Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Cleveland Electric RailwayCompany's
Entire System Tied Up.
ABOUT Nine HUNDRED men QUIT WORK
Chief Contention of Strikers is for
Recognition Of Union.
HAVE OTHER GRIEVANCES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1O.-At 4
o'clock this morning the motormen and
conductors of the Cleveland Electric Rail-
way Company, known locally as the Big
Consolidated. declared Il strike tying up
the entire system, including the Euclid,
Wade Park. Cedar. Central. Scovile Will
sen. Broadway, Jennings and Brooklyn
lines. Word was sent at once 10 commit
tees at each barn not to let the day cars
start out.
President Bryan of the union announced
that no more conferences would be held
with the company unless he officers seek
oIt and treat with the un.on Not car
will be run on any of the lines Of the Big
Consolidated today if The men can ncp it.
Men on the way here to take the places of
strikers have been hea led of, tic men say.
Want Union Recognized.
The Big Consolidated employees want
first, the recognition by the company of
their u!.ion, which is a part of the Anal
gamatcd Association of Street Railway
Employees of America: secondly they want
a board of arbitration to pass upon alleged
Vloiatlons of company rules when Il man
Is charged with Violating these rules and
the union 5 officers and the cOnpany's mar
agemtnt disagree upon the disposition of
his case. They want summary dsmissals
-'i dbSSS IlDI cltdIll apparent to them
stopped.
The men charge that there have been
numerous discharges for trif'ing reasons
The men want, thirdly. an abatement of
SWING runs. In swing run a man gets
pay for only the hours he works bur the
working hours are scattered all through
the day and night.
One Dcr,nnd Conceded
one of the mems demands is that the
Old and slower schedule be readoptcd and
this has been conceded by the company.
The real fight IS over the recognition Of the
unipn.
about 800 men are now out, bu; the line
men are expected to follow The cyn i,islors
and motOrnc!.
Strikers Egg Car.
AT o'clock this morning, just five hours
after the big strike was declared. the Big
Consolidated made its first attempt to run
a car over its lines. 1t was started out of
the LakeVieW barns. Ihe car had proceed
ed but few hundred feet when it was sur
rounded by strikers and syInpathizers The
crowd yelled and hooted. Then eggs began
to fly. The men the car paid no par
ucular attention to the demonstration of
the crowd.
The crowd ged about the ear and or
dered the men in charSe to leave and join
the strikers.
The situation was assuming a threatening
aspect when President Bryan of the Anal
gamated Association of Street car Men
drove up at furious pace. He addressed
the now thoroughly aroused crowd urging
them to refrain frGm violence ard do moth
ing to diSCredit their cause. The men Yield
ed and the went on. Twice within a
few hundred yards the was stopped but
later allowed TO proceed.
AT $40 clock another car loaded with
deputies was started from the Lake view
barns. This also was hoOtcd. but no Vio-
lence was attempted. Both cars made the
round trip the new men being jeered along
the downtown streets.
AS the first was entering the barn after
its first trip, Jacob RatZ was struck on the
head by one of the stone; thrown from the
mob He is in q serious condition.