Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-08
TROUBLE BREWING
Chicago Street Car Men Get
 ting in an Ugly Mood.
MAYOR RoCHE's PROCLAMATION.
The Men Goaded by the Arbitrary Stand of MT. Yerkes and the Philadelphia Syn by Police.

CHICAGO, Oct. S.-There were no i'm portant developments in the North Side street car strike yesterday. It was after o'clock in the 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 sup port to the North Side men, was debated at length, but it was finally decided to refrain from this step until an attempt was made tc operate the North Side road with ron-union or imported labor. A general sentiment was expressed that soon as any effort was made in this direction a strike should be de clared on the West Side, and before the con, ference was brought to close an executive committee, with power to act was appointed. Considerable satisfaction was expressed at the headquarters of the strikers when the result Of the meeting was made known, but no formal action was deemed necessary.
 There was no lack of transportation facili. ties on the North Sid during the day Fully 1000 hacks, hansonIs, omnibuses, express wagons, grocery carts and vehicles of every description 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 condition of affairs was due
 
 the strikers in issuing a general appeal to every one having vehicles not otherwise e1n ployed to put them into service on the North Side
 The meeting of the Trades and Labor as senbly was much more num2rOusly attended than usual, ill anticipation that the strike would come up for consderat Ol. Addresses were delivered by John Goodwin, of the West Side Drivers and Conductors association, and others severely scoring the i',.>t career ot MT. Yerkes and denouncing his present atti- tude, and resolutions were adopted sympa thizing with the strikers and pledging them the support of the amalganatcd trades organ. izations of Chicago.
 The first melee of the strike occurred shortly after midnight. A number of imported work men, under the guise of private detectives, arrived at the Larrabee street i:arns under escort of Capt. Schaack and d ore of city police. They were endeavoring tO get under cover without observation W!3aA a crowd of strikers on the other side of the street began to shout ''Scab," This infuriated the cap tain, who springing from his buggy, ordered the posse to disperse the crowd. They were slow in obeying, and the officer sprang to the front with the cry, 'Cowarcis disperse this mob" They then bounced upon the strikers The latter quickly dispersed in every direc. tion, but not until half dozen had been severely clubbed
 good deal of bad feeling was manifested at the strikers headquarters this epi, sode, and the reading of a dispatch from Philadelphia printed in one of tho morning papers, and setting forth that the strikers might as we'll understand at once that the Quaker City syndicate proposed to run their road without Chicago interference, did not tend to put the men in better humor.
 Mayor Roche issued the following procla- nation in regard to the strike:
 CHICAGO, Oct. ', 1S38.-Wheress controversy has arisen between street railway company ands it's employees, and it is necessary for the preservation of good order that the collection of people in crowds should be avoide1 therefore citizens are hereby requested not to congregate in the streets, and thus aid the authorities iu maintaining the peace.
 JOHN A. ROCHE, Mayor.