The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-25
'THE STRIKERS LOSING.
Men from Western Cities En- Route
to Take Their Places,
THE MILITIA's SECOND VICTIM

DeH'h VI AhpihhS Caihey' VIM ''0
for Presuming to Look at the Soldiers
Foolish Strikers Arrested for Cutting
Trolley Wires.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 25.-Judging by sur
face indications the strike of elec5rlc
street railways is near its end. The peace
of the city is not fully restored, ana IL VIII
not be so long, as the late employees OF the
Traction companies have hope of forcing
themselves back into the positions they
held two weeks ago To these men there
was ray of light in the decision handed
down yesterday by Justice Gaynor, of the
supreme court of Queens county, in the
matter of tine application of Joseph Loader
a shopkeeper, for a writ of mandamus to
compel the Brooklyn Heights Railway
company to operate its lines in n manner
to meet the requirements of the public.
In the opinion of Justice Gaynor the
corporation is held to be in default of its
obligations to the public, incurred by the
acceptance of a franchise for aspeciiic pur-
pose; it is placed under the imputation of
having more regard for the profits OF
shareholders than for the convenience Of
citizens and it is declared to be the com
pany's duty to man its cars at whatever
expense may be necessary. Today the
court is listening TO counsel upon the ques-
ton whether the writ shall be peremptory
or alternative, or, in other words, whether
the company shall be required to engage
a full complcmentof of operatives forthwith,
regardless of the questions of wages and
hours of labor, or whether it shall be di-
rected to do the best it can under the cir
cumstances. To make the writ alterna
tive, it will be seem will be to leave affairs
practically as they are.
Should it be made mandatory an appeal
will be taken by the defendant company,
and it is to be expected that some judge
will be found who will suspend the writ
until the appeal can be heard. With these
facts in view it may be said that the vic
tory the strikers have won is fabian in its
character.
Instances of violence toward the new
men have been frequent, and quite num-
Der of arrests were made during the day of
men guilty of assaults. Several wire cut
ters also fell into the hands of the police
and it is o notable fact that they were
strikers Long stretches of wire have been
carried away in some localities, and a gen
eral disposition shown to injure the prop
erty of the street railway companies as
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