Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-01
FRENZEL DOWNED.
ALulli in the indianapolis Street
Car Trouble,
SUMMARY WORK OF TWO JUDGES.

One Prohibits Police Protection and tho
Other Appoints Receiver on the Conn
plant Of w. z. Fishback, the Comnony,
4 Not Being Represented in Court Nor
| Aware of the Proceedings Strikers
decidedly on Top-SpeciaI Policemen
Jeered, Insulted and Mobbcd at Will.
| INDIANAPOLIS, March THE street car
'roupie was solved last night in a rather
summary manner-taken out of the hands
Oh Ihe company entirely and put into the
hahds OF receiver who, of course. will
give the men whatever they demand. as he
SAID ne would have the cars running in
hail an hour this morning Judge Bus
NlrA, ponce Judge, put quietus on the
company yesterday morning and practic-
ally made it impossible for Frenzel to con-
tlnue the fight by continuing the cases of
rioters brought before him and deciding
that there should be no police protection
Tor the cars until all efforts at compromise
had been exhausted This, it was stated
was done at the instance of Mayor Sulli.
van.
Committee to See FrenzeI.
Judge Buskirk called for the nresident
of the brotherhood and told him that if he
would send committee to the president
OIL the street railroad no cars would be
run nor police protection given until an
effort to compromise had been exhausted.
Inc Judge claimed that he was doing this
upon his own responsibility, but the re-
port was that Mayor Sullivan had ad-
VVlsed 1t. 1t seems that the effort to Sc
cure special policemen was failure.
Everybody would get out of the way or
got excused on physicians certificates and
the few that did appear were mobbed
whenever they We're seen. OF course no
EFFORT to run cars was made in this state
of affairs.
The Mayor Much Surprised.
The crowd in the courtroom applauded
the speech and President Dugan at once
called meeting of the brotherhood As
IL acting IN concert, the police superin-
'ehdeht dismissed all the extra men and
ordered them to report in the morning for
uuty. Mayor Sullivan and President
hawkins, of the board of public safety.
dlsclaimed any knowledge of, or participa-
tlon in, the Buskirk plan of settling the
strike, and were surprised when they
heard that he had asked the brotherhood
TO seek conference with Frenzel Haw-
klns was even more surprised when he
learned that the new police force had
been sent 70 their homes by the superin-
tendent under orders from the Judge
There was disposition at first to resent
the interference of the judge, but the au-
thorltles were not in a condition to protect
the company inthe running of its cars.
In the Hands of Receiver.
In the meantime, w. p Fishback (mas- |
ter IN chancery under Judge Gresham), |
VINO has been an outspoken sympathizer |
with the strikers from the beginning, filed |
a petition for receiver for the company |
before Judge Taylor. He sued as a citizen, |
on the ground that he was inconvenienced |
by the failure of the company to operate.
Judge Taylor went to work on the case.
and concluded to appoint the receiver At
he appointed w. L. Steele with
a bond of 100000.
FrenZel Somewhat Astoupded.
= The allegation on the complaint on
which Judge Taylor chiefly based his
right of interference is the charge that
John p. Frenezel was not appointed as
president to conduct the street car sys-
tenn of this city, but to secure corrup-
Clon fund OF $50, 600 to secure an extension
Of charter" Frenzel had no intimation
That receiver would be appointed and he
is astounded by the hasty action of the
court. The few privy to the proceedings
are jubilant over the snap judgment taken
on Frenzel
But FrenzeI is Not "in IT, Now.
The strikers acted upon Judge Buskirk's
and sent a committee to Presi-
lent Frenzel, of the street railroad with
letter expressing a willingness to concede
anything i'll reason. They were received
md Frenzel promised to give them an
answer in the morning. In view of the
appointment of receiver it would seem
hat this answer would be entirely unnec-
essary. The strikers have the citizens the
mayor, the police judge, and Judge Tay-
or on their side and the company doesn't
,ut any figure now