Defeat Admitted

BnooKLYN, Fob. 18.- In calling off the strike on the Brooklyn Hcitits and the Brooklyn, Queens County aim'Suburban railways, district assorably No. Tó has issued the following address "To the public:" "Acting in behalf of their employés, we presen ted to the officials of tho Brooklyn Heights and tho Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railway conipanies certain rcquests for iniproved conditions of labor on thcir roacis for the year 1895. yubsequentJy these requests, which were never otlier than of the most reasonable nature, were modifled so as to leave tho companies uo excuse for a failure to come to agreements with their employés. We havo oxhausted every honorable ineans to effect a friendly sottlement. Complalng of the Company'Oftlcials. "But tho trolley ofllcials assumed a most nncompromising attitude and ref asod to raake a single concession in response to our reasonable requests. They wunt furthox-, and so far from improving the condition of their employés they insisted upon terms less favorable than they hud made without protest in 18S4 and previous years. Their exactions forced their employés to suspend labor on Jan. 14 1 ". Since then there never has been a dav on which tho men have not been willing to go more than half way in an endeavor to adjust aruicably a difficulty that entaik'd hardship on the employés as well as incalculable loss and ineonvenienee to the public. Lacle of mwilcTiil ion for the Public. "The companiea have not had the same coasicleratiou tor tho public; the samo spirit of compromiso. They started out to Btarve thoir employés into submission, ind they have flnally succeeded. It has boen a íighfc f dollars aguinst empty stomachs, and as was to have beon expsctoJ tho dollars have won the victory, though a dear one. Our people, after a heroic resistance, have at last submitted to the inevitable. The civil, the military, and in some instances the judicial powers havo all been used to cocreo theni. We desire to return our most sincere thanks to the orgauizations and individuáis who have in any way aided our people during the strike, and hope oursyinpathizers will never feel the power of corporate oppression. Many of the Strikers Ucotitute. "Many of our people still need assistance to keep the wolf of hunger from their doors. A little from the many will suftice, and any citizen, society or newspaper that will help our people in this respect will rcteive the best thanks of all, with the hope that the time will yet come when cqual rights will bo accorded to all, special privileges to none, and that all will stand equal before the law. "We remam most respectfully, [Signed] Maetin J. Coxxelly. .1X0. GrIBLIN. P. J. COLLIKS. W. L. Hajlcombe. Asdkew D. Best. Stül Uu .g';iinsl Norton. This actiou on. the part of district assembly 75 will permit the strikers of thirty-three roads to return Co work, or at least apply to be taken back. The strike against President Norton, of the Atlantic avenue line, is still on. Wliat the Trouble Has Cost. President Lewis, of the Brooklyn Heights Raüroad company, said that during the day bout 600 of the old men had applied for work. A number of them, he added, had been reoeived back into the fokl and others had had their names put on the eligible list. The strike has lasted thirty-four days and a moderate estimate of its cost is $3,000,000. Assembly No. 75, K. of L., had about $75,000 on hand at the start, which has gone, with about the same amount subseribed by sympathizers. Tlie men have lost $350,000 in wages, and it lias cost the state JS50.000.