The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-25
BOSTON CAR STRIKE.
CAUSES MUCH INCONVENIENCE,
BUT is BRIEF.
Men Return to Work After Being Out
Less Than Twenty four Hours.

Boston, Dec. 24.-Because of the al
legged refusal of the West End Street
Railway company to recognize their
union and to concede 10-hour work
day, $500 employees early this morn
ing quit their posts of duty and eff
fectually tied up street railway sys-
tenn operating lines throughout the en-
tire city proper, South Boston,
Rochester, East Boston, Bridgeton,
Cambridge, portions of Newton,
Maiden Everett, Medford and in the
entire Roxbury and Charlestown dis
tricts.
CAUSED CONSERVATION.
Not since the strike of the West End
Railway employees in February, 1887,
has the general public so fully realized
its dependence upon the street railway
lines for transportation between the
various districts of this city as today
Coming just at Christmas, the strike
has greatly Inconvenience thousands
who wished to visit the city stores to
purchase their gifts, and all thorough
fares have been crowded with pedes-
TRANS, despite the biting wind that has
prevailed Early this morning, an
enterpriSing teamster put out a line of
passenger bargeS between Charlestown
and Scollay Square and reaped a, harv-
est. Later, lines were started under
the management of the strikers The
steam railroads have been dangerously
overcrowded on account of the sudden
demands upon them.
During the late afternoon and early
evening, the suburban traffic over the
Boston &, Albany road was immense
The station was packed with a dense
mass of humanity and although trains
were run every 10 or Is minutes the
cars were filled like so many sardine
boxes, the crowds pushing, jamming
and trampling upon one another for
standing room. Men shouted and
women nearly tainted in the excite
ment, and innu1nerab BILE bundles and
boxes containing presents and break
able articles were crushed beyond
recognition by the crowd which re-
sembled a pack of frenzied animals
more than a collection of rational hu-,
man beings. There were somewhat
similar scenes enacted at the other
railway stations.
BROKE AN AGREEMENT.
This afternoon the committee from
the Conductors and Motormens union
that held a conference with the West
End directors last night and agreed
10 Il WSSh pOStpOucAlc VI tile strike,
called upon President Little in order
to place themselves right in the eyes
of the West End officials. They ex-
planned the apparent violation of the
agreement entered into last night by
saying that the men took matters in
their own hands and the strike was a
fact. even though the supreme coun-
ell was not aware of it. All this and
more was submitted to President Lit
tie and it was again intimated that
nothing would avail until the agree
ment was signed. The president reit-
Grated his statement Of yesterday that
ne was powerless to sign the agree
nent, and that. even if ne did so. it
would be worthless without first being
accepted by the executive committee of
The company.
The West End Street Railway COM
Dany tonight issued a notice to it's
employees, in which it states that all
employees who continue in the service
If the company viii be protected, but !
LII who voluntarily absent themselves
rom service will be; considered as hav-