The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-17
The Chicago Street Car
Strike is Not Yet
Settled
ENGINEERS OUT
Both Sides Claim to be Willing to
Submit the Dispute to Arbitration,
But Each Waiting for the Other
to Advance-An Attempt Was
Made to Bring Pressure on the. City
Hall, But it Was Not Successful
Power Houses Being Stocked With
Coal.

Chicago, November 14.-Cars, un-
der police protection, were operated
three times on the Wentworth ave-
nue. line today without Interference
or material disturbance. The police.
under Assistant Chief Schuttler, kept
the people moving on all streets
through which the cars passed and
no crowds We're allowed to congre-
gate. There was much less disorder
manifested by the strike syrnpathfz-
ers and the day was one of compara-
tive peace.
The first run will be made at $40
in the morning and thereafter cars
to be sent out at intervals Of five
minutes until evening. The strike
managers are building great hopes
OF success on the trouble which they
believe the company will have in
replacing its engineers. They claim
that it will be impossible to procure
licensed engineers in Chicago to re-
place those who have gone out and
for new man to undergo his exam
tnation and qualify for the work will
require a length of time, which the
men declare will embarrass the COM
pany beyond its power of endur-
ance.
General Manager McCulloch In
viewing this aspect of the case, talks
as he has talked of all other difficult
ties that have confronted the COM
pany. I'VE will get engineers and we
will run the plants,'' he said. eve
look for no trouble in getting all the
men we need. The only difficulty is
the inability of the city to afford
police protection for all the cars we
can put OUT
This afternoon all the power
houses of the company were closed
with one exception, and it is not e1-
pected that they will be opened fen
| several days at least In the eariY
part of the day several teamsters re-
| fused to deliver coal to non-union
| firemen at the power houses, but this
| action was not sanctioned by the Off
| GERS of the Teamsters' Union and
| throughout the day coal was steadily
I carried into the company's bins.
The prospect of peace is not prom
| Using tonight. Both sides express
themselves as willing to arbitrate.
| from the other side. The main diff
| ficulty in the way of arbitration is an
agreement On the matters to be az
| bftrated. The company will arbf-
trate the wages only and the men
| desire all grievances which they al
i lege, to be submitted to the board.
1t was expected by the members Of
the State Board of Arbitration that
they would be able to arrange the
| scope of the arbitration today, but
they were unable to do SO.
! An attempt to bring pressure to
bear on the city hall was noisy, but
not productive. A great crowd OF
) strikers, representa- tives of the Chi
, | cago Federation of Labor and mem
bers of municipal ownership leagues.
with a few hundred men moved by
curiosity, poured into the city hall
. late in the afternoon, TANNED the
!. corridors and attempted to break I'm
to a room where the city council
, committee on local transportion waz
holding a meeting. They were re-
pulsed by the police and then swept
| down to the mayors office to de-
mand the use of the council chamber
for the purpose Of holding a meeting.
: The mayor was not in nor was any
other city official Of authority and
the crowd slowly melted away after
two hours of loud talking and much
| walking up and down the Railways.
The visitors saw no officers and
were unable to present demands or
to make speeches to anybody.