Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
Chicago is Again the Scene OF
Rioting, Hoodlum Element
Being Prominent.
STREET CARS ARE GUARDED.
Precautionary Measures Are More
Complete Than During the
Transfers Strike.

Chicago, Nov 13-Worse rioting to-
day than before was the expectation Of
both Sides in the big street railway
strike this morning. Lines Of union
plckets were thrown out at various
points, especially In Wentworth ave-
nue., while the union employees were
assembling at the barns Of the Chicago
city railway. Al the same time a hood
lum element, whose work 10 disavowed
by the strikers, began to gather along
the prominent crossings.
Several hundred police and a dozen
patrol wagons were massed at the
southern terminus Of one of the main
electric lines at Seventy street
and Cottage Grove avenue early in the
morning and at O'Clock the wagons
started toward the business district,
leaving squads of police at intervals
along the line where trouble was antici-
pated Pickets posted by the strikers
were also on hand in numbers at the
various barns and sullenly watched the
preparations being made to guard the
cars. Patrol wagons filed with police
made ready to proceed beside the cars.
MAIL CARS STARTED.
While the crowds were on tlp-toe OF
expectation along the Wentworth ave-
nue. electric line, two mail cars were
started on one of the principal through
cable routes Cottage Grove avenue.
which is a direct parallel Of Wentworth
avenue. but half a mile distant to the
east. The mail cars made the entire
trip from the outskirts Of the city to
the business center and returned with
out the slightest Interference
Considerable interest attached TO the
movement of the mail cars for the rea-
son that any application to n federal
tribunal would probably be to prevent
the mail service being interrupted by
acts of violence
The state courts, on the other hand,
would be appealed to If leaving out any
question Of the malls. an Injunction
should be sought solely to prevent in
terference with non-union traction EN-
ployes endeavoring to re-rstabish pas
senger service.
POLICE IN CHARGE OF CARS.
Two cars on Wentworth left tho
tnty.nlnth strs barns In charge OF
Police Capt George w. Shippy Fiji
teen policemen were on board each car.
Capt Shippy's plan was said to be TO
carry on the cars any persons arrested
for committing violent acts. thus maxi
ing the alleged disturbers equally with
the police the target for bricks and
stones meant for the non-unon train
crews.
Precautionary measures by the po-
lice today Sere apparently much more
complete than during the Transfers
etT hs
traffic was more than once brought al
most to standstlll. BY 9:15 a. m. the
cars, under command OF Capt shirpy,
had passed Forty-thlrd street, running
slowly between dense lines Of strikers
and their sympathizers who tried to
Keep pace with the patrol wagons. No
stones were thrown, but there were
jeers and cat calls for the police and
trainmen.
AGAINST MAYOR HARRISON.
There were cries Of Garter Harrison
VIII never dare face the south side
again. The presence OF police on the
cars, evidently with the approval OF
Mayor Harrison, appeared to greatly
excite the anger of the crowds. Ten
cars in all started on the trip toward
the center OF the city within half an
hour, all on the Wentworth avenue
electric line. Non-union crews manned
the cars and each car after the first
was In charge OF lieutenant or SER
geant and IL policemen.
Though there was much excitement
and the streets were thronged with peo-
pie, little actual trouble was expert
enced by the leading cars on the Went
worth avenue line during the trip TO
the business district. The cars started
on the return trip on almost schedule
time -Four Transfers were arrested at
intervals along the way for attempting
TO block the way and were put aboard
the cars.
Asst. Chief Of Police Schwettler ac-
companled the leading cars down town
and back. Five union men boarded an.
ferent cars soon after the start. paid
their fares, and during the round trip
used their influence TO avert violence,