The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-07-09
STREET-CAR STRIKERS.
A LIVELY DAY IN CHICAGO FOR THE
POLICEMEN.
The Exclted Strikers FIJI Madison
Street Along Its Entire Length
u Nariona sitnation.

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CHICAGO, July 2.-The West Division
Street Railway company has made no at ]
tempt, since the serious encounter on I
Madison street yesterday afternoon. TO
run out any Of its cars. The officers Of
the company have had several consulta-
ton with the mayor and chief Of police
without any apparent result. Mayor
Harrison declared his willingness to
give the company police protection pro-
VIded It was prepared TO put its cars in
but he aid not believe In keep
ing the entire police on duty to Oversee
the running Of TWO OF three cars. The
newspapers are beginning to look at the
situation as one Of serious import and
the Times this morning intimates that
the hesitancy of q mushy mayer in 1871,
provoked the serious riots CT that year
and warns Mayor Harrison that any hes
itation in preserving the peace at this
time may result In q similar outcome.
In the mean time practically every car
rage in the city has been pressed into
service tor the accommodation of the West
Side travelling public, ana the public is
not much inconvealeEced. The street |
car company IN the past having pur
chased or driven out of business all OF |
the omnibus companies, comparatively I
few of the la,tei's style of |
vehicles are remaining in the |
city, but the present emergency |
has resulted in bringing to light con- |
siderable number, and IL is almost idle |
to state that these and every band wagon
or other side seated conveyance N the
city has been pressed INTO service. The
prevailing fare is ten cents. and express
wagon drivers have statt that they have
- =.
passengers within an ordinary run of
business.
CHICAGO, Auly 3.-Groups Of strikers
and their sympathizers began 10 gather
1T the corner on Western avenue as early
as O'Clock this morning. IL had been
reported that large IeinlOTcements were
on their way from the STOCK yards 10 aid
| in resisting the officers IN iheir attempts
| to get the cars started, aud there was 40
little talk OF possible blooushed. Soon,
however, the striking conductor appear
ed with the Information that the presi-
dent of the association had accepted the
scheme for settling the ditfereuces by ar
| bitratIon and that no attempt wCuid at
present be made to start the cars out.
The arbitration committee, he said, was
to be composed of citizens, OF which two
members would be chosen by the
strikers, two by the company and Mayor
Harrison TO be the third. At 80 there
were no indications of trouble and less
than twenty. five men were about the
barns.
600 g. m-Ihe West Division Street
Railway company have just started a
few cars from their barns at Western
avenue. About one block from the
starting point they found their progress
barricaded by lumber and gas pipes.
piled upon the track, which the police
are now engaged in clearing away un-
molested by the strikers. Patrol
wagons loaded with police arc
placed along the way and every street
corner on Madison street has its strong
force of police. Madison street bridge
Is being doublY guarded.
8 q. m.-The street cars have just
reached Ashland avenue. At Hoyle
avenue the strikers or sYmpathiZers had
gained access to a lot of shovels which
had been used by the gas company
trench diggers, and piled a huge bank
of dirt Oh the track. The foreman o!
the gas company gang, finding the
shOvelS used by the strikers
had taken possession and locked
them up, so that when the police arrived
they found only workman present
minus their shoYels. The police cap
tain it is reported asked the men tOl
their shovels and on their replying thai
the foreman had locked them up, il Is
stated that the
: POLICE COMMENCED USING THEIR CLUE:
: on the gas work employees and severs
/ men were terribly beaten, some having
their heads split open.
8 a. m.-Under the protection of tbs
? entire reserve police force CT the city, STA
cars were sent out by the west division
: railroad and succeeded in making then
I | way into the business part of the city
and encountered no opposition beyonC
that mentioned at Hoyle street. which
; proved not to be very serious. Car
were filed with policemen and in fac
. the entire thorough:are Is lined Will
q policemen, and west Of Ashland avenue
: no vehicles of any kind are allowed upoI
the street. The police have made al
$ ready more than one hundred arrests o
persons suspected OF an :nclina
, ton To impede the progress
l of the cars The cars mad
. their WY on their Journey to Western
7 avenue without any encounter and wer
r started east agaIb tor another trim
Q Madison street, sl1ug It's entire length
{ is fillea with excited strikers and sym
v pathIzPrs and curious spectators TIT
e windows of buildings overlooking tn
e street are also Ii led with people. Out
q side OF this one street. however, there i
e no excitement ana business is beiu.
: pursued without any apparent Teferenc
10 the strike.
IL rs q, m The siIeet cars on thei
. second trip made the journey safely
5 The police, however assumed the OF
, iensiVe and arrested every b1dy maxim
S a sign to create Disturbance. WheI
Q the cars began their return trip Mayo
d Harrison appeared on the scene at tn
g corner of Halstead ard Madison street:
g on his gray charger. He drew his hors
: to a sland-still in lhe middle q IN
: street aud waving his hand to the crow
g began making d speech. The polio
Y have only been compelled TO make on
= rush this forenoon.
. 1870 p. m-The street cars have mad
. a third trip without mtlSstation tn
= crowds are not quite 50 d-Dss and to
y excitement appears TO have in measuI
y subsidized. Nobody but policemen, how
ever, are riding upon the cars and ih
y company is not sending out any cars e.
Is cept when thoroughly guarded, and 1t
II not attempting TO run cars on any stree
e except Madison.
h 2:30.-The situation is affecting a.
It street Car strike remains unchanged u
q to this hour. MADISON street is sti
n densely crowded, and The car compaH
IS has made no practical progress towar
d accomplishing "a resumption at traYe
. The company held conference wit
"a Mayor Harrison, but nothing resUlte
n from 1t CLAIM is made ia some quartel
= that the authorities have net met the en
= Urgency in the proper way, spdthst MOI
- vigorous measures will have TO be pn