The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-03
NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF.
New Orleans Street Car Men viii
Keep Up Strike.
NO REPLY TO THEIR EMPLOYERS YET
Tho Railway Company Is Preparing to
Start out Cars With Nonunion
Men in Charge.

New Orleans, october p. After four days
wasted IN useless parlcylng between the
street ear men aud railway company
through the mayor aE intermediary all ne
gotiations came to q positive end tonight
and tomorrow win witness determined
effort TO run cars and the usual conse.
quences. AZ 1880 o'clock tonight the car
mems executive committee adjourned until
tomorrow morning after announcing that
II would make no reply TO the last COM
munication OF the railway company The
railway compony snys &c IS ready to run
cars and has refrained from mnkiDg the at
tempt pending tito outcome Of the uegotia-
lions. When negotiations closed at =
o'clock this morning the carmen mad sub
mitted a new proposition TO 20 to work ON
the basis OF - cents and eight hours ana
In the meantime the alleged violations Of
the old agreement would be arblauted. II
u was found that IL had been violated then
the men were 10 be paid according to tho
Plpppsed new agreement. II not, theE
March 81 The railways forwarded their
replN, 70 TINS proposition at . O'Clock this
lrolnlis This was the proposition agreed
70 by both sides yesterday lbut from which
the carmen backed downs and concluded
Win the statement, that unless an agree
nlenl was coached on the lines OF the
PA'P'fhtlNll Iht fOWnuiN Wnulu consider tue
lnhrter hnally closed and engage now men
aud operate the cars
inc mayor sent the communication to
tho carmen's nniun who announced that
they would make mo reply The mnyor
las gone home and the railway company
" preparing 70 start n number Of cars to-
morrow Il Is not believed that they have
secured any outside labor bccnu8e pickets
~ carmen hnye bccu al every railway depot
tliice Tire strike has been OH aud they have
not seen any nrriyuls they shy they are
Hsttf aa f1tstst Do. tls
| from Houston, hut this ig doubted
Nine cars with United Suites mail signs
we're over the several roads today for the
accommodation OF the letter carriers aud
were not molested. II was announced that
passengers would he tnkcn on tbcse cars,
put ~hen several passengers started to got
uoned the car and was received with cheers
hy the crowd Of strikers gathered at the
corner OF Exchange alley. A clerk Of the
| company discovered the abandoned car n
few minutes after and took It to the posi-,
office md thence to the burn, where a now
crew WAS obtained
A crowd of strikers amused themselves
by moving all the switches ON Canal street
ana n switch was found iammrd with n
large iron nut a car ran over IT, but did
NOT leaTe the track. The big feed wrcS
night on Carrollton avenue near Camhropno
street There was no other violence during
Henry A. Reid. striking motormon wac
arrested today nv Cautuin Cooper charged
Win assaulting Policeman D'AyalA who
wa, vas III Coliseum car. near the Arabela
nAIn When II was attacked hy strikers
and he was Dangerously wounded IN tbn
iaee By a brick, Another striker. wanted
Tor emitting q trolley rome IN the snmp as
sault. surrendered this evpuine The M
iceman is recovering The preliminary
nearing of the sixteen mon arrested on
Feqeral warrants on Monday for inter.
l i,,,1 WIN Z, me, mail cars was postponed
uotl next TUESDAY bv United States Com.
missioner Craig 10 enable the officials Of
the union 70 nart icipatc In conferences
.,in.e s1tSet railway companN has n con
tse transportation Of mails and letter car
rlers, ana the local nostofhcc officials have
served notice on the officials OF the com
pany aud the mayor of the city that this
contract must be carried out Postmaster
kearneY held 70 conference with District
Attorney Howe and Marshal Fonteilru,
ana II was decided that the railway com
panE would he given all the protection il
needed 10 operate the cars The mayor
VIII hrst he called unon 10 furnish po-
lice protection ana n this Is NOT sntH
Client the Federal marshni viii cmptov
deputies to guard the cars II the cnrs
are attacked BIZ mobs and the free transit
81 mhus ara letter carriers is interrupted
United states troops Will he ordered out
from Jackson barracks. The Federal soil
dieS VIII not he called usnn however
SWSe oshI, a s, a iast resort 4 dispatch from
VIII order out the trooDs the monlrnt she
local Federal authorities call for them
There Is strong sentiment IN the cltv
IN favor OF the striking carmen hut evcrv
ono, realizes that the Interference Of the
Federal government viii have most de-
moralizinF e1oct among the strikers and
the contest VIII ultimately end in their
The streets in the business district have
presented queer sncctacle since the strike
was imugurated. Brewery wagons. ice
wagons. coal carts. furniture vans and We.
hlcies, OF every dissertation have bern
| brought into rcduisition and stylishly
dressed women arc freuuentv seen perched
up on ton Of coal carts mud furniture vans
on their way TO tho shopning section ot
the city, The lowest fare charged Is 10
cents and the prices range as high AZ
81 90 according 70 the distance. Carriaehs
and automobiles charge as high as the civ
ordinance will permit them. and even AZ
that rate they have all the business they
can do,
The strike leaders have announced that
they will estahIlsh an omnibus line in op.
position TO the railway. company ana eil
union men will be urged TO boycott street
cars.