The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-14
RAN ONLY A FEW CARS
ON THE CHICAGO LINE.
No Settlement Yet, Rut the Strike
May he ArbItrated.

Chicago, Nov. 13.-Twenty-h cars,
run on the Wentworth avenue line
without damage to the cars or injury
to the non-union employees operating
them, was what the Chicago city Rail-
way Company was able to accomplish
to-day with the assistance of the po-
lice department. The cars were run
at three different times, five leav-
ing the Seventy seventh street barns
at $40 o'clock in the morning, ten
leaving at 1910 and ten at $40. The
first two runs the round trip was made
in about three hours; in the third in
about one and one-half hours.
While there was no active interfer-
ence with the handling Of the cars
such as attended the attempts to run
them yesterday, the crowds that lined
the streets jeered and hooted the po-
lice and the non-union men almost
without intermission.
But two stones We're hurled at the
cars during the day. one being thrown
by woman, who made her escape
in the crowd before the police could
reach her, and the other being hurled
from the new postotlce building now
being built. Neither stone did any
damage worth mentioning.
At nightfall the officials of the car
company We're ineliaed to view the
days work as beiug successful, and
on the whole satisfactory. They an
nounced that cars would be run to-
morrow on the Wentworth avenue line
at the same hours as to-day and that
attempts will be made to operate other
lines, which, however, were not speci-
fed.
Shortly after this decision was an
nounced the situation was complicat-
ed for the company by a sudden strike
or the fremen employed in all six
power houses owned by the company
The f1remens union made an agree
ment two days ago with the company
which was to last for a year. There
was a clause in the contract which
gave the tiremen discretion to 20 on
sympathetic strike if the company
declined to arbitrate with the en-
pioyes now on strike. The company
explained its attitude on arbitration
and said 1t had been always willing
to arbitrate the question of wages
The tiremen then signed the contract.
which was repudiated this evening.
The officials of the firemen's union
declared that they had ordered the
strike because the company had de-
clined their offer to mediate between
the company and employees now on
strike
When the news of this strike came
to Manager McCulloch he was indig-
nant. AN agreement with a Chi
cago union" he declared. rs worth
nothing. Our contract calling for one
years work is just two days old, and
it has been broken. We shall go
right along, however and this strike
shall not cripple u.s.
The callin= out of the fremen in
wolves oilers, water tenders, coal
passers, ash handlers and supply men.
$50 in 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 fremen are
employed, and the company has but
three days supply on hand. On this
point Gen. Mgr. McCulloch was undis-
turbed. 1--WE win get all the coal we
need" he declared. and we will run
right along We have shown to-day
that we can operate the cars If we are
given proper police protection. As
long as we are given that we will be
able to conduct our business as usual."
During the afternoon an effort was
made to bring about a peaceable set
Element of the strike. The members
Of the State Board OF Arbitration called
on Manager McCulloch, and on the lat
ter's suggestion went into conference
with T.. r. Bliss. counsel for the COM
pany, with the hope Of arranging set
tlenient or, at least. a conference be-
tween strikers and officials of the road.
Nothing definite was accomplished at
the conference but another meeting
has been arranged for Tomorrow when
the second ATTEMPT will be made to
have the controversy submitted to ar
bitration. After to-day's meeting one
Of the arbitration board said the in
dications were that the management
Of the company would agree to arbi
trate all the demands Of the men with
the exception of recognition of the un-
ton