The Van Buren press., 1903-11-21
FIVE HUNDRED
POLICEMEN ADDED
To Give Protection and Guard Prop
erty of Chicago City Railway.
NO THOUGHT OF ARBITRATION

Many dubbed, Few Policeman
| bruised, Number of Arrests Made
| and several Broken Heads Is
Net Result For One Day.
Chicago, Nov. 17.-EncOu aged by
the successful operation Of a regular
service on the Wentworth avenue line,
Monday the management OF the Chi
cago City Railway announced that an
effort would be made to-day to resume
traffic on the Cottage Grove avenue
line. The intention is to start trains
early in the morning, and unless too
much opposition is met with the sery-
/ Ice will be gradually extended later in
| the day. Five hundred policemen will
/ be added TO the number already de-
| taued to guard the property of the
company. This additional force will
be assigned 20 the Cottage Grove ave-
nue. line, and the cars will be run un-
/ der the same protection as those on
Wentworth avenue Screens have been
| provided for the grip cars to shield the
| gripmen, and the trains will be run
at high rate Of speed in an effort to
prevent crowds from blocking the
| tracks.
| Frequent Riots Along the Line.
| Although considerable interference
marked the operation Of the Went
worth avenue branch Monday, still a
! fve-minute service was maintained
| throughout the day, and an attempt
will be made to install closer scheG-
ule Riots were frequent all along
the line, but the police charged on the
| crowds with such quickness and force
! that but one serious blockade was met
with. When the last of the rs cars
that had been in service reached the
barn at 1870 O'Clock Monday night it
was decided to suspend further traffic
until this morning.
Mob Stone the Police.
Late Monday afternoon the police
guarding the Wentworth avenue line
were forced to charge On a mob in
/ Clark street, near Taylor street Many
| persons were dubbed and few po-
| licemen were bruised by stones A
teamster drove on track and refused
to get out Of the way. A crowd gath
cred and cheered the teamster The
police tried to drag the driver from his
seat The crowd grew ugly, and form
Ing a line, the police swung their clubs
right and left A numbe" Of arrests
were made, and finally, after consider
Gble difficulty, the mob was dispersed,
Accidents Narrowly Aycrtcd.
Public inconvenience from the strike
became greater Monday night than
ever before A heavy rain and high
wind drove many ShO heretofore had
walked home to seek transportation
on the already oyerburdened trains
Of the Illinois Central and the South
/ SIDE elevated lines. The crush at the
downtown stations of these two roads
was tremendous, and It was with the
greatest difficulty that tAc railway en-
ployes prevented accidents in the rush
made for the cars.
| Curry and His Gang to the Rescue.
A lively fight took place just outsid
the barns at Seyenty-ninth and st
streets last night. A wagon carry.
provisions to the men living in tn,
barn was stopped by strikers, who at.
tempted to prevent the driver from
approaching the barn. A crowd OF
men had surrounded the wagon and
things wer. getting unpleasant for
the driver when the barn doors were
flung open and a crowd Of non-union
men, headed by Frank Curry, who has
gained considerable notoriety because
OF the nerve he has shown In run.
ming cars through the mob came run
ming ont. The mob around the wagon
was at once charged by Curry and his
men and quickly put to night Many
stones were thrown and number OF
reviewers were displayed, but no shots
were fred Several men sustained
bruises, and there were a few broken
heads, but the fight did not last long
enough for the police to make any ar
rests
Nobody Thinking OF Arbitration,
A declaration Of the attitude Of the
Chicago CITY Railway Co, toward set.
ting by arbitration the strike Of It's
employees was made Monday afternoon
by General Manager McCulloch In rc.
ply TO q question as to whether arDl.
tratIon would be the solution TO the
trouble, he said; Nobody connected
with this company Is thinking OF ar.
bItration"
This Is taken TO mean an absolute
refusal Of the oyerturcs Of the state
board OF arbitration,
Large Appropriation For Missions,