The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-26
THE BROOKLYN STRIKE.
Mayor Sohieren Says the Cars Are
Running Satisfactorily,
STRIKERS STILL TALK OF VICTORY

As Several of Their Number Have Deserted
the Ranks, However, 1t Would Indicate
That They Are Badly Beaten-An over
Jealous Priest.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 26.-Mayor Schieren
expressed the opinion this morning that
the strike was over so far as it would af
feet the convenience of the public. Colo
mel Appleton, Of the Seventh regiment,
said he expected to be relieved from detail
very soon. Master Workman Connolly
still maintains that the strikers will win,
but dozen strikers applied to the Brook
lyn City railroad yesterday for reinstate-
ment, and were put to work Street car
officials say they will be glad to take back
old men, but they will not be allowed to
displace the new ones taken ON. More
cars We're run yesterday tEan on any day
since the strike began. Mayor Schicren
declares, as a result of personal inspection
that the lines are giving good service. III,
mandamus which it is sought to have is
sued to compel the companies to run cars
is not of much Importance under these
circumstances.
The most serious disturbance yesterday
occurred at GrcenpOint in opening up the
Flushing and Graham avenue line. There
were no militiamen stationed at chat
point, and the police force was not strong
enough to cope with the mob Of 1900.
which made riotous demonstrations and
stoned the cars Father II. T. O'Hara, of
St Anthony's church, had given Mayor
Schieren an assurance that he would be
responsible for the maintenance Of order
at this point. In his zeal to keep his agree
ment he persuaded Il new motorman to
leave his car in order to remove the cause
of the trouble. Then he read to the mob a
message from Mayor Schieren, saying
that unless order was preserved he would
have to send militia The crowd then dis
persed and the stalled cars were run back
to the depot, but no further attempt to
run them was made for the day.
At Maspeth a lot of non-unlon motor
men were taken from a car and locked up
in hall by strikers. The trouble was
| temporarily settled by the strikers win
| ming over the non union men, All Of the
non-unionists subscribed to an oath that
| they would not again enter the company s
employ while the strike lasted.
The demonstrations of the day were con-
fined principally to wire cutting and to
| small and unorganized attacks on the
Il 5lIttU CtE properly VI On BllG lllllblet AL
| effort is being made to secure an indict-
ment for murder against the militiaman
who shot Thomas Carney, the tin roofer,
on Hicks street, who died as result OF
| his wound.
Messrs. Feeney, Robertson and Purcell,
| comprising the state arbitration commit
tee which left Albany Thursday night for
| Brooklyn, were in secret session at the
C8prfra low Oft 1,6
subpenaed Messrs. Lewis and Norton,
whom they examined as to the cause and
status Of the strike The committee also
sent note to Mayor Schieren requesting
tho presence of that official at the exam
nation, but the mayor positively declined
| to attend.
At 5:3O last evening the trolley wires
| that were cut on Fulton street near Sara
toga avenue at 1 80 were repaired, and the
| half hundred cars which had been stalled
on both tracks for four hours proceeded on
! their trips Guards from the Seventy-f first
regiment preserved order while the re
| pairs were being made.
"This is the most encouraging day we
| have had during the strike, " said Master
| Workman Thomas Murry to the Asso-
ciated Press reporter last evening as he
entered the strikers headquarters "If
| you will sit down here for q while l will
! show you why we are so much encour-
| aged We are getting the new men away
| from the railroad companies as fast as
! they arrive. From 8 this morning until 8
| this afternoon we induced twenty new
| men to leave their posts at RidgewOOd,
| and so far today we have rescued thirty
| men at the other end of the line, to say
| nothing of the number we stopped before
they reached this side of the river from
| New York. We have done all this, re
member, without any violence or intim-
| idation, and the newcomers in every case
| have yielded willingly"
| While the reporter was talking with the
| master workman a number of non union
men were brought in by the striking
| scouts. One Of these was a motorman
| named Squires, from Baltimore. He said
| he was an expert motorman, but coming
| from warm climate so thinly clad, and
being compelled to feed on red horse and
| punk" and sleep on the floor, he did not
want the job bad enough to stay longer.
| He said the company owed him 81.
Squires was the motorman who took out
the first car on the Myrtle avenue and one
of the other lines.
The reporter noticed many of the new
conductors handing in their envelopes
without money. They declared they had
taken in no fares.
Judge Gaynor heard the arguments on
the question whether the mandamus
against the Brooklyn Heights company
should be alternative or poremptory. At
its conclusion he announced that he
| would render a decision some time today.
Trying Secure a Jury.