Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-12
FRISCO CARS ARE RUNNING
Two Lines in Partial Operation During the
Afternoon.
THOUSAND PASSENGERS ARE CARRIED
Police Succeed I'm Preventing Serious
Outbreaks, hut Bricks Are Thrown
from Tops OF BuiIdinEs-GOv-
ernOr Gillette In city.

SAN FRANCISCO May 11.-For the FIRST
| time since the commencement Of the street
car strike a week ago the United Railroads
today operated cars for passenger traffic.
| During the late hours Of the forenoon and
until o'clock in the evening about 1000
| men and women were carried. Only two OF
| twenty lines composing the system were
| operated-the Suffer and Eddy street lines
! Ten cars were run with ten minutes head
way from the car barn at Turk and Fill
more street, east on Turk street to the
intersection Of market and Eddy. west on
| Eddy to Deviserdo, east on Deviserdo, west
on Turk and thence to Fillmore.
| The Suffer line cars were run out Oak
| to Stanton, on Stanton to Page. on Page
I to Deviserdo, on Deviserdo to Suffer, on
Suffer TO Market and back again over the
| same route One hundred and twenty-five
nonunion motorrnen and conductors manned
these twenty-five cars.
About 500 police a few of them mounted,
| guarded the streets over which the cars
were run. Acts of violence occurred at
various points during ths day and boots
and Jeers were mingled with cheers and
| shouts OF approval, but no serious out
breaks featured the actual attempt to re-
sumo operation of the cars. Nevertheless,
the officials of the United Railroads ex-
pressed no citation at the days results.
They say that II 500 policemen are required
to make possible the carrying OF passengers
/ in twenty-five cars over two miles, they
have no hope that the 100 officers com
posing the force will be able to safeguard
$50 cars on twenty lines $50 miles in length.
Governor Gillette in City.
One Of the most important happenings of
| the day was the arrival in the afternoon
of Governor Gillett, who came from Los
Angeles to personally investigate the strike
situation and determine whether the calling
out Of the militia Is required. The governor,
soon after his arrival, held a conference
in the ferry building with Mayor Sckmitz,
Adjutant General DauclI, General Robert
WanowslCi, commanding the Seventh regi-
ment, National Guard, and a number Of
prominent citizens. Signed statements were
received by Governor Gillett from President
Calhoun Of the United Railroads, and Pres
ident Cornelius of the Garments union, set
ting forth the respective sides OF the con-
troversy. Subsequently the governor and
Mr.. Calhoun had a private conference,
| which lasted over an hour.
Governor Gnlett himself witnessed one of
the days acts Of violence when union work
men on a building at Kearney and Suffer
streets bombarded the passenger-hlied cars
with stones and bricks hurled from a
height of eight and ten stories.
The United Railroads announce that Il
has now in its employment and quartered
under it's car barns enough men to operate
a majority Of the lines in the city, and
that more men are being steadily engaged.
Program for Today.
Tomorrow's program is to start the runs
ming of cars at 10 o'clock over the same
lines operated today. with the exception
OF that on Suffer street. The cars will be
pushed out further into the Richmond dis
trlct.
1t was apparent that Friday nights ac-
ticn of the labor council in Issuing to all
union men and their friends an official re-
quest to avoid the forming of crowds and
to refrain from acts of violence had an ef-
feet today on the temper Of thousands OF
men who thronged the streets. 1t is likely
that more cars will be operated tomorrow
than were on the streets today. 1t is un-
derstood that the same police plan will be
afforded--that is to say, 500 unmounted Off
GERS will be stationed along the routes and
few mounted men will be on guard al
the most important street corners. There
will be no police escort on the cars.