The record-union., 1899-07-18


pany be made to respect our LAVISH"
Chief Of Police Devery said this af-
ternoon: 1.-THE strike is practically
over There is no trouble in the city
to speak Of
STRIKE AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, July 1.-THE inaugu-5
ration of a second strike by the en-
ployes of the Big Consolidated Rail-
way Company was a complete surprise
to the public this morning, and near
ly SO to the company. Ever since the
men returned to work three weeks ago
under an agreement prepared by
committee of the City Council and
signed by representatives of the strik-
ers and of the company, there has
been frequent complaints on the part
Of the men that the company was not
living up to the agreement. Several
conferences were held, the latest about
week ago, and it was then announced
that everything was satisfactory, or
would be so as soon as the company
had been given time to adjust sched-
ules and arrange the runs.
The presence on cars of nom union
men who were retained after the set
Element of the strike was still a bone
of contention, however. and crisis
was reached yesterday, when, as is
claimed, a number of union men were
discharged for refusing to go out on
cars with non-union men. A meeting
followed last night, and at 3 O'Clock
this morning the decision to strike
was reached. All the lines We're tied
up from 5 o'clock until after 8, when
the operation of the Euclid avenue line
with non-union men under police pro-
lection was undertaken. Cars were
run at five-minute intervals on that
line until evening, but no attempt was
made to move cars on other lines.
Henry A. Everett, President Of the
company, issued statement this even
ing, in which he says the terms of the
agreement with the strikers has been
strictly adhered to, but that it was
impossible to inaugurate all the re-
forms promptly. because Of the con-
tinued interference with the non union
crews, and he holds the union men
directly responsible for this He at
tributes the present strike to a feeling
| of disappointment on the part of the
union men because the non-union men
have not been mobbed and beaten out
of the company's service. He says
that he will operate the cars if given
police protection. Protection has been
promised by Mayor Farley, and it is
said that the militia will be called out
| if the police are unable to preserve or
| der.
| There has been little disorder to-
day, but nothing of a serious nature.
| Business Agent Pratt of the strikers
| issued a statement to-day, in part as
follows:
| 1T is with grave apprehension that
1 view the situation as it exists at the
present time between the Big Console
dated Street Railway Company, with
! its millions of dollars back of it on the
one side, and the street car employees, a
brave, determined set of liberty-loving
American citizens and a vast throng Of
| organized labor back of them, on their
| side. Three weeks have elapsed, and
the company has failed to live up to
any part of it's agreement; neither has
| it shown any intention of doing so ex-
! cept by many promises which have been
more readily broken than made. The
! Council Committee have said that they
are no longer a party to that agree
ment, although their signatures appear
the same as the rest. Consequently we
are brought back to the Very starting
point, the only differences being that
our last condition is worse than the
| first.
"Who will be responsible for the SUI
| fering, riot and disgrace that must in
evitably follow another strike? The
corporations will put the blame upon
the wn-trodden laborer because they
| have money, and because of their hav-
| ing money, there are city authorities
who are willing to put the collar
around their necks and say the men
| themselves are to blame for all this. ]"