hopeful ana
sIrosd du comSanies on the other hand, have
ceased TO employ more men; anu ,Ttent
men TO operate all their lines and that no NOR nor
be used at doi ,baI ali to
the contrary. only few old men are re'u'nihs'
NO INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS.
The officers at Brigade Headquarters have de-
cided that II Is a grevous breach OF mli'ai! us
ciplne 10 dvulge the location or movements OF the
troops and an order has been issued forolddng ON
GERS or privates 70 e.. and information to the
press The changes since The order was ISSUED ano
the present location of the troops still on active
duty are given. The Seventeenth Separate Com
pany has been returned 10 its home IN fIushlns'
and its members have been dismissed All of the
in the 18TH Regiment, excepting ana
B. which are at Ninth-ave and Twentieth-st, are
al their armory under marching orders. Company
r Of the l4th Regiment. Is at the Ihrd-dve po"ef-
and the remaining companies of the same regiment
COMPANY a. Of the 2sd Regiment. is the Sec
ond-ave powerhouse. and the other companies are
stationed under orders at their armory. l., ...a,,,
OF the Attn Regiment Company A Is guarding
East New-York Company Il. Ridgwood. ana the
at the armoTy The military force has been peer,
iwo-thrds Of each regiment are now In their ar,
pseT nave aS a b.en aAS Gloves to so hoe an
tive officer at Brigade Headqnarters said mat ntte
trouble had been reported and limited that other
troops would soon be withdrawn.
THEIR COFFEE WAS DRUGGED.
Secretary Bogardus. Of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company said yesterday that dastardly
attempt had been made at GreenDoint 10 ncapaci-
tate from work the non-unon men stationed there.
When the men reported for breakfast yesterday
morning. twenty or more we're taken violently III
after drinking the coffee that an Italian cook
had prepared. The were suffering intensely
when the doctors arrived. kmetics were admins
tered. and after hour the men were able TO
go work The doctors said that me concoctiom
used 10 drug the coffee would probably not kill
any one. and Was intended to make the men too
sick to take out their cars. %
Albert Bavlis. twenty-one years old. OF No. 10
Bradford-st.. striking conductor. decided TO go
back 10 work yesterday morning. lie took out
Broadway car. AT Arington-ave. and Bradford ST.
six strikers headed by Peter Cook. assaulted him.
he was peited with stones. He drew reyolve and
nred several shots at his assailanis The strikers
Qugley put him under $3.50 bonds 10 appear for
William H. Griffin of Fitchburg. Mass, was mis-
taken by half dozen men in Idberty-ave. last
night for a non-union rnan. He was hit in the face
Charles Perean, Of 10 i5ss Divsion-aye special
ine. was stabbed in the left hand by men who mis-
took him for non-unon sympathizer
4 crOW1 OF StilheIS iitSIu'iit norton, OF
the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company. in eiigy
at the of Fifth-ave. and Nineteenth St. at
o'clock Yesterday morning The efiigy taken
10 the station house
The last car over the Greenpoint line last night
arrived at the station at Franklin-aVe with
cargo Of bricks. 1t had been bombarded by crowd
OF rufians and all the windows were broken. No
one hurt
At 9:45 p. m. another car on the Fulton-st. line
was attacked Fulton and Howard sts and the
policeman the front platform nred four shots
into the crowd. The reserves OF the Fourteenth
Precinct were called out. but their services were
not required II is not known whether any one
was wounded
Alleged dynamite bombs blossomed forth In great
profusion yesterday ana the police gingerly
PlucKine them OFF the pavements and doorsteps all
Gay long. Ereenpoint the most fertile locality
FOR them, and the officers discovered "A number
supposed internal machines" They
posing IN pals of water pending an examination a
TO their destructive powers
The most serious outbreak which occurred yester-
day was a cowardly assault; upon f. G. Pickett a
conductor on Flatbush-ave. car. As his was