Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
NotPerfectIy Happy.
Chicago Car Men Work Off
Their Surplus Energy.
A FEW "sOABs" BADLY BEATEN.

Much Dissatisfaction Among the Strikers
and the Reason Therefor-A "Scab"
Who Shoots and Thumper Who Hol-
lers Before He Is Hurt-Mr. Yerkes Ex-
presses Misunderstanding Scenes Along
the Street Railway Lines.
THE LATEST. Another strike of the north
side carmen is imminent. Some time to-day a
COMMITTEES of five will wait on Mr.. Yerkes,
if be will permit them, and submit TO him
the alternative of putting the old men back
in their regular places or having another
strike This was decided in a stormy meet
ing at Clybourn and North avenues that
lasted until o'clock this morning.
CHICAGO, Oct 18 -When the people of
this city got up yesterday morning thinking
that the strike trouble was over, they were
mistaken, for the day had hardly begun be
fore there were riots in progress on Garfield
avenue that were hardly eclipsed by those on
the west side last week The first of the
troubles took place at the limits barns, where
the strikers collected in boisterous crowds,
threatening the new men who are housed
there They positively refused to take out
grip-cars with the new men and the COM
Jany finally sent them out entirely manned
with the old men, in order to accommodate
the public.
But the greatest trouble occurred on Gar
field avenue and at the barns which are the
headquarters of that line. Here large
crowd of old employees collected and became
riotous Immediately it was known that the
line had been reserved for the new men to
work. The track was obstructed at different
points, and preparations made for a row.
The police, supposing that the trouble was
all over, were not present in sufficient force
to interfere
No violence was done, however until about
7:3O o'clock Groups of men were at that
time seen along both Center street and Gar
field avenue, from jay street east as far as
Burling street. One car having Just passed
Halsted street was boarded by twelve men
Their leaders first tod the conductor to jump
off the car and leave it. Being refused, four
of them took tie driver in hand while the
other eight began to belabor the conductor.
He fed into the car, pulling the door after
him. But his assailants followed him up and
struck and pounded him most numerically.
with which they struck the conductor, as he
lay bleeding on the mud in the street,
on the head and back, arms and
shoulders The conductor, whose name
is NJ H. Winter, first cried and then
moaned for help, but his assallants never
left off until he was insensible. Then they
ran away. woman few minutes later
came out of a grocery store close by, with a
basinful of water and a sponge and some
linen, and she, like good Samarita n, bathed
the injured mans temple and washed his
gaping wounds He had no less than fifteen
holes and bruises on his head and on his
| body The driver who had also been
severely punished, had strength enough left
/ to help the conductor on the car and take
| him to the barn Another car, in coming
| from down town, was similarly waylaid
| Four men jumped on, and one CT them said
he was a eommittes from the barn and
| threatened TO "knocR the life out Of the con-
| ductor and driver unless they surrendered
/ and gave up their jobs at once. Sidney
| Croswell, the conductor refused, however,
and was dubbed and struck until he fell half
unconscious off hs car. The driver, James
! Clabey, received even more severe castiga-
/ ton. The driver and conductor of another
| car, Charles Wilson and Al Ferguson were
also pounded with stones until they had a
score Of scalp wounds Another driver,
( Christopher O'Donnel was seriously injured
| By flying stones while the conductor, a
| young Englishman, an ex-clerk in a dry
goods store, was left alone when he put his
hand to his hip pocket as if To draw a revol-
yer, which he didn't have there All the SIX
injured men were taken to an upper room in
the barn. where they were comfortable and
4 received medical treatment. None OF the
| six men are likely to die although the injur-
| les which Winter and ODunnel received are
| of very serious nature
The barn boss meanwhile had telephoned
for police protection, and Capt. Setback at
once sent forty men, under command of
Lieut. Schuettler. When they arrived the
crowd near the stables was still very large
and mischevous, and before it could be dis
persed the club was used on a score of heads.
As new car pulled out of the barn a show.
Ell Of stones was thrown and four shots fired
at the driver and conductor by two men in
the crowd None of the bullets hit the mark
Both shooters had fed at once, but one OF
them, who gave the name of Louis Hen
erickson, and said he lived on Wabansia av
enue and was no striker, was arrested and
taken to Chicago Avenue station. Two off
GERS were placed on each outgoing car.
Dan Leahy, one of the new drivers at the
Garfield avenue barn. used a six-shooter yes
terday to defend himself Charley Burnley
and two other strikers attacked him at close
quarters. He was sitting in little room
resting his face on his hands when Burnley
and two friends came in. One of the trio
without saying word, gave the new driver
terrific kick in the jaw that loosensi tire,
or four teeth, and the other two were squar
ing off to use their fists when Leahy drew
six-shooter from his coat pocket and turned
it loose with the rapidity of veteran. H,
fired three times at his assailants at pon
blank range before one them could back GU
Of the room and escape, but his bullets whis
tied hsrmlessly past their heads and lodgeC
in the heavy door behind them. He thought
however, that he had hit Burnley, AM
the latter believed he was shot He prancet
, arouni the barn like ballet dancer for
minute or two, and when he finally left b
said that one OF the new mems bullets ha'
lodged in the fisshy part OF his thigh Hi
friends who believed he was shot carried hin
to a physicians office to nave his wound
dressed, bit when they got him there the,
were astonshed to find that he was sound a
be ever was in his life, Officer Coughlin sub
sequently arrested Burnley and a hostile
named Buch, who, it is claimed, pointed on
the room where Leahy was entrapped AN
assaulted by the trio of strikers
The new drivers jaw was nearly dislocate
by the kick he received but he will he abb
to man the front end of a car in day o
. two.
All the trouble is over a mistake on tn
! part of the men as to the meaning of til
settlement IL seems that many of Their
q thought they were all to be taken back
] while others believed that the places of new
: men who quit were to be filled with old men
/ as one of the old hands ingenuously said in
! complaint he made to the chief executiv
committee; 81 saw Superintendent Threed
to-day, and he told me that new men woulc
be put into the places made vncant be ne'
men until the list was exhausted This
contrary to tho settlement, and we hav