The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
Continue to Block the Struck
Lines of the South Side Chi.
cago Street Cars.
ELECTRIC MEN GO ON STRIKE
Company Intimates That 1t Will Not
Arbitrate - Police Kept Busy
Quelling Incipient Riots.

with this company is thinking about
arbitratio usiness Agent NJ. H.
Collins, of Electrical Workers union
No. g. Informed Manager McCulloch
that he had been instructed to call
strike of all members Of that union in
the employ of the City railway and
that he had ordered strike. All the
union members quit work as soon as
the announcement of the business
agent was made to them.
Transfers Help the Strikers.
It became evident at noon that the
sympathetic attitude of the teamsters
toward the strikers was more promi-
nent than at any other time since the
strike began, and numbers Of the driv-
ers Of trucks, express wagons and rigs
had planned to make as many block
AIDES as possible in the downtown dis
trict. Sergeant Ryan, of the Central
detail, sought to solve one phase of
the difficulty by ordering that no team
sters be permitted to turn into Clark
street. 'Teamsters have gone blocks
out of their way" said Sergeant Ryan,
$50 as to blockade cars here"
Confidence in the Early Hours.
Relying upon the abundant police
protection assured him, and feeling con-
fident that the murmuring teamster
sympathizers would not dare to carry
into execution their alleged plans of
blockading, General Manager McCul-
loch, of the City railway, decided to
mark the fifth day of the strike with
a plan for running Wentworth avenue
trolley cars On a regular schedule.
Twenty five cars left the barns, and
after maintaining high rate of speed
to Thirty-ninth street, worked their
way through the jams that occurred
at various downtown points and car
rie6 more passengers than at any time
since the strike was precipitated.
Tracks Are Again Blocked.
But by the noon hour the police had
been compelled to arrest many team
sters who had formed temporary block
AIDES by taking their heavily laden
wagons upon the cars tracks. Incipient
riots marked the progress of some of
the trolley cars in Clark street be-
tween the Twelfth street viaduct aud
Van Buren, street and two attempts
to derail cars by propping up switches
had been foiled by the keeness of the
motormen's eyesight.
COMPANY MAKES A DECIDED GAIN
Five-Ninute Schedule Maintained - Or
ganized Labor Appeals to Yates.
In spite of the Transfers and 9th
Ell: rioters the company maintained
it's schedule until dark and then the
cars were taken off the track En-
coura ged by this the company an
nounced that it would try to resume
traffic over the Cottage Grove avenue
cable lines and 800 policemen will be
on hand to meet those who put their
objections into actions.
A lively fight took place outside the
barn at Seventy-ninth and State streets.
A wagon carrying provisions to the
men living in the barn was stopped by
strikers, who attempted to prevent the
driver from approaching the barn. A
crowd of men had surrounded the Wag-
on, and things were getting unpleasant
for the driver when the barn doors
were flung open and crowd of nom
union men, headed by Frank Curry,
came running out. The mob around
the wagon was at once charged by
Curry and his men and quickly put to
flight. Many stones were thrown and
a number Of revOlvers displayed but
no shots were fired
Organized labor is insistent upon ar.
bitration. The Chicago Federation of
Labor has sent a telegram to Governor
Yates in which it is stated that the
strikers are ready Ito abide by the
laws OF this state and TO submit their
cause to arbitration and the governor
is asked to use his good offices to bring
about arbitration and thus avert what
threatens to be the most serious labor
dispute that has ever confronted our
nation
The governor replied that although
favoring arbitration I have no power
to compel arbitration. l have. how
ever, asked the state board Of arbitra-
ton to renew their tender of SERVICE
The state board thereupon sent a COM
munication to the company offering it's
services. This will be replied to today
by S. r. Bliss, counsel for the com,
pany. The communication, it is said,
will agree to arbitration Of the wage
question. but will entirely ignore the
demands of the men that the ''recogni-
ton of the union" ('closed shop also
be submitted to the board.
The mayor also is going to take G
hand in the matter today, and Will APP
point a committee Of Cancellation to
try what it can do
Millions Go Up in Smoke.