The Portland daily press., 1885-07-08
SENDING OUT CARS.
The Chicago Street Railroad Com
pany's Trouble.
Comments of the Chicago Times on
the Situation.
The Men Will Return to Work To-
Day.

CHICAGO, July Notwithstanding the
rlot0us demonstration yesterday afternoon,
tne company sent out 80 of its cars at 7.30
o'clock this morning on the Madison, Ran
dolph Lake and Van Buren, street lines. Six
or eight policemen rode on each car, while
the streets were patrolled by heavy re-
serve force. Early down town cars were all
well .patronized, ladies and working girls
constituting the bulk of the passengers. Out
wardly everything was quiet along the sever
al street car routes, the crowds not being
permitted to assemble. Car Driver Wallace
Chatfee, who was assaulted by the mob last
evening, is at the county hospital in pre-
carious condition. Eight persons have been
arrested for participation in the disturbance
OF yesterday afternoon. Pending settle
ment of the strike the residents Of the West
Division are depending very largely upon
express wagons and other fmprovised CON
yeyances by which to reach the business por-
ton OF the city, and are compelled to pay 10
cent fares.
The Times is the only paper that has ex-
pressed any decided views towards ending
the strike. 1t says this forenoon that there
can be no question that the blockade should
be broken at once at whatever cost. The
spasmodic running of few cars loaded with
police will not accomplish this most neces-
sary result, for it is well understood that the
people Will not travel in cars under such con-
dltlons Persons who care for theirtown
safety will not take risks, and the number of
chance of having their heads broken or of
fighting their way through is exceedingly
small.
The eight men arrested for participating in
the attack upon the street cars yesterday
were arraigned this afternoon. and their
cases continued until the 10th inst James
Kennedy, charged with having made muir
derous assault upon the injured Conductor
Chaffee, was held in $4,000 bail.
UP to noon no violence of any kind had
been reported today.
IL a. m.-PreSident Kleicken and two other
members of the Garments Association are
at this time holding conference with Supt
Lake
Cars are now running with considerable
regularity on Madison, Lake, Van Buren,
armed officers Thurs far today not an at
tempt has been made to ditch cars Strikers
are awaiting with much interest the outcome
of the conference today.
The strikers this morning addressed a let
ter to the president of the West Division
Street Car Company, stating they were will
ing TO compromise on basis to be determin-
ed by three judges Of the courts. In answer
to this President Jones submitted to the
strikers proposition that the 16 discharged
men be reinstated, with the exception of
those OF the number against whom charges
Oh neglect OF duty or incompetency can be
made and sustained. The demand on the
company the day before the strike was that
the discharged men be taken back and
guaranty given that in the future no man
would be dismissed without chance to de-
fend himself against charge preferred
against him. President Jones stipulates
that all the men on strike first return to
work, when he will submit the 16 discharg-
ed mems cases to iany three disinterested
persons to determine whether there was not
proper cause for their discharge.
AT a meeting of the striking car drivers
and conductors tonight, it was agreed to ac-
return to work tomorrow. In this way the
last barrier to the settlement Of the difficult
ty by arbitration is removed as upon the
return of the men the company agreed to
submit the question of the reinstatement of
the discharged men to disinterested parties
for final decision.