Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-26
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
Efforts to Secure Arbitration Unsuc-
cessfui-Unions Threaten 10 Tie Up
All Street Railroads In the City.

All Street Railroads In the City.
| Chicago, Nov. 19.---It was decided
last night by the Chicago City Rail
| way Co. to start ears today on the
! Halsted street line. This will make
| the fourth line in operation, the ears
| having been successfully run on the
| Wentworth aveEue, Cottage Grove
avenue and Indiana avenue lines,
| 1he Halsted street cars run through
a district where the chances for
trouble are many and if this line can
be successfully operated, the com
! pany Will feel confident of being able
to resume business in "A very short
time, even though the attempts by
| the mayor to secure arbitration
| prove to be protracted.
! Yesterday was the most quiet of
the strike. Cars came and went on
Wentworth avenue, Cortage Grove
avenue and Indiana avenue with very
little trouble. All OF them were un-
der the protection of the police and
they carried very few passengers,
but they We're not interfered with in
| any serious manner. The weather
probably had some influence in bring
ing about these conditions, for the
| temperature was low and a sharp
While it was quiet outdoors,
around the mayors Office it was eX-
ceedingly busy. The council commit
tee appointed Monday night with the
object of securing arbitration if pos
sible, was in session the greater part
of the day and evening. 1t met the
officials of the company and the rep
resentatives of the union and induced
both sides to agree to outline their
opinion of the scope arbitration
should have. \ committee represent
ing all the unions existing among the
city transportation companies called
upon the mayor and while making no
direct threats, allowed it to be un-
derstood by inference that if arbitra-
ton was not promptly secured for
the employees of the City Railway Co.
a general strike would follow on all
lines in the city.
At $50 o'clock last night Col. Bliss,
representing the street car company,
called on the mayor and the council
committee with a statement of what
the company would Sand would not
submit to arbtrationH This meeting
lasted until late at night.
THE prospects for speedy settle
ment of the strike of the employees
of the Chicago City Railway Co. are
not as hopeful as they were yester-
day" This statement was made by
Mayor Harrison last night after
day of conference between the city
council peace commission, delegates
from the strikers union. and repre-
sentatives of the Chicago City Rail
way Co.
whether the difficulty will finally
be adjusted by arbitration | am un-
able to say" continued the mayor.
Every effort possible was made to-
day to have both sides to the contro-
versy adopt this means of settlement,
but without satisfactory result"
The Transfers union took action
last night that may result in one of
the most serious labor situations ever
seen in this city.
At Il meeting of the organiza tion
it was decided to order all members
of the Teamsters' union to refuse to
deliver any articles to the Chicago
CITY Railway Co. during the present
strike. 1t was also decided that if
any of the teamsters were discharged
by the employers for refusing to de-
liver goods to the railway company,
general strike would at once be or
dered against the Chicago Employers
association.
The gravity of a general strike of
the teamsters can be appreciated
when it is stated that it would for a
time tie up entirely the delivery of |
freight to all the roads in the city
and would almost paralyze the busi-
ness of the city.