The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-16
FURTHER GAIN ON STRIKERS
CHICAGO TROLLEY COMPANY
 EXTENDING ITS SERVICE.
Regular Schedule Maintained on One of Riots and Many Arrssts-Attempt
 wnI be Made To-day to Operate Other
 Lines if Police supply Necessary PrO- fccfion
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Chicago, Nov. 15.-A victory, tempo rary, at least, was scored to-day by the Chicago City Railway against its strik- ing employees for a regular service was maintained on it's Wentworth avenue line. which extends from 18th street to the downtown district, distance of eight miles. The first car manned by a newly hired non-union crew left the car barns. guarded by dozen police men, at o'clock and was followed four minutes later by another car.
 This schedule was kept uD all day, and with the exception of two incipient riots at 31st street, in which several ar rests were made, no opposition was of sered by strikers or strike sympathiz- CTS. Thousands of persons took ad- vantage of it being Sunday and gather ed along the route which was patrolled by two-thirds of Chicago's police force but nearly everybody looked on good naturedly as the cars, some of them half filled with passengers. sped along without meeting any interference. Part of to-day's riot can be attributed to the absence of teams drawing heavy loads in the streets through which the cars had to pass and were used by the team sters to retard the passengers during the first three days of the strike.
 According to the officials of the com pany an attempt will be made to-mor- row to operate some Of the other lines of the system. if the police department can supply protection. Enough non union men have been secured, it is said to extend the service in all directions if police aid is forthcoming, but this it is claimed is impossible as the city has been taxed to the limit to protect the Wentworth avenue line alone. If 1t is found impossible to open up any of the other lines tomorrow morning, all the efforts of the company will be confined to the Wentworth avenue line.
 As far as known no further attempt will be made to-day to bring about a settlement and the indications are for a nrotracted struggle.
 Twenty-Five cars in all were put into the service. but the schedule was fre- quently interfered with by delays caus- ed by Instructions being placed on the tracks and the inexperience of the men In charge of the ears The most serious trouble occurred during the morning when many arrests were made, but clashes between the police and the crowds that lined the streets were fre- quent during the afternoon, and when darkness set in it was not considered safe to send more cars from the barn. The last car returned to the barns at 4:30 o'clock, and after it had been safely housed the days work came to an end.
 Our old employees are reporting back for york; said William M. Weather wax, division superintendent of the road tonight.
 "The break up of the strike seems imminent. We have large reserve sorce of employees in the barns More than fifty of our old employees were on the cars to-day. On some cars there were five or six. They went out as pass engers and were paid for days work. Many are asking for their old jobs. We have more men than we want now to run the cars"
 The statement of Superintendent Weatherwax was supported by Police Inspector Hunt, who said: T saw men whom I knew to be striking union men reporting for work this morning, and I learn of good authority that all the men on one of the cross-town lines have notified the company that they are ready to return to work"