The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-11
The Police Charge the Crowds from Time to
Time in Efforts to Protect Cars and Drivers,
and Many Heads Are Broken by Clubs.
Exciting Scenes Attendant Upon the
COmpany's Efforts to Resume Traffic.
A Conference Late Last Night Ended in Flat
Failure, and o Crisis Is Very Likely To
BE Reached Sometime During To-Day.
THE CAR STRIKE.
Exciting Scenes Along the Lines and About
the Barns During the Day.


Exciting Scenes Along the Lines and About
the Barns During the Day.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, Oct l0.-There were large mum.
Der Of collisions between tho police and the.
crowds of people surrounding the car barns and
on the streets to-day, and the temper OF the
strikers and their sympathizers is evidently be-
coming more irritable. All day long the tracks
on the North Side were covered with obstruc-
tions, which were renewed as fast as removed.
and the policemen guarding the cars were forced
every few yards, to charge and disperse the
crowds which gathered in front OF the cars and
assaulted the 'scab' conductors and drivers
with ell sorts OF abuse The fret serious
trouble the North Side occurred during the
fifth trip made by the Garfeld-avenue cars.
They had proceeded as far as Indiana street
without serious difficulty. when they encoun-
tered crowd Of perhaps 1000 people who had
piled obstructons on the track. A gang Of
railroad lAborers were set to work to clear
away the debris, when fusillads was com
menced by the crowd Rocks, clubs and mis-
siles of every description few through the air,
snd when the police, after repeated charges,
succeeded in dispensing the crowd, IL was found
that three Of the laborers we're seriously injured.
They were Mike Gibbons, cut on the scalp and
badly bruised, seriously injured August Andsr-
son, struck with brick and face badly smashed;
Nate Crime, struck in several places by flying
bricks. They were removed TO the hospital.
More trouble was experienced, at about the
SAINT spot, ct $50. The crowd on the street had
been augmented BY persons returning from
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people were packed in the block on Clark street
between Illinois and Indiana A number Of Gar
feld-avenus cars came on their down trip. but
were stopped at this point, where the dsorderly
crowd we're throwing obstructions on
the tracks. Some bold sympashizsrs Of
of the strikers got some cedar blocks from .
neishboring street, and. pillue them on the
tracks, poured tar on them. The mass was
then set on fire. The police endeavored to dis
perse the crowd. but the thronc was 80 dense
that their efforts were unavailinR. and, realizing
that an attempt to force the cars through would
probably tresuit in & bloody outbreak, they were
ordered TO return to the barns. No further
efforts ware made after this TO run cars on the
North Side.
+ On the West Side all WAS quiet until about
about the Western-avenus barns At about
that hour Messrs. Gubbius and Carson, two
| supsrintenden,s, drove ont of the barn in
buggy. Their appearance excited the wrath Of
| the crowd, and they were met by a shower of
stones. Both men Immediately drew revolvsrs
and fred into the crowd, which became excited
| to the point Of frenzy. The horse became
frightened by the noise and started
to run. with the strikers iu pur-
suit. The buggy dashed across Madison
| street, and Gubbns and Carson again fred into
| tho crowd, which fell back and allowed them to
| escape. No one was hurt by the flying bullets,
| but Gubbins and Carson were captured BY the
police ss Oakley street and locked up
The most stubborn encounter of the day how
| ever, occurred at 4 o'clock, when an attempt was
| made to run a ear over the Madson-strss line.
Five thousand persons were crowded around the
barn at Western avenue when the car was run
| out, and they greeted its appearance with yell
| The crowd had been thoroughly exasperatsd by
the shooting ARRAY two hours previous, and il
WAS evident that it meant business. The car
had not proceeded ten feet before the csnnonade
began. Stones and bricks rained upon the
| car fast and furious. Police Captain Aid
! rich, who riding in his buggy along
| side the car, was struck by o brick and
had his scalp laid open. The driver of the car.
| man named Huxter, was twice knocked from
| the platform by wellaimsd missiles, while none
of the policemen and reporters inside escaped
| without some bruises. Meters were getting
critical, and the police appeared to be
unequal to the crowd. Fighting their
way foot by foot. the police gradually made
away by degrees as the car proceeded eastward
until. by the time Oakley street was reached.
nothing harder than curses were being hurled
at the vehicle and its occupants. The
! interruption, but when Ashland avenue was
| reached on the return trip the trouble began
again. The turbulent crowd encountered whsn
the car first started out was again met, and the
ground. Lieutenant Shea had TO order
| . charge. and the police did soms
| more clubbing. Another charge had to be made
at Western avenue, and finally, clubbing right
| and left, the officers succeeded In running the
| car into tho barn. The railway officials wanted
to run out another but Captain Adrich in view
of the coming darkness and the evident bad
| temper OF the mob, decided that such al at
tempt would be unwiss, and the barns were
locked up for the night A large crop OF broken
| heads resulted from the trip. but it Is not
known that any were dangerously hurt
A conference was held tonight between May or
| Roche and committees representing the North
and the West-side strikers, with view to . set
Element of the strike At o'clock the confer
| ence dissolved, but Mayor Roche declined to say
| what had been done. The street-car men said
that they would report the result Of the confer
| ence to the meeting Of the strikers who were
| waiting to hear from them, but declined to say
anything for publication.
] A large number of extra police have been
| sworn in tonight, and will be distributed to-
morrow at points where the greatest trouble is
| expected.
! A telegram was received this evening at the
| North-side strikers headquarters from the men
| who came here 20 take the strikers places, but
| returned TO Philadelphia Those who were
| formerly in tho employ of the traction company
there have been refused their,old positions, and
the other Philadelphia employees of the Yerkes
syndicate have taken the matter up. The trac-
tion company, the telegram states. has been no.
tilted that if the Chicago pilgrims are not taken
back within twenty-four hours that . general
strike will ensue. 1t is also sts.sd that this
strike might extend to Rochester, Buffalo and
Brooklyn, in all of which places the syndicate
has lines.
1t is expected that General John II. Palmer
will be greeted by immense audience at
Battery Armory tomorrow night, and IL the
strike Is still In progress the outcome Of the
meeting will be awaited with unusual interest.
| The meeting is part of the Generals political
| canvass as candidate in the election for Cos
ernor Of Illinois. and was arranged a long time
prior to the strest-car strike. General Palmer
has at all times and places during the canvass
| r1cvr ant