The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-20
FIVE HUNDRED
POLICEMEN ADDED
To Give Protection and Guard Prop
erty of Chicago City Railway.
NO THOUGHT OF ARBITRATION
Slany dubbed. Few Po'ice"sa
Druised, Number of Arrests M""e
and several Broken Heads -
Net ResuIt For One Day.

Net Result For One Day.
Chicago. Nov. 17.-Encouraged py
the successful operation of regular
service on the Wentworth avenue line,
Monday the management OF the Shi-
cago City Railway announced that an
effort would be made to-day TO resume
traffic on the Cottage Grove avenue
line. The intention is to start trains
early in the morning, and unless 100
much opposition Is met with the scrv-
ice will be gradually extended later III
the day. Five hundred policemen VIII
be added to the number already de-
tailed to guard the property OF the
company This additional force Will
be assigned TO the Cottage Grove ave-
nue. line and the cars will be run I'M
der the same protection as those on
Wentworth avenue Screens have Deen
provided for the grip cars To shield the
cripmen. and the trains will be run
at high rate of speed i'll an enort 10
prevent crowds from blocking the
I tracks
Frequent Riots Along the Line.
Although considerable interference
marked the operation Of the Went
worth avenue branch Monday, still
five-minute service was maintained
throughout the day, and an attempt
will be made TO install closer sched-
ule. Riots were frequent all along
the line. but the police charged on the
crowds with such quickness and force
that but one serious blockade was met
with. When tie last of the 20 cars
that had been in service reached the
barn at 4:3O o'clock Monday night IT
was decided to suspend further trafhc
until this morning.
Mob stone the Police.
Late Monday afternoon the police
guarding the Wentworth avenue line
were forced to charge on mob III
Clark street. near Taylor street. Many
| persons were dubbed and few POI
liccmen were bruised by stones A
teamster drove on a track and refused
, TO get out of the way. A crowd gath
cred and cheered the teamster. The
police tried to drag the driver from his
} seat The crowd grew ugly, and. form
/ ing a line, the police swung their clubs
| right and left. a humble of arrests
. we're made, and finally. after consider
+ able difficulty, the mob was dispersed
D Accidents Narrowly Averted.
r Public inconvenience from the strike
became greater Monday night thar
Q ever before. A heavy rain and higf
|, wind drove many who heretofore hat
n walked home to seek transportation
z on the already overburdened trains
5 of the Illinois Central and the Soutl
!. SIDE elevated lines. The crush at tn
downtown stations of these two road
n was tremendous, and il was with tn
;. greatest difficulty that the railway EN-
/, moves prevented accidents in the rusl
a made for the cars
y curry mud His Gang To the Rescue
A lively fight took place just outsid
= the barns at Seventy-ninth and Stat
!. streets last night. A wagon carrying
: provisions to the men living in tn
barn was stopped by strikers. who at
:. TEMPTED to prevent the driver from
I. approachirg the barn. crowd O
men had surrounded the wagon, an
:, things were getting unpleasant 70
-
:. the driver when the barn doors wer
= flung open and a crowd OF non-unio
men, headed by Frank Curry. who ha
= gained considerable notoriety becaus
20 OF the nerve he has shown in run
ming cars through the mob. came run
- ming out. The mob around the WACO
= was at once charged by Curry and hi
I. men and quickly put to flight. Man
stones we're thrown and number 9
reviewers were displayed. but no shot
- were fred Several men sustaine
- bruises. and there were few broke
!, heads, but the fight did not last lon
enough for the police to make any al
rests.
Nobody Thinking Of Arbitration.
- A declaration of the attitude OF tn
ha Chicago CITY Railway Co toward SCI
Ting by arbitration the strike OF II
= employees was made Monday afternoo
H. by General Manager McCulloch. In RI
q. ply TO a question as to whether arp
tration would be the solution to tn
:. trouble, he said: Nobody connecte
~ with this company is thinking Of a
60 bitration."
This is taken to mean sn absolu'
- refusal of the overtures Of the stat
"a board Of arbitration.
~ Large Appropriation For Mission
ce Omaha, Neb, Nov 1.-THE gener
az missionary committee Of the Methodi