The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-19
Chicago Officials and Persons Di'
rectly Interested Hold Many
Long Conferences.
MAYOR is LESS HOPEFUL.
Bitter Cold Keeps Pickets OF
Streets and Teamsters Nov
ing-Indirect Threat of
General Strike Is
Made.

Chicago, Nov. lS-It was decided to-
| night by the Chicago City Railroad Com
pany to start cars tomorrow on the Hal
sted street line.
This would make the fourth line in oper-
| alton, the cars having been successfully
run on the Wentworth avenue. Cottage
Grove avenue and Indiana avenue lines.
| The Halsted street cars run through a
1 district where the chances for trouble are
many. and IL this line can be successfully
| operated the company will feel confident
of being able to resume business in very
short time. even though the attempts by
the Mayor to secure arbitration prove to
be somewhat protracted.
The day was the most quiet of the
strike. The cars came and went on
Wentworth avenue, Cottage Grove avenue
| trouble. All Of them were under the pro-
lection of the police and they carried very
few passengers, but were not interfered
with in any serious manner
The weather probably had some enect IN
| bringing about these conditions, for the
| temperature was low and a sharp, biting
wind blew all day long. making It very
! uncomfortable for pickets and causing the
| teamsters. who have caused so many Of
| paying much attention to anybody 9
/
While It was quiet outdoors around the
| Mayors office 1t was exceedingly busy.
| The Council Committee appointed Monday
| night with the object Of securing arbitra-
| part of the day and evening. It met the
officials of the company and the repre-
sentatives of the union. and induced both
sides to agree to outline their opinion OF
the scope arbitration should have.
committee representing all the union
employees existing among the city trans
or. and. while making no direct threats.
| allowed 1t to be understood by inference
| that, ii arbitration was not promptly Sc
cured for the employees of the City Rail-
| way Company, a general strike would fol-
low on all lines of the city. Mayor Harri-
son said he was doing everything in his
power to settle the trouble, and would
continue to do so. More than that he
pany.
After this there was conference be-
organization of street car men and the
Council committee. which lasted until 6
o'clock. At its conclusion President Ma
hon declared that he considered the pros
poets for the settlement of the strike
| much improved.
| At $50 o'clock tonight Colonel E. r.
Bliss. representing the street car company,
called on the Mayor and the Council COM
mittee with a statement Of what the COM
pany would and would not submit to ar
bitration. This meeting lasted until late at
night.
At its conclusion Mayor Harrison said:
THE prospects for a speedy settlement
| of the strike of the employees Of the Chi
cago City Railway are not as hopeful a
| they were yesterday.
Livery effort possible was made to-day
| to have both sides to the controversy
adopt this means of settlement. but with
| out satisfactory result. The cials Of the
| company. however, have promised to send
me tomorrow morning more complete
| statement Of their position than they were
able to give tonight. but from to-days de-
ve.opments am not so sanguine as was
yesterday that they will agree to the
proposition of arbitration as submitted by
| the strikers"