The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-13

way and were put aboard the cars.
Assistant Chief of. Police Schuettler
accompanied the leading cars down
and back. Five union men boarded
different cars soon after the start, paid
their fares and during the round trip
used their influence to avert violence.
Police Charge Crowd.
The return trip Of the Wentworth
avenue cars was accomplished with
comparative ease. Several individual
attempts at hlockading were made by
drivers Of heavy wagons, but the driv-
ers were promptly arrested. AS the
cars passed Harrison street the police
were compelled to charge a crowd Of
men and boys, but the assemblage was
quickly dispersed. The cars all ar
rived back at the starting point in
good order and preparations were
made to repeat the run.
At w Fifty-first street there was
something of organized violence.
Heavy rocks were thrown upon the
roofs of the cars. The motormen put
yond a heavy thud on the roofs moth
ing came Of this attack. The rocks
were thrown off the tops Of fiat build
| ings.
Three hundred policemen were de-
tailed to accompany the cars on their
were scattred along the line and about
the .power-houses and barns Of the
company.
Arbitration Board to Act.
| Chairman 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 incon-
ventence to the public owing to the
strike justifies it, the board will at
once institute an investigation into the
merits Of the strike.
Federal Intervention.
! Possibilities of federal intervention
under certain contingencies are being
! discussed. The situation in this aspect
was outlined by Postmaster Coyne. He
/ said:
.sThus far there is no cause for
alarm as to the mail service. It is
i true trains have been delayed, but
that is not serious enough to report
4 to Washington. The street car COM
pany owns the mailacars and by con-
! tract is obliged to run them in sep
Earate trains and deliver mail at speci-
i fed points There is no ground for:
4 obJection against the company send
4 ing out mail trains between passenger
! trains. What else can the company
do? If serious delay occurs we will
report the fact to Washington and act
on instructions from the postal de-
partment.''.
List of Injured.
4 "a list of those injured in the. riot
ing follows:
Watson. William, non-urnion gripman;
right arm broken and back hurt.
Norton, H. S., nonunion conductor;
4 head cut and back hurt condition critical.
y Currie, John, nonunion conductor;
struck on head with stone and rendered
insensible.a5. sa5%
:. Grailey, James, nonunion motorman;
struck on head with stone.
Barren. Albert, nonunion motorman;
struck by missile and taken home uncon-
J, scious.
James, William, track supervisor:
|: struck by brick and cut by pieces of glass
in attempting to get car thru mob.
i Gender, Max, nonunion conductor; head
cut by flying glass and stones.
? Mooney, James police sergeant, thrown
to pavement while trying to dispense mob
!. at Twelfth and Clark streets; knee In
jured.
Weatherwax William, division superin-
tendent; head cut by brick.
Corcoran, Frank, gripman; head and
, face cut by brick.
Bradley. J. p, conductor; kicked and
beaten; taken from Cottage Grove avenue
!, cable train unconscious. ~.
Appel Joseph. conductor; head cut by
flying missile.
Mcmahon, gripman; kicked and beaten,
head severely cut.
:, Waterhouse, James, nonunion gripman;
kicked and beaten while attempting to
run Cottage Grove avenue train.
t Federation Adopts Resolutions.
Boston, Nov. 13.-The American
/ Federation of Labor to-day passed a
: motion expressing the good wishes Of
: the convention to the striking street
2 railway men in Chicago and hopes for
, their success and for an early settle
s ment. The secretary was instructed
t to notify Chicago Of the action taken
e by telegraph.