The Portland daily press., 1895-02-04
4 DEMONSTRATION.
Brooklyn Strikers Present Petition
to Aldermen Today.
TO WITHDRAW FRANCHISES OF
TROLLEY ROADS.

Strikers and Sympathizers to the Number
| of 10000 Are Expected to Gather in
Front of City Hall to Await the Decis-
rests Have Been Made.
| e Brooklyn, N. T., February 3.-It is ex-
pected that when the board of aldermen
meet in City Hall tomorrow, more than
| 10000 persons will be standing on the
plaza ouside, waiting to see what action
the city fathers will take in regard to
the petition and resolutions to be pre-
sented them by mem bers of the execu-
tive committee of the District Assembly
No.75. The petition was sent to all labor
unions throughout the different parts
of the city today. 1t asks that the fran
chises be taken away from the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company, the A tlantic
avenue railroad company, the Queens
County and Suburban railroad compa-'
ny. Master Workman Connolly tonight
states he is not only anxious to have
the strikers at City Hall, but desired to
have all other laboring men in Brooklyn
there. He said: From reports have
received, every man, woman and chlld
of Brooklyn is anxious to go to City
Hall and stand in the plaza an hour or
dozen hours If necessary. He said the
men would not 20 there in body. They
would go there in twos and threes,
and stand in front of City Hall. They
would be a quiet and orderly crowd.
When asked as to the reason for Mf-i
Debs's visit, Mr.. Connolly refused to am
swer other than to say that Mr.. Debs
10 \, fha ,if ion cfn s.
numbe of desertionssAfrom the railroad
companies were reported today. Police
Commissioner Welles, Superintendent
Campbell and Mayor Schieren had a
consultation in police headc uarters for
more than three hours this afternoop,
but what took place could not be
learned.
Commissioner Welles, when asked
about the demonstration which the lab
or men intended to have IN front of the
City Hall, said he would have a suffi-
cient number of police on hand Ito see
that no violence occurred. When asked
about remark made by President Nor
ton, of the Atlantic railroad, company,
that the police took no.pains to quell the
riots, the commissioner said: More
than 800 arrests have been made since i
the strike has been on. That looks as
If the men were doing their duty. From
now on ! am going to let Mr.. Norton do
L e..
the other end of the strike"
.. The same number of cars were run To-
day that have been running the past
few days. collisions and small accidents
are reported from various parts of the
city, but nothing serious has resulted.
The companies claim they are getting
all their cars out on schedule time.
President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights Company, today said she had ally
the men he wanted, and was perfectly
satisfied with the outlook.
VIOLENCE CONTINUES.
Allan Hoagland,a motorman,i in charge
of car of the Greenpoint line.was held
up by three men tonight at franklin,
and Huron Streets. He was dragged
from the platform, thrown into the
street and beaten about the head and
body. While lying on the ground he
drew a revolver and fired two shots at
his assailants. The bullets went wide
of the mark and the two men ran away.
On the arrival of special officer, thes
latter summoned a surgeon, who dressed
Hoagland's wounds, which consisted of
bruises on the body and cuts on the
head. The car from which Hoagland
was hustled stood on the track. A large
crowd threw stones at the windows.
The conductor was hit on the head by a
stone. receiving slight scalp wound.
j. Brennan, William Cosgrove. and John
Mitchell were arrested this morning,
charged with cutting swires at 18th
street, near Third avenue.
A car of the Flushing line, in charge of
Morgan Heal, was held up by mob of
100 at Flushing avenue and Spencer
street. The motorman was assaulted,
and the car more or less injured. Special
Policeman Gilmore was also assaulted
and his stick taken away from him. He
received severe cut in the face.
Il A car on the Tompkins avenue line
collided sEwith Car OF the Reed avenue
line at Roebling street and Broadway.
Both cars were badly shattered and
had to be laid up for repairs. No one
was injured. Two cars oollided in front
of Nostrand avenue depot with such
force rs to break all the windows in both
cars. Both motormen were thrown into
the street, but escaped injury.
Master Workman Connolly said TO-
night that so far, 81. 43l names were
signed by citizens of Brooklyn to the pc
tition asking the aldermen to take away
the franchise from the three railroads.
He stated that he had learned that at
conference in New York today Presidents
Norton and Wicker decided to have all
the men in their employ arm them
selves with pistols. They could then
protect themselves in case they were att
tackled by the strikers. Mayor Schieren,
said Presidents Norton or Lewis had not
notified him thatsthey, intended to have
Pinkerton men run cars. He expressed
the belief that theyaha no such inten-
tion, and asserted that there was. no need
of hiring Pinkerton men. The mayor
said that for the past two days two men
in BROOKLYN had been doing more talk
than good, These men were President
Norton and Master Workman Connolly.