The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-08
NEW ORLEANS STRIKE.
Arrests Made for Interference with
Mail Cars.

Mail cars.
New Orleans, oct. THE New Or
leans Railway Company to-day at
tempted TO obey the order OF the May
or to run passenger cars this morn
ing. and although almost the entire
force of the city police was concen-
trated at the scene of action. only
one car succeeded in going five squares
from the Canal barn.
Four cars were started out with nom
union motormen and conductors, each
carrying eleven policemen, while a
hundred policemen were massed in the
vicinity. but when the first car reach
ed Tonti street the strikers and their
sympathizers made a rush for the car
and secured possession. The police
made no show of resisting the assault.
Not a single striker was hurt. F.. n.
Schwenck of Chicago, non-union con-
ductor, was badly injured, and he with
three other non-union employees were
bodily taken possession of by the
| strikers.
A policeman was hit on the foot by
brick and another of the non-union
men who is a prisoner. was roughly
| handled, but not badly hurt. The cars
were badly damaged by stones.
| The company informed the Mayor
| that the police protection was made
| quate and this afternoon Mayor Capde-.
vielle issued a call for a thousand vol
unteer citizen police. The responses to
the call have been few and 1t APP
pears that in the failure of police pro-
lection. the militia will be called out.
The company says II will be ready
to run cars If protection is given.
Three arrests were made by the po-
| lice during the day. The four cars
which were sent out by the company
| this morning left the Canal street barn
at o'clock I'm a procession and started
up Canal street. They were greeted
with boots and yells by the crowd of
strikers in the immediate vicinity. but
| no violence was offered. Two blocks
| from the barn a large crowd was
gathered and they made a dash for
| the first car. One man swung on to
| the trolley rope and pulled the trolley
down. The car ran block and half
| before 1t stopped. The stopping of
this car stopped all the others and the
| strikers boarded them without any
| show OF resistance. Some of the po-
| lice drew revolvers, but no shots were
! fired except one by a striker Stones
| and bricks were showered on the cars
and the crews of two of them carried
off bodily, aid the trolley ropes were
| cut.
The company then made a play for
federal interference by running out a
| mail car behind the others and Of
| course 1t could not get thHough Ground
was laid for a charge of< interfering
with the mail. BY 10 o'clock all the
cars had been returned and the crowds
of strikers had dispersed except few
| who were left on watch.
NIa.
rested to-day on a charge by Postoffice
Inspector Lake Jones of cutting trolley
| wires near Audubon Park on Oct. l.
Inc fact that the federal officials
have taken a hand has surprised them.
An affidavit has also been made
against ID. Munisch for cutting wires.
and the Inspector says two others
were concerned in the crime. Bentley
was released on 81 900 bond.
The trial of the sixteen strikers
charged with interfering with mail
cars began before the United States
commissioner and much direct evil
| dence was adduced against all but the
| officers of the union who were not in
the vicinity. The trial was continued
| until tomorrow.
The public safety committee has
been in session most of the night dis
cussing the strike situation and maxi
ing preparations to uphold the Mayor
I'm his effort to prevent violence. This
committee is a standing body made UP
| of representatives OF all the ex-
| changes in the city. II owns a GUAM
tity of arms and ammunition which
can be put in the hands of a voIun-
teer force when needed.
Up to 10 O'Clock tonight the Mayor
had sworn in only twenty-five special
policeman as the result of his call for
a thousand.
VIII Call for Troops.
Mayor .Capdevielle, after a consulta-
ton with the public safety committee.
which lasted until midnight, decided
to call upon the Governor for troops
TO suppress violence. The Adjutant
| General is now here and the Governor
| will be reached at his home in North
Louisiana tomorrow morning.