The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-18
THE TROLLEY STRIKE
MANY PEOPLE OF GOODLY BROOK
LYN STILL FORCED TO WALK.
fused to Arbitrate and Say They
Will Import Men.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, JAN 17.-Still the great
trolley strike remains unsettled. and both
the officials of the companies and the strik-
ers claim to be of victory. Aside from
the breaking of the strike the De Kalb
and Franklin avenue lines of the Brooklyn
& Newton Railway Company and the run
ming of a few cars on the Putnam avenue
line of the Brooklyn Heights Company,
the situation Is practically unchanged.
Presidents Lewis and Norton, of the
Brooklyn Heights and the Atlantic avenue
roads. respectively, stand firm. They de-
clare that they have nothing to arbitrate
and that if the men wish to return to work
at the old terms they may do If this
offer is not satisfactory the officials further
state their places will be filled by the men
WHO are coming in from outside cities.
Messrs. Lewis and Norton dined to-day at
the Hamilton Club with Mayor Schieren,
Police Commissioner Welles and Corpora
ton Counsel Mcdonald. The matter was
fully discussed, the mayor arguing in favor
OF some concessions to the men. This, how
ever, seemed to have little effect, for, later
in the day Mayor Schieren gave out a
statement in which he said: Il have con-
ferred with committee from the strikers
and with the railroad presidents. but we
have reached no conclusion. The officials OF
tic idiiIOdo COlupdulSS IelIlalI llTIIl III their
stand which they have taken and say that
the men may go back on the old agreement,
If they wish to, but there will be no treaty
with the strikers executive committee"
Mayor Schieren, while expressing a belief
that the strike would soon come to an end,
seemed to think that all the efforts on his
part were wasted. He said that President
Lewis had laid the blame or the stoppage
OF traffic on the city, declaying that had
the companies been afforded proper police
protection, the cars on all lines would have
been running on schedule time.
The disturbances to-day were of a trivial
nature, the strikers apparently holding off
until the decision of their ex-employers
could be learned.
this evening and it was thought that the
night would pass away without any clash
between the the police and the strikers But
over number of nonunion men at Fifth
avenue and Twenty-third street, policeman
Murray: of the Eighteenth precinct, was
knocked down and had his skull fractured
by a rock thrown at him by a striker or
some syympathizer syn ni. The policeman was TAX
said he was badly hurt. His condition at
Midnight was. critical.
wards settling the Brooklyn trolley strike
was the conference between administration
commissioners. the representatives of the
Brooklyn. Queens County & Suburban
company, After lengthy argument they
save one. President Wickers said he had
brought $50 men from Philadeiphia and
other cities. under contract aud that these
men would have to be provided for To
this the strikers would not agree and the
negotiations ended. Another attempt to
bring about settlement will be made to-
morrow.
Why They Want Ricks Removed.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 17.--At the meeing of
the Central Labor Union. last night. the
action of the judiciary committee of the
House in recommending the beginning of
impeachment proceedings against Judge
Kicks was discussed. John L. Mcvean one
Of the directors of the American Railway
Union, was one of the speakers. He re-
ferred 10 the decision in the Debs case.
and city" he said. decided against the
workingmen the federal judges have gone
on following III the same footsteps The
der against the tersHency. II new judge