Show THE TROLLEY STRIKE Legislative Committee low Investigating Investi-gating the Canoes of It Brooklyn Feb 15The legislative committee appointed to investigate the cause of the trolley railway strike began be-gan Its labors today M J Connelly the manager of the strike stated thecae the-cae of the operatives Mr Connelly said he did not consider that the employees had struck but that the situation had been forced upon them by the action of the fom panics In the locking out of between 200 and 300 of the electrical workmen upon their lines upon their refusal to take the places of the motormen and conductor Another cause was that the company wished to Increase the number of trippers paying by the trIp whereby the men would be obliged to be in attendance from fourteen to Ifteen hours a day and would be unable un-able to earn more than 50 to 85 cents a day The reason the companies had given formal refusal to comply with their demands was that they could not afford it |