Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-18
WITH THE STRIKERS.
Cleveland Street Railroad Men
Again Leave Work.
Brooklyn Lines Practically Tied Up.
But Few Cars Running.
Police Think Strike Is Poorly Organized. But
Men Are Confident.

Cleveland, Ohio, July 1.-THE con-
ductors and motormen of the big Con-
solidated Street Railway System, who
We're on strike. last month, went out
again, at 4.15 this morning. Eight
hundred men are affected. They claim
the company has not lived up to the
agreement made which ended the form
er strike.
The decision to declare another strike
was reached after a meeting of the
men which lasted practically through
out the night. During the early hours
OF today not a car was running on any
Of the Big Consolidated Lines, - in
number The officials Of the company
asked for police protection and said
they would attempt To start cars on one
Or two lines. very soon. Large crowds
congre gated at all Of the barns of the
company.
Business Agent Pratt Of the strikers
issued statement, today, in part as
follows:
Three weeks have elapsed and the
company have failed to live up to any
part of the agreement; neither have
they shown any intention of doing SO
except 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
agreement, although their signatures
appear there the same as the rest. Con-
sequently We are brought back to the
very starting point, the only difference
being that our last condition is worse
than the first
The fret ~ ~ violence in the SfrilS %
came shortly after noon when a Euclid
avenue car turned into st. Clair street
from Bank, bottles and stones Were
thrown from sidewalks and windows.
Several cars were bombarded but no
one was injured. motormen speeding
their cars by the dangerous points. The
rioters had thing all their own way on
Bank and st. Clair streets.
President Everett Of the company
had n conference during the day with
Mayor Farley and Police Director Bar
rett and the former was told to go
ahead and run his cars if he could find
men to operate them and the city
would furnish all the protection in its
power. Mayor Farley is emphatic in
declaring that no such rioting as mark
ed the previous strike will be tolerated.
He said. today:
There will be no such disorderly
scenes as marked the previous strike.
Every caution possible will be taken
to protect property and the persons and
lives Of citizens. The rights Of the pub
lie must he recognized. Steps have
been already taken to preserve the
rights OF the people. The city will do
its full duty in the emergency that has
arisen.
Concerning the rumor from New
York that the engineers on the Brook
lyn Elevated Railroad would strike in
sympathy with the operatives on the
trolley lines in that city, I. :. ingra-
ham, first grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, said
tonight: There will be no sympathy
strike of the Brooklyn Elevated engi-
neers. The locomotive engineers never
strike in sympathy. The Elevated
engineers have grievances, principally
relating to wages and while strike is
not improbable. | am inclined to be
lieve everything can be settled without
trouble. a strike is not likely"
Chief Arthur of the brotherhood. is
at Scranton. Pa, and Chief Ingraham
is next To him in rank in the order