The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-26
BROOKLYN STRIKE
Several Small Riots Yesterday
Address TO strikers

| W t"S ftt9tueHt OF lne brooklyn rapid
Transit company It VIII be conuhsa ad
for the reason that i has the sympathy
Of an labor organizations not only IN
Now York. but in tle entire country The
unions in Greater Kew York have shown
their sympathy and support by their wu-
lingness to contribute b. those who were
| compelled O. sacrifice themselves tor
their fellow creatures. II matters not who
| the men are who will man the cars In
Brooklyn hereafter. they must receive the
benefit Of this effort and therefore will Re
much easier &c organize than we're thoss
who have just been driven out. In ther
homes and alone they will be shown tho
benefit they have received by the sacr'-
nces Of those who had sufficient courage
to insist upon their rights.
"The injustice OF the number or hours
| they are compelled 10 work each day Is
$50 thoroughly advrised that neither the
governor or the mayor can mo- longer sit
| idly hy and not recognize the Justice Of
! the mems claims and the people who own
these railways must see that n the nd
esf request OF the mon had been granted.
o. would hove been thousand times less
| expensive to the corporation than tae
thing they have forced upon themseiysa
! As evidence of this, I point to the Coney
Island and Brooklyn railroad, which was
rum without Interruption through two
strikes. { mention ihis 10 show that labor
lne men are not unreasonable and only
lsk FAIR treatment and when fair treat
mcnt is given those giving . reap the re-
ward
"I win do always whatever la in my
power 90 asst the men who have been
courageous enough to sacrifice themselves
for their fellow Nmeu and no one can
make me believe 80 that the fellow em-
ploye who has received the benefits WI
| forever remain those who made such sac
r.dces.
! "rhe newspapers can claim the strike
to be failure but no argument that
| they or any one elise csu use will zidsfy
me ,hut this strike has been ans thing
but victory for the men. aa the future
VIII prove
"In justice 10 Albert Johnson and the
| public I want TO say this Mr. Johnson
was opposed 20 the strike. lie reasoned
with them and pointed out 20 them why
they could not win and he advised them
e, - to the mayor and told them II the
mayor would not act he could settle the
matter loo ono hour withoutSstrike.
also said To- me that he had po motive.
other than a. friendly feeling for the men
who helped him 90 make hs money and
i am convinced that IL IS the truth"
Strikers and their friends held meet
iag tonleht and various speakers protes-
ted agaiust the presence Of troops and
the carrying of arms by the non union
! street car employees.
a state law exists which declares that
"a defendant arrested for carrying weap-
ons. upon provlntahtgh ETAo1NNNNU
ous. upon proving that he believed his
NE. iberty or property endangered while
pursuing any lawful act. shall be dis
2 charged
= Rain fcl during most OF the Afternoon
and dii what the police have been un
able 90 do-keep crowds from collecting
ana molestne cars. Eleven OF the four
d teen lines OF the big consolidated street
p railway wre la operation before ocloch
today The three lines on which ears wefs
not started were the Union. Barton and
clark avenue routes.
AHutaut General Axllne a. .n command
or the military here ana approXin,ate'
the force under HIM al twent ycompanie'
arerceatlug nearly l2.o men -Four hun.
' dr,d of them. from Columbus. Newark
aud ChIicothe arrived this mornimg ans
were distributed about the city at point
where trouble BE- feared.
= with he coming OF darkness today
n mau riots mostly in the forsign pnin
hablted parts of the city, made their ago
pearance au dconhicts ln which nobod
!, was seriously hurt took Racc betweel
y, Tho soldiers ana police on one de AM
i, the strikers and their sympathi2ors ol
~ the other on Broadway me ears ioade'
= with guards and e. few passengers trav
10 elled IN ps!ra and al Clay ana Pear
- trects a mob 81 about 2000 men and boy
with "a sprinkling of women. eaunere,
T. ana. when they could eludo the soldier
g. stoned the cars and The crews Conflict
In we're frequent and a number OF arrest
were made. Al ten o'cic,k detachnen
,e of militia charged with bayonets and as
"a pcrsed the rioters
e There were a. few inapleut riots
o. south Brooklyn before midnight bat 81
guards had me altuat.on wei n han'
be Mayor Fat'ey. 20 checkmaie the mayc
a OF south Brooklyn. whore sentiment
y; largely pro-strker dug from his must
Ia tombs an ancient law which declares thl
ln case of riol. etc. the mayor of n
lg largest city may declare himself th
De- chic fpoIce commander ln the count
1d Mayor Farley betaklng 20 himself IN
so authority. sw0re % as special police Oh
ne members Of ths Cleveland Grays and
s me Cleveland Scots Guards and p'ac'
We them under the command of uho p1H
depar ment They were sent over che r
h -r 10 Brooklyn for the purpose, not oi
?" d. OF preserving order generally but
+ keep an especial eve Oh non-union m'
who are regarded as being more partc
larry lu danger Ia that section than
,I any other part OF tho strike territory
"a. Mayor Farley late tonight issued
90 sroclamat on calling upon me citizens
,e. net calmly during the excitement VI a
strike ana to remoiu on the streets
he much ss possible
m Another rot was started al the sire
re- car barns near Bolton and quincy stree
ut- about 30 O'Clock Fineu hundred m'
ue were aemifed ana indulged in the usu
tone throwing They were dispersed a.
ten of them arrested
Mrs styles Nci entity