The record-union., 1895-01-26
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.

Special to the RECORD UNION.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 25.-The street-car
strike is nearly over. Trolley cars are
running OH nearly all the lines, although
there is not full complement, but the
great tie-up has been broken. The Ninth
Regiment has been ordered home, and
there is every likelihood that the Seventh
will be ordered back to New York soon.
The Central Committee of the Socialist
Labor Party held mass-meeting last
night to protest against the presence of
troops in Brooklyn arrayed against or
ganized labor, and to express sympathy
with the strikers. Charles II. Mitchell,
principal speaker, denounced Mayor
Schieren for calling out the militia, and
declared that law and order had been
maintained by the striking motormen
and conductors, and had been over
thrown by the police and militia.
Since midnight the only trouble caused
by the strikers was the cutting of the
wires. The Brooklyn flights Railroad
Company announced that it would run
crOSs-toWn lines from Green Point to
Erie Basin to-day.
Large crowds waited for the first car.
The authorities sent large military force
and a strong detachment OF regular and
special policemen TO keep the peace. The
military were ordered not to shoot with
out good cause.
At the strikers headquarters it is said
that the unusual quietness OF the strikers
Is on account OF Justice GaynOr'S man
damus opinion. They believe if wires
were cut or any opposition made to run
ming the cars, the mandamus would be
rendered imperative.
Judge Gayuor reversed his decision
this morning in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings to release the men imprisoned
in the stables OF the Brooklyn flights
Railroad Company and IN the armCries.
The argument in the case of Joseph
Loader against the brooklyn Nights
Company, asking for a mandamus, was
heard before Justice GaynOr. uQge Gay
nor said he would give his decision some
time this afternoon. The decision will
determine whether the writ Will be per-
empJory or simply alternative.
What is supposed to be dynamite
cartridge was picked up this morning al
the corner OF tIalbush avenue and Fulton
street, where several car lines pass. 1t
was covered with coating. 1t has fuse
at one end ana IS about nve inches long.
Police Superintendent Campbell sent 1t 10
the naVy-yard, where an examination
viii be made.
The policemen patrolling Bedford ave-
nue. this morning noticed q wagon full of
policemen made d rush al the wagon. The
driver whipped up his team and escaped.
Three men at work in the street cutting
wires were captured. The police fired
several shots at the wagon and are pretty
certain that some shots took effect. The
strikers say they are as determined as
ever to hold out. Ii no agreement is
made before the troops are removed there
Will be- in the opinion OF many, a renewal
OF the trouble.
At Ridgewood Station, when about
twenty-five new men arrived 10 work for
the railroad company, the strikers sur
rounded them ana succeeded in hustling
them down Palmetto street. Policemen
and militia were sent to the rescue. They
succeeded in oyertaking the kidnapers
ana the prisoners ana rescued six of the
latter. The other nineteen were taken to
the headquarters OF the strikers and kept
there as prisoners.
y dynamite cartridge was exploded in
front OF 4I4 Myrtle avenue to-day. Many
windows We're broken.
AT the stables of the cross line on Kent
avenue. Green Point, the situation to-day
is more serious than ever before. Rev.
Father ~ Hara, VINO has charge OF Green
Point parish, spoke TO the new motormen
and conductors who were taking out cars
lie begged them To leave the cars and
join the strikers. ''Ihey will take care
OF you. Come on; act like men and ioin
the strlkersW was his oft-repeated re-
quest, ana several men jumped from the
cars amid cheers from the on-lookers.
Big crowds congregated in the vicinity
OF the stables, ana the tracks were OBJ
structed with barrels, boxes and refuse.
y good deal of stone-throwing was done
by the mob, despite the efforts OF Father
O'Hara, who frequently entreated the
men not to use Violence. The police
charged the mob with their night sticks
and the crowd iell back.
Father " Hara received a Iettar FROM
the Mayor by messenger. The Mayor
said that if the disorder at Green Point
did not cease he would at once send the
militia there. on receipt of this letter
Father o. Hara went out on the street TO
induce the crowd to disperse.
Traffic on the Hamilton avenue line
was resumed this afternoon, after twelve
days suspension. The Third avenue line
has been operated with scarcely any in
terruption and little show of hostility.
Thlrty-ive property owners residing
on Hicks street and on Sackett street
sent petition to the Grand Jury this
afternoon, denounclng the killing of
Thomas harney. The petition denounced
Major Cochran as cold blooded muir
derer," and demanded an investigation
into the circumstances attending the
shooting.
The following notice TO former en-
ployes OF the Brooklyn Hights Railroad
Company has been sent out. 1t bears the
i y =.
hereby given that the brooklyn Hights
Company Is ready and willing TO lake
into Its employ such OF its former en-
ployes as motormen and conductors as
are needed TO Till existing vacancies. nav
ing them the market rate of wauas f0,.
their services, providing such employees
will accept the regulations of the COM
pany as 10 the frequency with which cars
Shall be run and the number O. cars
which shall be run"
Messrs. feeney, Robinson and Purcell.
comprising the state Arbitration Conn
mittee, which left Albany last night for
Brook Ion, were in secret session at the
st. George Hotel this afternoon, and sub
penaed Messrs. Lewis and Norton, whom
they examined as to the cause aud status
OF the strike. The committee also sent
note TO Mayor Scheren, requesting the
presence of that official at the eXamina-
tion, but the Mayor positively declined to
attend.
At $50 this afternoon the trolley wires
that were cut on Fulton street near Sara
tosa avenue at 1880 were liked and tn Q
cars which had been stalled on both
tracks for four hours proceeded. Guards
from the Seventy-first regiment pre-
served order while the n9n were at work
repairing the wires.
lhls Is the most encouraging day we
nave Lad during the Strike,' said Master
Workman Thomas Murray 10 the Asso-
clated Press Representatives We are
getting the new men away from the rail-
xosd company as fast as they arrive.