Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-11-24
RIOTERS FIRED UPON
Fierce Fighting Takes Place in
Chicago City Rail
way Trouble.
STRIKERS STONE STREET CARS
Broken Heads Plentiful-No Serious
Injuries eported-PoIice Use Clubs
Freely and vIgorousIy-Psace Me-
gosiations Still Progressing.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Fierce fighting in
which the police used their clubs free
ly and twice their revolvers, marked
the opening of the State street cable
line by the Chicago City railway. AS
far as can be ascertained nobody was
seriously injured, although there were
many broken heads among the rioters
who came in contact with the clubs Of
the police. II any members of the
mob were injured by the bullets Of the
police and non-union men on the cars
they were carried away by their
friends before the fact was known %
others. While the fighting was going
On in the streets the usual conferences
were in progress and propositions and
counter propositions were passing
back and forth
Mayor Harrison, President Mahon.
of the street car men, and the attor-
neys for both sides say that an agree
ment has been reached, but little def
mite is known concerning its nature.
Fired at Rioters.
The hardest fighting took place at
| Forty-drst and State streets, where a
mob hiding behind fence stoned the
cars which were guarded by officers
The police were over the fence at once
and fred several shots over the heads
of the fleeing strikers Many of the
mob who were slow of foot were over
taken by the police and soundly
raped with clubs. Few arrests were
made, the officers contenting them
selves with scattering the crowd
| Conductor ]. P. Premier was in
| charge of the train which was at
tackled and when the stones com
menced to whiz past his head and
smash the windows of his car he
promptly drew revolver and fired at
the crowd until the cartridges in his
weapon were exhausted. The cars
were attacked at the same point on
the return trip and number of Shots
were fired, the mob scattering like a
flock of chickens.
Service Hampered by Mob.
All day long on State street the
company was hampered by the work
of the mob, which piled distractions
on the tracks, drove pegs and spikes
into the cables and cut trolley wires
in many places. The Archer avenue
line was badly damaged and required
several hourS work by a strong force
| of repair men, who were heavily
| guarded by the police No attempt
has been made to run cars on this line
since the commencement of the strike.
The opening Of the State street line
gave the company five lines on which
cars were run. The service, however,
is not Of character to be generally
useful to the public.
Although no announcement has been
made of the results of the conference,
it is positively known that the com
| pany and strikers are so far apart on
several propositions that there is lit
tie prospect of peace in the immediate
| future unless somebody changes front
Differ on Wage Basis.
i Arbitration on wages has been
agreed to, but the company insists it
shall be on the basis of wages paid in
other cities, claiming that Chicago
wages are now the highest in the
country. The men desire the arbitra
ton on the basis of Chicago wages
saying that otherwise they may suffer
reduction.
On the routing of cars nothing ap
preaching an agreement has been
reached.
On the reinstatement of employees
who went out on a sympathetic strike
both sides are firm and directly on
posed, the men demanding, the com
pany refusing it,
The question of the demand of the
closed shop has been practically
agreed on, the understanding being
that there shall be no discrimination
by either union or company for OF
against any man in or out OF the union
A number of minor points have beer
agreed on, but the differences on tbs
routing Of the cars and the reinstate
ment of employees are SO wide tina.
there can be no settlement unless one
side or the other gives in.
Police Inspector LAWN was forcet
to go to the hospital. During the fgnt
at Fortieth and State streets he was
hit on the forehead with a stone.