Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-12-19

meals. Ihey also want protection from
the weather and recognition of their
organization.
VIOLENT MEASURES REgoRTED 70.
At u O'Clock street railway traffic all
oyer the city. with the exception of a
few lines, is at standstill.
The entire police force is on duty,
and very busy suppressing minor out
breaks OF violence. Men are locked UP
at every station house, and more are
being brought in constantly. Despite
the stforts OF the strike leaders to pre-.
serve order there have been many re-
ports Of violence. At Sixth and Market
streets somebody threw brick through
q car and the conductor and motorman
fled for their lives. The crowd then
broke every window in that car and the
ono which followed it. A detachment
OF policemen surrounded the cars and
prevented further damage.
AT Second and Berks streets, a crowd
OF strikers surrounded a car. The
niotorman and conductor refused to
abandon their positions and were
thrown to the street. The car was
turned upside down and both streets
were blocked. A squad Of 20 police
rien are now in charge of the disabled
car
At Cumberland and Amber streets
about 100 women plugged the switches
and blocked the cars on Cumberland
street Conductors tried to reopen
switches, but were driven away by the
women. Scores Of men have been ar
rested for cutting trolley ropes.
Strike leaders on horseback are at
the principal &epots, urging the men
at work to Join the strikers
Philadelphja. Dec. IS. The results
of the first day OF the great street car
strike may be briefly told. They are !:
"A practical tie-up Of all Union Trac-
tion lines. Seven thousand motormen
and conductors on strike. Riotous
scenes in many parts of the city. Cars
broken and derailed 90 the streets. Over
100 arrests made for melting to riot.
Not n car In motion after sundown.
Small boys and outsiders caused the
trouble. Extra policemen sworn in by
tho hundred. The entire force out on
guard duty. Mayor Warwick urged
the people by proclamation to preserve
the peace. Tho saloons as a general
thing were closed at the mayors re-
quest. The company refused to arbi-
trate. The men full of confidence and
determination.
Tho second day of the big stri ke
opens with the situation practically un-
changed as far as the running of cars
is concerned. All the branches are ip
effect tide up, although cars with
formidable escorts OF police have made
the circuit Of nearly every one of them
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ables the officials to declare that tho
limos are "open, lit does not help the
situation much as far as the convent
ence of the riding public is concerned.
There have, perhaps, been more cars
on Chestnut street than any other
thoroughfare in the city. At irregular
intervals this morning the immense
concourse of pedestrians which the
strike has forced on to that always
crowded street have been treated to the
extraordinary spectacle OF trolley car
moving slowly down the street, preceded
and followed by four mounted police.
men and carrying on the front and rear
platforms an aggregate of five police
men. Each officer is armed with a
heavy oak night stick. The chsaces
are that in addition TO this array the
motorman or conductor ia a deputy
marshal, wearing pinned under his coat
the eilver star which denotes his
authority, as many deputies are said to
be running cars.
Up to the hour of writing this dis.
patch not more than dozen cars have
made their way down Chestnut street,
and all OF them were escorted In the
manner described above. There are
very few passengers, as the cars proceed
so slowly that walking was preferable.
Fortunately for the pedestrians the
weather is beautiful. The sun shines
brightly and the air is as balmy as on
a spring day.
Mayor Warwick and Director of Pub.
lie Safety Beitler, who spent the night
in their offices in the City Hall, ready
for any emergency which might arise,
reported this morning with an evident
air of relief that information from all
sections of the city was TO the effect
that everything is quiet to. day, This
condition is without doubt due In large
measure 10 the determined stand taken
by themayor last night, when he served
notice that 1T was no longer fight be-
tween the Traction Co. and the strikers,
but battle between the city authori-
ties and mob violence, and that the
city would win. To this end, nearly a
thousand extra police were sworn in,
the men being picked from the appIi-
cants for appointment who had passed
the necessary physical exalpination,
These, with the regulars, constituted
an army of over $500 men, and every
one OF them is on duty to-day. The
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various parts Of the city were vigilantly
guarded all night, but there was ap-
parently nc necessity for the presence
of the police, as no attempt at violence
was made.
The strikers headquarters, at Eighth
and Callowhill streets, some distance
from the various depots of the branches
Of the Union Traction Co., was de.
serted soon after midnight, and none
OF the leaders had made their appear
ance up to noon to-day. In the neigh
borhood of the big car sheds are rows
upon rows of small dwellings, occupied
mainly by the employees Of the com
pany, and in these localities there ia
naturally much excitement. The
streets are filled at all times with the
families of the strikers and their sym
pathizers, who discuss the situation
and abuse the men at work.
On Market street the authorities have
stationed two mounted policemen at
each corner, in addition to two or more
men on foot This street and Chest.
nut street, which were the scenes of
most OF yesterdays rioting, are the
most carefully Guarded to-day, but the
disorderly element seems to be either
cowed or indifferent, for there has so
far been no sign of disturbance on
these streets or in any other locality.
Every other man wears card bearing