The record-union., 1899-06-11
All Of the Lines for a Time Practi-
| eaIIy Tied Up.
Recognition Of the Union One Grievance
Strikers Are Contending For.
There Are About Nine Hundred
Men Out, But It is Expected
That Many More Will Follow
the Action of the Conductors
and Motormen.

| CLEVELAND, June 1O.-At 4 o'clock
this morning the motormen and con-
ductors of the Cleveland Electric Rail-
way Company, known locally as THE
Big Concern" declared a strike, tying
up the entire system. including the
Euclid, Wade Park, Cedar, Central,
Scoville, Wilson, Broadway, Jennings
| and Brooklyn lines. Word was sent at
| once to committees at each barn TO not
let the day cars start out.
President Bryan announced that no
more conferences would be held with
the company unless the officers seek out
and treat with the union. Men on the
way here to cake the places Of strikers
have been headed off. the men say.
The big consolidated employees want,
first, the recognition by the company of
their union. which is a part of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
Railway Employees of America. Second
ly, they want board of arbitration to-
pass upon alleged violation of company
rules when a man is charged with vio-
lating these rules and the union officers
and the company's management disa-
gree upon the disposition of his case.
They want summary dismissals for
causes not clearly apparent to them
stopped. The men charge that there
have been numerous discharges for
trifiing reasons. The men want, thirdly.
an abatement of Swing runs. In a
swing run a man gets pay for only the
hours he works. but the working hours
are scattered all through the day and
night
One of the mems demands that the
old slower schedule be adopted has
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real fight Is over the recognition of the
union.
About 900 men are now out. but the
linemen are expected to follow the con-
ductons and motormen.
AT o'clock this morning, Just five
hours after the big strike was declared,
the big consolidated made its first at
tempt to run a, car over its lines, start
ing from the Lakeview barns. The car
had proceeded but a few hundred feet
when it was surrounded by strikers and
sympathizers, yelling and hooting.
Then eggs began to fly. The men on
the car paid little attention to the DEM
onstration The crowd surged about
the car and ordered the men in charge
to leave and join the strikers.
President Bryan of the Amalgamated
Association of Street Car Men drove up
at furious pace and urged tho strikers
to refrain from violence and do MOTH
ing to discredit their cause. The men
yielded and the car went on
AT $40 another car loaded with depu-
ties was started from the Lakeview
barns. This also was hooted, but no
violence was attempted. Both cars
made the round trip unmolested. AS
the first car was entering the barn on
it's return a stone struck Jacob Kratz,
a new man, in the head. He is in
serious condition.
AT noon seven cars had left the Lake.
side barns. After the fourth car had
left there was no further trouble. The
motormen and conductors were left Sc
verely alone After that cars contin-
ued to run at infrequent intervals.
The suburban cars carrying United
States mails were not interfered with.
An attempt was made to get an injunc-
ton in the United States Court to pre-
vent the strikers from interfering with
mail cars, but it failed. The company
has imported about thirty men from
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