The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-25

1 AU1lIE wore III dDOut Cisif SoH-
| f!ition on the Grove Hall division during
the early hours this morning. Many of
the motOrmen and conductors expressed
Indignation al the action OF the men
| who went on q strike.
Ii is stated that the Thomson Fl ouston
| electric people are ready to furnish all
the pitmen and firemen necessary for the
West End road, should these employees
join the strike.
Up to O'Clock the hundreds of cars on
the division ran III and out on regular
time.
The Everett system Of the West End
Co., is completely tied-up.
| The Union Square and Somerv1lle cars
ran seven trips after O'Clock this morn
hour No oars ON this line have been sent
out and the stables ore closed.
| The Winter Hill cars are running
through Broadway and Charlestown
Neck have also bean discontin ued.
The Clarendon hills Highland avenue
and Spring Hi cars are still running.
| A reserve force of men Is held in every
rolics station in the city for use, in case
Of any BILE caIsd by the strikers.
I. The patrons Of the ears which run on
fremont street frem Jamaica Plain to
/ the Union station, Lifted On tho SIDE
walks in vain for the eleotrics this morn
ling. Not since $50 @. IN. has car been
running on this line.
| Tho Cambridge cars are running all
night this morning, and the only cars
which are not running into Bowdoin
Square on schedule time are the ones
which come in from Bridgton via Cam
bridge and the cars of the Belt Line.
| At the Armory street stables every
thing WINS at standstill after O'Clock
house. The cars starting from this stable
| are the East Boston Ferry and Old
Heath Street lines, as we'll as tho Rox-
| bury Crossing lines. In the early part Of
| the morning sixteen cars were run Iii,
| the motorm en- and conductors wishing
to accommodate the working people.
The conference of the railroad en-
ployes' representative and President Lit
| tie of the West End system. which was
opened at 10. Is this morning in the presi-
| dents Office came 10 q temporary end at
noon. During the conference the presi-
DENTS private secretary was called into
| the room and took from diouation n
statement which was put into typewrit-
| ing subsequently and taken away by the
| strikers Representatives at noon, to be
| su omitted 10 strikers at the Eliot street
| headquarters.
Notwithstanding THAI nothing decisive
| was arrived at in the conference, up to
| noon, ana GuaG lH0 ulsousSIoH 10 w W
further carried Oh, the mon abjded by
the order previously issued and left their
cars as fast as they reached the station
| after IL o'clock.
| Gradually, as other line, became tan
eled in the general smart, there WAS an
epidemic Of pedsstrianlsm
| There was Considerable dismay pictured
on the faces of many Christmas shoppers
when, after alighting ut tho Union Sta
tion from some suburban town Of the
CITY. they failed to find the car that
would take them to some central shop
ping point.
| Thera has been much Apprehension on
the rart of the men rs to tho part the
contract for Carrying the United States
mails, which the West End holds might
NAV in this strike. They believe that
| President Little has intended, in cass Of
| tie.up, to put United Stntss mail bag
on the platform OF every car, and in
case of tho refusal OF the men to rnn this
cer. to make II claim thar the Transporter
| tion of United States mails was being
iuterfered with, call for the United
states regular troops, and. with the sup
mort of hayonets, run his cars with new
| for co Of II en-.
The effect of the strike was not felt in
Scoljay Square until about 10 o'clock
The withdrawal of the cars made the
square look sonewhnt deserted.
The cars of the Lynn 6S Boston road
ware running the sans as ever and on