The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-18
BY FORCES POLICE
CARS ARE GUARDED
Big Street Railway Strike In
City of Chicago.
RIoTtNa Is NOW ANTICIPATED.

RIOTiNa IS NOW ANTICIPATED.
Precautionary Measures by the Police
Are Apparently Much More Complete
Than During Teamsters' Strike Of
Some Months Ago.
Chicago, Nov. 13.-Worse rioting to-
day than before was tho expectation
with which both sides in the big street
railway strike started this morning
The lines of union pickets wore thrown
out at various points, especially in
Wentworth avenue, while tho non
union employees were assembling at
the barns Of tho Chicago City railway
AT the safe time q hoodlum element
whose work Is disavowed by the strik-
ers began to gather along the moro
prominent crossings.
Tho activity OF the strikers and
their sympathizers was due to news
that the railway company would make
desperate attempt to start cars with
heavily increased police protection.
Strong Police Guard.
Several hundred police and q dozen
patrol wagons were maSScd at the
southern terminus of tho cable line
at Seventy-ninth street and Cottage
Grove avenue, early In tho morning
and at o'clock the wagons started
toward the business district, leaving
squads of police at intervals along the
line, where throuble was anticipated.
Pickets posted by the strikers were
also on hand in numbers at the va
rious barns and sullenly $abatched the
preparations being made to guard the
cars. Patrol wagons filed with po-
lico made ready to proceed besides the
cars.
Mall Care Not Molested.
While crowds were on tiptoe OF ex-
pectation along tho Wentworth avenue
electric line two mail cars were start
ed, on one OF the principal through Ca
bic routes. Cottage Grove avenue
which Is a direct parallel OF Wentworth
avenue out to the east. The mall
cars took the entire trip from the
outskirts Of the city to the business
center without the slightest interfer
ence.
Considerable interest attached to the
movement OF the mail cars for the rea-
son that any application to a federal
tribunal would most probably be to
prevent the mail service being inter
rupted by acts Of violence. The state
courts, on the other hand, would be
appealed to If leaving out any question
OF the malls an injunction should be
solely to prevent Interference with
nonunlon traction employees endeavor.
Ing to re.establish passenger service
TWO cars OIL Wentworth avenue left
the Seventy.ninth street barns in
charge OF Police Captain George w.
Sh1ppy. Fifteen policemen were on
the car. Captain Shippy's plan was
said to be to carry on the cars any
persons arrested for committing yio
lent acts, thus making the alleged dis.
turDers equally with the police as the
target for bricks and stones meant
Tor the non-union train crews.
Jeers and Cat Calls.
Precautionary measures by the DO
lice were apparently much more com.
plele Inan during the teamsters' strike
some months ago, when the city's traf
nc was more than once brought almost
TO standetil.
Quite early the cars under command
OF Captain Shippy had passed Forty.
third street. running slowly between
dense lines Of striltere ard their sym.
pathizers, who tried to keep pace with
the car and the escort OF patrol wau
ons.
NO stones were thrown, but there
"ero jeers and cat calls for the no
llcemen and trainmen. There wore
cries OF Garter Harrison will never
dare face the South Side again"
The presence Of police on the car,
evidently with the approval of Mayor
Harrison, appeared greatly to excite
the anger Of the crowds.
Ten cars In all started on tho tr,n
toward the center OF the city within
half hour, all on tho Wentworth av.
enue electric line. Nonunion crews
manned the cars. and each car after
the first was In charge Of lieuten.
ant or sergenat and IL policemen.