St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-08
BACK AGAIN TO WORK.
Chicago's Great Street-Car Strike Finally
Ended-Oars to Run This
Morning,
The Strikers Accept the Proposition Of
the Company and Seem Well
Satisfied.
Cleveland Strikers Shut Down the
Iron Mills and Create Great
Excitement.
Gross Mismanagcrnent of the Shacka-
maxon Banh--Two Murderers
Lynched.
The Street Car Strike.

CHICAGO, July notwithstanding the
riOtouS demonstrations yesterday afternoon
the West Division Street Railway company
sent out thirty two of its cars at 7:3O o'clock
this morning Oh the Madison. Randolph,
Lake and Van Buren, street lines. The
care were all guarded by from six to eight
policemen riding in each car, while the
streets were patrolled by large reserve
force. The early downtown cars were all
well patroniZed ladies and working girls
constituting the bulk of passengers. Out
wardly everything was quiet along the sew
eral street car routes, crowds not being per-
mitted to assemble. The car driver Wallace
Chaffee, who was assaulted by the mob last
evening. is at the county hospital in a pre-
cariouS condition. Eight persons have been
arrested for participation in the disturbance
yesterday afternoon. IN the meantime
residents of the West division were de-
pendent very largely upon the express
wagons and other improvised con-
trivances by which to reach the business
portion of the city and were compelled uni
f0rmly to pay 10 cents for fare. The Times
Is the only paper which has expressed any
DECIDED VIEWS
toward ending the street car strike. 1t
said this morning: There can be no ques-
tiOn that the blockade should be broken at
once at whatever cost. The SpaSmOdic
movement of few cars loaded with police
will not accomplish this most necessary re-
suit, for it is well understood that the peo-
pie will not travel on cars under such con-
ditions. Persons who care for their own
safety will not take the risks and the num-
Der of those willing to pay for a ride with
the chance of having their heads broken or
fighting their way through is exceedingly
small" The Times has no advice to offer
the parties in the disturbance as to the
mode or terms of a settlement, but it insists
that the embargo on the trade of this great
city shall be raised without further delay.
If it is true, as has been said that the police
force is insufficient to insure the absolute
safety of the citizens travelling 10y any con-
Veyance upon the streets of Chicago, then
it is manifestly the duty of somebody 10 in
woke higher and more efficaciOuS power
The state maintains a militia of some
strength, which should have been called
upon long ago, and if this is not sufficient
for the purpose, then the national army
should be invoked. 1t would be cheaper
for Chicago to pay the cost Of lining
EVERY STREET WITH SOLDIERS
than to suffer for another day the calamity
it has endured for week. The eight men
arrested for participation i'll the attack
upon the street cars yesterday afternoon
were arraigned before a justice of the
peace this forenoon, and their cases con-
tinued until the 10th inst. James Kennedy,
who is charged with having made the muir
derous assault upon the injured cardriver,
Chaffee, was held in 81, 600 bail until the
11th inst. The strikers this morning adj
dressed letter to the president of the West
Division Street Car company, stating that
the strikers were willing to compromise on
q basis to be determined by three judges of
the courts. In answer TO this PreSi-
dent Jones of the railway sent a written re-
ply, and as a result of this a deputatiOn
from the strikers went into consultation
with the officials Of the company, and it
terminated at noon, when Mr.. Jones and the
president of the Conductors assO-
citation went to attend the meet
ing of a special committee OF the
city council arranged for last night. There
was only a short session of this committee,
when Mr.. Jones made proposition to the
strikers to resume work.
The city council tonight received re-
port of the committee appointed last night
to assist in effecting a settlement of the
differences existing between the West Di-
vision Street Railway company and its
the committee stated briefly that he and his
colleagues were present at a conference be-
tween the representatives of both sides and
the mayor and came away with the
understanding that all the differences
had been adjusted, and that cars would
be running tomorrow as usual. A motion
was instantly made to accept the report and
discharge the committee, before any mem
bers who may have been so disposed had
an opportunity of inquiring on what basis
the alleged adjustment had been made.
The motion was carried 1t is stated as
coming from an alderman not on the COM
mittee, that that body on reaching the place
Of conference, was politely but firmly re-
uuested by the strikers to withdraw, as its
services were not required, and that not
even the mayor was present. A subsequent
private conference between President Jones
and committee of strikers was held. At a
meeting Of the striking car drivers and con-
ductors, tonight it was agreed to accept
President Jones' last proposition and re-
burn to work tomorrow. In this way the
last barrier to q settlement of differences by
arbitration is removed, as upon the return
Of the men the company agreed to submit
the question of reinstatement of the dis
charged men to disinterested parties for a
final decision.