The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-29
der no circumstances will he engage any
of his old men.

der no circumstances will he engage any
Of his old men.
At 10 o'clock this morning Lawyer
Towns, representing D. A. 70, *. or H.,
stated to a representative or the onlteu
Press that he was Just preparing papers
for g writ of mandamus to compel the
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company to
operate its line. The lawyer, said ne
would apply for the writs before noon
today.
nue. Company Is the first court proceed
ing against that line by its ex-employes.
President Norton has been very bitter
in his refusal to treat with his men
since they went on strike. He tore up
Mr.. Conneliy's. letter last evening the
moment he saw the signature, and he has
repeatedly declared that not one OF his
old employees win be taken back The
application for iperemptory manGamus
was preceded by the offer of the men,,
through Connelly's letter, to return at
the old rate OF WAGES, and practically
without other conditions. This is intend
ed to remove the question of fact which
Judge Gaynor stated led him to issue
an alternative writ against the Brooklyn
Heights Company instead of peremptory
one.
Further, Mr.. Towns declared that he
proposes to ask for an injunction re-
straining the police from interfering with
yer says the police have on numerous
occasions raided the strikers meetings
and dispersed the men unceremoniouSly
with their clubs. The strikers reported
so, severely hurt in the police raid on
ODD Fellows Hal. in Ridgewood, last
night % as to sF EeqqIre medical attendance
The long threatened action before the
Attorney General to annul the charter
of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad took
James A: Dennison and Delos McCQrdy,
counsel for the strikers, made formal sp-
plication to Attorney General Hancock
yesterday asking him TO hesin proceed
Company, and to appoint a receiver to
wind up its affairs.
The Attorney General served notice on.
Mr.. Lewis by wire last night and today
the formal papers. The notice is as fol-
lows
aAppllcsatio4na, s nave, swas p,ade e me this
qlison and Delos McCurdy, representing
certain citizens of this State to com
menee an action against your road, I
nesday morning at ten o'clock. Papers
are to be served on you Tuesday morn
T.E. HANCOCK,
Attorney General"
The hearing is set for TOMORROW. morn
ng bnsed At up6e ae IN ne obpp sppfsto n sns Is
Andrew D. Best, members of the Execu-
LIE w lS VaOCf1 ANNOI ELL.
The papers in the proposed hearing
were placed in President Lewis hands
this morning. The President displayed
much annoyance at the receipt Of the
document, and, with only casual glance
at it. remarked that inasmuclT as they
were simply the preliminary papers In
the proposed action it would necessarily
be some time before the case would
reach the courts. if the Attorney Gen
eral should see fit to bring an action.
President Lewis said
81 shall send representative of my
company to Albany tonight in compli-
ance with the papers I have just re-
ceived. don't care to discuss the papers.
We are not apprehensive in the least
The papers received by President Lewis
consist of the two affidavits made by
Best and Gifin. accompanied by a no
tice, signed by William Sulzer, attorney
for the affiants. The notice states in
part
application will be made to the At
torney General of the State of New
York, at his Office in the Capitol at
Albany, N. Y. on the thirtieth day of
January. eighteen hundred and ninety
five, at ten o'clock A. NJ, to bring an
action against you to dissolve your com
pany and to vaeate and annul your char
ter, and for such other and further re-
lief as may be proper in the premises"