The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-13
BLOOD SHED IN
CHICAGO STRIKE
Men Succeed in Preventing Cars
From Running.
POLICE MERELY LOOKED ON
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO RE
sUME TODAY.
POLICE MERELY LOOKED ON

= HICAGO, Nov. 12-Constart scores
" Of disorder over a district approx
imately fifty square miles in ex-
tent resulted today f-0m the maugurd-
ZION Of strike by the employees Of one
or the two principal surface street
railway companies i'm Chicago. All
along the lines. however. cars were
started strike sympathizers made des-
perate onslaughts on the crews. begin
Iihg at dawn Of day ard continuing as
long as cars remained on the tracks.
he tie-up was made complete.
One Mans Back Broken.
a number Of cars We're wrecked, and
that no person was killed is no fault Of
The rioters. one mans back was broken
and the first shot of the strike was fired
at Wentworth avenue and West Sixty
ninth street. where mob of several
hundred persons tried to ho.d up a
train.
Many persons. chiefly non-unlon
street carmen, were injured by flying
splintered glass. Two women were
among those hurt.
Excepting a few dozen passengers.
VINO had 10 flee from the cars. the 300
COO patrons OF the company were forced
20 all other sorts of methods to get
down and back.
No Police Protection.
With faces and hands bleeding from
The attacks of the strikers. motormen.
gripmen and conductors who tried TO
run trains returned to the barns and re-
fused TO go out again unless the trains
pore platoOus Of police or patrol wagons
were alongside. The police confined
their efforts 90 seeing that the passage
or cars from the barns was Obstruct-
cd and that crowds and blockades I'm
inc streets were quickly cleared. This
was done under orders from Mayor
harrison. whose announced purpose
was TO preserve ar impartial attitude.
taxing sides neither for nor against the
htriSers or The street car company.
which, though known as the Chicago
tit} railway. is a private corpora ton,
The lines OF which extend through the
south side of the city, radiating from
the business center.
schuttler Takes Command.
DEVELOPMENTS regarding the actions
or the municipal authorities hinge or.
the action of the new Official Herman
Schuttler. who today under appoint
ment Of che mayor. assumed the duties
OF assistant chief of police. Schuttlef'
VIII be I'm direct charge of police ar
engagements during the contest. His du-
Iies heretofore have been restricted TO
tlrelE removed from the scere of the
present difficulty and not penetrated by
the lines or the city railway. Schuttler
IS the man who tracked and arrested
Anarchist Louis Lingg after the Hay
market riot and subsequently sent
Adolph Luetgert. the wealthy sausage
manufacture. to die i'm the penitentiary
under conviction of wife murder.
Scnuttler is about six feet four inches
TAN, and has remarkable record for
personal daring and astuteness.
Nail Not Delayed.
Possibilities of federal Intervention
under certain contingencies are being
discussed. The situation ir, this aspect
was outlined today by Postmaster
Coyne. He said.
'ThUs Ear there is no cause for alarm
on account of the mail service Trains
have been delayed, but that is not seri-
GUS enough to report Go Washington.
The street car company owns the mail
cars and by contract is Obliged to run
certain trains and deliver mail at
specified points. There is no ground
Ior objection against The company
sending out mail trains between pas
senger trains. What else can the
company do2 II serious delay occurs
we viii report the fact to Washington
and act on instructions 10 the postal
department.
Depends Upon the Mayor.
Before nightfau President d. G.
Hamilton and General Counsel Bliss
of the railway company. after endeav-
orinE TO operate cars i'm defiance of its
Trainmen. announced after "a confer
cnCe with Mayor Harrison that the at
tempt would be abandoned for the day.
The railway officials declare that 30
ucr cent of their employees are loyal.
and that III accorded sufficient DroteC-
ton by the police department the COM
pany viii hc able tO man and operate
each car accompanied by a squad or
police I'm patrol wagon. viii. it is eX-
pected, Doe made tomorrow
As result of The tie-up of the sur
face lines. the elevated and. steam
roads traversing the strikebound dis
tricts were taxed to their utmost ca
pacity. Train service on all lines was
doubled and every effort made to ac-
Commodate the thousands OF additional
passengers. Meanwhile. bus lines,
hacks and express wagons with i'm
Irovisod seats did a thriving business
in the transportation of people to and
from their places of business.
Cause Of the Strike.
The strike is the outerowth Of per-
Eistcnt efforts for increased wages ana
exclusion of uon-union employees To-
day about 5000 men. practically the en-
Tire force OF tine company's wage earn
crs. were idle. the number of men at
any time running cars being but a
This IS the season of the