The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14
STRIKE MAY MEAN
CITY OWNERSHIP
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Mahon of the employees association
said:
I'VE are willing to leave disputed
points to the state board of arbitra-
ton, as we agreed to, but If the COM
wishes to meet our committee in
conciliatory manner. we are ready to-
meet it on that ground"
Further strengthening the feeling
that the strike may be ended is a. re-
ply to a proposal from the members Of
the state board of arbitration by e. r..
Bliss general attorney Of the traction
corporation. who informed the board
that he probably would be able to:
say something definite regarding the
matter" to-day.
Mass Meeting Called.
The strikers and their friends have
been stirred to great efforts and have
called two mass meetings., one to. be
held this afternoon in the corridors!
of the council chamber of the city
hall, and the other to be held in Tat
tersall's, Sunday night. At this latter
meeting they expect to have an audi
ence of 10000 men and women. and
fbegln a powerful movement against
the Chicago City railway
~ u AiC ctiihCIo nave also Appeared TO
the governor not to order out the
militia and have planned quo warran-
TO proceedings against the city for
permitting the police to man the cars
President Mahon this morning re-
luctantly admitted that he had been
called into a conference at which the
question of a ympathetic strike on the
part of the employees of other traction
companies In the city had been dis
eussed.- He said the question had been
put to him whether he would permit
q sympathetic strike if regular troops
tha str hreughe here o fo brs real
To. this step he refused to give his
consent, but said he believed that if
soldiers were brought to Chicago the
union employees on all other street and
elevated lines would quit.
Police Again Guard Cars.
The Chicago City railway, encour-
aged by it's success yesterday in send
ing cars OH three trips over the entire
wentworth avenue line and return,
a total OF eighteen miles, resumed
under heavy police guard.
Under practically the same police
| tactics as We're employed yesterday
four cars left the Wentworth avenue
parns in the southern outskirts of the
city at S.40Sa. m. and headed toward
the business district nine miles dis
tant Fo!ice aboard the cars. in pa
t;ol wss ons, and almost cordoning
each side Of the avenue made inter-
ference an undertaking difficult and
hazardous in the extreme.
| Jeered at the Police.
A large crowd about the Seventy
seventh street barn :eerel and hooted
at the police as the cars nlpNeds out,
! but cffer red no violence: AZ hundred
Iif.aro OF he L.
| the erovc at a safe distance. Police
Captain Shippy. with a dett.li Of po-
Ice rode on the first car. At Thirty
| ninth street Inspe ctor 4avin was wait
ing to take. the cars the remainder of
the way. No relaxation sir spolice, vigil
| lance Was apparent. Eight to- ten
men were stationed in every block
eam the crowds were kept. moving. /
Cables Stop Running. IL
i Meanwhile the State. street cable
which came to a standstill as the re-
I suit of Walkout Of engineers and
lfifemen at the power-h ouse.ss
lit was reported doubtful If the
company would try to operate more
than the powerhouse at TWerty-hrst
firemen and engineers continued to
furnish sufficient power to run the
wentworth avenue line. 5@:l!I-
1 81. Must Be New Arbitration. A:s
President Mahon said definitely,
i later in the morning, that the street
car men would not wait upon Mana
] ger McCulloch for an answer to their
demands. He said:
The proposition Of Mr.. MeCulloch
to answer us .~at IL o'clock was
answered by our executive board Mon
day night, when the board gave. Mr..
/ McCulloeh forty -eight hours to con
slider it's ultinatunn. It's action has
since been Endorsed by the union and
the incident is closed. Cancellation
4 must come inrne negotiations, which
we are ready to open. If Mr.. McGul-
to sarbitrate as we have been, and will
continue to be-
Company Prepares to Fight.
, Talk Of arbitration caused no re.
!, Taxation of effort by the railway off.
Gals to provide for prolonged strug.
gle. In anticipation of sympathetic
strike of teamsters, every effort was
being made to-day to get in an AIDE
z quates supply of coal. Preparations
were in progress for sleeping and res.
taurant accommodations for non.
union men.
a new method of preventing stree
blnckades was put into effect to-day
Whenever cars were passing from
the strike district the thorofare usec
was temporarily closed to all wager
traffic. The result was practically t.
eliminate attempts at Interference b,
transfers. sg
The first procession Of four cars Of
the Wentworth avenue line was sool
followed by second one of six. Be
sides eighteen newspaper men OF
the first car, there were other pas
sengers, making a total of twenty
two fares rung UP on the trip dow
town. The other cars carried from
five to six passengers, some of whom
$ were women.
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