Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
All Persons in the Streets Who
Shouted Abuse at the Police or
Carmen Of Chicago,
CROWDS WERE KEPT MOVING.
The Peace Proceedings Talked Of Have,
Thus Far Signally Failed
To Materialize.

Chicago, Nov li,--Sternly warned
that every person on the sidewalk or In
the street who shouted abuse at police
or carmen would be treated as an enemy
district today were for the most part
orderly and easily handled They were
kept moving constantly by police
With the aid of just half OF the en-
tire force of patrolmen In Chicago, cars
were even more successfully taken to
and from a single street than was the
case yesterday.
Few passengers 2vailed themselves of
the privilege of riding.
NO PEACE PROCEEDINGS.
Meanwhile peace proceedings talked
earlier in the day failed TO materialize.
General Manager McCulloch waited at
his Office until after the specified time
for the giving of the company's answer
TO the demand for arbitration, but no
representatives of the mem appeared.
Instead the completeness OF the strike
was accentuated by the engineers and
firemen at the powerhouses failing to
report for work. Their places were an
nounced by the railway officials to have
been filled by non-union help. the i'm
mediate shutting down OF the State
street and Cottage Grove avenue cables
was regarded by the strikers as signih-
can't
In anticipation OF a long siege the
railway company Is rushing prepara-
lions for the feeding and housing OF
its men. Its coal bunkers are also re-
ceying particular attention, owing 10
the possibility Of a sympathetic strike
Of teamsters.
A STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY.
Both sides appeared this afternoon to
have settled down to determined
struggle for supremacy.
Talk of arbitration caused no reiaxa.
tlon of efforts by the Chicago City
railway officials today to provide for n
prolonged struggle. In anticipation of
q sympeoletic strike OF tramsters, ev-
cry effort was being made today by the
officials to get In an adequate supply Of
coal for the companys huge bins. Fur
thermore preparations were In progress
on a large scale for sleeping and res
taurant accommodations, for the nom
union men who the officials announce
will operate the cars. officials OF the
company were kept busy rushing in
cots to the barns and powerhsuses and
buying cooking utensils and provisions.
sTREETCAR MEMS STAND.
President w. d. Mahon of the en-
| ployes' association said definitely this
| morning that the streetcar men would
not wait upon Manager McCulloch for
an answer TO their demands today. He
said;
THE proposition OF Mr. McCulloch
| to answer us at II o'clock today was
answered fully and completely by the
executive board OF the union al it's
meeting Monday night, when the board
| gave Mr.. McCulloch AS hours TO con-
slider its ultimatum. The action of
the board has since been indorsed by
| the union and in so far as we are con-
cerned the incident Is closed. Any
thing In the way of Cancellation must
come In the way OF new negotiations
to which we are open. II Mr. McCul-
loch wishes to meet us we are willing
to arbltrate as we have been and will
continue TO be-"
| PREVENTING BLOCKADES.
new method OF preventing street
blockades was put into effect today by
the police. Whenever cars were pass
ing from the strike district the thor
oughfare used was temporarily closed
TO all wagon traffic The result was
| TO practically eliminate attempts at
interference by Transfers friendly to
| the strikers
Under practically the same police
tactics as were employed yesterday
four cars left the Wentworth avenue
barns In the southern outskirts of the
city al $40 a. m. and headed toward
the business district, nine miles dis
tant. Police attended the cars In
patrol wagons, and almost cordonlng
each side OF the avenue. made Interior
ence an undertaking difficult and h0z-
ardous In the extreme.
POLICE ARE JEERED.
A large crowd about the Seventy
seventh street barn jeered and hooted
at the police and car men as the cars
moved out. but offered no violence
one hundred policemen massed ut that
point kept the crowd az a safe distance
Eight TO 10 policemen were stationed in
every block and the crowds were kept
moving.
The first round trip wss completed
In practically schedule time and was
attended by no exciting incident. Mean
time the State street cable which had
been kept In motion since the strike
began, came TO standstill, as the re.
suit OF walkout OF engineers and fire.
men employed AZ the power houses.
II was reported doubtful II the com.
pany would try TO operate more thar
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