The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-13
CARS STOP
TN CHICAGO
Beginning Of Big Strike Aecompa
MED by Violence.
SEVERAL TRAINS DERAILD.
Doctor Refuses 70 Attend Injured
Nonunion eripman--I MONS Of
fer 10 Ran Hnil Cars
Refused.

Chicago, Nov. Is The long expected
and often deferred struggle between
the union employees Of tie Chicago
City railway ana the company began
at an early hour aud disorder quickly
followed the eompanys attempt %
move cars.
The purpose Of the strike IS 10 en-
force a demand for a waga increase OF
p per cent ana recognition of the un-
ion About 5000 employees are in
VOWED, ana 30 miles Of surface track
age. part cable and part electric. are
involved.
Ohieials Of the union fearing that In
reference with tie operation Of the
United States mail service would re-
suit IN the calling IN Of troops from
Fort sheridan 20 protect the cars. i'm
strueted mot0rmen On mail ears to ~
port for duty as usual. Union men
who reported ait the various barns 70
take out the mail cars were told by
the barn bosses. ii is said, that they
must take OF their union buttons il
they intended to work This a number
/ Of the men refused TO do.
The railway company refused the
services 81 a union crew FOR mail ear
sent ont en- sixty third street. The I'M
ion crew reported for work aud were
told 81 tile barn bass that they were
not needed. The car was manned by
a nomunion crew. and the strikers said
1 that the company had played one 81 is
strongest cards for federal interfer-
ence.
STRIKERS attack Cars.
In anticipation 81 trouble a pr0ciama
ton by Mayor Harrison was widely
distributed, warning pe0ple to keep %
the streets along the liues Of the City
railway. Details 0f police. numbering
in all 205. were sent to tie car baEns
with general orders to remain in re-
serve and take no part in the strike un
less ordered. and then only 70 protect
properly
Notwithstanding statements By thu
| officials al the company that no at
tempt would be made to run cars Elk
/ capt for postal service a few passenger
cars were started On various lines 4
mail ear met with no molestation hu
/ trouble qusckly followed the attempt L
run passenger cars with n0nunioi
crews. -Four trains were started a thi
I Cottage Grove avenue cable line boun,
/ toward tile business district At For
tfeth street an obstruction upon thl
/ rails blocked the trains 8 crowd O
strikers had assembled aud shouts an.
jeers greeted tile train crows. a SHOVE
Of stones followed. and ear window
were demolished. One man. non
union conductor, Is said 70 have beer
! injured IN the first clash The crew @
/ one train deserted Il and fed
refused 10 Attend Injured GrlRman
/ Another cable train was derailed q
/ Forty seventh street on the costag
Grove aVeaue line by crowd 2
/ strike sygnpathizers. a hor Shoe wa
/ wedeed ID the cable sol and hTough
the train to standsHll Ihe ggipmai
was injured BY the shock aad was Is
moved to a drug store. s physical
called to attend him is said "a have &
quired If he had i union button 0i
/ receiving q negative reply lie SAID
Take him to tile barns they Will a
tend to him there. ana refused % eS
anime the gripman's injuries.
lit soon became apparent that dc
termined EFFORT was being made ny Ga
company t. break the strike at the ir
ception The passenger cars 81 tii
Cottage Grove and Wentworth arenu
lines came along quickly as soon .
mail cars were safely out Of sight \
policeman role in THE cars. which weF
almost invariably empty Patrons aT
parently preferred to walk OK max
long detours to steam and elevate
lines rather than risk injury
One by one the stalled cars brok
through the hlockades and, upon giF
ing assurance that they would run ia
cars back to the barns, the crews weE
allowed to proeeed Wreelins crew
were az work Oh the disabled train
Nearly every car was returned wit
windows shattered and plentifuIly u
tered with missiles of every descriT
ton The police in many instance
rode upon the platforms q the car
ana frequently found It necessary
draw their clubs 20 drive the crowd
back.