The record-union., 1895-02-18
The Trolley Line Trouble in the
City of Churches Ended.
ADDRESS ISSUED BY DISTRICT AS
SEMBLY NO. rs.
Claim That After Every Honorable
Means to Effect Friendly Settle-
ment Had Been Exhausted, the
Workmen submit to the Inevita BILE
Many of the OId Employees Taken
Back.
Special to the RECORD-UNIoN.


BROOKLYN, Feb. lin calling off the
strike Of the Brooklyn Hights and the
Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban
Railways, District Assembly 70 issued
the following address:
40 the Public: Acting in behalf of
their employees, we presented to the Off
cials of the Brooklyn Hights and the
Brookly, Queens County and Suburban
Hallway Companies certain requests for
improved conditions of labor on such
roads for the year 1895. Subsequently,
these requests, which were never other
than Of the most reasonable nature, were
modified SO as to leave the comUanies no
excuse for a failure to come TO an agree
menL with their employees. We have eX-
hausted every honorable means to effect
friendly settlement, but the trolley Of
ticials assumed a most uncompromising
attitude, and refused to make single
concession in response to our reasonable
requests. They went further, and SO far
from improving the conditions of their
employees, they insisted upon the terms
less favorable than they had made with
out protest in 1894 and previous years.
Their eXactiOus forced their employees
TO suspend labor on January 1Ith last.
Since then there never has been q day on
which the men have not been willing to
go more than half way in an endeavor to
adju amicably difficulty that entailcd
hardships on the employees as well as in
calculable losses in convenience to the
public.
The companies have not had the same
consideration Tor the public, the same
spirit OF compromise. They started out
TO starve their employees into submission,
and they have finally succeeded. II has
been tight of the dollar against empty
stonIachs, and, as was to have been eX-
Dected, the dollars won the victory
though dear one. Our people, after
heroic resistance, have at last submitted
to the inevitable. The civil, the military
and in some instances the judiciary
powers have all been used to coerce them.
I'VE desire to return our most sincere
thanks TO the organizations and indiyidu-
ais who have IN any way aided our peo-
pie during the strike, and hope our SYM
pathlZerS Will never feel the power Of
corporate oppression. Many OF our peo-
pie still need assistance to keep the wolf
of hunger from their doors. i little
from the many Will suffice, and any CitI-
zen, society or newspaper VINO will help
our people in this respect will receive the
best thanks Of all, with the hope that the
time Will yet come when equal rights
will be accorded to all, special privileges
to none, and Lnat all Will stand equal be-
fore the law.
Yours most respectfully, Martin Con-
molly, John Gilbert L. j. Collins, ", L.
Hoicombe, Andrew d. Best
This action on the part of the District
Assembly Will permit the strikers ofsuch
roads TO return TO work, or at least apply
to be taken back. The strike against
President Norton Of the AtlaGtic avenue
line is still on.
I Of
Hights Railway Company said to-nig hC
that during the day about go of the Old
men had applied Tor work. y number of
them, he added, had been received back
into the service, and others had their
names on the eligible list. He fully ex-
pecled that the remainder of the strikers
would be on hand IN the morning LOOKING
for their old positions. Master Workman
| Connolly is reported at home very sick.
! as result OF his I2borS in the past week
of The strike.
The trolley strike, which has lasted
thirty -four days, has cost an enormous
amount of money. Three million dollars
Is considered by those involved a mod
crate estimate. When the strike started
it was stated that d. y. Assembly 10. had
from 100000 10 $4,000 in its treasury.
About S36,OUO WAS su bsCribed by syn-
pathlzers. All this has been spent and
the 500, 900 wages the men would have
earned have been lost. The BROOKLYN
Freight Company was the heaviest loser
among the roads. 1t is estimated TO have
lost nearly 100000. The other systems
have lost close to S3OO,O The cost to
the city and State troops is expected to
exceed S25O,0 The damage done bv
cars manned by inexperienced men is
placed at 100000 more, and the loss in
earnings by the militia during their stay
in Brooklyn is conservativeIy estimated
at S25O,O00. There were many losses to
! swell the amount in addition 10 the incon-
venience and suffering caused by the big
strike.