The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-19
SITUATION IS THE SAME.
Was No Change in the Street Car
Strike Yesterday.
BIG MASS NEE TING HfLDLAST NIGHT
-Nommittee OF Citirens Made nm Effort
to Adjust the Difncuity--No At
tempt To Run the Cars.

The situation In the street car strike
remains practically unchanged. Yester-
day was the fourth day that Hous on mas
been deprived OF street car service In
consequence OF the strike and the people
are getting FESTIVE and impatient in con-
| sequence of the deprivation.
Ii was generally thought that an effort
would be made yesterday 20 run the cars
| with the new men, and this WAC the iu-
| tcntion OF Manager MacGregor, but ah at
tempt at a compromise OF the differences
between the company and its striking ,ia-
ployes forestaled any ellort to turn the
wheels pending the result OF an intcime-
diation on the part OF committee ol
business men between the strikers and the
company. This committee asked that no
attempt he made 10 run the cars with new
men until they could wait upon the striK-
ors and see what could be doae in the way
OF a compromise
The conference was held with the strik-
ers and the result submitted TO the COM
pany late IN The afternoon.
Manager MacGregor stated last night
that the attempt at a compromise had
failed, ana that the strike was far from
settlement as ever
1t Is likely that the company Will make
an effort to run the cars today, in winch
event only few will be put out, and,
from present indications, should settle
mcnt OF the strike not be reached before
then, 1t Is hardly likely that there will be
anything like complete restoration OF
service till after the pending city election.
In the meantime the city is suffering in
consequence. The streets at night are
practically deserted, citizens not caring to
remain in the city after dark with the
prospect OF having 10 walk home, particu-
larry If they live at any distance. This
result OF the strike operated to a decided
disadvantage last night when the city was
filled with the Hot Springs excursionists.
who were about the only people upon the
streets, and as they would pass and re-
pass each other they must have concluded
that Houston was n deserted city after
nightfall,
The company, in order to keep It's re-
cruits from contact with the strikers. is
modifying It's forces in the upper story of
the office building corner of Travis and
Prairie.
An amusing incident occurred here
yesterday morning. Across the street from
the headquarters OF the street car com
pnnys office there We're twenty-five or
thirty strikers and their friends. In the
second story of the building the company
the public thought. to take cars out They
were receiving uniforms and such prepar-
atory instructions MS would tit them to
handle a car without experience. Some
of the recruits looked more or less awk-
ward in their suits Of blue, but soon ad-
justed themselves 10 the situation, and
growing less dltfident sat at intervals at
the windows The remarks of the strik-
ers and sympathlzers drove them away
again, and one OF the crowd on the street
hurried away to procure photographer
In the meantime number Of kodals were
produced and by the time the photog-
rDrher arrived adjusted his instruments
eDd took his position the smaller appnrat-
uses were also n working order Not n
face appeared ut the windows Some one
yelled Fire" which was taken IN by
number OF others and uususpeotingly the
recruits rushed into view to witness the
hostllties. Thnrp were several clicks and
the crowd laughed dersvely. The re-
crults had been shot" without apparent
injury to themselves--or to the machines