The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-03-09
Over a Million People Subjected K
Vexation and Annoyance = Five
Thousand Men Out - Sub
why Runs Irregularlys ZEE

SO far there has been little disorder.
Sporadic encounters between individ-
uals, some bad language, and the ac-
ton of a few hood1ums in throwing
missiles at passing elevated trains tell
this phase of the strike. The number
of strikers involved is 5000
Service Was Badly Crippled.
The annoyance to the multitude was
increased by a wet snow which began
falling. Service on the elevated roads
and subway, while not tied up, was
crippled, and badly crippled at that
Trains We're run on irregular, SEIZED
ules in the underground, beginning
with the early morning, but the ele-
waited lines did not fare so we'll On
the east side practically no attempt
was made to institute a service. while
the Sixth and Ninth avenue lines,
which serve the west side, were rum in
a fashion Woefully inadequate.
Subway Did All the Business.
In fact, the elevated system Of the
Interborough's lines was pretty well
paralyZed. The company's entire en-
ergy seemed to be directed to an effort
to maintain service in the subway, and
in this it was partially successfully.
Strike Breaker Farley and his crew of
700 or 800 men were thrown into the
tunnel; officials of the company gave
this system their personal attention,
and large number of policemen was
detailed to the trains and stations. The
attempt to run express trains was
abandoned early in the day. Every
available man was put on the locals.
and fairly good schedule was main
tanned during the evening rush hours
until the accident at Twenty third
street took place.
BADLY UPSET BY THE ACCIDENT
Traffic Delayed for Over Two Hours-I,ist
of Injured.
This upset things, but after siren
uous effort they were Strengthened out
and service was resumed on, a head
way Of from five to seven minutes. The
accident at Twenty third street was in
the nature of rear-enG collision. Two
cars had their ends smashed in, there
was a panic among scores ef passen-
gers. Of the injured fifteen were SO
severely hurt that they had to be sent
to the hospitals. Traffic was delayed
for over two hours from 5 o'clock I'M
til after Z.
The train had just drawn into the
IWenty-third street station, and some.
OF the passengers We're about to allgnt
when there came a crash as q train
which had left the bridge only thirty
seconds after the first train dashed
into the first train standing at Twen7
ty-third street. The steel car on the
first train was forced into the rear of
the car just ahead Of course. there
was panic and those standing on the
platform were the worst sufferers. The
tlremen worked for over an hour be-
fore they were able to cut out the last
of the injured passengers.
The most seriously hurt were: Jas.
"A. Alexander, salesman; Samuel Aus
tin; Edward w. Hohmke, policeman;
Samuel L. Bradford, train guard: Jo-
seph L. Cohen; @. e. James, police
man; Henry @. Dinger, Matonah. N.
<; James Fizz, colored porter; Ed
ward Nuremburg, Mamaroneck, N.
y; Samuel Oestriecher, Richard f.
Taylor; Mrs. Rose Weyrich, fractured
skull.
All the downtown hotels are crowd
ed with guests unable to reach their
homes in the upper sections of the city
One third Of the police force Of Brook
lyn was called over to Manhattan to
aid in handling the strike situation
Two strikers were arrested for inter-
fering with non-union men.
The cause of the strike is "a demand
for higher pay and shorter hours Eut
the crux of the matter is a REQUIRE
ment by the company that all men on
the trains shall pass a physical exam
ination such as is passed by men
working on steam railways. The COM
pany has announced that under no cir
cumstances will men employed to take
the places of strikers be discharged to
make places for such strikers, who are
charged with violating a three years
agreement made near five months ago.
Mayor Mcclellan has appealed to both
sides to stop the trouble, and offered
his services to that end
Vice President May, of the Amalga-
mated association, stated that no meet
ing Of the association would be held
until tWenty-four hours passes. If at
the end Of that time Superintendent
Hedley was still unwilling to accede to
the demands Of the men, the engineers