The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-11-25
ONE POINT AT ISSUE
CHICAGO STREET CAR TROUBLE
NEARING SETTLEMENT.
Company's Effort to Run Cars Meeting
With Fierce Resistance and Po.
lice Are Kept Busy.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Confiicting re-
ports on the probability of immediate
| peace in the street car strike came
from representatives of the Chicago
City Railway company and the strik-
ing tranmen during the day Ii was
learned definitely that the railway
| company had offered TO arbitrate the
| contention which the company consid-
| cred remained the sole issue between
| the present situation and settle
| ment This point. it was said, is the
| taking back of the men employed by
| the City Railway company who went
| out on sympathetic strikes. The com
pany asserted that these men violated
agreements, while the strikers assert
that the agreements were not properly
| made.
During the past twelv~ hours strike
sympathizers did more damage TO the
car lines than on any previous time
since the strike was begun. Wires
were cut on many OF the cross town
lines and all manner of blockade was
put on the tracks in higher piles than
ever. In State street every manhole
between Forty-first and Forty-seyenth
streets was filled with stones and de
bris so that the grip could not pass
over A big gang of men worked
steadily for hours removing the OBJ
StructiCns.
PoWerhouse Short of Coal.
There is said to be a shortage of
coal at the Twenty-frst and State
streets powerhouse. Plenty of non
union coal teamsters, however. are de-
clared 10 be in readiness to procure
supply if the company does not hear
from the teamsters' organization soon.
Another attempt was made during
the day TO run the State street cars.
Six trains were started from Sixty
first street, but their progress was
slow In spite of the police patrol
spikes were found driven in the cable
slot at intervals and the Instructions
cleared away earlier in the day were
replaced by the strikers in numerous
instances.
The starting of the cable cars was
further delayed by damage to the big
underground turn wheel on which
the cable revolves at Sixty-third
street Steel rails had been slipped
between the four-foot spokes and when
the power was applied twisted the
wheel out of shape and came near put |
ting the line out of service for the
day The rails could only be extract |
ed by saving them into sections.
Police Told to Shoot to Hit.
When the first State street trains |
reached Forty-third street crowd |
estimated at more than 900 men was |
following them. The trains kept as !
close together as possible and were |
under heavy police guard Police In |
spector Hunt issued orders which in |
dicated that serious trouble was an.
ticipated
"Shoot to hit were the instructions |
given the police in the event con
certed attack should be made upon |
the cars.
Ii took the State street trains two
and one-half hours to go from Sixty
first street 20 Thirty ninth. but from
the latter street to the down town dis
trict progress was practically unob
structed.
The police mistrusting the inten-
tions of crowd in front of the lead
quarters of the engineers and fremer
who left the railway company's EN-.
ploy IN sympathy with the trainmen.
charged with drawn clubs The crowd
escaped into neighboring saloons and
Railways and none was hurt No ar
rests were made.