The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-16
THE MAYOR
Chicago Street Car Strikers
Blame Carter Harrison.
Say He Is Taking the Side of
the Company.
CARS COULD NOT RUN
IfIt We're Not for the Protection
Of the Police.
Passengers Charge Strikers
With Assaulting Them.

with AssaultIng Inem.
Chicago, Nov. 16.-with an official an
nouncement by railway officials that its
Wentworth avenue line would be opera
ted on a regular service schedule, the
movement of cars was resumed today.
| The police in force were masSed about
the barns, while a detail of patrollnen
rode upon every car as heretofore.
At intervals of five minutes cars left
| the barn until 20 were en- route for the
business district. Superintendent Wealth
er of the railway company declared he
was prepared to operate as many cars
during the day as they could afford po-
lice protection for. 1t was further an
nounced that no cars would be run on
Cottage avenue today, but that cots and
supplies would be on hand in sufficient
quantities by Wednesday to enable the
company to open all lines that can lie
given protection.
Reports to the effect that union men
were going over to the company and
deserting the organization are declared
by both President M. c. Buckley and
Secretary L. D. Bland of the union to
be falsehoods.
THE contrary of the report that has
been spread is true,'' declared President
! Buckley. Within the last four days
rs men have made application TO join
the union. Among this number are many
who have worked for the company for
years and who. heretofore have refused
to join the union
The company started two boilers at
Fifty-second and State street power
! house today, where 20 nonunionists have
been Quartered as though in hotel. AT
the State street power house, Is men had
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places of those who have quit.
| Twelve strike breakers were taken
to the barns at West Seventy-seventh
street and VincenneS road. The men
were Smuggled into the barns on the
floor of the eompanys money wagon
Cases are becoming numerous where
passengers who ride under police pro-
lection on cars manned by non-union
crews have. it is alleged, been followed
by strike synlpathizers after leaving
the cars and been beaten or stoned
The first case in which women figure
is that of Miss Beatrice Kim bark and
her mother. who assert that they were
thus assailed by crowd near Thirty
ninth street and Wentworth avenue.
Miss Kimbark has sworn out war
rant charging Charles Harper, a union
conductor. with having struck her in
the face.
The strikers are making much of an
attack on Mayor Harrison by Clarence
s. Darrow. who was one of the counsel
for the miners in the big anthracite
coal strike and who had been one of
Mayor Harrison's strongest supporters.
Mr. Darrow has declared that if the
street car strikers are beaten Mayor
Harrison will be responsible by rea-
son of having authorized the arrange
ments whereby the police ride in all
According to Mr.. Darrow also the
mayor in conducting negotiations for a
renewal of the company's franchise
could, by a little pressure, promptly
no nv 70 0rhi To
Several cars completed the run to the
Washington street terminus with little
difficulty. Others, however were less
fortunate. Several attempts at block
ade were made and the police were
kept busy. At Thirty ninth street rail-
road rails were placed on the track in
spite of the guard maintained at that
point. At the West Forty-sixth street
crossing of the Belt line tracks, switch
ing locomotives dragged strings of
freight cars over the street car tracks
at snail's pace.
Serious delay occurred at Van
Buren, street, where a union crew in
charge OF car of the Union Traction
company stopped in the path of the
strike-ridden company's cars. Teams
quickly packed in around the cars, and
a shouting mob surrounded all. The
blockade lasted half an hour
AS part of a plan of the street rail-
way mems union for a campaign of
education in the fight the city rail-
day dealing with the financial features
of the richest street railway corpora
ton" in the country. The body of the
circular is an extract from the Civic
Federations report on the city rail-
way company. The report says that
in sixteen years the company has
earned A 2-3 per cent on the capital
invested. The real value of the COM
panyS property, it says, is So 800 OOO
The market value is $37 $3.50, 900, and the
original cost $12, 1854, 900. The circular
concludes:
And yet the Chicago city railway
company, by far the richest street rail-
way company. cannot afford to pay it's
employees fair wages and grant them
decent hours of work"
Prospect for peace measures which
were regarded as possible through the
medium of the state board of arbitra-
ton faded as the hours passed. The
board remained in continuous session
awaiting a reply from the railway COM
pany regarding the boards proffer of
voluntary arbitration with the alter
native Of compulsory investigation
No word was received, however, al
though reports were current that the
company's reply had been mailed on
Saturday night. Emphasis was added
to the non-appearance of the peace
message by action taken at the strikers
headquarters to more fully prepare for
a long struggle At conference of
a meeting of the officers of all locals
of the Amalgamated association for
the purpose of raising money to carry
| on the strike A call was issued for
such conference to be held tomorrow
night Linemen, dynamo tenders and
repair men were called out on strike in
support of the car men today