The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
FIGHTING IS RESUMED
MORE RIoTING OCCURS IN CHI
 CAGo STAKE.
Efforts to Operate the State Street Line Meet With Vigorous Re- sistance-Prospects for g.
 Settlement.

Chicago, Nov. 23-Fierce fighting. in which the police used their clubs freely and twice their revolvers, marked the opening of the State street cable line by the Chicago City Railway to-day
 As far as can be ascertained, nobody was seriously injured, although there were many broken heads among the riot CTS who came in contact with the clubs of the police If any members of the mob were injured by the bullets of the police and non-union men on the cars, they were carried off by their friends before the fact was known to others. While the fighting was going on in the streets the usual conferences were in progress.
 Late in the afternoon it was said by Mayor Harrison, President Mahon of the street car men and the attorneys for both sides that an agreement had been reached but little definite was known concerning It's nature. Late tonight the street car men locked themselves in a room on the 11th floor of the Ashland Block and the company's officers were fin room on the ninth floor and the conferences were again in full blast. 1t was predicted that the strike would be declared off by tomorrow morning, but nothing was given out from either meet ing to make such an assertion certain.
 The hardest fighting of the day took place at Forty-first street and State, where mob hiding behind a fence, stoned the cars which were guarded by officers. The police were over the fence at once and fired several shots over the heads of the fleeing strikers. Many of the mob who were slow of foot were over- taken by the police and soundly rapped with clubs. Few arrests were made, the officers contenting themselves with scat. tering the crowds.
 Conductor ]. P. Penny drew a revolver and fired at the crowd until the cart ridges in his weapon were exhausted.
 The cars were attacked at the same point on the return trip and B number of shots were fired, the mob scattering like a flock of chickens.
 On all day long on State street the company was hampered by the work of the mob. which piled Instructions upon the tracks, drove pegs and spike sinto the cable slot and cut trolley wires in many places. The Archer avenue line was badly damaged early in the day and required several hours work by a strong force of repair men.
 During the thick of the fight at Forty first street. Mrs. Charles Lett, a pas genger on the first car, jumped from the car and braving the revolver shots and all sorts of missiles, ran thoroughly frightened. to place of safety. Windows had been broken near where she sat and her face was cut by glass.
 At the conferences held tonight be- tween the officials and board of directors of the road and representatives of the strikers, no settlement was reached and it is uncertain when the trouble will be adjusted Neither side to the controversy would give out any information, but 1t is sai dthe latest hitch in the negotia- tions is the refusal of the company to agree to reinstate all the union men who went on strike. When the board of di- rectors adjourned to-nuight, E. R. Bliss, counsel for the company said the nego- tiations were at a standstill. but an ef- fort would be made tomorrow to bring about peaceable adjustment of the struggle.