Bisbee daily review., 1905-04-28
GAINING GROUND
 IN STRIKE ISSUE
PUBLIC IS BEGINNING TO MORE FREELY PATRONiZE
 THE CARS.
Strikes in Mines Also Going Behind. Wolverine Resumes = Miners and Trammers Still Idle at Oseeola. "Mother" Jones Mixing ir.

Calumet. April 2G.-It has been ap
 parent during the past few days tha the street railway strikers are losing
 ground in their fight against the com
 pany, as the public is patronizlng tho
 cars more freely. The strike ha;
 lasted nearly two months and up tC
 few days ago the cars carried but g I few passengers daily. The public al most to a person refused to ride. part i ly through sympathy with the strikers and partly through fear of personal violence bvcause dynamite had been
 used and there were threats in the air
 of more serious damage. That feaI
 and also much of the sympathy is
 wearing off. judging from the number
 of people TOW seen riding. It is re ported at the offices of the company that the receipts are growing larger
 Street railway officials themselves
 consider the strike off and have
 held this attitude for some time.
 The accident to the draw of the
 county bridge undoubtedly had con
 siderable to do with increasing tho patronage of the cars. as during the
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 Calumet have been those or the Nil nerya Range. The traffic over the street car line from Calumet to Han cock or Sunday was considerable most of the passengers coming in to view the wreck of the draw. Since then it has been noticed that the pat ronage has been much better than Us nal Sunday seemed to have broken the spell. The street car service Is now entirely confined to Hancock. Calumet and Lake Linden. Hough- ton. owing to the wreck of the draw bridge. has been cut off entirely. The cars can run only to the Hancock ap' proach of the county bridge. and un der ordinary circumstances Hougn' ton people would be considerably in convenierced
 The strikers are still holding out but it is stated by General Manager A. W. Leonard that only small propor ton of them would be taken back. and those as non-union men, as most of lie giosiTons have been permanently filled. A large number of applica- tions for positions have been receiv- ed at the offices of the company. MT. Leonard states, and they will be con sdered as soon as possible.
 Mother" Jones, the well known la Dor aeitator. who recently arrived in the copper country to deliver a series of talks. talked to large gathering ot men at St. Patrick's Hall at Hancock Tuesday night. She 'censured "scab" labor in most emphatic language, em- ploying epithets which should put the ordinary non-union man to shame. She spoke of the right of men to or ganize. and in referring to the street railway strike stated that the em ployes did perfectly right in forming their union, and that they should hold out for their rights. Mrs Jones was frequently interrupted by applause She is a fluent speaker, and has no trouble holding the attention of her audience. She makes a speciality of the child labor problem; the right of employees to organize, and the alleged greed of corporations in iaDor mat ters. She does not believe in strikes if there is some way in which to avoid them to the interest of employees.
 Ac NNOtF Si 4llC lt-lA1C iNotAAAAC4 CPCa' ations yesterday morning. the strik ing trammers deciding at a meeting Tuesday night to return to work the next morning. No concessions were granted the men, Superintendent Smith giving them to understand ppon his return from the South re gently that the deeired raise in wage could not be granted The miners are much pleased that the strike is settled as they were satisfied with ex isting conditions and were not COT ceraed in tho trouble. The tram mers wanted an increase of 10 per cent in pay.
 The situation at the North ana Kearsarge branches of the Osceola is the same, both miners and trammers still being idle. There have been ru mors aflOat that the strike would be brought to a speedy close, but as yet no steps in that direction have been taken.