New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-16
STILL RIOTING IN CHICAGO.
THE STRIKERS NOT ALL BACK AT WORK.
MISTAKEN AS TO THE RIGHTS OF THE NEW MEN
UNDER THE AGREEMENT-CARs AGAIN
ATTACKED ny A MOB.
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tBY TELEGRAPH THE TRiBUNE1
Chicago, Oct. 15.-For the first time IN many
days street cars running usual IN all par'S
Of the city to-day. 1t appears, however, 'ha' 'ne
trouble on the North Side is not fully settled
There is much dissatisfaction among the strikers
over the terms of agreement made yesterday wl'h
Mr.. YerlxcS
I'VE cannot work with the new men, said one
Of the hot heads and long as they are al Work
we will not be satisfied"
Another conductor said that at meeting to be
held tomorrow determined effort would be maze
TO tie up the whole North Side system again
While the men have not obtained all tney
struck for originally consider that in the settle
ment they have achieved victory said George
A. Schflng this morning Mr. Schilling returned
from his Eastern trip yesterday morning, accom-
panied by two delegates from District Assembly
No 226, which controls the surface lines OF New
York and Brooklyn.
II thint it was n signal victory he continued
1t is one of the greatest in labor circles wlthln
the last twelve months"
About 6 80 o'clock this morning one of the
new men was passing the rear Of the barns, when
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
Finally he succeeded in drawing his revolver. HIS
aSSallantS UeU ana ne purSucu iiN NiN"
four shots at them one of which struck one of the
pursued men in the foot. The wounded man was
afterward arrested and recognized as a driver
named Burley.
The old employees werc at the Racine and Clay
bourn ave. barns this morning early with their
uniforms on and, as they understood 1t, TO take
their cars out as usual. else get some informa-
ton to where they were TO go to work Ihey
knew that some of them were to be discharged
and that some of the new men were TO be re-
tanned on the road but how many? The first
car left the barn at 6O4 a. m, in charge OF two
new men. The old employees stood about In the
drizzling rain and saw seven cars leave the barn,
all in charge of new men, They applied at the
barn-door but were told that their places were
TO be filled by new men. This inccnsed the strilS-
ers. who supposed that the trouble had been ad-
justed When the third car reached the corner
of Osgood-st. the enraged men climbed upon the
platforms a huge boulder struck the driver IN
the side Four men grapped with him, but he
broke from them and ran away. The conductor
was attacked by eight men, and seeing that the
car was surrounded by the mob he entered and
sat down. lie instantly picked up ana
pitched headlong into the street The stoppage
of the first car brought the remaining three OF
the set of twenty-four to standStlll, and the
mob attacked the men on all of them. The scene
was of the widest description. Men with blood
streaming from their faces were seen scamperlng
from the cars, chased by the mob.
When the cars were abandoned the crowd fell
back. leaving them standing the track. The
employes ran back into the barn, and when the
call for the police which had been sent IN TO the
Halstead Street Station. was responded to, there
were little evidences of the riots perccpuoe' rive
men, however. four of whom were from fhila-
Gelpha, were nursing prrIscd neaos III tIc uoI-
<f fbo har Of
ugly contusions caused by bricks ana CLUBS. III
was not long before the running OF cars was re-
sumcd and soon twenty were making the 1rlps;;
Iouis Hendricks one of the rioters was arrested
and taken to the lastcad Street Station. ne
jumped on the platform OF the last car anu anu
Threatened the conductor with revolver Inc
ears were at once placed under the prOtecuon OF
two officers. one each ON the front and rear plat
forms, Last night the result OF the conferences
known and the fact that all the new men Wouiu
be put on the Garicld-ave. nne spread ,,Iny 1Mc
no bounds and all those who live along thc fouye
Of that line who were IN sympathy WIN lhe I. oiu
men at once began TO make preparations iOr ,n"n. a.
ing il as uncomfortable Tor the he" Nm a,o do
possible AS a result of their work, Garheid-ave:
and entrest this morning presentea s9d' 5d tbn
delighted the hearts OF the cHstrlFers ana iheir %
sympathizcrs These two thorOn shtares were plock-
AIDED as they were never before with ola wagons, ions
stones, planlls aud the heaped-up ashes oi nuge
;oIIiucat'on fires built last light Thoso obstruc-
lions extended for blocks. Later IN inc day
number OF the old employees gathered hsrns a. s
liouor store opposite the car paIno
and drew up a request for SPECIAL nlectn3.
The request was forwarded to Master Workman
Christie when Mr. Ierkcs heard OF the troupe
Ia ;sened nroclamation 10 the men in which he
said From what transpired this morning 1t
appears that you have not been Informed py
your committee of the arrangements made yestcr-
dav in regard to your coming back into the en-
ploy of tn. company. 1t this: that there
were 10 be certain barns set apart for the new
men, and that you were 10 work from others
The barns given to the new men are the krogcr-
ST barns and part OF the limits barn. The
old men who have been in the former barn, and
also those whose places have been filled at tho
limits barn, should be divided around at the
others, and the men there should be willing TO
divide up the work with them