Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-17
NOT YET OVER.
The SmOldering Fires of the Chicago Strike
Threatening to Break Forth.

CHICAGO, Oct 15-At 1890 this morning
the collectors and drivers of the North Side
Car Mems union met in their hall at the
corner of North and Clybourn avenues.
There was a large attendance, Mayor
Boldenwick, of Lake View, and George
Schilling made speeches counsel
ling moderation on the part of
the men and telling them to wait
till other means had been exhausted
before resortiug to another strike. Schii-
ling urged the appointment of a special
committee to wait upon Mr.. Yerkes today
and try to effect settlement of the diff
culties between the men and the new non
union employees.
The men said both before and during
ing the all night meeting, that had they
fully understood the features of the COM
promise agreement. they never would have
declared the strike off nor accepted the
terms agreed upon by the conference COM
mittee. Then the members of the COM
mittee declared that there had been a mis-
understanding.
The report circulated just after the
meeting began, that twenty-five of the old
gripmen are to be displaced, had anything
but a soothing effect upon the men gen
orally. Some of the speakers advocated a
stay of action until after November l,
when the new system begins.
BY the abolishment of The car system it
is siad that'at least 100 men must be en-
ployed and those of the strikers who are
disposed to view the : matter with GOODNESS
say that by that TIME all the men now out
of employment will be'given new places,
and thus the whole matser is settled salts
factorily. The meeting adjourned at 2:i5.
a committee was appointed TO wait upon
Mr. Yerkes today and get his interpreta-
ton of the agreement finally.
At the Lakeview council meeting last
night Mayor Boldenwick presented com
munication saying the North Side Street
Railway company had forfeited its charter
in Lakeview because for nine days it had
not run cars every fifteen minutes during
the day as required by the ordinance. The
communication was referred to the mayor
and city attorney,
CHICAGO, Oct. l6-Much surprise and
dissatisfaction was expressed by the cable
car men of the north division when they
reported for duty this morning and were
informed that the grip cars We're thereaf-
ter to be run by new men hired during the
late strike. The old employees were allow
ed TO run the gri p cars yesterday and they
supposed that they would continue to do
so. The new grip men are mostly from
Kansas City. BY this arrangement about
100 of the old men found themselves with
informed them that the new men would
continue to run the grips and that the old
men who were displaced would be distrib-
uted among the various horse car lines
The grip cars were guarded by police but
no violence was offered TO the new men.
lt was expected that the committee from
the old men which was appointed last
night to confer with President Gerkes
would call on him during the forenoon,
but they did not appear and Mr.. Yerkes
left his office at O'Clock Ia the afternoon,
saying that he would not return until late
in the day.
The lack of experience of the gr;pmen
resulted in the cables being broken in sew
eral places. Two cars were stalled this
evening in the La Sale street tunnel and
just when traffic is usually busiest.
A riot occurred at North avenue and
Halstead street. Two horse cars. driven by
new men, were showered with rocks and
nearly demolished by the angry crowds on
the sidewalks Only the timely arrival of
patrol wagon saved the imported car
men from being stoned to death within
the cars where they had taken refuge.
Quite number of passengers Were hurt
by flying missiles before escaping from the
proximity Of the hated new men.