Connecticut western news., 1895-01-17
BRO0KLYN'S TIEUP.
MoBs OF STRIKERS PREVENT THE
 RUNNING OF TROLLEY. CARS.

The ore., strfk. Hs. Tied Up All ,h. Sur
 face Lines but One. and a.ooo Men Are
 out-Compsnie. Gave up Their Attemp,
 te Ran oas Cars with relio. E-cert.
 BROOKLYN, Jan. b.-Almc~t q. GOO mon. including motormcu. conduotors clectri. clans and others employed on tho various trolley railroads In this city. arc on strike today. lt is th. first strike the trolley sys- tenn has expnrienced and Is most thorough and complete one
 The only rcad not tied up is Che Brook. lyn and Coney Island, better known as the Jay and Smith stront line. Prcsident Henry w. Sloonm. bsd the mcn's demand under consideration. and whom the com mittee of tho district assembly called on him tho strike as far ns it concerned his road was amicably settled An agreement was signed. and now that road ia tho only one running in full fprve.
 During the day Mir Lewis president of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company, made public statament in which he said tho ticup was without any just oausa He also notified the mayor. police commis- sioner, sheriff and fro commissioner of the strike and asked for police protection. He sent n communication Co the railroad commissioners ai Albany and posted no- tioes of warning at all the oarhouses no- tifylng strikers to keep away. Thore were also warnings to keep the peace. but in spite of these numerous cases of interfcr- ence occurred
 There was some delay in tho transpor- tation of the msIls but the mall oars wcro guarded by policomen.3 Al tho different power houses throughout the oity every thing was quiet. A short distance from each ono the strikers kept their plokots on duty. The railroad dcpots were deserted, but piokets kept watch thore also They did not have much bo do but may have later, AS it is expected the companlos will bring mon from other citios to take tho strikers places
 The railroad companies, rcallElng that any attempt to ran cars would be futile. closed down thelr power houses and thoir oar sheds The strikers dispersed during the evening to their homes, and at 10 o'clock only a few strarelers rcmainod in the nelghborbood of tho power houses
 Tho only aets of violence during the evening were tho throwing of brick through ono of the windows of the power house at Court street and Hamilton ave. nue and the breaking of some windows in the cars standing in tho shed. All tho police still remained on duty at the station houses throughout the night Tho only trolley cars running in the city are those on the Coney Island and Brooklyn road.
 What They Are Fighting For.
 The strikers hava two principal grisv. anoos. They have believed for long time that tbelr work was worth t2.2b instead of s2 per day They hsvc been alarmed. too, by the incrcased number of trippora whom the companies have put on A trip per is a man who works during tho rush hours either ns conductor or motonnan and is paid according to the number of trips he makes
 The strikers say that thcso extra mon earn from 25 cents to ti. 70 per day. and that hundreds of them were forued Co hang around tho various oar stables from i2 to IA hours every day in erdor to earn this Ipittanoe. The strikers nlloge also that their own hours arc practically i2 day instcad of ton. and they feared that In time tho company would gradually so in- crease the number of rippcrs that very few men would be loft for steady jobs at e per day.
 In the event of such a development tho company would ke in this positions 10 would have more men than 10 needed to draw upon at all timos, and it could prao. tioally pay all of thrso men SO much DOT trip. with the result that tho standard of wages would bo much below the co mark. The men had other minor grievances but these wero the principal ones
 BROOKLYN, Jan. io,-The second day of the big trolley strike was not characterized by much excitement. There wers many little clashes between tho police and tho strikers but nothing of a serious nature in the way of riot occurred. Up to noon everything was comparatively quiet After that hour. however tho strikers let them selves out trife. and the police had somo difficulty in keeping the,grnat crowds un- der restraint
 The necessity of patroilins go extensive a territory has become matter of oonoorn to the police officials. and it is thought now that outside aid may have to be call cd upon before the strike is ended.