Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-11
The Street Car Strike.
SEVERAL MINOR BRAwLs AND
ONE SERIOUS COLLISION.
MEN AND M OLUBBED.
Successful Attempts Are Made to Run
Cars on the North Side, but Not a
Wheel Turns ON the West
Side Lines.

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The second day of
the street car strike closed with a record
of several minor brawls and one serious
collision between the police and the
crowd, in which several heads We're brok-
en-. The feeling is not as good tempered
as 1T has been heretofore. 1t is probable
the scenes of four years ago may be re-
peated before the strike has continued
much longer. The action of the railway
officials in attempting to start the cars
on the West Side after announcing that
no such action should be taken yester-
day, was primarily the cause of most of
the trouble. The six cars which were
started out over the Madison street line,
manned by imported conductors and
drivers, and protected by the police, ran
the gauntlet of a storm of cries of
s'Scab, y "Scab,n and Rats - but made
the trip without encountering actual vio-
lence. just as they had reached the
Western avenue barns on the return trip,
however, Superintendent Maggie, who
was waiting at the barn to receive the
cars, was attacked by Jack Gleason, a
Northwestern switchman. There was a
general rush made by the crowd, and had
it not been for the opportune arrival of
the police, who arrested Gleason after a
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Jared badly. AS it wa he was very
roughly handled.
In the meantime there was great irri-
tation on the North Side, where the
crowds had been angered by the Climb
bing of women and men by the police at
the corne of Garfield avenue and Ar
cher street, near the car barn. The
tracks were covered with all manner of
distractions, and the four cars which
were running under police protection
were stopped every few feet until the
track could be cleared During the con-
fusion a man, said to have been Attorney
Furthman, the counsel for the road, had
a narrow escape from being mobbed. He
saw u little boy about ten years old bend
ing over the road, and jumping to the
conclusion that he was about to pick up
a stone, the man sprang from his buggy
and after flashing the child with his
whip dragged him into the buggy ard
drove off at a furious pace, pursued for
some distance by the crowd. AT other
times during the day four men and two
boys were arrested, charged with melting
to riot.
A large placard distributed by the
strikers is being displayed in the win
dows and on outdoor fruit stands, read
ing:
"Protect Chicago labor against Penn
%sylvania paupers. No Carnegie tactics
for u.s." (,
No attempt has been made to run cars
since dark, and the excitement has
measurably diminished. 1t is scarcely IT,
doubted, however, that the first attempt
to start the cars will be the signal for
renewed demonstrations and possibly
serious trouble.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-Successful attempts
were made this morning to run cars on
the North Side street car line. Six cars
started from each of the barns at ely
bourne and Garfield avenues, and Sedge-
wick street. A hundred police were on
hand to preserve order, but the crowd
were not at all demonstrative. Cars
have been making their trips without
any rnishaps up to noon. On the West
Side there has been no attempt to move
cars on any of the divisions. A rather
significant conference was held at the
West Side company's office between Su.
perintendent Doyce and General Man
ager Parsons and Superintendent Maggie.
1t is supposed they were discussing /
programme for running on all division.
of the West Side.