New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-06
MR.. NORTON WINS.
HE HAS THE RIGHT TO USE THE ~. ,.
MAIL" SIGN on CAPS.
u.ss.vrrr,xc CALLED BY THE STRIKERS


The Brooklyn troley-car strikers were ieenhs
good all dav Yesterday on account Of their %eged
yic:orv I'm the Common Council over the raiir"a"
commands Many OF them seemed to thhN tha'
the companies would forthwith be "i'hou' 'e"
charters The strike leaders, however 'ooN 'e'
radical view and seemed TO realize that Tue ''o''
was not worth growing" over. No one knows
10 n certainty. OF course, what Mayor oc"'e,e"
u Il nth the resolution but the prevailing Inn
nrcssion is that re will lose no time IN Veto'hg It,
The temporary advantage given the strikers py
the Board OF Aldermen was more tha' oiis.' Wy
the victory OF President Norton OF the Atah"c
Avenue Railroad in the Federal Courts United
States commissioner Morle handed down ms de-
csion acouitting him OF the charge OF violating
.ha nos,aI laws The Commissioners decision Is
a long one. II, says. among other Things:
The cars of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Com
ph auS, Adams-st on which the Brooklyn Post
Office building is located There can be no qnes-
shed postofice mail route. known az iOoIS and
that ali the cars running on Adams-st belonging
TO the Atlantic Avenue Railroad company were
vehicles running on that route. . .,,,,u, nj,
The signs were placed on the cars running on
thai mail route Immediately after the making OF
the agreement and remained on unth me present
time and mail matter was carried h on lnTSe
Of Mails Of the city of BROOKLYN tho railroad com
pany in August. 1894 fitted up two cars whcn we're
ecc building on a side track provided for ,hat pnr-
pose which took out the malls from the
on and Mr. LYONS superintendent Of mails
both and the accused .hrb ram ran only 'f 10
The postofice for that special purpose were com
pelled TO carry the mails at any time ,...,
This evidence shows that it was not the Intention
OF the accused to place signs on any othrr carr
nu, rnd that ali the cars on this mail route were
actually considered by the postonce an'h9rbnes ahn
The accused "a In use for carrying mai. Inc WORDS
~ tho statute arc not actually carrying man mat
ter but actually used I'm CARRYING Ana me same same
being So actually placed at ihe use OF the fostoce
Densrtment in carrying mail under an agreement
with the Postmaster-G General OF the Gn'teu S.ates
laws Of Congress the placing OF the words ~. :
Mali on only those vehicles running on ina rou,e
and allowing tine same to remain tnete . a. an
times when the vehicles were SO run. ioi 're purpose
OF carrying all or any maii tna mgn' ne sU re-
ceved at any station. was not; III ny c OPINION q
violation OF Section 1879 OF the Revised Statutes OF
III, The proceeding is therefore dismissed.
r.,ry WANTED TO RE SENT HOME
The Mayor was waited upon yesterday by a dele
yo,ion of about twenty men, who said they had re-
s,oned their places as motornen and conductors on
the Atlantic Avenue and Brooklyn HeightH roads.
They said they had been induced TO come 10 Brook
lyn by false representations. and had been poorly
treated by the companies. The men wanted 70 Do
sent back home The men told long story OF al
leged contracts" broken by the company. the
Mayor conferred with Corporation Counsel McDon-
aid about the alleged broken contracts
..Thev can 20 10 any court that has jurisdiction
in the matter" said Mr.. Mcdonald III their emf
ployer has violated n contract they have the same
remedy that any citizen has. 1t is matter over
which the Mayor has no power II We attempted
to assert the power II would be useless
The men left the office with the suggestion that
their best remedy was in the courts.
FEW ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
There was little violence yesterday. and few acct
dents. Jacob Robson. II mo;orman. hiey from
Bnghamton. while adjusting the trolley pole OF MS
car allowed il 10 come into contact with an electric
light wire at Commercial and Box SITS. HIS up was
badly burned.
Edward Grant was arrested for sioning Sackeii-
ST. car as were also for stoning other car- In az
ferent parts OF the city Walter Muller Henry lie
Sage Richard Brett. Edward Kelly Thomas J.
Anderson. Michael Hoover. william Leary, Robert
Cromwell. Patrick Mannery. Andrew Mckay ana
John Mcnamara
August Anderson, twenty one years old. Of NO.
Isl Pacihc-st.. a striking motorman who had re-
turned 10 work. assaulted In Troyh'c ana
received "A fractured nose and a cut In the head
His assaant ESCAPED.
An unknown man assaulted John Franklin. thirty
one years old OF No. 20 Thirty second-si. the
motorman on Putnam-ave. car with a bar Of
iron. fracturng his wrist. The injured man Was
taken TO ST. Mary's Hospital His assahaht es-
Deputy. Police Commissioner crosby was Informed
sss r,nying Brooklyn Heights Railroad Si2 At
lantic Avenue Railroad. iol brookya; Sue rna
total number Of run before the strike was
ordered was 30
no MASS MEETING HELD
The mass-meetIng which to be held last night
at the Aihenaeum did not lake place. The strikers
and their friends had announced that a meeting
would be held to protest against the police nterfer
ence at the gathering in front OF the city Hall on
Monday afternoon. Henry George Congressman
Tom Johnson Dr. Lyman ABBOTT and Others had
been advertised to speak ana II was prI1poseu va
arouse a tremendous amount OF enthusiasm ana
sympathy
ing was 10 be called. Captain Campbell OF the trst
Precinct. arrived with the entire police reserve rom
found between twenty and thirty officers drawn up
AZ the head Of the stairs in what 10 them aPPear,d
after O'clock the leaders held hurried conference
and then announced that owing 10 the presence OF
, The TO intimdatc and brighten people away"
the mass-meei;ng would be lndehni'.iy aa}ournen
Il was said that the leaders. realizing that there
would be only poor attendance, used ne poilce
was Strengthened by The fact that Consressin,an
Johnson Or Lyman Abbott and another sPs on,T
George was nowhere to be seen. although 1t was
after o'clock.
POLICEMEN DISMISSED.
The threatened "shakeup' in the Brooklyn Po-
lice Department en- account OF alleged neglect OF
duty on the part OF large number ~ policemen
during the trying time OF the strike occurred yes
terdav when Commissioner Welles made the largest
number OF dlsrnssals on record in the department.
The Commissioners acton Is looked upon as
sure indication that soon ~ the strike diffcuiy
is entirely over the department VIII be purseh oi
unfaithfuI officers The commlssloner held court
Yesterday the top floor OF the MI nlclpil Buiid-
ing and there was A large number Of policemen
present The inquiry lasted nearly five hourf. The
most interesting was that OF Sergeant daiis'
OF the Thirteenth Precinct. charged by captain
Dunn Of the Fourteenth Precinct. with being drunk
at the Halsey-st stables on January = while tine
7th Regiment stationed there. Gars pleaded
not guilty He produced about fifteen witnesses.
who swore that on that occasion he did not appear
Ike a man who had been drinking. captain Dunn
said he found the sergeant jumping around among
the soldiers like dancing master. lie mad sent
him TO the police station and suspended MIN from
duty Decision was reserved.
The following dismissed for ntoxlcaion
while on duty: Michael j. Ryan. Central ONCE;
Henry j. Hare. First Precinct; W.. senghagen'
hIrd La McliulciEn and .IaInal AL