Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-10
BEYOND THE ROCKIES.
Chicagoans Take to Shoe
Leather.
STREET CAR TRAFFIC CLOSED.
The West Side Men join the Strikers,
RiOting Begun-0ther East
ern Happenings.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
CHICAGO, October 0.-The two great
street.car systems OF the West and the
North Sides are now tied up. The strike
on the West Side began this morning as
soon as the last night car was run into
the barns. Nearly three-fourths OF the
population of the city is LETT without
other means of transportation than foot
ing it or riding on extemporized carry
alls and express wagons.
RIoTING BEGUN.
The bitterness of feeling toward the
management of the lines appears to
increase and the contagion gives evidence
of spreading to outside elements in the
population not under the strikers con-
troll. At Garfield and Larrabee streets
to-day a number OF boys laid large
plank across the track and fastened it
securely with iron spikes. When six
Garfeld-avenue cars came from their
downtown trip they were stopped. The
police got out patrol wagon but did not
offer to remove the obstruction. The
strikers Immediately surrounded the cars
and as result of their solicitations
three of the new men joined their ranks.
The success of this action led others to
follow the boys example, and riot fol-
lowed. The street was jammed with
howling mob and the tracks covered
with distractions. Employees of the
road endeavored to remove the debris,
but it was replaced as fast as taken
away. Finally the mob became SO
large and demonstrative that the sergeant
in command of the police ordered q
charge. The officers, aggravated some
what by the stubbornness of the people,
responded with will. They made
rush and used their clubs freely. Men
and boys were hit, and even women were
not spared, one woman, who was parti-
cularly demonstrative, being severely
wounded by club blow on the head.
Altogether about fifteen cars were run
at irregular intervals during the day.
Everywhere the new drivers and conduc-
tors were greeted with hisses and oppro-
brious epithets from the crowds which
lined the streets. Alderman Reich, of
the Twenty-third ward, took prominent
part in delay which occurred at point
where an excavation was being made
under the tracks. The policemen in the
first Car alighted and pushed the car
over, and those on the next car were
about to do the same when Reich stepped
forward and ordered the officers to keep
their hands off, adding that it was
shame to have these "scabs" run the
cars.
A sCRIMMAGE ON MADISON STREET.
The strike on the West division was
without special incident during the day.
A fnxv, nl
lines early in the after noon under police
guard All went well at first, but dis
turbance more serious than those on the
North Side marked the ending of the trip
on Madison street this evening. AS the
cars were approaching West avenue on
their return, the crowd surged around
them in such compact mass that it was
impossible for the horses to move. A
platoon of police forced way for the
leading car, but the one following was
brought to sudden stop by wooden
wedge inserted in swicth by some per-
son in the crowd. In moment after its
stop the vicinity was pandemonium.
Stones and sticks were hurled at the car,
and the air rang with yells and curses.
A flying brick caught Assistant Superin-
tendent Nagel, who was driving Car, in
the stomach-uttering an oath, he pulled
a revolver from his pocket and turned
toward the crowd. His example was
quickly followed by the conductor,
but the two men were disarmed with
little ceremony by the police. Nagel
left the car and was Immediately at
tackled by Northwestern switchman,
named Gleason, who was under the in
fuence of liquor. This man had to be
mercilessly clubbed and then sat upon
in the patrol wagon by several officers
before he could be subdued. Others
were scarcely less determined and but
for the fact that all appeared to be un-
armed the fray would scarcely have been
finished without loss of life..