The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-17

Have the employees OF the Brooklyn. y.
y, trolley roads acted wisely IN strik-
ing2 There are between 500 and 500
of them. and they are now out Of employ
ment They have a grievance. of course.
but IS it a sufficient one 10 Justify them in
abandoning their means Of earning a liv-
ing FOR themselves and families. par
;icuiarly in these hard times. when em-
rloymcut is difficult 10 obtain. and thou
sands of idle men are anxious TO take
their Ulac
What they demand is that their pay
shall b." Increased from s. 10 S2-2J per day,
and that men who are known as "trip
pers." that is. men who take out cars
during tho busiest hours OF the day,
shall Doe paid for a fun days work.
whether they are employed for a fan
day or only one or two hours Of day.
The argument in respect 20 the "trip
pers" is that they have TO wait at the
ear houses during the whole day. and
hence should he paid for their time.
There is. Of course. some justice in
thcir demand. especially that part Of it
which relates To the "trippers" The com
panies. however. say that if the demand
were granted they could not run their
cars az a proft-that, I'm. fact. owing to
the hard times they would lose money.
Whether or not their statement relative
to the losing Of money is correct it is
impossible 10 say. They do not make
their business. in all its details. known to
the public. 1t looks very much as if 1t
would have been wiser course to wait
for better times before striking. Very
few of the striking employees have
money enough saved up to pro
vide for themselves and families
for more than few days The
prospect is. therefore. that there will he a
great deal of suffering among them. with
out food or fuel the condition Of the fam
HES Of many Of them is likely TO he pit
iful if thcy should not be taken back when
the strike is over or if the strike should
continue for any considerable length of
time.
The present scale Of wages was agreed
upon whom the times were better than
thcy arc now, or at least when it was pos
of wages is downward, and is likely to
continue to be until there is general rise
of prices for all kinds of products. The
action of the Brooklyn trolley men APP
pears. therefore, TO be I'M advised. Some
of the ablcst Of the labor leaders con
denim it. As yet the suffering Brooklyn
public do not appear to be greatly dis
turbed about the matter, but II the trouble
is not speedily adjusted they viii begin
to take sides in the controversy.
The growth Of the hypnousm fad needs
to be countcractcd Criminals all over
the country are pleading hypnousm in
mitigation or excuse of their crimes; and
in at least one case, mentioned in this
paper Few days ago, one murderer was
acquitted and his alleged hypnotizer was
convicted of the murder and sentenced to
death Presently it will become dangerous
for any one to be suspected of having the
power to hypnotise. In Ohio a few days
ago "a hypnotist would have been mobbed
had he not been good Splinter. At Bling
hampton, y. r., one day this week. man
gave himself up to the police.
saying he had been hypnotized
by some unknown person and
that the would certainly commit muir
der If ne were not restrained In another
town a young man felt himself moved by
hypnotism to marry certain woman at
that time in prison and under sentence of
death. Hypnotsm is a convenient scape-
goat upou which to Law sins and OWL mas
sions; and it is being overloaded. Drunk
euncss does not excuse a crime, neither
should hypnousm; at least until the
psychologists have discovered some re-
liable test for determining the presence of
hypnotic influence.