The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-22

| Inc direction indicated. The cause OF the
| commotion was the appearance OF party
consisting OF Manager MacGregor ana
Cashier Smoker OF the street car company
and CHIEF OF Police Helm anu Dctec,,, -
Ellison and Proctor. The crowd which
had originally been stationed at the corner
u OF FranRIin and Austin followed the new
arrivals down TO the power house, wncre
the police officers stopped. Manager Mac
Gregor and his parts joined superintendent
ellis and Foreman Fred Mundes In front
OF one OF the cars. ana after a short con-
ference all four proceeded to the paint
shop, nearst The engine room. Here Mr.. Mac
Gregor seated himself on dne OF the cots
| which have been used for The past two
nights by the new employees The new
men ranged themselves In q semi circle ia
front OF rim. onp OF them iHcotiously re-
marking that the boss was going To try
i thoii nerve" Then Superintendent Ellis
called on the names OF the inen, who. as
! their turns came, stopped up and were
/ questioned as to their previous experience
! MS fnoformen or conductors. When this
! operation WAS finished six OF the men gese
| selected and the party adjourned to The
front OF the power house
By this tine Ponce Sergeant DIbafy
and a squad of officers amoas them seq-
oral from thu night force, had arrived on
| the acone aud cleared austin street from
| the power hoiige to Franklin tvpnuc. the
| crowd being TANNED IN on each side by
~ o. 'iVh' iWo I"NhhiNh "enV wy.
,ne %, 80 - ep!Hs tHc I"ils az ivy ~
. n., 70 the iiisl enFNe' "hieh was
thoroughly tarted. lhen they returned
and took their places with smother OF thel,
force on the front end OF ear No IS, which
S a5pel.o NUe.'ai thu hao s'sHs Ieev
ing ~ S, Mall ON either end. On The
rear of the platform three OF the new men,
among them an athletic fellow. whose
notae nair ana D. a'u anu lhiiita1y DeAl'os
h@ue nun resshioie NeIiian tVunl' NY
stNtluneu' "FS, 'ne -Io,'t 'a- Li'v , w gu
p,rlhteu1eht WIS teamed ho'lo a"iahtiy'
o'sarette oet"feh MS l'ps ~ vac ie'nl oy
nntyu 'i.S PoNes 10 ooii,' VIZ IN hiH NUM-,
henihd MN were i pa" o' UT dnn Nus
VI Adnu,
Sonlethihs lhaV WAS saiu III the crown
caused hiln 10 turn aiouhu uiN via
kuoi Huhlore9 an ASK INC iu' N on Tue fe"'
'i ..,''l "a il 'lsF "e's "iiain.
nav IeRnsa ong O. them prloily'
We uin th@l h'hu'
~ H''ic ia'' oits u tne men ahheu lue
SUPERINTENDENT Wha' shohld DC done II
any cl 'he crowd attempted to force an
thiIshle mo me car
Keep en- on. WIS the rerly. Don
us amy i"'ae rhe IT'S absolutely noces-
saFE- dusl keep cpoi ana there won't be
any trouble
meantime. aud Foreman Mundcs and a
crew of the new men stood ready 90 take
IL out. II was the intention to run both
these cars around tho Auditorium belt.
lhe crowd waited impauently. Superln-
tendent ELS tested hi power ana SMILED
Us II satisfied wilton MS car made 4 move
forward inc rciice Officers moved NJ ana
down Aus1n street Keeping the people
Tack Mr. ELS remarked to a Post re-
porter VINO was on me platform With him
thtt the crowd seemed 10 b. Increasing.
IN me meantime Mana2er MaeGregor
|ih Nhlet tteim had Tc'ired tn the sheds
ior conference They rt1ppeared nhont
ms tine ana the latttr' w@'kns out into
cars run TO-DAY.
o,sy ~ th api,'t , f'boo,y WIS see'ninsiS 30
iy by surprisc. Their che1s and grclas
and hisses filled the air. Several Of the
strikers str, present were particularly jnoi-
wnl,,os A." nm 0 and down "", ,n 1850 ,aai"y'
nn,,nooa H., - ,, W. wv N.sett AZ an
,he corner y, israny,Io ~ ~, ~ W. Aeii ol'
Thn nxnIanatio, ~ th,s s,,,an, ,i'',,,'r
of frnnt Inv in ihe fact th,t -. S,ae
| Grrgor Ina asked for tnn nnIice nef, -
on each OF the care scnt opt .rhi. Gbj'.,
| Helm ref,sed ,yhnro,roo M. .,.,c ,o u.,r
| ordered bis men 10 1Iscontinue n,,r9,to,,'