St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-08
The North Side Street Car
Strike Is Still in Full
Bloom.
An Amusing Procession of
Hacks, 0mnibuSeS and
Grocery Carts.
Mayor Roche Warns People
Not to Congregate in
Crowds.
Special to the Globe.

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-There were no i'm
portant developments in the North
side street car strike to-day. 1t was
after 2 O'Clock this morning when the
conference of the employees of the West
side road, which is controlled by the
same syndicate, came to an end. The
advisability of striking without further
notice, in order to give moral support
TO the North side men, was debated at
length, but it was finally decided to re-
frain from this step until an attempt
was made to operate the North side
road with non-uniOn or imported labor.
A general sentiment was expressed that
so soon as any effort was made in this
direction strike should be declared
on the West side, and before the
conference was brought to a close
an executive committee with
power to act was appointed. Considera-
ble satisfaction was expressed at the
headquarters of the strikers when the
result of the meeting was known to-
day, but no formal action was deemed
necessary. There was no lack of trans
portatiOn facilities on the North side
OohAhG NiiS Odys ullJ 1.OOO jdChS, ndIl-
SONS, omnibuses, express wagons, gro
Gerry carts and vehicles of every descrip-
tiOn moved in one continuous stream
from the county building to the city
limits and back again. There were
more of them, in fact, than there were
loads of passengers to carry. This con-
ditiOn of affairs was due to the action of
the executive committee of the strikers
in issuing a general appeal to every one
having vehicles not otherwise employed
to put them into service on the North
side. The meeting of the trades and
labor assembly this afternoon was
much more
NUMEROUSLY ATTENDED
than usual in anticipation that the
strike would come up for consideration.
Addresses were delivered by John
Goodwin, of the West Side Drivers
and Conductors association, and 9TH
ers, severely scoring the past career of |
Mr.. Yerkes and denouncing his present |
attitude, and resolutions were adopted |
sympathiZing with the strikers and |
pledging them the support of the ANAL |
gamated trades organizations of Chi |
cago. The first melee of the strike oc-
CURED shortly after midnight this morn
ing. A number of imported workmen,
under the guise of private detectives,
arrived at the Larrabee street barns |
under escort of Capt. Setback and a
score of city police. They were endeav-
Oring to get under cover without OBJ
servation, when crowd OF strikers Oh
the other side of the street be-
gan to shout 'scab." This infuri-
ated the captain, who, springing from
his buggy, ordered the officers to dis
perse the crowd. They were slow in
obeying. and. springing to the front
with the cry, towards, disperse this
mob" the officer with his men behind
him pounced upon the strikers. The
latter quickly dispersed in every direc-
ton, but not until more than half
dozen had been severely dubbed. A |
good deal of bad feeling was manifested
at the strikers headquarters to-day over
this episode, and the reading aloud of
dispatch printed in one of the morning
papers. and setting forth that the strik-
ers might as well understand at once
that the Quaker City syndicate" pro-
posed to run their road without Chicago
did not tend to put the
men in better humor. Another meet
ing of the West side men has been
called for 10 o'clock to-night,and rumors
are current that they will decide to
quit work tomorrow. Mayor Roche to-
night issued the following proclamation
in regard to the strike:
Whereas, A controversy has arisen between
a street railway company and its EMPLOYEES.
and it is necessary for the preservation of
good order that the collection of people in
crowds should be avoided; therefore, citizens
are hereby requested not to congregate in
the streets and thus aid the authorities in
the peace.
JOHN A. ROCHE, Mayor.
THE NEW MEN.
Fifty-five of the new men imported
by Yerkes from Philadelphia were en-
ployes of the Philadelphia Traction
company. Fifty of the number were
union men and five non-union men.
The fifty union men were taken in
hand by the strikers as soon as they
arrived in Chicago, and tonight had
all pledged their word not to work for
the West Side company. They claim
that they were brought here under the
false representations that they were to
work for new road on the West side.
Their transportation back to Philadel-
phia will be procured by the strikers.
The meeting of the executive committee
of the West side conductors and drivers,
which was to have been held at 10 |
O'Clock tonight, has been postponed |
until 9 O'Clock tomorrow morning. The
reason for the postpOnement has not
been made public.
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