The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1895, Page 1

STRIKE EXTRA NO. 6 _ PRICE ONE CE ——: out Reading Mandamus to ONE MAN SHOT IN tho Presidents of all the surface rail- roads in Brooklyn where the employees are on strike. Dear Sir: 1 am instructed by the em- pioyeos of your Company, including linemen who were in the service of the Company on den, 13, 1895, to offer you ineir services on the same terms and scale of wages which obtained on and after Jan, 1, 18%, which were, you know, $2 @ day for motormen and conductors having full-day cars, and not less than $1.50 for motormen and conductors having trippers. If these terms are accepted the com- mittee will meet you and arrarge to go to work within six hours. In conclusion, permit me to observe that though this Js a great concession the employees of the Suita ee BS TAREE ak’ {it im the interests of the public, who have been great sufferers from the con- troversy existing between the corpora- tions and their men. MARTIN J. CONNELLY. Copies of this letter were sent to President Norton, of the Atlantic Ave- fue Company; President Lewis, of the . Brooklyn Heights Company, and Presi- @ent Wicker, of the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railway. Maalfesto to the Public. As goon as the letter had been sent, the following manifesto was issued to the public: To the Public—We have this day ent to Messrs. Daniel F. Lewis, Benjam Norton and G. H, Wicher, representing the different systems of street rail- . ways which have ceased operation in the city of Brooklyn the subjoined lett: which speaks for itself: We will add that we have made this offer, not because the strike was waning or our cause weakening (it never was stronger), but in the interests of Brook- lyn, our home, and its citizens, our friends, we are willing to make the aacrifice in the letter.” It a signed by Martin J, Con- nelly, John Giblin, Andrew D. Best, William G. Holcombe, Patrick J. Col- [a ling, members of the Executive Commit- tee of D. A. 7%, K. of L. $ OLD, ARRESTED AT TEN YH. In case the companies refuse to accept the terms offered, the offer will prob- “ ably be made the basis for an applica- ton for a peremptory writ of mandamus, ‘The Presidents, it is said, will then have no excuse for not running all cars, vead. seers NIGHT EDITION MEN OFFER T0 They Agree to Accept $2 a Day Wages and $1.50 for the Trippers. NORTON REJECTS THE TERMS. He Threw the Letter Away With- It --- Peremptory Some Troops Ordered Home and the Entire First Brigade May Be Relieved To-Night. TOGO BACK. Be Asked for. A POLICE CHARGE, Che. (“Circulation Books Open to All. The penalty is a fine of hot more than $260 for each violation, It will also be alleged that the law restricting the speed of the cara haa been disregarded. Ask for a Peremptory Wet Lawyer Towns, when asked this af- ternoon concerning Mr. Connelly's let+ ter, mal “I don't know whether to call Mr. Con- nelly's concessions a surrender or not. If the general public and the railroad companies regard {t as such that is all we ask. “The railroad companies can no longer offer as an excuse for the poor service they are giving the public, that they have not sufficient men to run the cars or that their employees have refused to come back. “I shall make application to-morrow morning in the Supreme Court for @ peremptory writ of mandamus to compel President Norton to operate all his cars on the various lines of the Atlantic Avenue Company for the convenience of the public. “Mr, Connelly’s letter will be used tn making the application. We feel very friendly towards President Lewis, and the men are sure that had it rested wita him the strike would have ended long When Mr. Norton was told of the pro-| posed mandamus proceedings, he sald he| was operating his lines, and he didn’t| care how many writs of mandamus were secured. ‘The committee which walted upon General Master Workman Sovereign in | Philadelphia returned this morning. Upon their request an order has been issued to Knights of Labor all over the country asking them to notify men en- gaged by the companies of the true state of affairs in Brooklyn and to pre- vent the consignment of men to Brooke lyn, ‘The order was at once telegraphed to all the iarge citles east of the Missis. sippl. Master Workman Connelly this after- tic Avenue Railroad, was seen by an noon sent the following open letter to! “Kvening World” reporter and asked for @ statement regarding Mr. Connelly's letter, he said: “I have just received some kind of a letter from the strikers. I don’t know | what was in it, and I don't care, As soon as I saw the signature attached to the letter I tossed it inti fooat da fo the waste ‘They may send these letters by the ton, but they will have no effect upon the stand I have taken in the fight. “The place of every striker is filled by new men and there is no chance for the old men to get back. They left us: we didn't discharge them, I have nothing mere to say." Mr. Norton then sent out the follow- ing notice to the new employees: “All the new men who have come to Us during the trouble and have secured positions are assured of these positions Positively as long as they desire to re- main with the company, and it is my earnest wish that all men who have stood by us at this time and have done such excellent service, shall remain with us, and they may rest assured that the company will furnish them with all the Protection possible, “I desire to thank each and every one of them for his very efficient service and Railroad Norton, of the Atlan-|tated the Tea-Hour Employment attention to our business during the last two weeks, “I also desire to have it distinctly understood that no old men who were formerly with us shall be put back on the road to the detriment of the new men, Their places were made vacant and they have been filled, and I am glad to say all of the men seem to be thoroughly efficient and familiar with the business, “This notice ix Issued because there has been me notion abroad that the new men would not be retained. ‘This is to certify that they will be so long as they desire to, and are satisfied to con- form to the rules and regulations of this Company. BENJ, N' President Lewie, of the Brooklyn Heights Company, refused to be seen with regard to the letter, but sent word to the reporter that he had received it and was considering it, and might have {something to say later on, Lawy ‘Towns, it was sald this morn- }ing had advocated the sending of such a letter, and early to-day Master Work- nnelly repeated with some em- the strike would not be called off under any conditions. bring to the notice of District- Norton Threw the Letter Away Us-| jiiorney Ridgway that the Brook-| attended by an ambulance surgeea, and lyn Heights hes vie-~ Changing the Guard of the 22d at Bergen Street and Nostrand Avenu Lawyer Towns has said he will| badly beaten, Situation Greatly Improved. ‘The strike situation so far im- proved to-day in Brooklyn that many people were of the impression that the whole trouble had been settled, Cars which had not been seen since the strike began, fifteen days ago, bowled merrily along the rails without molesti tion, and on a few lines police protec- tion was dispensed with. At the offices of the Company it was claimed that forty of the forty-eight lines which were tied up were running cars, some on schedule time, Of the routes still unopened, the greater part are minor branches. On the Cypress Hills road, is still dis- abled by broken wires, The figures given out by the officials showing the number of cars running, are Greatly exaggerated, the strikes say. The first car to Red Hook over the cross-town line was started this morn- ing and reached its destination with very little trouble, Here and there the tracks were obstructed and the wires desorated, but no acts of violence took Place. Two policemen guarded the non- union crew. THE CROW WITH THE KATZENJAMMER. | Thee other cars were sent out, and only one met with any mishap, two windows of it being broken, Mam Shot by the Poltce. There were only a few acts of violence reported to-day during the morning | hours, but as the day advanced many | outbreaks occurred | During @ small riot on Nostrand ave- | nue this afternoon the police fired into |a crowd and one man wae wounded, It is said, seriously. Six men were ar- | rented, | A policeman in South Brook: | lyn was attaceked und a few ‘ones j were thrown here and there and two | shots were fired from an air gun at Gates avenue cars near Bushwick ave- | nue. | Motorman L. A. Robarg, of the Ber- jwen street line, while on his way to jwork to the depot at 6.60 o'clock this| morning was attacked on Atbany ave- nue, between Dean street and Atlantic street, near Albany avenue. He was knocked down, kicked and|the Jamaica route. pounded into Insensibility. He was una- ble to go to work, and w: under the escort of a Car 1,527 on the Gre nue line in charge of Conductor Willis| The cross » was attacked at 2.20 this afternoon by & mob ut Gates and Patchen avenues. | to be practically rebuilt. Seven of the car windows were broken | celves itr power from ‘and an effort waa made to take off the motorman and conductor, but it fatled.| cut off. Later in the day the police heard that two motormen and two conductors were imprisoned in Odd Fellows’ Hall, the strikers’ street, near Gates avenue. Sergt. Button and Policeman Callan went to the hall and rescued the men. George Washburne, thirty ef 1440 Fulton atreet,” Brooklyn, was caught in the act of cutting @ trolley wire at Flushing and Harrison avenues. Veral of the linemen who went on A pair of long wire cutters, fifty feet of rope and other implements were] desire to return to work. them applied In person to Supt. Bock- Last night the wires were cut in Mas-| bank at the Herkimer street and Brook- and also the cable which runs/ lyn avenue shops this morning for thelr old places, and a committee, purporting waited upon Sup r the boundary | Bockbank \o arrange for the return of —— found in his possession. from the Kent avenue power-house and supplies power to the The cable was cut n |line between Kings and Queens coun-| the wiremen. sheriffs in Maspeth on duty. avenue, by some unknown men, and He received a scalp wound, and was ‘went to the stables, Motorman Kingen, of the enme las, ssaulted at 6,20 o'clock this morn-| A practical electrician stated to-day y fifteen strikers on Herkimer that it will require at least a week to/ statement, and that It was too late repair the dismantled trolley wires of He declares that the entire line has been pulled down Cemetery and 2 about} Various labor organizations adopted | recollection and every manifestation iceman. Cypress Hill and Gates ave- | twelve bloc! headquarters, in Palmetto! m | | | | Wire-Cutter Captured. rs old, ut aspeth house. | to act for others, There are seventy-five deputy| At the r avenue Iii HIS HOLINESS, POPE LEO XIII. sent home| between the National a distance ctions and the feed wires are gone, and the line, he says, will h This line re- the Ridgewood | station, and the connection is entirely Where short sections of the wires are left dangling in the air the decorations are profuse. In one place a large Christ- tree hangs suspended, balanced by all that 1# mortal of @ late dog and cat. | Rewards and Lock-Ou The psy-roll of the Broadway line wi made out to-day, and ft was announced that all new men will times the amount to which they are en- sympathetle strike have signified their air shops of the Atlantic upt. Quinn said that none His Holiness SATOLLIS WO Dr. Tooke! the secretary to Mgr. Satolli, at 2 ‘clock this afternoon made public the long-expec| d encyclical from the Pope. It Is a document of about 9,000 words, The most interesting parts, from a newspaper view, are those relating to ‘Mer. Satolll and the Papal Legation, de- fining the Pope's attitude on labor and workingmen, and certain references to the press, The Catholic University in dwelt on at length and considerable space is devoted to the interest the Catholic Church has always taken in America and its tnstitutions, The en- cyclical in full ts an follows: To Our Venerable Brethren, the Arch- bishops and Bishops of the United States of North America, Leo XIII, Pope. pnerahle Brethren: Health and apos- tolle benediction, We traverse in spirit and thought the wide expanse of ocean, and although we have at other times addressed you in writing, chiefly when we directed encyclical letters to the bishops of the Catholic world, yet have we now re- solved to speak to you separately, trusting that we shall be, God willing of some assistance to the Catholic cause among you. To this we apply ourselves with the atmoxt zeal and because we highly n and love ingly the young gorous American nation, in which | of the linemen had applied for rein- nt alike of civilization and of Christianity. Not long ago, when your whole nation, as was fitting, celebrated with grateful now, anyway, 4s he had all the men he could use, Ald for the St he resolutions of sympathy with the | of Joy the completion of the fourth cen- ‘strikers yesterday, and many contrib- the discovery of America, we juted money, the largest donation being nmemorated together with you | $1,000 from “Big Six. that most auspicious event, sharing in It has been proposed that a stage | your rejoicings with equal good-will. Nor jline be started between Greenpoint and | Were we on that occasion content with lctty Hall, to be run by unton con-| offering prayers at a distance for your ductors and motormen, and the profits| Welfare and greatne: It was our lto be given to the strikers’ fund, If the | Wish to be in some manner present plan is carried out contribution boxes| with you in your festivities. Hence we Will be placed in the stages. |cheerfully sent one who should repre- turned to Albany, and it is not thought] |” _ Ls Seat ean Likely th: he eting will be held. part in your celebration. ‘or when y that another meeting w held. | brats he It was learned this morning that) America Was, as yet, but a new-born na babe, uttering in its cradle tts first feeble during the tie-up the Company had been inc Un AEA crane 1A Beat Seene taking men from the West End road, | Cre the Chureh took it to her 5 + land motherly embrace, Columbus, running to Coney Tsang, and using them |e aie eine ealy shown, sought ae een by eteen ten These | labors, to open a pathway for the Chris- aves men have bech panning the ears | tan faith into new lands and new seas. i * | Keeping this thought constantly in view, at auch a high rate of specd that nearly | yi irat wolicitude, wherever he disem- barked, Was to plant upon your shore the sacred emblem of the cross. Wherefore, _ i ——— | like the Ark of Noah, surmounting the For , entries and other |overtlowing waters, bore the seed of “ Gand7, | Tsrwel together with the remnants of MEARS Ro Weinie BARS? 8 | me numan race, even thus did the barks (Continued on Second Page.) How the Sweethearts and Wives Expected Their Harees of the Seventh to Look on Their Return To-Day. boring Men to Obey Laws © and Avoid Violence. Catholics Instructed to Join No Se cret Orders That Are Approved by the Church. e|™orality and the defense of religion? Exhorts La= RK APPROVED. © e Not launched by Columbus upon the carry Into regions beyond the seas, aa well the germs of mighty states as the principles of the Catholic religion. - ‘The Early Chareh in America, This in not the place to give a detatie®’ account of what thereupon ensued. Very rapidly did the light of the Gospel shine upon the savage tribes discovered by the Liguria For it is sufficiently ‘well known how many of the children ef” © following centuries, to voyage for this purpose, how they cared for the colonies brought over from Europe; primarily and chiefly, how they verted the natives from superstit! Christianity, sealing their labors in instances with the testimony of blood. The very names newly given 80 many of our towns and rivers mountains and lakes teach and clearly” witness how deeply your rin F were marked with the footprints of the © Cathoile Church, 3 Nor, perchance, did the fact which we now recall take place withqut some der sign of Divine Providence. Precisely at the epoch when the American colonies, having, with Catholic aid, achieved lb / ‘ty and Independence, coalesced inte & Constitutional Republic, the ecclesiag- cal hierarchy was happily established > among you; and at the very time when the popular suffrage placed the great Washington at the helm of the Republic, the first Bishop was set by’ apostolic authority over the American: tween these two men, seema to be evidence that the United States ought te be conjoined in concord and amity with. the Catholic Church. And@ not se; for without morality ti annot endure—a truth which trious citizen of yours whom just mentioned, with a Keenness sight worthy of his gentus and manship, perceived and the best and strongest support of ality is religion, tles are founded, and, setting before es the motives most powerful te influence us, commands us to live virtuously, and forbids us to tranagress. Now, what is the Church other thai legitimate se- clety, founded by the will and ordinance of Jesus Christ for the preservation @f For thia reason have we repeatedly en- deavored from the summit of the Pontif- dignity to inculeate that the Church, while directly and immediate! yaiming et at the salvation of souls and the beate utude which is to be attained in heaven, is yet, even In the order of termnoral things, the fountain of blessings so numerous and so great that they could not have been greater or more Bumerous, and the original purpose of her inetitu- tions been the pursuit of hapiness dur ing the life which ts spent on earth. Progress of the Republic. ‘That your Republic ia progressing and developing by giant stridea is patent te all, and this holds geod in religious mat- ters also, For even as your cities in the course of one century have made & marty vellous increase in wealth and power, We behold the Church, from scant and slen- der beginnings, grown with rapidity te be great and exceedingly flourishing, Now, if, on the one hand, the inereased riches and resoarees of your cities are tive industry of the American people, on the other hand, the prowperous condition of Catholicity must be ascribed, first, indeed, to the virtue, the ability and the prudence of the Bishops end the clergy: but in no slight measure also to the faith and the generoalty of the Catholie laity. Thus while ‘he different classes @x- erted their best energies were you @na- bld to erect unnumbered religious and } useful institutions, sacred edifices, scheole for the institutions for the instruction (Continued on Second Page.) 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