The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-14
FIREMEN JOIN
THE STRIKERS
Situation at Chicago Becomes
More Complicated.
OTHER TROUBLES EXPECTED
TRANSFERS May MAKE THE
NEXT BREAK.
OTHER TROUBLES EXPECTED

= HlCAGO. Nov 13.-TWenty-f cars
\ run on the Wentworth avenue line
without damage TO the cars or in
jury to the non-union employees operat-
ing them. was what the Chicago city
Railway company was able to accom-
plish today with the assistance of che
police department The cars were run
az three diferert times. five leaving
the Seventy seventh street barns an
4;20 a. m. ten leaving at 10:4O and ten
at $40. in the first two runs the round
trip was made en- about three hours: in
the third in about one and a half hours,
the usual time. During the entire trip.
a distance of over eight miles, only one
missile was thrown
Jeers and Hoots.
While there was no active interior
ence with the handling Of the cars such
as attended the attempts to run cars
Yesterday the crowds that lined the
streets jeered and booted the police
and the nOn-uniOr men almost without
lntermission. But two stones were
hurled at the cars during the day, one
being thrown by a woman. who made
her escape in the crowd before the po-
lice could reach her, and the other be-
ing hurled from the new postofice
did damage worth mentioning.
At nightfall the officials Of the street
car company were inclined to view the
days work as being successful and.
on the whole, satisfactory. They an
nounced that cars would be run tomor-
row on the Wentworth avenue line at
the same hours as today. and that at
tempts would be made to operate other
lines, which were, however, not speci-
fed.
Firemen Go Out.
Shortly after this decision was an
nounced the situation was complicated
Tor the company by a sudden strike Of
the fremen employed i'm all six power
houses owned by the company
The firemen's union made an agree
ment two days ago with the company
which was 10 last for a year. Their
was clause in the contract which gave
the iremen the discretion to go on
sympathetic strike II the company de-
clined 10 arbitrate with the employees
now on strike. The company explained
lts attitude on arbitration and said that
II had always beer willing go arbitrate
the question of wages
The firemen then signed the contract
which was repudiated tonight. The Of
ncials Of the firemen's union declared
that they had ordered the strike be
cause the company had declined their
offer T. mediate between the company
aud the employees now on strike.
Many Others Involved.
The calling out of the hremen involves
oilers, water tenders. coal passers. ash
handlers and coal supply men, $50 I'm
all The real danger in this last strike
lies in the attitude Of the teamsters.
They may decline to deliver coal TO the
company if nOn-uniOn firemen are en-
ployed and the company has but three
days supply on hand.
During the afternoon an effort was
made 20 bring about a peaceabIe ad-
Justment of the strike. The members
of the state board of arbitration called
upon Manager McCullOch and upon the
latter's suggestion went into conference
with II. r. Bliss. counsel for the COM
pany, with the hope of arranging a
settlement or at least a conference be
tween the strikers and the officials Of
the road. Nothing definite was accom-
plished at the conference. but another
meeting has been arranged for tomor-
row, when a second attempt viii be
made 20 have the controversy submit
ted to arbitration. After today's meet
ing one of the arbitration board said
that the indications were that the man
agement of the company would agree TO
arbitrate all the demands of the men
With the exception OF the recognition of
the union.
The company had announced that it
would put on enough cars TO handle the
usual evening traffic but at the con
clusiOn Of the last trip I'm the afternoon
decided not to attempt handling cars
after dark and the plan was given up.