Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-08-18

and published by the stTlAeTs, ana Ne
will see that as the day wears away
all these papers, 10 the number OF
- 600 copies. are sold. He may try 10
get photugraphcrS to take snap shots
of the boycott scenes. but two photoG-
raphers ont Of three will say: Not
much, The strikers VIII see me and
say l am doing it for Everett, and il
will all be up with me" The Everett
mentioned is the president u the Big
Consolidated. Ii Is possible to get
any view Of the strike in almost any
walk Of life Cleveland IS torn and
rent by bitter factions. Talk is on tap
everywhere.
Cars that used to earn $25 day now
earn from - cents to 81 n day. The
ears Of the entire system run about
3O.OUO miles a day. The regular day
traffic was about 100000 passengers
President Everett says the Euclid ave
nue.. Cedar avenue and Wade Park
lines are carrying 80 per cent Of the
former traffic and the entire system
about half Of the former 100000.
Strikers say that not more than one
passenger now rides WheFe Ten Fote
before the second strike. Before the
strike the company ran 2iO cars, Of
which 100 We're trippers. II no" runs
l+o regular ears, and 50 OF these are
trlppers.
The boycott began to spread out into
new and unexpected channels soon
after it was started Running of the
omuibuses to accommodate the pubic
was the first move. This Is in itself
an unusual feature. Nearly all the
principal streets In Cleveland start
from the public square and this IS the
startiu. point for the buses. Here they
end their trips and wait u take new
load. Sometimes 20 or - Of them are
waiting In a bunch, aad woe 10 the
driver who lets his bus get into the
track Of 4 Big Consolidated ear.
Establishment Of daily paper
called The Artisan was the next stoI
Of the boycott This was done be
cause the morning newspapers o.
Cleveland favored the railroad com
papv and denounced the disorde
which marked the early days of tn,
strike. The paper has as It's motto
For the Weak Against the Strong
For the Right Against the Wrong |
is 8 saucv paper. with big headline
and cartoons. and II knows how =
give and take hard blows. 1t has
big circulation and is making money
aud thus the regular morning paper
Of Cleveland are being boycotted.
Originally aimed al the Big Consol
dated company 10 keep the public O.
Its ears. the boycott soon began TO II
clude all persons who worked 10
patruniZcd or Sympathtzed with Il!
company 1t was Ike river bFeAI
ing its banks in spring Hood. 1t 500
overhowed the city and the suburb
, Strikers took the names or peFSo'
who rode IN the cars. The houses
these persons We're p!acarded NJ mig!
! with announcements that MS they "a
ridden in boycotted cars theY We
Z now boycotted themselves. MeTchan
. IN the neighborhood were visited al
I notified not to sell TO the poEcoU'
. persons who rode on the Hoycott'
: cars. II these merchants dehed Il
boycott, they, in turn. We're boycotte
Z and all citizens in their vicinity we
! asked 10 withhold their custom fro
bOyCottcd merchants. who sold 10 DO
\ cottrd persons, VINO RODE IN poycott
:. cars
Y Cleveland has 4 police force Of abo
I 300 patrOlmen. and II Is poor poll
q force 1t that, but II was large euoui
Z to cause the strikers annoyance, Il,
: the boycott was extended 10 the BIZ
= coats. Any person who SOLD TO |
r liceman anything. from a glass OF bt
@ to q peck OF potatoes. was boycottt
J. \ firm Of clotAiers got the contract
: supply the company with lot of N
y caps for nonunlon men. 1t w
- promptly boycotted. \ mercha
X named Decker supplied the compa
" with blankets for nonunion men q
,c was Goycotted.
TX very large percentage OF the pop
le latioh that hnd ridden ID the cons
~ dated cars were soon "NHueII
around from grocer 10 grocer seeN
er provisions IN vain ana Il 'oLsl"erA
er percentage OF the business men
Id down Oh 'helF huees 10 '4'e s'''Ne -
Ie mlttee seeking 10 nave 'Ae oo!e
lg AI'eu' ms nus oeen uolle III LII
IS, instances out 'ne coNu'''ons
IL known OIL! 10 Tue contI"C''us par
in o'lll lHe po!c colt eA'enueo' MI ~
ut et'' presiuen' oI ,ne company Is d
Id ih'eres'eu III Tue OuS "nosh ! I'' p'i
il eoiApailE' ne" GoIi'o'"'iol' s'''' '''
Nv oppos''lon u 'ne nei4 toA'p''N! -
IN OuluInS WIS III coui st Va Vavo''o1' ~, =
nS CieNcianu 'oI an eAe'i'n II.
al men STRUCK 'lAFo0Sii :! nip"Ins ''''
n street car men anu are sun o",,
ed .eicpuoHe 'o'4ip'H! ""o :,