The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
No Effort Has Yet Been Made to Run
Any of the Branch Roads of
the City Railway.
NO SERIOUS DISTURBANCE
LAwLEss ELEMENT COwED by A
LARGE FORCE OF POLICEMEN.
Peace Negotiations Continue, but
Both Sides Are Still Preparing for
Long Struggle.

CHICAGO, Nov. H-To-night marks the
close OF the tenth day Of the greatest street.
railway strike Chicago has ever known.
Except for the first day. upon which the
tie-ur OF the 30 miles OF track of the Chi
cago City Railway was practically COM
plete,; cars manned by nonunion crews and
under police protection have been operated
on one trunk line, while on others the
strike has been broken until q limited serv-
ice between or a m. and 5 p. m. is
being maintained on four Of the main north
and-Eouth lines traversing the South Side
for distances varying from five to eight
miles No cars have been run on any east
and west line. nor has any attempt been
made to run cars Of any line in any direc-
ton during the evening. night or early
morning.
One Of the four lines in limited operation,
the Iadiana-avenue, is in a measure tribu-
tary to another, the Cottage Grove-avenue
cable line. and dependent upon the success
full operation of the latter. The other two,
the Wentworth-avenue and the Halsted-
street lines. use the same tracks from the
business portion % the city to Twenty
second street approximately one-third Of
their length.
Riots and violence which attended the eff
forts OF the railway company to run its
cars on the first day of the strike have
subsidized. a result due to a large extent to
the detailing by Mayor Harrison Of nearly
one-third of the city's police force to the
duty OF preserving the peace along the var
ious lines, so that but little opposition is
offered TO the running of cars AT no time
during the strike has the violence offered
resulted in great destruction or property or
injury to persons. the former being largely
confined to the breaking Of windows in the
cars.
On the lines running east and west,
on Twenty-sixth street, Thirty-first, Thr-
ty-fifth, Thirty-ninth. Forty-third Forty
seventh, Sixty-first, Sixty-third and Sew
enty-second streets, no attempt has been
made to break the tie-up. and but a COM
paratively small number OF passengers
have been carried on those on which the
cars are running.
The car barns and power houses of the
company have been converted into bar
racks. furnished with sleeping and commits
sary accommodations for the men in the
service OF the company. Notwithstanding
the efforts of pickets about each barn and
power house to prevent the delivery of
coal and provisions, no shortage of either
Is apparent.
ment OF the controversy between the COM
pany and its striking employees have been
progressing for several days. preparations
for long siege and the supplanting of the
strikers by nonunion men have been pushed
forward. Many men have been brought
into the city from other points and are
housed in the cOmpanys buildings until
the officials declare they are able to man
all the cars that can be furnished police
protection. The strikers, on the other hand,
are receiving the financial and moral sup
port of nearly all branches of organized
labor in Chicago and vicinity.
A riot in which several thousand men,
women and children took part occurred on
Archer avenue to-day. The mob which
gathered TO intercept a number of wagons
undec escort conveying food to the car
barns, charged the police and constables
shouting and throwing stones. y constable
was Rtruck on the head and badly cut. The
police drew their revolvers and made a
stanc about the wagons, but refrained from
shooting. The rioters were finally driven
back and consoled themselves by burning
wagon previously wrecked in the vicinity
OF the barns.
Sensational rumors that an attempt had
been made to blow up cars on the Went
worth-avenue line by means of dynamite
caps proved groundless. Three railroad
signsl torpedoes fastened to the rail on
SeveEfy-seventh street were at first be-
heyed to contain dynamite. They were dis
covered before the first car went out