The age-herald., 1901-09-03
WiII Not Board Cars Run by
 UnOfganized MOtornen
TRY TO PULL PEOPLE OFF
Force of Police Required to Preserve the Peace Several Arrests Made on the Charge of Disor-
 derly Conduct.

Between the hours of and ' o'clock yesterday afternoon a crowd numbering at times several hundred persons stood at the corner of Second avenue and Nine teenth street and jeered non-union motor men and conductors as they tried to run cars by. It required large force of police to prevent serious trouble. Several arrests were made for disorderly conduct. The crowd was composed largely of members of the different union organiza- tions who had marched in the Labor Day parade. The crowd began to form as soon as the parade was over. They gathered to take cars for the fair grounds. As soon as cars began coming manned by motormen without union badges cries of "scab! scabv' filled the air. Every em- ploye wearing the insignia of organized labor was loudly applauded.
 When cars run by non-union men ap- preached the passengers were jeered, and only in a few cases did they fail to IAke the HILL dllu dilBhb' Soi 0sSSA N0A proceeded on it's way empty. Several men in the crowd claimed that they were promised by the street car company that none but union men would be placed on cars going to the fair grounds.
 How Crowd Began to Form.
 When the crowd first began to form 1t only applauded motormen and conductors who wore the white badge of the Amal- gamated Association of Street Railway Employees. The crowd then numbered only about fifty persons. Within few minutes others had joined the mass and more than two hundred were crowded about the corner extending for half a block down Nineteenth street. The crowd became more bold with It's added numbers Passengers were forced to leave the cars on which non-union men were working. The employees themselves were jeered and laughed at. In some cases trolIeys were ierked off the wires and cars forced to stop.
 Passengers who would not leave the cars nor could not be pushed or pulled off were greeted with cries. yells and jeers more insulting than those intended for the workmen. Women passengers were no exception. All were greeted alike.
 Many cars left the corner bearing not a single passenger
 All the time the crowd continued to grow in size and boldness. On several oc- casions personal difficulties were only averted by disputants being separated Finally the condition of affairs became so alarming that it was reported to Chief Austin He detailed a number of men to disperse the crowd, but 1t was not until nearly o'clock that car in charge of non-union men could pass without having it's passengers made to alight. Then the non-union men were greeted with occa- sional jeers and yells.
 Chief Takes Charge.
 Chief Austin himself joined the force of officers and the crowd was forced to dis perse.
 At s:so o'clock the corner was quiet and surrounded by only few small groups The officers continued on guard, however for several hours.
 In their efforts to disperse the mass of men and protect the cars. workmen and passengers several arrests were made Cases of disorderly conduct were charged against W. J. Nelson, E.. M. Horst, T. s. Smith and Clay Collis by officers Ward Fully, Hawkins and Nix. All four men were released later on bond. They will be given trials in Judge Feagins court this morning.
 The trouble out of which these arrests grew came when Nelson attempted 10 board a car He was jeered at and hot words ensued.
 Conductor Goldman of the Gate City di- vision and union man engaged in a per sonal encounter in First avenue and Nineteenth street. Witnesses state that as the car in which Goodman was in charge turned into Nineteenth street from First avenue. some one yelled "scab car," and the conductor immedi ately stopped the car and ran for the man who did the yelling. Several blows were passed and the conductor jumped on the car and resumed the journey. No arrests were made
 Chief Austin Talks of Trouble.
 ''I was at dinner yesterday at 4:30 o'clock when received a message in- forming me of the threatened trouble. I immediately came to town and ordered