Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-25
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Eesday the employees Of the Mich
izza and Detroit stove works. tothe num-
Der Of about 1000. gave notice that they
would ncs work They are mingiing
with the strikers and encouraging the
men n every way, IN naay instances
showing more violence than the strik-
srs themselves. The strikers have the
sympathy OF the people, who in many
instances when ears have been run
since the segiRning of the trouble have
refused 20 ride In them
a conference was held Thursday
afternoon between the police depart
nent sheriff and city railway officials.
and il Was decided u give the company
the support of the whole police depart
nent and sheriRs force To enable
them 20 run the cara Nearly the whole
force was out Ia the afternoon 70 keep
order during a monster labor parade
Of shoenaxers and stovemolderx I'm
unedistely after the parade passed II
was decided TO start ten cars for the
evening service on Woodward avenue.
The drss car go. away all right. fol-
lowed by patrol wagon containing
unediately after. without the accom-
panying protection. however, and the
strikers threw IL on It's side and across
the track. The attempt TO start cars
was then given up.
A car which had been lying at
tae river front all day was start
e. up the hill. The word was quickly
passed, and in short time about Is. 900
people packed the broad avenue from
the north side Of Jefferson avenue
down TO the river. The car started up
the bill at breakueck speed, the
mob closed about IL man
lcapcd from among the crowd
and grasped the bride Of the
team The driver whipped his
horses and the man was dragged from
his feet and pulled all the way across
the street But he held on, ran the
horses Into . buggy and stopped the
car. IN the meantime q number
Of buggies, trucks. etc. had been
run across the track. The dozen
policemen on the car tried 70 re-
move them but could not Then
the car was started back. The
crowd pursued IL and. unhitch-
ing the horses, tried to run the car
into tho river. A ferryboat coming into
the dock just at that moment pre-
vented them carrying out their design.
At this point the crowd was charged
by force Of police and dubbed un-
mercifully. Revolvers were drawn and
for . few moments 10 looked a. II there
was 10 be bloodshed, but the police pre-
scented q sturdy front and Effected some
arrests which quickly quieted the
crowd considerably. II began to rain
shortly after, and as no more attempts
were made to run cars the crowd grad
ually dispersed
The mayor has issued proc
lamation calling upon all citizens TO
keep order, and rcciting the statue en-
towering him to call out the militia in
case of necessity.
A queer feature was shown Thursday
night when two of the leading mer-
chants opened subscription lists for the
strikers and lent their aid by good.
fat contribution The police arrested
"A small boy named Daily Thursday
night and dubbed him over The head
for throwing stones At the cars Fully
. thousand people tried 20 rescue him,
but failed. rs Gordon of thirty officers
formed about him and with cooked re-
volvers In their left hands fairly beat
their way TO the central station. Thus
far there have been no fatalities. but
six men have been taken 20 the hos
pital badly cut up and tho station
hoaseS are full
DETROIT, Mich. April aA-There Is q
total suspension of hostilities In the
street car strike. No Effort has been
made by the company 20 move its
cars. and thirteen Of the fourteen
lines entering the business center
renaia tied MP. Tho strikers
are quiet aud orderly. Five thousand
men from the iron-worlss and the stove
factories have quit work out of sym
patty with the railway malcontents.
The mayor will ask the governor for
militia protection Ia the event of fur
Their trouble.