The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
STRIKERS ARE QUIESCENT
ALL is PEACEFUL IN THE TERRE
HAUTE-BRAZIL TIE-UP.
Cars Ran without Interference Until
Taken Of-NO Intention to Shut
Down the Power Plant.
,ecial to the Indianapoli. Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE Ind, Jan. 21.-To-night,
with an extra force Of policemen on duty.
officers were stationed along streets where
trouble might be looked for. Cars were
run with something like a regular sched-
ule in the downtown districts, but not
into the outskirts.
When Manager Clark, of the company,
was informed that State Labor Commits
sioner Mccormack had arrived In the city
to assist in trying to settle the strike by
arbitration he said: 1--WE have nothing to
arbitrate. We running our cars and
are furnishing light and heat"
National Organizer Pratt says ii is prob
ably true that some of the men have told
Mr. Clark they would return to work, but
that would make no difference in the plans
of those who are in charge of the strike.
The leaders do not hope to prevent the
operation of the system, but depend Tor
success entirely on deprlvlng tne company
of revenue by preventing patronage OF the
cars.
F. c. Mitchell of Fort Wayne. an officer
of the stationary firemen's organization,
arrived this morning, and tonight was at
the joint meeting of trainmen, firemen, the
Central Labor Union and other strike
leaders.
The company withdrew all cars at 9
o'clock tonight. When the question was
asked at the offices why it was done the
reply was: They wouldn't give US police
protection"
HAS there been any trouble tonight"
was asked.
mo trouble at ALL" was the reply.
More cars were in service to-day than
yesterday. In the afternoon Manager
Clark said he would have the
in the full ass He By Saws Ra
a dozen of the old conductors and motor
men had reported willing to go to work.
He says there is no doubt that practically
all the strikers Will return to work as soon
as they are assured protection against vio-
lence. The first cars since Saturday were
run down Thirteenth street this morning,
but two of them were in trouble this after
noon. A hurry call was sent for the police
and when they arrived ii was learned that
a few boys had been throwing things on
the track. There was no serious obstruc-
ton to traffic.
IL has been learned that the Police Board
overruled Chief Hyland in his decision to
put policemen on the cars. President Tai
ley asked State Labor Commissioner Nc
Cormack as TO the ACCESSIBILITY of doing so
and was informed that it would be bad
policy and most likely lead to excessive
violence.
The strikers have submitted a proposition
to Manager Clark, which he said he would
take under consideration, but Ii is under
stood by both sides that at present there
is no likelihood OF serious negotiations to
settle the strike by any compromise meas
ure and that the proposition submitted to
Mr.. Clark is for the purpose OF making a
record for the men. In this proposition the
men ask for 20 and % cents hour and a
nine-hour day for trainmen. They re-
ceived is cents under an arbitration award
for the year ended last October. when they
asked for an advance. This was refused
and the first of this month the company es-
tablished the graduated schedule from 10
10 20 cents, the larger amount being for
men who had been In the employ of the
company for ten years. The strikers say
that the schedule means a net advance to
II cents when all the men are graded. The
proposition also calls for the reinst atement
of all men discharged since the first of the
year and that motormen be allowed 10 use
stools on their cars. There is also a pro-
vision for a board OF arbitration when the
company wants 10 discharge union man.