The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-10-11
TIE STREET CAR STRIKE,
CHICAGO CITIZENS DEPEND ON
SHANKS' MARE.
The Company to Attempt the Running
Of Cars To-day-The West Siders
May Also Strike.

CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-The second day Of the
strike Of the employees of the North Side
street car line, being the Sabbath, passed
off quietly. The company had originally
declared that it would not attempt to re-
sumo traffic until Monday morning, and adj
hered to its position. Not car was moved;
the fires in the furnaces of the power
houses were raked out, the huge machinery
lay untouched, and the musical warning
bell OF the cable car was mute; the 500 men
and the ], 600 horses of the company en-
joyed day of unusual rest.
Omnibuses, cabs, and extemporized con-
veyances piled an active trade, as on the
day before, and the streets of the North
Side were animated more than usual on
Sunday The weather was perfect.
The courage of the people of the North
Side is still at high tide, and if the men
provide means Of transportation at 5-cent
fare, as they yesterday resolved to do, the
practical sympathy of the people will long
remain with them. It is a common remark
that hundreds if not thousands of people
will give the men encouragement by declin-
ing to patronize the cars if they run with
out settlement Of the strike
It would appearxthat the efforts Of tho
company to replace their old employees with
men from Philadelphia, Kansas City, and
other points will prove abortive. Eighty
Of the Philadelphia importations, who were
Knights of Labor, returned home Saturday
night when they learned that they were to
be used to substitute strikers.
Further incident now seems to abide the
company's promised effort to run it's cars
to-day. Police protection has been promised
them by the authorities for this purpose, and
the company has surrounded its property
with private police in uniforms. The
officers of the regular force are VIGOROUSLY
warm in their sympathy for the men, and
it will be with little enthusiasm that the
patrolmen execute vigorous orders.
1t is not generally apprehended
that violence, if at any time, will occur
in the beginning, but will rather be de-
ferred to that time when by the stubborn
resistance OF the company the men have
grown exasperated. The influence brought
to bear upon them as Knights Of Labor is
all Of moderate character, and under the
discreet guidance Of their district chiefs they
will long keep out Of trouble. No one has
any idea, however, that if the company
proves energetic and relentless in its deter
mination not to yield violence can be
evaded
The Knights of Labor gave the warmest
kind of recognition and approval to the
strike yesterday in a meeting of district
assemblies "a, ~, 202, and 1a6 and the
State assembly at sc LaSalle street. Nearly
three hundred men were present, George
Schilling presiding. The purpose of the
special call for a meeting was announced to
be the strike of the North Side car men, and
no little enthusiasm was shown The joint
assemblies then proceeded to work after
their orde:ly and careful system.
The strike was discussed and resolutions
of approval and sympathy passed, followed
by successful motion to actively cooper
ate with the men. A committee was APP
pointed to secure, if possible, wagons and
obnibuses for public use at Scent fare.
Several members announced that there were
twenty or thirty such conveyances already
volunteered for service
The question of striking on the West Side
was virtually settled Saturday night when
over one thousand conductors and drivers
met at SO West Randolph street to discuss
the situation and receive a committee of
seven representing the North Side strikers
The meeting was enthusiastic from the time
of assembling at 10 O'Clock Saturday
night till it adjourned at 2 O'Clock
Sunday morning. Every man in the
meeting had an opportunity to de-
clare himself, and it was unanimously re-
solved to uphold the action Of the North
Side strikers, to declare strike Immediate
~ on the West Side system the moment Mr..
Yerkes should start his North Side cars
with non-union labor, and to demand an in
crease of wages before returning to work in
the event Of q strike
The executive board was vested with all
necessary power to carry out the directions
of the meeting.
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