The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-25
RIOTING DHNDUNGBD
Jersey City Traction Men Adopt
Resolutions Condemning All
Acts Of Violence in
Brooklyn.

The majority of the motormen and
conductors in the employ of the Consoh-
dated Traction Company in this city are
members of District Assembly No. 66sl,
X of L. Some of the new hands are
not union men, but they are In the
minority, and are not consulted when
matters pertaining to the good and well
fare of the Traction employees are brought
up for discussion. K. OF L. No. 6,691 con-
trolls the men so we'll that IN the event
of their ordering a strike on the Jersey
City line a general tie-up would result
and few of the present employees would
dare hold out against them. District
Assembly No. 6,6s1 meets every Friday
night in Humboldt Hall. The members
at these meetings freely discuss all the
grievances they have against the Trac-
ton Company, and lay plans for the
remedying of them. The petitions that
were recently handed to the Board of
Directors of the Traction Company We're
drafted by a committee appointed by
the assembly.
PETITIONS RESPECTED.
Their petitions. when they are reason
able. are generally answered favorably.
While their petition asking for an in
crease of wages was not granted, one
which they presented shortly afterwards
was. The document asked that Jacob
Schunk be removed as superintendent.
1t was signed by nearly every conductor
on the road. They charged that Schunk
was guilty of making false charges
against motormen and conductors, and
showed great favoritism to select few,
who were his friends. Yesterday Sckunk
was succeeded as superintendent by
Daniel Beatty, and was sent to Newark
as inspector, an inferior position. Beatty
is well liked by all the men.
District Assembly No. 6,691 will meet
tonight and will adopt resolutions, copies
of which were distributed to the. press
last night by a committee appointed for
hat purpose. The text of the resolutions
follows
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas. The surface railroad en-
ing to induce their employees to increase
their pay, shorten their working hours
and in other ways improve their cond1-.
Whereas, Numerous riots have oc-
CURED because of said strike, which said
riots we believe to have been brought
company; and
whereas, The City of Brooklyn and its
taxpayers will be held responsible for
all camage done to life, limb and prop
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
action of the strikers in their. efforts to
compel the company to .accede to their
demands; that we extend them our SYM
pathy IN their fight against oppression;
that we counsel them to peaceful and
lawful measures believing by that means
that we denounce acts of riot, and repu-
diate them as acts perpetrated by
strikers: that legal action be taken to
compel the companies to give up their
charters, they having failed to fulfil the
provisions it contains in spite of the
protection given by police and militia,
and Furthermore, that we VIII stand ready
to assist our Brooklyn brethren in any
way they demand.
1t is rumored that committee from
District Assembly No. IS, the orga aniza-
ton that ordered the Brooklyn strike,
will be present tonight to confer with
their Jersey CITY brethren. @