River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-18
MAY sTR.Ks AGAIN.

Chicago Car-Nen Dissatisfied with Nerkes'
] depreciation of the Conditions Of set
Element, and Hold a Needing to Dis
euss the Question Of Ordering Another
Strike-A serious Riot.
night.
CHICAGO, Oct. l6-When the time 70
oegin work arrived yesterday morning
The old North side carmen appeared at
the various barns. On most Of the lines
Dnly eN-strikers were put to work. At the
Garfield avenue barns the old crews re
ported for duty, bat soon found they had
been superseded bg the new men, One
hundred ana five Of the old force applied
Tor work. In the interior the new employees
we're massed and ready TO so on the trip
The refusal incensed the strikers,
who anticipated that the trouble had been
GIL adjusted They grew ugly and turned
away muttering and sulky Along the
curbne Of the streets in the vicinity they
stood waiting for the cars to move.
The first vehicle passed out and along
Garfield avenue without molestation.
When the third reached the corner of Os-
good street sortie was made upon IL
Enraged men climbed upon the plat
forms A huge bowlder struck the
driver in the de. -Four men grappled
with him, but he concluded that
safety necessitated a speedy departure,
and ran. The conductor was attacked By
eight men and seeing that the car was
completely surrounded by the mob, he en-
tered and sat down. He was instantly
picked up and pitched headlong into the
street The stoppace of the first car
brought the remaining three Of the set
OF six to standstill and the as
sailants proceeded 10 handle the men
furiously. Rocks contested posses
son of the foggy atmosphere with the driz
zling rain, and every body seemed TO be
yelling and swearing The scene wae Of
the widest description. Men with blood
streaming from their faces were seen
scampering from the cars. chased by the
mob, which had by this time been worked
up to the most intense passion. II
lasted but a few minutes, and when the
cars were abandoned the crowd tell back,
leaving them standing on the track
Employees ran back into the barn, and
when the call for the police, which had
been sent in TO the Halsted street station,
was responded TO, there were little evil
dences of the riots perceptible. Five
men, however, four of whom were
from Philadelphia. were nursing bruised
heads in the dormitory of the barn, some
of them suffering from ugly Commissions
long, however, before the running of the
cars was resumed, and soon twenty were
making the trips.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at the Gar
field avenue barns early in the morning,
aud one of the old employees OF
the company was shot. At about
6:30 o'clock one of the new men
young fellow whose name could not
be learned, was passing along in
the rear Of the barns. Suddenly four OF
the old employees jumped upon him and
began beating him. He was kicked
in the back and stomach and struck
in the face and pretty roughly
handled. Finally he succeeded in
drawing his revolver His assailants
fed and he pursued them. He fired fouI
shots at them, one of which struck one oil
the pursued men i'm the foot. The man
who was shot was afterward arrested and
recognized as driver named Burnley The
police are after the others. Burley's
wound, while painful is not dangerous.
Mr.. Yerkes, il is stated, informed the
men yesterday that if any of the new men
on the Garfield avenue line quit the serv
ice OF the company their places would be
filled from the ranks of those hired sine
the strike began and not from among the
old men, as il was understood when the
agreement was reached on Sunday
This exasperated the ex strikers
and was the main cause of yester
days riot. A meeting was at once called
at the request of the dissat SIZED, and was
held at 1890 this morning in the hal
corner of North and Clybourn avenues
There was n large attendance. Mayor
Boldenweck, Of Lake View, and George
Schilling made speeches counselins
moderation on the part of the
men and telling them to wait until othe
means has been exhausted before resort
ing TO another strike. Schilling urged the
appointment of Master Workman Christis
and Mayor Boldenweck as - special com
mittee to wait upon Mr. Yerkes to day anC
try to effect a settlement of the renee:
between the men and the new non unior
employees
The action of Mr. Yerkes in filling The
Garfield avenue barns and cars with new
men was denounced, as the old men haC
been told TO report for duty at those barns
and did so report. Great Indignation wa:
expressed at the announcement that TWEEN
" five new men would be put on the limit
grips to-day to be instructed by the
old men, u was announced thai
m my old employees who had been prom
inent in the strike. but not in a violent
way, had been discharged and the BELIEF
was expressed that all the leaders were t
be weeded out Many of the men warml,
advocated a renewal Of the strike this
morning
Some Of the speakers at the meeting adj
vocated stay Of action until after No
vember /, when the new system begins
BY the adjustment of the set car system il
is said at least 100 new men must be EN-
ploy ed, and those of the strikers who are
disposed to view the matter with GOODNESS
say that by that time all the men now Cul
of employment win be given new place
and thus the whole matter settled salts
factorily
The meeting finally decided to follow
Schilling's advice, and a committee Of five
with Master Workman Chrsty at its head
was apo inted to wait upon Mr.. Yerkes
to-day to secure from him an exact con
struction OF the agreement as he under
stands IT, This committee will report al
another meeting Of the men to be held to
night
The men declared both before and dur
ing the sll-night meeting that had they
fully understood the features Of the
compromise agreement they never
would have declared the strike of
nor accepted the terms agreed upon
by the conference committee. Even the
members of the committee declared that
they had either been duped or else the
willy baron had stolen a march on them
and altered the agreement, the original OF
which was left in his hands, only copies
being furnished the committee and Mr..
Gage.