Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-11
TRYING 70 RUN TIE CARS.
Cleveland Consolidated Lines Resist De-
mands of Employees.

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mands of Employees.
EGGS AND STONES THROWN-THE
|. LEADER OF THE STRIKERS
TRIES TO REPRESS DISORDER,
BUT IS NOT ALTOGETHER Sue
CESSFUL-ONE OF THE MEN ON
THE CARS SERIOUSLY HURT
BY BEING HIT ON THE HEAD.
CLEVELAND, O., June 10.-At
o'clock this morning the motormen
and conductors of the Cleveland Elec-
trio Railway Company, known locally
as the Big Consolidated, declared a
strike, tying up the entire system, in
Guiding the Euclid, Wade Park, Cedar,
Central, Scoville, Wilson, Broadway,
Jennings and Brooklyn lines. Word
was sent at once to committees at each
barn not to let the day cars start out.
President Bryan announced that no
more conferences would be held with
out and treat with the union. Not a
car will be run on any of the lines of
the Big Consolidated to-day if the men
can help it. Men on the way here to
take 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. Sec
ondly, they want board of arbitra-
ton to pass upon alleged violations of
company rules when man is charged
with violating those rules, and the
unions officers and the company's man
agement disagree upon the disposition
of his aase. They want summary dis
missals for causes not clearly apparent
to them stopped.
The men charge that there have been
numerous discharges for trifing rea-
sons. The men, thirdly, demand an
abatement of swing" runs. In a
swing run 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
slower schedule be adopted, has been
conceded by the company. The real
fight is over the recognition of the
union.
About 900 men are out, but the line
men are expected to follow the conduc-
tors and motormen.
At o'clock this morning, just FIVE
hours alter the big strike was declared,
tne Big Consolidated made its first at
tempt 10 run a car over its line. 1t
was started out OF the Lake View
sheds. The car had proceeded but
few hundred feet when it was surround
ed by strikers and sympathizers. The
crowd yelled and hooted. Then eggs
began to ny. The men on the car paid
49,
the crowd. The crowd surged about
the car and ordered the men in charge
TO leave and join the strikers.
The situation was assuming a seri-
GUS aspect when President Bryan. of
the Amaigamated Association OF Street
Car Men. drove up at a furious pace.
lie addressed the crowd, urging them
to refrain from violence and do nothing
to dlscredlt their cause Then men
yielded and the car went on. Twice
within few hundred yards the car
was stopped, but later allowed to pro-
ceed
At $40 another car loaded with
deputies started from the Lake View
barns. This also was hooted. but no
violence was attempted.
Both care made the round trip. the
new men being jeered at on the down
town streets.
AS the first car was entering the
barn on its return Jacob Kratz was
struck in the head by one of the stones
thrown by the mob. He is in a serious
condition.
AT noon seven cars had left the Lake
View barns. After the fourth car had
left there was no further trouble. The
mOtormen and conductors were left
severely alone. After thatrcars con-
tinued to run at infreQuent intervals.
The suburban cars carrying L. S.
mails were not interfered with They
had no passengers aboard. An attempt
was made TO get an injunction in the
United States Court to prevent the
strikers from interfering with mail cars,
but it failed.
The district attorney refused to ask
the court for an injunction. He said
that as long as the strikers showed no
disposition to interfere with the mails
he would not take any action. The
company has imported about thirty men
from Buffalo.
On Ontario street at AIS William
Sleffen, division superintendent of the
Big Consolidated road. was seriously
injured by being hit on the head with a
bottle thrown from the crowd while he
was trying to move a car which had
been disabled by mob. The wounded
man was taken 10 his home in an un-
conscious condition.
The officials of the company decided
late this afternoon to abandon the at
tempt to move cars until Z o'clock
Monday morning. This decision was
reached in order that trouble might be
avoided on Sunday, when so many peo-
pie will be idle President Everett
has gone to the country to spend Sun
day. and everything will be droDned