Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-12
No Cars Were. Run Early This
 Morning .
WORKERS INALLDEPARTMENTs IN

Shops Barns and Power Houses Laid
 Aside Their Tools and Quit-Mail
 Car Makes Usual Trip-Mayor Har-
 rison Advises Everyone to Keep Off
 the Streets and Thus Avoid Danger.
 Chicago, Nov 12.-At 4 o'clock this morning the long expected and often deferred struggle between the union employees of the Chicago City railway and the company began and when the residents of the south and southwest sides of the city started for their places of business they were without their usual transportation facilities. Beginning at midnight the trainmen gradually took their cars to the, seven barns of the company scattered throughout the system and left them Where. In the shops, barns and power houses the union workers laid down their tools and quit, declaring that they will remain idle until the com pany consents to arbitrate the issue that brought on the controversy.
 Notwithstanding statements by off cials of the company that no attempt would be made to run cars today ex- cept for postal service, a few passen- ger cars were started this morning early on various lines. The result was trouble, almost instanter, the first in stance reported being the intimidation and flight of a non-union crew on the Cottage Grove avenue line. The cars s.f turbance might be expected to-day was indicated by the wide distribution of a proclamation by Mayor Carter H. Har- rison warning citizens to keep off the streets along lines of the city railway.
 With general orders to remain in re- serve and take no part in the strike un- less ordered and then only to protect property, details of police were sent to the various car barns. The first car started was a mail car. leaving the barns at Thirty-ninth street and Cot tage Grove avenue. 1t was not harmed during its entire trip Tn all 205' police men were detailed to the different car barns.
 Following the trip of the mail car efforts were made by the street car company to move passenger cars with non-union crews. Four trains were started on the Cottage Grove avenue cable line bound toward the business district. At Fortieth street an obstruc- tion upon the rails blocked the trains A crowd of strikers had assembled and shouts and ieers greeted the train crews. A shower of stones followed and car windows were demolished
 One man, non-union conductor, is said to have been injured in the first clash. tx
 The worst disorder of the early hours was at Clark and Vanburen streets, where two Wentworth avenue trains, followed by mail cars, were blockaded On the rear passenger train a man be- Heved to be Boss Farrell (probably Boss Farley who was in Waterbury, the strike breaker, rode beside the mo- torman. hourishing q revolver. A brick thrown struck the arm holding the weapon, but did not disable it.
 The crowd yelled: 'Just like St Louis.''
 The first trains out on the Cottage Grove avenue line finally succeeded in making a round trip. but the crews are said to have deserted when the barns were reached.
 The demands of the men in detail J Sarding them are enjoined.
 2S cents an hour on electric cars S2.S0 day on cable cars with time and one-half for overtime. The com pany says it is not possible to gi4e an increase as an advance was given one year ago and the business does not warrant further advance.
 A work day of not more than eleven Iacs fTaY Tar fused on the ground that it would hamper the company in it's duties to the travelling public.
 Arbitration The company accepted this conditionally.
 All employees to be union men, This was refused because it would give the union absolute control of the selection and employment of employees
 A crowd of two hundred rioters, mostly boys. stopped a north bound Cottage avenue car by blocking the cable slot. Bricks and stones were. hurled at the members of the crew William Watson, the gripman and H. & Norton, the conductor. were badly Injured. One by one the stalled cars broke through the blockade and upon giving assurances that they would run. the cars back to the barns the crews were allowed to proceed. Wreclling crews were at work on the disabled cars. Every car was returned with the windows shattered and filtered with missiles of every description. The police in many cases rode upon the platforms and frequently found it necessary to draw their clubs to drive the crowds back.