The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-13
LIKE FRONTIERSMEN
TROLLEY CAR MEN WEAR THEIR
SIX SHOOTERS.
SHOW OF ARMS FOR STRIKERS.
THIRD DAY OF THE STRIKE ENDED
QUIETLY.

Small Boys Get There by Putting
Harmless Torpedoes on the
Traeks-PoIice Are still Held in
Reserve at Headquarters-Three
More Strikers Arrested During the
Day for Threatening NOn-UniOn
Men-Five Union Men Will Answer
the Charges This MOrning-Con-
ductOr Taken From His Car by
Police for Insulting n Lady-Union
Men Preparing for Boycott.
The third day of the street railway
strike proved as much a fizzle as the
others and the company found no diff
Guilty in manning its cars. There were
more men ready to work than could be
used, and the day passed without any
serious trouble. The police force is
still held in reserve, although it is not
believed now that there is any danger
of an outbreak. Sunday was looked as
the critical day, and when it passed
without disturbance the street railway
officials breathed easier.
The strike has assumed an amusing
aspect, and has developed into a sort
of comedy. A reign of terror and dyn-
amite was threatened when the men
went out Saturday and preparations
were made for the tragedy. The heav-
Ter play was a frost from the start,
and the curtain was never rung up.
Not even a stray rock was thrown
The chief characters are the men who
are standing by the company and the
small boys and an occasional striker
make up the chorus of anything but an
evenly balanced troupe.
Harmless enough to themselves, the
green men appear like frontiersmen in
their makeup. The cars are moving
| arsenals, and children shudder, as they
| gaze upon the revolVers strapped in
| front of the conductors and motormen
| Strangers might be somewhat nervous
! if it were not for the fact that a glance
higher up than the belt shows that the
| man behind the gun does not always
mean that there is going to be trouble
| The display of firearms is an amusing
| show, and II costs nothing extra. A
| single fare carries with it a glance at
| the peep show as we'll as a ride. If his
| imagination is strong enough, pas
senger with a geography, can take a
trip to Arizona, or New Mexico, for
| a nickel.
The younger member of the troupe
made hit last night and came very
| near causing those who are doing the
| heavy parts to die of apoplexy. Tor
| pedoes were placed on the tracks at
| Habersham and Jones streets, and at
Habersham and Liberty streets, and
when the trolley cars hit them there
was additional fun. The conductors
and motormen reached for their revolv-
ers, expecting to receive another vol
| ley from the enemy in hiding. Some
| of the passengers displayed their tim
! idity, and the men at police headquar-
tiers, few blocks away, for the hun
dredth time, showed the brave stuff of
which they are made and rushed out
| to find that the harmless torpedoes had
made all of the racket. This and the
arrest of several of the strikers were
| the only incidents of the day.
Peter S. Horton was arrested during
the morning by Patrolman Umbach,
charged with threatening Motorman G..
! w. Peach shortly after the strike was
| declared on. The officers had been
| given instructions to arrest Horton, but
were unable to locate him, although he
| had a disturbance with a non-union
man Sunday night.
A. H. Tomberland was arrested by
Detective Wall charged with threaten
ing Motorman Dukes. p. P. BRAZIL is
charged by Patrolman Collins with in
| terfering with the company's men and
with refusing to move when ordered by
| an officer. All three of the men fur
nished bail for their appearance in
Police Court, and were in custody only
a short time.
The cases against j. W. Mcmillan
and j. L. Capers, the strikers arrested
Saturday and Sunday, were continued
| by Acting Mayor Dixon until this
morning. They will be, called along
with those against the men arrested
yesterday. Mr.. A. A. Lawrence ap-
peared for the railway company and
asked a continuance. All <of the men
have entered a denial of the charges
entered against them by the company
and the non-union men.
The travel on the suburban and in
side lines was rather light yesterday,
| but the full number of cars were run
| on schedule time and there was no
trouble. The only delay during the day
| was caused by the arrest of Conductor
Mcmillan.
The strikers say that many people
have voluntarily agreed not to use
the cars as long as the strike is on,
| not because they fear violence but be-
cause their sympathies are with the
men who are out. The union men
claim that they have no idea of resort
| ing to violence and intend to win by
a boycott The other unions and the
Trade and Labor Assembly are in
sympathy with the men who are out
and will assist in the boycott.
The usual precautions were taken
last night and early this morning.
Most of the car men slept at the Gwin-
nett street barn and the power house
was kept in operation. The police,
too, were on extra duty.
PRINTERS CASE CONTINUED.