The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-17

erty of the company. This additional force
will be assigned to the Cottage Grove-ave-
nue. line, and the cars will be run under
the same protection those on Wentworth
avenue Screens have been provided for
the gripcars to shield the gripmen, and the
trains will be run at high rate of speed
In an effort to prevent crowds from block
ing the tracks.
Although considerable interference
marked the operation of the Wentworth
avenue branch to-day. still a five-minute
service was maintained throughout the
day. and an attempt will be made to-mor-
row to install closer schedule. Riots
were frequent all along the line, but the
police charged on the crowds with such
quickness and force that but one serious
the twenty-five cars that had been in the
service reached the barn at 4:30 o'clock to-
night, it was decided to suspend further
traffic until tomorrow morning.
ARBITRATION POSSIBLE.
The inquiry of the State Board of Ar
bitration asking that the difficulty be SUBJ
mitted to arbitration, it was announced to-
night, would be replied to tomorrow by
S. r. Bliss, counsel for the company. The
communication, it is said, will agree to
arbitration of the wage question only and
will entirely ignore the demands of the
men that the recognition Of the union also
be submitted to the board. AS the latter
clause in the demands of the men has been
the stumbling block all along to a peace
able settlement of the trouble, 1t is said
there is little chance for the present, at
least. of conciliatory adjustment of the
controversy.
John ]. Mitchell, president of the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank and heavy stock
holder of the Chicago City Railway Com
pany, held conference with President
Hamilton and General Manager McCulloch,
of hn oh he ipcr
Mr.. Mitchell said: while indications so
far as appearances go show preparation on
the part of the company for long drawn
out strike, no particular reason exists for
belief that the strike will long prevail. 1
believe that the scenes of riot and battle
will soon vanish from the streets. In the
position that the company must arbitrate
the union takes a position comparable to
that of highwayman who shoves a pistol
to mans head and demands that he do a
certain thing. Under like threat the
union demands arbitration. There can be
no arbitration on the closed shop question.
/ believe the strike will be a short one
and that public sympathy will be with the
company"
The company started two boilers at the
Fifty-second and State-street power house
been tSe
house fifteen men had been similarly in
stalled to take strikers places. Twelve
strike breakers were Struggled into the
barns at West Seventy-seventh street and
Vincennes road.
PASSENGERS STONED
Cases are becoming numerous where pas
sengers who ride under police protection on
cars manned by nonunion crews have, 1t
is alleged, been followed by strike sympa-
thiZers 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 say that they
were thus assailed by a crowd. Miss Kim
Charles Harper a union conductor, with
having struck her
Late this afternoon the police guarding
the Wentworth avenue cars were forced to
charge a mob in Clark street, near Taylor
street. Many persons were dubbed and a
few policemen were bruised by stones. A
teamster drove on the track and refused TO
get out of the way. a crowd gathered
and cheered the teamster. The police tried
to drag the driver from his seat The
police swung their clubs right and left
A number of arrests were made and finally
after considerable difficulty the mob was
dispersed and the car moved on.
Public inconvenience from the strike be-
came greater tonight than ever before. A
heavy rain and high wind drove many
who heretofore had walked home TO seek
transportation on the already overburdened
trains of the Illinois Central and South Side
elevated lines. The crush at the down.
town stations OF these two roads was ire
mendous, and Ii was with the greatest diff
Guilty that the railway employees prevented
accidents In the rush made for the cars.
LIVELY FIGHT.
A lively fight took place just outside the
barns at Seventy ninth street and State
street tonight. A wagon carrying provi-