The morning news., 1889-04-13
RIOTS IN THE STRIKES.
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS WAR.


Two Cars Started from the Stables
Find 1t Impossible to Make Their
Trips-Police Use Their Clubs So
Very Freely as to Cause Unfavorable
Criticism
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, April 12.-There
has been no change in TIE status of the
street railway and motor employees strike
since last night. The strikers offered to
submit to arbitr 7tion, but President Lowry
refused to entertain their proposals, saying
that wages had got to be reduced A strik-
ing motor engineer, Charles Reynolds,
was set upon by two special po-
licemen and severely dubbed this morning
for no apparent cause His assailants were
promp ly d scharged from further duty
The company has received a great many
applicati for work and claims that the
ple ces If the strikers can easily be filed.
Walking continued good this fncrning, but
impromptu bus lines did not fill the de-
mand.
AN ATTEMPT TO RUN CAR.
The street car company made its first
formal tempt 10 raise the strike shortly
after / o'clock this afternoon. The move
was made at the Fourth avenue car barns.
A special detail of policemen was on hand
to tide in the car and see that order was
kept. President Lowry and Manager Good
rich drove to tie spot in carriage 30 see
the fist wheel move. The car proceeded on
its way but had not gone 90 feet before it was
stopped by the men, the horses unhitched
and tie car showed back in the barn. The
car carried Sergt. Helm aud several police
men, but they made NJ atte npt to arrest
anyone. The st. Paul men are all called
out, and street cars there ceased to run at 3
O'Clock. The employees sought concessions
from the company before striking, but
without effect.
SERIOUS DISTURBANCE.
A few minutes before o'clock this after
noon there was a serious disturbance on
Washington avenue, near First avenue
south. Fourth avenue car bad with
great difficulty made its way to the
tarn-table and was on its way back
1t was surrounded by a huge and ex-
cit crowd, who hurled abuse of all sorts
at its occupants. Finally some one set the
brake on the rear platform and stopped it
At this juncture squad of mounted po-
licemen dashed out of an alleyway from
the Central police station and rusled at full
speed into the crowd with clubs drawn.
Once in the center of the crowd they
arrested three men and retreated.
TIE crowd was constantly aug
menting and was getting very
violent. To make matters worse number
of express wagons filled with strikers drove
in front of the cars aud succeeded in so
filling up the street as to make a complete
blockade. The driver of the car finally
unlocked his horses and went off amid the
cheers of the crowd, leaving the car stand
ing on the track.
ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
At 4:29 o'clock another car made its "a
pearance on Washington avenue from The
barn. Mounted police made a way for 1t
through the crowd, aud it finally reached
the turn-table. On its way back the car
was blockaded by two wood carts, which
were dropped on the corner of Washington
and Hennepin streets. The crowd hooted
and yelled, and then the car stuck. Finally
the driver became disguised, and unhitch-
ing his horses, drove off. By this time
there were two stalled cars on
the avenue aud huge crowd 1There had
been great deal of rotton egg and stone
throwing, and the excitement ran at fever
heat. Three mounted policemen lost their
heads and charged upon the crowd, throw
ing down several people, and inJuriEg a
number Several arrests were made at this
time, and one man was numerically club
men nSa fhe noise Fl frightened sspsh thp e0ss esr
horses still more, aud the drivers and Off
GERS found 1t eXpedlent TO take them away
from the car, the crowd readily yielding to
such move. After lingering awhile and
finding it impossible to hitch up again, the
horses were removed again to the stables
and the attempt to move the cari was
abandoned for the time. After this the
crowd became less demonstrative, and
gradually thinned out leaving the two
cars on the track. Thus ended the
day in which President Lowrey prophesied
that ne would have all the cars running on
every line before night. There was good
deal of good-naturad fun at the expense of
the police this afternoon, and not little in
dgnation at some of the unnecessary club
bing. The arrest of Frank Hoover a we'll
known member of the Typographical Union,
was something in the way of a joke on the
police. as he had nothing to do with the af-
fair, but was simply a spectator.
SPEADS TO ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 12-The street
car strike extended from Minneapolis to
this city this afternoon when all the men
except those on the cable lines went out.
The cause of the strike is the same as that
at Minneapolis, the men object To a re-
duction of 25 per cent. iD their wages which
has been ordered. EVERYTHING is quiet