Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-11-18
STRIKING CARMEN
BECOME VIOLENT
While Chicago City Council
Wrangles Over Strike.
NoNUNIoN MAN is ATTACKED.
Was Beaten, Thrown Into Box Car of
Departing Freight Train and the
Door Locked, His Wounds Being
Undressed-Police Still on Guard.

Undressed-Police Still on Guard.
Chicago, NNov. 17-While the city
council last night was engaged in a
debate, at times bitter, over the rela-
tiOns Of the police to the city rail
road strike; while the aldermen were
ordering that Mayor Harrison's author
ity for placing policemen on the cars
be explained by the corporation coun-
Gil, and while finally the council was
voting confidence in the mayor, vio-
lence become general along the Went
worth line.
One nOnuniOn car man who ventured
out Of the cOmpanys barns, was set
upon, presumably by pickets, and Civ
en- a chance to leave town. He hesi-
tated in his answer and was beaten,
thrown in a box car and the door
locked. The car was part Of depart
ing train. He was carried away, his
wounds not dressed.
A wagon load of bedding intended
for the barn barracks was saturatGI
with oil and burned at the Thirty-ninth
street corner. A shot was fired into
the Tnglewood police station from the
darkness, the bullet narrowly missing
a desk sergeant's head
The Cottage Grove cable system was
put in operation this morning with
five trains under police protection and
the running of the Wentworth line
was continued. One thousand police
men were distributed along Cottage
Grove and 300 on Wentworth avenue.
The Cottage Grove avenue line was
the scene Of much activity This line
parallels the Wentworth line a mile
to the eastward, has been entirely tied
up since the inception of the strike of
car men, except for the operation of
mail cars. The line traverses the
business district by way of Wabash
avenue, entering Cottage Grove ave
nue. at TWenty-secOnd street and pene
trates an extensive residence portion
of the city, which has no other trans
portation facility of easy access.
The Wentworth avenue service was
continued on practically the same
schedule as obtained yesterday.
A number of pistol shots near the
barns at Thirtyninth street and Cot
tage avenue startled the nonunion en-
ployes housed within. For a short
time the strike breakers believed that
an attack was being made upon their
stronghold. The shots proved to have
been fired by men who brought two
wagon loads of supplies into the barns
and who had been molested by pick.
cts in an attempt to block the deliv-
cry. When the two wagons were with
in half block of the barns the pick
cts halted the drivers and demanded
that the teams turn around and drive
back. The drivers Immediately opene @
fire when threats were made and drove
quickly into the barn After unload
ing the provisions they returned to the
company's headquarters, followed by
a bicycle brigade Of union pickets.
Screens Protect Gripmen.
Five trains left the barns near
Thirty-eighth street on Cottage Grove
avenue for the downtown loop at 9:45I
with a heavy police guard attending
each train. The gripman in each case
was protected from possible injury
by heavy wire screens, while a force
of nearly 1000 patrolmen guarded the
line and kept the crowd moving.
Wagons were hurried along and
kept off the street so far as possible.