The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-16
CaTs Operated All Day on WeRt- worth Avenue Line of Chi-
 cagO Cit Railway
MANY CLASHES BETWEEN
 POLICE AND STRIKERS
Numerous Arrests Are Made But No Serious Trouble ResuIts-The
 Struggle Will Probably be
 Stubborn on Both Sides

Chicago. November 15-A victory. tenn porary at least, was scored today by the management of the Chicago City railway against its striking employees. From early in the morning until dark to- night, the company succeeded in main- taining fairly regular service on it's Wentworth Avenue line. which extends from Seventy-ninth street to the down. town district a distance of eight miles. The first car, manned by a newly-hired non-union crew left the car barns guard ed by dozen policemen, at o'clock and was followed four minutes later by an-. other train. Twenty-Five cars, in all. were put into the service, but the sched- ule was frequently inieIferred with by delays caused hy obstructions being placed on the tracks. The most serious trouble occurred during the morning. when a number of arrests were made. but clashes between the police and the crowds that lined the streets were fre- auent in the afternoon. and at dark 1t was not considered safe to send mc ) cars from the barn. More arrests were made during the day than at any time since the strike was declared
 First Trouble.
 The most trouble was experienced be- tween Twenty-second street and Thirty ninth street In the blocks bounded by these thoroughfares, crowds of men, wo- men and children congregated, and as the first car passed, hooted at the police and non-union employees. This was soon fol- lowed by more violent demonstration. Huge barrlcades were piled upon the tracks, stones were thrown at thR cars, and hand-to-hand conflicts between the police and the crowd followed in sew eral instances Several patrol wagons were soon filled with prisoners
 One of the men arrested, who gave his name as McQuad. is said to have placed a cartridge of large caliber upon the tracks near Harrison and Clark streets. Thousands of specta tors were in the street at the time, and, believing 1t was dynamite, became panic stricken with fear as they dashed for places of safety.
 May Try Other Lines.
 Assistant Chief of Police Schuetler, who was near at the time, removed the car- fridge and arrested McQuad According to tho officials of the company, an att tempt will be made tomorrow to operate some of the other lines of the system. if the police department can supply pro- lection.
 Enough non-union men have been se- cured, it Is said, to start 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 l of the other lines tomorrow morning, all
 
 l fined to the Wentworth avenue line and | the regular schedule will be inaugurated 1 If possible. As far as known, no further | attempt was made today to bring about a conciliatory settlement of the trouble. | and the indications tonight are for a long, protracted struggle
 old employees Return.
 "Our old employees are reporting back for work, said William Weatherwax di- vision superintendent of the road, tonight. "At the car barns at Vncennes and Sev- enty-seventh street many returned to the company's employ this morning. I do not care to say how many, but the break up of the strike seems imminent. We have a large reserve force of employees in the barns. More than fifty of our old em- ployes were on the cars today. On some cars there were five or six. They went out as passengers and were paid for d days work. Since the strike began [ have received numerous letters and calls from strikers asking for their old jobs. We have more men than we want now to run the cars"
 This statement was supported by Police Inspector Hunt, who said:
 "I saw men whom know to be striking union men reporting for work this morn- ing, and learn from good authority that all of the men on one of the cross-town lines. have notified the company they are ready to return to work"