The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-04
War Goes ON At BROOKLYN
MotOrmen and Conductors Are As
saulted and Street Cars Stoned.
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS DAILY
Thousands Of WOrkingmen Will Congre'
gate at City Hall to Hear the Deci.
sion Of the Board Of Aldermen Re.
garding Certain Franchises.
BY the United Press.

peCteo tnat When tne meeting ol tHe
BOARD or alderman takes place IN dhe
city hall tomorrow afternoon more than
2O,O0O persons Will be standing on the
plaZaoutside waiting to see what action
the city fathers Will take IN regard
10 the petition ana resolutions TO De
presented 10 them Dy the members vi
the executive committee OF Dlstrct
Assembly NO. 10. The peutioh
was sent TO all iapor UNIONS
throughout the Inherent parts VI
tine city to-day. Hhe petltloh asks
that the franchises De taken away Hrolh
the Brooklyn Heights railroad COM
company ana the queens Couilly anu
SUBURBAN kallroau company. Ihe Pc
tltlon ana resolutions VIII DE presented
at the aldermans meeting py an aioer-
man, whose name VIII not pe oi'uiseu
ny the members oi the executive coii-
hftlee'
MASTER Workman SohieliS' "hen
seen tonlght' salu that he was no'
anxious 10 nave the strikers aI .ie CITY
hall' put me desired 10 nave an OIL 'he
other laporihg men IN brooklyn there
we VIII surely nave Zo'ooo Iheh tmeie'
- ~. .,,,. sao e,,r o,,,,, ,,,a,, sta,, n :
howe Ero,, tho ranorts tb.t.J have
racaivad this morning every man wo-
man and child of RrookIvn is anxious to
90 to rhe CITY haIl and stand in the
nIaza for ono hour or a dozen hours If
necessarv,
when asked ~ If WAS trua that Mr..
Dahs the nresident of the American
Railway union was in town Mr. Com
nelly replied that he had been in town
but had started back for his home
again this morning.
A number of desertions from the
railroad companies were reported to-
dav.
commissioner Welles when asked
about the demonstration which the
labor men intended to have in front of
the city hall said. "All I know about
1t isl saw it in the papers. Nobody has
vet apnroached me in regard to 1t, and
| furthermore. no one has asked for a
permit to allow the men to assemble in
the CITY hall park" He said that he
would have n sufficient number of
policemen on hand to see that no yio-
lence of any kind occurred.
M,ry Accident DoiIv
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.oan,, .,,at ha,,n hoo, r,,,,,,i,, Co., +ha
60. ea,,, aa,,s Co,,;s;ons nna sr,ar
nao;aant, - ranortaa fror, ,,ario,,s
,a,,t,, 80 ,ha oi.,, hut ,othino sor;ou.
ras,,itaa Tha non,norias oIa,r, tha,
~ ott,, ~, 90 Ut. oons n,,t ~,
a. .,,
nnan Innr,,, o,or,,on 90 .he
g., ~. H., -. 49,, ~, 49,
mon mic astornoon us was drasged
fron, tba nIatforn, tbrown into thq
straet and beaten ahout the head and
body. While lying on the ground he
managed to pull a revolver and fired
two shots at his assailants. The bullets
went wide Of their mark, however, and
the two men ran away on the arrival
of the police. The crowd which gath.
cred threw stones at the windows. The
conductor was hit on the head with q
stone, receiving a slight scalp wound
Special officer Quinlan reported that
early this morning a car of the Flush.
ing avenue line was held up by a moi
of 100. The motorman was assaulted
the trolley rope cut and all car win
dows were broken. In addition, Quin
Ian was assaulted and his club taker
away by the crowd, who used it or
his head. Healy, the motorman, was
cut about the head and face. Finally 9
squad of police arrived and succeeded
in dispensing the crowd.
A car of the Tompkns Avenue line
in charge of Motorman Farrell, col
lied with a car of the Reid Avenue line
at Roebling street and Broadway. Boil
cars were badly shattered and had tc
be laid I'D for repairs. No one was hurt
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