Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-19
BROUGHT TO a FOCUS.
Az the Employees on the North Side
Street Cars OF Chicago. Quit WORK
According 60 Their Pro
gsamme.
not a Car Roaming on the Entire North
DivistOn-1SO Violence Reported
EeOm the StEikers-Pinker-
ton Men on Guard.

CHICAGO, October 6.-Ihe bitter feeling
against President Yerkes' cable road, grow
ing out of the poor service rendered by them
to their patrons, has been brought to a focus
By the strike this morning. Public com
ment regarding it is not favorable to the
company. The Daily News this morning
quotes a recent interview with President
Yerkess in which, replying to the query, els
there any danger of a strike?' he said: ''NOi
not the slightest. The men have not
enough ambition to strike. That's between
you and me. Their spirit is broken Did
you ever notice one Of our conductors or
gripmen?''
Last night when down town the streets
were soaking ana slippery from the cold,
drilling rain, which had been falling for
more than twelve hours, the shouts of the
neWSDoys announcing that the strike of the
North side car men had begun, carried con
sternatiOn to thousands of wet, shiVering
shop girls clerks, merchants, factory en-
pIoyes and business men who were hurry
ing 60 the corners TO board the cars for
home For half an hour or more no cable
car appeared IN sight. The report seemed
to be well founded. Horse cars continued
TO run at Intervals, however. The rush to
these was so great that not One-fOuFth of
the people could be accommodated.
Those who could afford the luxury
engaged hanson cabs and other We
hIcles to draw them home. The poor shop
girls were the greatest sufferers. Many
colds VIII doubtless result from their long
exposure IN the rain, hundreds of them be-
ing insufficient clad without any protection
from the stormy weather.
But the alarm was false one. The strike
had not been lnaugurated. The delay and
stOppage of the cable cars for half an hour
was due to one of the accidents for which
the line has been cursed almost daily some
times hourly, since it was constructed. In
this connection 1t may be stated that susDI-
clOn exists that the strike is regarded as a
boom by PRESIDENT Yerkes, as aIfOrdiug an
opportunity to alter the mechanism of the
whole system. For this purpose a stOppage
of some weeks IS necessary, and could now
be had without Odium, which such a con
te5s1On OF failure would otherwise wake
Last night President Yerkes announced that
while an effort would be made to run the
street cars on all lines, the cable would, as
ne put 1t, bS abandoned altogether for the
present. Early this morning relays Of Pin
kertOn men were being sent over the North
SIDE, and put on duty about the car barns
and at the cable headquarters. 1t was ap-
parent Nh. Yei kes had determined to guard
against any and all contingencies.
THE STRIKE INAUGURATED.
CHICAGO, October 6.-The strike of the
street car conductors, drivers, cable and
grip men on the North side Wss inaugu-
rated according to programme at O'Clock
this morning. Not a car is running into
the entire north division. The sidewalks
the business portion of the city since an
early hour. Express wagons and rattle
traps OF all descriptions, on which temper
airy seats have been fixed, are being run by
the strikers and others, and are patrOnizsd
to their fullest capacity. Thus far no v1O-
Ience on the part of the strikers has been re
ported and none IS expected.
A GENERAL TIE UP EMINENT.
No change in the situation has taken place
since this morning. Not a single car wheel
has turned on the entire north division
since O'Clock this morning, and Superin-
tendent Ihre edy has announced that no at
tempt vii! be made to resume operations
until Monday next. lie says he has already
engaged $50 experienced men to take the
strikers places, and ne has been kept busy
throughout the day examining applicants
for places. A large proportion of them were
inexperienced men
Superintendent Doyle, of the west division
lines, called on Manager rkes this after
noon and informed him that he had received
notice from the men in hl6 division that IN
less some action looking to the settlement
on the north division Is taken before that
hour, they Will strike at midnight. There
seems to be no doubt that this will be done
The result viii be that transportation faciii-
ties for three-fOurths of the people of the
city will be cut of tomorrow. Considerable
sympathy for the strikers has been manifest
ed IN business circles and several subscrip-
ton lists in their behalf have been started.