Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-18
TO ARBITRATION.
Chicago Strikers and Employ
ers Coming to Terms.
Expected That Both Sides Will Agree
to Submit to Arbitration.
Trains Run at Intervals and Violence
Is Still Reported.

Chicago. Nov. 17.-Peace negotia-
tons looking to an amicable settlement
Of the struggle between the manage
ment of the Chicago City Railroad and
its striking employees were begun. this
afternoon, and the indications, tonight.
are that both sides to the controversy
will agree to submit their difficulties
to arbitration.
After conference which lasted sew
eral hours between Mayor Carter II.
Harrison, the officials of the company
and the special aldermanic peace COM
missioner appointed by Mayor Harri-
son at the direction Of the city council,
followed by another meeting at when
President Mahon Of the Amalgamated
Association of Street Railroad En-
ployes and his legal advisers took part.
Mayor Harrison declared that the out
look for settlement of the strike by
arbitration was decidedly flattering.
He declined to enter into the details OF
the discussion that took place, but it is
said that further conference with the
railway officials was arranged for to-
morrow.
Despite the promising outlook for
peaceable ending Of the trouble in the
near future, the management of the
road will, tomorrow, renew their eff
forts to break the strike. Announce
ment was made, tonight, that an effort
would be made, tomorrow, to run cars
on the electric line running through
Indiana avenue. Two branches of the
road are already in operation.
The other important developments in
the strike. today, were: A bill filed in
the superior court asking that q re-
ceiver be appointed for the Chicago
City Railroad Co. and challenging the
company's right to operate its lines. on
the ground that it's franchises expired
last July and that the 99syear act
claim is invalid. Five trains consisting
Of q grip car and trailer" each oper-
ated on the Cottage Grove avenue cable
line under guard of 1000 policemen.
Twenty-Five cars operated on the
Wentworth avenue line under guard
of less than 400 policemen.
1t also developed, today, that Gov.
Yates intends to personally supervise
the work of the State Board of Arbi-
tration, the members of which have
been endeavoring to bring about an
4 wagon load Of bedding intended for
the barn barracks was saturated with
oil aud burned at the goth street cor
ner.
a shot was fired into the Elmwood
police station from the darkness. the
bullet narrowly missing desk SER
geant's head. The Cottage Grove cable
init \.
morning, with five trains under police
protection and the running OF the Went
worth avenue line was continued. One
thousand policemen were distributed
along Cottage Grove and 300 on Elm
wood avenue.
The Cottage Grove Avenue line of the
Chicago city Railway vas the scene
Of much of Tuesdays 9triE" actiN'i'.
This line which parallels the WENT
worth Avenue line a mile TO the east
ward, has been entirely tied up since
the inception of the strike OF car meil'
except for the operation of mail cars.
The line traverses the business dis
trict by way of Wabash avenue, enter
ing Cottage Grove avenue at I'D street
md penetrates an extensive residence
norton of the city which has no other
transportation facility Of easy access.
The Wentworth avenue service went
on practically the same schedule as OBJ
tanned, Monday. Twenty-Five ears We're
operated Oh 5-minute schedule ne
ginning at $40 A. NJ.
A number of pistol shots near the
barns at 3ath street and Cottage Grove
avenue startled nOn-union employees
housed within. For a short time the
strike breakers believed that an attack
was being made upon their stronghold.
The shot. proved to have been fired by
men who brought two wagon loads Of
supplies into the barns and who had
been molested by pickets in an attempt
to block the delivery. When the two
wagons were within half block OF the
barns pickets halted the drivers and de-
manded that the teams turn around
and drive back. The drivers Immediate
~ opened fire when the threats were
made and drove quietly to the barns.
After unloading the provisions they re-
turned to the company's headquarters
followed by bicycle brigade of union
pickets.
General Counsel f. r. Bliss of the
City Railway, this afternoon. gave to
the State Board of Arbitration letter
in which he automatically evaded the
boards proposition to submit the
strike situation to arbitration.
The board Immediately renewed its
offer Of arbitration and asked Col.
Bliss to further explain his attitude
which the board said was not clear.