The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-03

by the Traction Company asking ea the Street Railway be entoined run Interfering with 1t in It's iawiul .s.n ness. By agreement counsei roI Street Railway was given untii Mo, ,ra, to prepare his answer when the lus nhase of the matter will be- thresneo out before Judge Sayre. .,,s The growing rivalry between tnv two companies developed into the sIIio.. ar riot yesterday morning when a eans of laborers of the Traction Sompan! attempted to lay tracks across tracks of the old company at the tersection of Jackson Street anu ', ~ sho Montgomery Street Railway wns wrecked in a forcible attempt to piock the progress of the Traction co nanv ana President Richard Tiilis or the Montgomery Street Railway came so hostile in his attempts 10 fend the holdings of his company tha' he was arrested for diso,uey ySaa car. stanley Frazer. after his daring attempt to smash away the worh VI tba Traction Company, was also ar rasted by the police on charge of ois- orderly conduct and the reckless run ming of a street car at rate esuma ed at twenty miles an hour m viola tion of the city ordinance reSuiating the speed AiniAt VI miles an hour.
 The souabble between the contend irv corporatfon for the right or way might have resulted seriously nao it not been for the hurried call or the Montgomery police to the scene eI the trouble. While the men in charge or each force of laborers contended with each othar at every move. the labor ars. taking sides with their employers gIared At each other with cordial male- | violence. Had a blow passed between | tbe leaders of the two factions. the workmen would have most propapiy joined in the scrap and with DICKS shovels and missiles Of various oe- scriptfons at hand. there would have resulted A fierce rough and tumble battle in the street. As 1t were. the residents of the neighborhood were ex- cited at the turn affairs had taken and A great crowd gathered about the place where car tracks were torn up and re- built as each side had it's inning In the game being played between the riVai street car companies.
 Worked at Night.
 workmen of the Traction Company began at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. after all cars of the Montgomery Street Railway had gone to the car barn, to install a single curve at the | intersection of Madison Avenue and, | Ripley Street and double tracks over l the line of the old company at Madi- son Avenue and Jackson Street. | The gang consisted of about l 100 men and work progressed rapidly. | the single crossing at the corner Of I Madison Avenue and Ripley Street | having been completed before the cars | of the Montgomery Street Railway be- 1 gan running shortly after. o'clock l yesterday morning. The Belt Line | t,.o of fba Mon 1ornary Sfraat Rail- l way had been torn up by the Traction Company workmen at the intersection l of Madison Avenue and Jackson Street l when the cars of the rival company started running. Two cars of the
 Street Railway came along and waited.
 The car men telephoned General Man- ] ager w. J. Ginnivan who soon reach I ed the scene. By order of MT. Ginni- | van the two cars were run into the
 obstruction and were derailed.
 President Richard Tillis of the Mont gomery Street Railway and a large stockholder of the company. was im- mediately notified by his men that
 their track had been torn up and that l 1t was impossible to run cars In either
 direction past the intersection of Jack
 son Street and Madison Avenue. He hurried to the scene of the trouble and | with him went other officers of the
 company. When Mir. Tillis, thorough ly Indignant. arrived about s:30 o'clock
 General Manager W. H. Ragland of the Traction Company, was also there. The two railway officials engaged in
 heated conversation about the &C.,
 tion of the Traction Company work
 men and had not friends wisely inter- fered. a fisticuf might have been the l result
 Mir Tillis got his workmen together
 and had them begin tearing up the | ak~ A..rN N,. ru
 by the Traction Company laborers and
 in relayirg his track so that the cars
 of his company could run by the place | as usual.
 The police were notified of the wran- gle and Roundsman P .J. Sweeney and
 Mounted Officers LaPrade and Cross
 land hurried to the scene to prevent
 trouble between the contending par
 ties. Acting Mayor c. P. Mcintyre
 and Police Chief Gerald had also been i summoned and they formed the center | of the excited crowd of men who stood l resolutely to the orders of the employ
 CTS. The Montgomery Street Railway
 employees were allowed to replace their | track at the Jackson street crossing
 which had been torn up by the Trac-
 ton Company laborers and by nine
 o'clock the track was in such condition
 to allow the cars of the old company
 to pass. Everything went quietly for II about two hours. during which time the officials of the Traction Company were looking into the nature of. the franchises granted them some months | ago by the City Council in extending
 their lines out Madison avenue to Elec-
 tric Park.
 Confer With Mayor.
 After an investigation, Acting Mayor
 Mcintyre gave orders to the Traction
 Company that they might proceed lay
 ing their tracks and that they would
 have protection of the police If needed
 I.aborers began anew to tear up the
 track of the Montgomery Street Rail-
 way at the Jackson street crossing laying rails and cross ties on the track
 on each side of the proposed route Of
 the Traction line. This made MT. Til
 lis angry and he ordered his men tC
 prevent the Traction Company laborer!
 from taking up their track. The DO
 lice interfered and Mir. Tillis took III
 a pick as If he would do 1t himself
 He was arrested by Officers Sweene!
 and LaPrade and taken to Police Head
 quarters where he was released on hi
 own recognizance to appear in the Re | corder's court at o'clock in the after
 noon to answer the charge of disorder
 ly conduct preferred against him. Fra
 zIer who engineered the wild dash o
 the street car into the pile of eros
 ties and rails which had been throwl
 up about the place where the Traction
 Company men were at work wa
 charged with disorder conduct am
 reckless running of a street car. H
 was released on bond to appear fl
 court.
 After the arrest of the Montgomer Street Railway Company's president
 aron1ovas allowed the TractiO