The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-11

also in case of a riot call to any part OF
the city. The Winchester and Spring
field rifles were got in shape and plenty
of ammunition placed in reach. Supt
| Reilly was prepared to move with his
men at a moments notice and will be
until the trouble ends.
| At A o'clock Acting Mayor Dixon
went to police headquarters and had
another conference with the superin-
tendent. 1t was at that hour that the
strike was to begin. Ten of the union
men had been suspended in the morn
| ing by Mr.. McIntire. This accounts
for the fact that comparatively few
cars chopped short at that hour. A car
| was deserted on Whitaker and Fortieth
streets and West End car was left
standing at the City Market. In other
parts of the city, here and there, car
was deserted by one or both Of its
crew.
In the meantime Superintendent
Reilly had arranged a system of patrol
and all of the weak points on the sys-
tenn were covered. One man was per-
manently stationed at each of the fol-
lowing points, Battery Park, e. and
w. Laundry. Fortieth and Whitaker
streets, Bolton street junction, Whita-
ker and Thirty-second streets, Plant
System depot, Central depot, Oft
street power house, and two men at
Bull and Bay streets. Mounted men
were put to patroling the tracks on
East Broad and West Broad streets,
and rode the length of the city. The
street sergeants were instructed to ride
east and west, and in this way almost
all of the system is being covered.
AT Ais o'clock Superintendent Reilly
was notified that many of the strikers
were congregating around the city
market, and that there was a Ikeli-
hood of trouble at that point. Desk
Sergeant Mock went to the market
with six of the men held in reserve
at headquarters. Instructions were
given not to permit the men to gather
on the streets, but they boarded cars
of the West Broad, Battery Park,
Barnard, Habersham and West End
lines and tried to induce the non-union
men to leave the cars. In only one or
two cases they were successful, al
though not few of the men promised
not to return in the morning.
Only short Delays.
The inspectors of the company went
about with extra men, and renamed
the cars that had been left standing.
These men who have only recently
been brought to the city had been or
dered to report at the junction at $3.50
O'Clock, but not all of them put in an
appearance. Some of those who did
work stated during the afternoon that
they were afraid and that they did
not think that they would return this
morning. In the meantime the strikers
and some of the recently discharged
men were boarding cars at different
points in the city and talking to the
men.
The men had been on strike only a
Few minutes when complaint was made
to Supt Reilly that Peter Horton and
81. w. Mcmillan, two of the strikers.
were threatening the lives of the men
who persisted in remaining on the cars.
Several reports of this sort were made
at headquarters and Vice President
Parsons called upon the superintendent
to report the matter. Orders were is
sued to the officers on the street to ar
rest the men and the city detectives
were sent out to locate them. City De-
tective Julius Stark, who has just re-
turned from New York, where he was
operated upon, was pressed into SER
NANNS NtOib Win DcltCllNeS murphy
and Wall
Mcmillan was arrested at Broughton
and Barnard streets by Detective Wall
and was taken to the police station,
where he was charged with disorderly
conduct and having threatened the
lives of non-union men. He was bail
ed out Immediately and will answer the
charge in Police Court tomorrow
morning. Mcmillan stated to a repre-
sentative of the Morning News that
he had used no violent language, and
seemed surprised at his arrest. He
had talked to some of the non-union
men, but in no case had he used any
violent language.
The men who were pressed into SER
vice were green and the cars all ran
behind the regular schedule time. All
of the men, or at least most of them
seemed timid enough, and 1t is believed
that many of them will fail to put in
an appearance this morning. The men
are being paid liz cents an hour and
a dollar a day extra as long as af-
fairs remain serious. The strikers de-
clare that the extra dollar is what has
been holding most of the green men,
but say that they have no fear that
it will last.
VIII Use no Violence.
ne declare InaI the report
that they intend violence or planned
to commit deeds credited to them is
untrue in every particular and that
they have never had the slightest idea
of adopting severe measures in an eff
fort to win their fight, which they say
is just in every sense of the word.
They declare they have been trampled
upon by the corporation, under the
management of Mr.. McIntire, and that
they are tired of. being ground down.
They believe the public is in sympathy
with them, and say that many persons
have stated their intention of boy
cotting the lines.
The conductors who left their cars
in the street were cautious and Sc
cured witnesses to the fact that their
registers were standing at a certain
point. They then went TO the Bolton
street junction and turned in the
money that they had collected during
the day. There was no trouble on this
score. The power house is located on
Bolton street, east. There is also a car
shed at that point. The gates were
barricaded during the afternoon and a
double watch was placed on guard at
night.
The strike injured the travel and the
usual Saturday crowds did not visit
the resorts. Many people were afraid
to the city if they went out although
the venturesome paid no attention to
the rumors that were to be heard on
the streets. The travel on the inside
lines was also light and the receipts