The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-12
Rhe Club in Action.
"A Day Of BrawIs on the Chicago
Street Car Lines.
FORCE MET PROMPTLY BY FORCE


DISTRACTIONS and Broken Heads Result
West Side Lines Idle aud n Small Riot tn
Begin with-One Resisting Rioter Gath
cred INA Number of Arrests-Excite-
ment Increasing and Trouble Ahead.
CHICAGO, Oct. Cat $50 o'clock last
night, after five hours consultation with
President Yerkes, the COMMITTEES of drivers
and conductors of the north side street rail
way system we're unable to reach an agree
ment, and a strike was inaugurated at
O'Clock this morning. Two hundred thou
sand people will therefore be temporarily, at
least, without street car facilities In the
course of the conference tho strikers it is
said, offered to submit the matter i'm dispute
toa board of arbitraion-two to be chosen
by the employees, two by the company, and
these four to choose a fifth, but Mr.. Yei kes
declined to accede to the proposition.
CHICAGO, Oct. All the men on the west
side decided at O'clock this morning to
inaugurate strike on all the lines in their
division of the city. This action was brought
about by the report OF the committee that
called on Mr.. Yerkes at o'clock this morning
asking for further demands for the North
side men. Mr. Yerkes asked for more time,
saying be would let them know later in the
day. The committee said he must decide
then and there This he refused to do, and it
was so reported to the men in waiting at Sea-
mems hall. Upon receiving this news il was
unanimously decided to strike, and as soon
as the last all-night car was run in-about
O'Clock this morning-all the lines on the
west side we're to be tied up.
CHICAGO. Oct 10-The fourth day of the
street car strike closed with a record of sew
eral minor brawis and one serious collision
between the police and the crowd, in which
several heads were broken. The feeling last
night was not as good-tempered as it had
been, and unless there are some quieting in
fuences set to work it is probable that the
tumultuous scenes of -four years ago may be
repeated before the strike has continued
much longer. The action of the railway Off.
Gals in attempting to start the cars on the
west side was, Of course the cause of the
troubles there, and though it is said that the
company had announced positively that it
would not attempt to run cars on the west
side until the north side trouble was over,
which announcement when disregarded an
gered the strikers, there is no reason to be-
lieve trouble would have been averted at
whatever time the attempt TO start the cars
had been made.
The conference Monday night between Mr.
Yerkes, Mayor Roche, and the west side and
north side strikers committee resulted in
Mr. Yerkes making cry considerable con-
cessions; he offered to increase the wages
but not to the extent demanded, and to grant
several OF the demands of the men as to tme
etc. but his offer was almost contemptuously
rejected by the strikers meeting. The con-
sequence was "tie-up" on the west side
leaving about $4,000 people, in all, to de-
pend on walking or the innumerable "arks"
that are being dug up from all parts OF the
city, to get down town.
When the west side company determined
to try to run a few cars yesterday afternoon
some half dozen cars were manned with
new men, ami started out of the barns The
news that this step had been taken spread
like wild fire over the north and south divis-
ions, and tho excitement among the strikers
and the unemployed that crowded the streets
was infamed to fever head At every cross
ing along the route of two miles or more
large crowds had assembled, and the APP
pearance of the cars, with their loads of po-
lice officers was the signal for a tempest of
groans, Kisses and shouts of "Scabp
"Shamep and "Ratsi' But the officers.
much to their credit, bore the attacks with
equanimity, and simply smiled at the exas-
perated crowds
At Fifth avenue and Madison street, where
the cars were brought to halt by a block
ade Of vehicles in 'front.' about 200 newsboys
took up the stroin of their elders and hurried
imprecations at the conductors and drivers,
one diminutive urchin in knickerbockers,
not more than ~ years old. going so far as to
step upon the front platform of the forward
car and shake bundle of papers under the
drivers nose. A blue coat promptly took
him by the collar and landed him in the
a,.l he -
an effect that the rest OF the journey was
made in comparative peace.
When the cars had reached the Western
avenue barns on the return trip, how ever,
the trouble was resumed. Several hundred
strikers and their adherents had congregated
In tho locality, and Superintendent Nag q,
who stood at the barn doors ready to give
admission to the cars, was singled out as the
especial object Of their wrath. Scouting |
danger he rang up the police box for the |
police, but he had hardly done so before |
Jack Gleeson, heavy, muscular swi Gilman |
on the Northwestern road, sprang forward |
and struck him severe blow in the face. |
telling him to the ground This was the |
signal for a general rush of the strikers to |
the barns, and a riot seemed imminent. For. |
tuuately at this moment Capt. Aldrich with |
a detachment of police appeared on the
scene, and Gleason, meanwhile fighting like |
tiger, was dragged into thu barn. the |
officers clubbing him at every step.
Meanwhile the crowd had retreated to q
safe distance. Upon the arrival OF the pa
troll wagon Gleeson, still biting, kicking and
fighting, was dragged into it and hurried
away to the police station. 1t took the com.
bined force Of tie entire wagon.load of off,
GERS to hold him down 1t was half an hour
later before Superintendent Maggie ventured
to emerge from the barn in his buggy, but
the strikers we're waiting for him and stones
fell as thick as snowfakes about him and his
vehicle as he rapidly drove away.
80 raIr s,Onra.