Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19
FIVE HUNDRED
POLICEMEN ADDED
To Give Protection and Guard Prop.
erty of Chicago City Railway.
NO THOUGHT OF ARBITRATION
Many .CIuobed, Few Policeman
Bruised, Number of Arrests Made
and Several Broken Heads Is
Net Result For One Day.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Encouraged by
the successful operation of a regular
service on the Wentworth avenue line.
Monday the management of the Chi
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 toe
much opposition is met with the serv.
ice will be gradually extended later in
the day. Five hundred policemen will
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-
der the same protection as those or
Wentworth avenue Screens have been
provided for the grip cars to shield the
gripmen, and the trains will be run
at a high rate of speed il an effort tc
prevent crowds from blocking the
tracks.
Frequent Riots Along the Line.
Although considerable interference
marked the operation CT the Went
worth avenue branch Monday, still a
five-minute service was maintained
throughout the day, and an attempt
will be made to install a 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 the last of the rs cars
that had been in service reached the
barn at 4:30 o'clock Monday night ii
was decided to suspend further traffic
until this morning.
Mob Stone the Police.
Late Monday afternoon the police
guarding the Wentworth avenue line
were forced to charge on a mob in
Clark street, near Taylor street. Many
persons were dubbed and a few po-
licemen 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 number of arrests
were made, and finally, after consider
able difficulty, the mob was dispersed.
Accidents Narrowly Averted.
Public inconvenience from the strike
became greater Monday night than
ever before. A heavy rain and a high
wind drove many who heretofore had
walked home to seek transportation
on the already overburdened trains
of the Illinois Central and the South
SIDE elevated lines. The crush at the
downtown stations of these two roads
was tremendous, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the railway en-
pioyes prevented accidents in the rush
made for the cars.
Curry and His Gang to the Rescue.
A lively fight took place just outside
the barns at Sev%enty-ninth and State
streets last night. A wagon carrying
provisions to the men living in the
barn was stopped by strikers, who at
tempted to prevent. the driver from
approaching the barn. A crowd OF
men had surrounded the wagon, and
things were getting unpleasant fol
the driver when the barn doors were
flung open and a crowd of non-union
men, headed by Frank Curry, who has
gained considerable notoriety because
of the nerve he has shown in run
ming cars through the mob, came run
ming out. The mob around the wagon
was at NICE charged by Curry and his
men and quickly put to flight. Many
stones were thrown and a number OF
revolvers were displayed, but no shots
were fired. Several men sustained
bruises, and there were a few broken
heads, but the fight did not last long
enough for the police to make any ar
rests.
Nobody Thinking of Arbitration.
A declaration Of the attitude of the
Chicago City Railway Co. toward set
ting by arbitration the strike of it's
employees was made Monday afternoon
by General Manager McCulloch. In re-
ply to a question as to whether arDi-
tration would be the solution to the
trouble, he said: Nobody connected
with this company is thinking of ar
bitration."
This is taken to mean an absolute
refusal of the o%vertures Of the state
board of arbitration.
Large Appropriation For Missions.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 1.-THE general