Evening star., 1903-11-13
R|OT|NC IN CHICAGO
Union Pickets Distributed at
Various Points.
BIG STRIKE STILL ON
FEW CARS OPERATED AND MANY
PERSONS WALK.
Rocks Thrown From Buildings+State
Arbitration Board Holds
Hurried Meeting.

Hurried Meeting.
| CHICAGO, November 13.-Worse riotng
| today than before was the expectation
with which both sides In the big street
/ railway strike started this morning.
Lines of union pickets were thrown out
| at various points, especially in Wentworth
| avenue, while the non-union employees were
| assembling at the barns of the Chicago City
| railway. At the same time hoodlum ee-
| ment, whose work is dsavowed by the
| strikers, began to gather along the more
prominent crossings.
The activity of the strikers and their
| Sympathizers was due to news that the
| railway company would make desperate
| attempt to start cars with heavily in
creased police protection.
Unlike yesterday, it was expected that a
picked force of police would be aboard
each car started, and that heavy detail
| of patrolmen on foot would guard the street
| railway lines. while at points a few squares
apart patrol wagons would be stationed.
Police and Patrol Wagons on Hand.
Several hundred police and dozen patrol
wagons We're massed at the southern ter
| minus of one of the main electric lines at
10Th street and Wentworth avenue Early
in the morning and at o'clock the wagons
| started toward the business district, leav-
ing squads Of police at intervals along the
line where trouble was Anticipated
Tickets posted by the strikers were also
on hand in numbers at the various barns
and sullenly watch d the preparations be-
ing made to guard the cars. Patrol wagons
hlled with police made ready to proceed
beside the cars.
While the crowds We're on tiptoe of ex-
pectation along the Wentworth avenue cleo
trio line. two mail cars were started on one
of the principal through cable routes, Cot
tage Grove avenue. which is direct paral-
lei of Wentworth avenue, but is half a
mile distant to the east.
No Interference With Mail Cars.
The mail cars made the entire trip from
the outskirts of the city to the business
center and return without the slightest in
reference.
Considerable interest attached to the
movement of the mail cars. for the reason
that any application to a federal tribunal
would most probably be to prevent the mail
service being interrupted by acts of vio-
lence.
The state courts. on the other hand, would
be appealed to if. leaving out any question
of the mails. an Injunction should be sought
solely to prevent interference with nom
union traction employees endeavoring to re-
establish passenger service.
Policemen on Cars.
Two cars on Wentworth avenue left the
10th street barns at $40 am. in charge of
Police Captain George w. Shippy. Fifteen
policemen were on board each car. Captain
Shippy's plan was said to be to carry on
the cars any person arrested for committing
violent acts, thus making the alleged dis
turbers equally with the police the target
for bricks and stones meant for the nom
union train crews.
Precautionary measures by the police to-
day were apparently much more complete
than during the teamsters' strike some
months ago, when the citys traffic was
more than once brought almost to stand
still
Yelled Carter Harrison's Name.
BY 915 an. the cars under command of
Captain Shippy had passed 43d street, run
ming slowly between dense lines of strikers
and their sympathizers, who tried to keep
pace with the car and the escort of patrol
wagons. No stones were thrown. but jeers
and cat calls were hurled at the police and
trainmen. There were cries of:
Garter Harrison will never dare face the
south side again..
The presence of police on the cars evil
IDENTIFY with the approval of Mayor Harrison
appeared to greatly excite tne anger VI TIE
crowds.
Ten cars in all started on the trip to-
ward the center of the city within a half
hour. all on the Wentworth avenue electric
line Nom union crews manned the cars ana
each car after the first was In charge or a
lieutenant or sergeant and twelve police
men.
| Used Influence to Avert Violence.
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler ac-
| companied the leading cars down town and
back. Five union men boarded different
cars soon after the start, paid their fare
and during the round trip used their inf1u-
| ence to avert violence
Though there was much excitement and
| the streets were thronged with people, little
actual trouble was experienced by the lead
| ing cars on the Wentworth avenue line dur
| ing the trip to the business district.
| The cars started on the return trip on al
| most schedule time. Four teamsters were
arrested at Intervals along the way for at
| tempting to block the way and were put
| aboard the cars.
| Rocks Thrown From Building.
| The return trip of the Wentworth avenue
| cars was accomplished with comparative
ease. Several individual attempts at block
| aiding were made by drivers of heavy wag-
ons ut the drivers were promptly arrested.
| AS the cars passed Harrison street the po-
| lice were compelled to charge a crowd Of
| men and boys. but the assemblage was
quickly dispersed. The cars all arrived
| back at the starting point in good order,
| and preparations were made to rep>at the
| run.
| At West 51st street there was something
| of organized violence. Heavy rocks were
| thrown from the tops of fiat buildings upon
| the roofs of the cars The motormen put
| their cars at top speed and beyond heavy
| thud on the roofs nothing came of this
attack.
Arbitration Board Meets.
Chairman Chauncey B. Geiger of the state
board of arbitration arrived in Chicago to-
day in response to a hurried call, and the
board at once went into session. Acting
| on the theory that the Inconvenience to the
| public, owing to the strike, justifies it, the
| board will at once institute an invesiga-
I ton into the merits of the strike.
The Department Notified.
The Post Office Department has been
officially advised of the street railway strike
In Chicago. the report. showing that the
mail cars are running. though delayed
somewhat. The department looks to the
| local officials at Chicago to see that the
regular service is maintained and suitable
arrangements made in case of emergencies