Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-20
NO SETTLEMENT
Has Yet Been Made in Chicago
Railway Strike.
Serious Rioting, Thursday Evening,
Started by Union Sympathizers.
Vigorous Work Of Police Necessary to
ouelI Trouble.

efforts, today, of Mayor Harrison and
the aldermanic mediation committee to
bring about a peaceable adjustment of
the Chicago City Railway strike, there
is little change in the situation. tonight.
Some progress was made, today, but
nothing definite was accomplished.
A serious riot occurred, this evening,
at 3Sth street and Wentworth avenue,
which was quelled by the vigorous
work of the police. The trouble COM
menced when a wrecking wagon man
ned by a non-union crew and guarded
by six special policemen, passed 3th
street and Wentworth avenue. "A
crowd quickly gathered and followed 1t.
When 38th street was reached 200
men were around the wagon which they
were threatening to destroy and Offer
ing violence to the men. Just in the
nick Of time two cars carrying IL reg
MAR policemen came up. The crowd
drew back and allowed the wagon to
pass
Soon after the wagon and cars
carrying the officers had left 3Sth street
two cars came UP from the
opposite direction. AS they were
crossing 3sth street the mob let
ishine the car windows and causing
four passengers on the first car to flee
for their lives. The mob then swarmed
upon the cars and had begun to beat
the crews, when the two cars with the
policemen and the crew of the wrecking
wagon came hurrying back.
The mob was in an ugly temper and
there was a warm fight which lasted
about two minutes when the mob broke
and fled in all directions. A number of
arrests We're made.
All efforts of the mayor to secure ar
bitration of the difficulties between the
Chicago City Railroad Co. and it's
striking employees have failed.
This announcement was made, today,
following a series of conferences be-
tween Mayor Harrison and his media
ton committee of aldermen and COM
mittees representing the company and
the strikers.
1t was stated that today's meeting
developed no common meeting ground
for the opposing sides, and that for the
present there is no sign of an amicable
settlement.
A meeting of the executive councils of
all transfers unions was called, this
afternoon, to take action upon the re-
fusal by Mayor Harrison to accede to
a demand by the Federation of Labor,
that the police be recalled from the car
lines pending negotiations for arbitra-
ton.
An Italian passenger on a Cottage
Grove Avenue cable car created q
stampede among the policemen and
passengers by dropping on the floor
what appeared to excited imaginations
to resemble dynamite bomb but which
proved to be a can filled with kero-
sene. with a handle made out of cleo
trio light wire.
A novel and annoying trouble for the
company has arisen in the refusal of
ash removers to work at the Street
Railway power houses. The men are
not members Of any union and consist
Of laborers and teamsters employed by
a contractor who uses the company's
huge daily output of cinders in side
walk and other construction work. 1t
developed that sentiment rather than
fear Is the alleged reason for their re-
fusal to work, was responsible for the
mems attitude. Office men are driving
wagons and operating officials are act
ing as "tow boys at the cable barns.
Following custom when serious
strikes are in progress militia COM
manders have given orders in some in
stances that members Of the miliatia
be ready for emergency service. A
Galesburg company has received speci-
f1c orders to be ready for any emer-
gency that may call for it's services.
President Mohan reports having re-
ceived a telegram from San Francisco
pledging $31.0 in the treasury of Di-
vision POS of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Street and Electric Railway
Employees Of America for the support
of the strikers. This caused much re-
joicing at strike headquarters.
The demand for a sympathetic strike to
aid the former employees of the Chicago
City Railroad Co. was refused, tonight.
at a meeting of the members of the union
employed on all the lines running through
the north sections of the city. Instead of
taking such summary action the North
Side men decided to give their striking
brethren financial aid and to this end
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