Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-12
VIOLENCE IN LOUISVILLE
TO1sn Persons Injured in Riots Attending
Attempts to Run Street OaSS
SERVICE SUSPENDED ~ AFTERNOON
Three Thousand suburbanites spend
NiEht In the City-Interurban
Service 20 Indiana
uninterrupted.

sulting in injuries to nearly a dozen persons
and the spasmodic operation OF less than
100 cars for a few hours under apparently
inadequate police protection marked the
second day Of the strike or the union en-
ployes OF the Louisville Railway company.
Few II any Of the cars operated were pa
tronized and a number were stoned.
Oficials Of the street railway company to-
night declared they haye not asked for add
uonal officers and emphaucally denied a
report that they intended calling on Sheriff
Bell to furnish full protection, which would
necessitate the use Of militia. Mayor Paul
c. Barth stated that he had not been
asked to swear in extra policemen.
Superintendent Funk or rne street rail-
way company denied that any professional
strikebrealers had been sent for and stated
that all extra men hired so far were resi-
dents Of Louisville and vicinity. He said
that 225 men reported for work today. Mr..
Funk declared that on each Of the first
lot Of cars sent out tomorrow morning two
policemen would be carried ana that II the
crowd could be kept moving the service
would be extended during the day.
At / o'clock this afternoon attempts to
maintain service within the city limits were
abandoned and three hours later the sub
urban lines were also given up. but the
interurban service into Indiana was not
interfered with.
There are tonight about 5000 suburbanites
spending the night in Louisville owing to
the abandonment Of the service on their
lines. Clashes between the strikers and
their sympathizers and the police and
strikebreakers were numerous during the
day and several were injured
A To-.
bound to the city were stopped by several
hundred men on their way to work, the
two conductors forced to return the fares
to the passengers, reverse the trolleys and
take the cars back to the barns At Fourth
and @ streets the strike sympath ze s stoned
the motorman and conductor .niuring the
former, Edward Person seriously, The
police were called and dispersed the crowd.
At Fourth and Hill several cars were
stopped and their air brakes put out Of
commission, The crowd threw some stones
through the windows OF one or two cars
here before the police arrived. There were
numerous calls at police widely separated
portions of the city up to $3.50. teamsters
aiding the strike sympathizers in blockad-
ing the tracks in several places.
Federation Takes n Hand.
W<AhAAAANG40Nt Lime amer
lean Federation of Labor has taken hand
in the street railway strike in Louisville
and today through Secretary Frank Morri-
son. representing Samuel Gompers, lodged
protest with the second assistant post
master general against the areged tactics
of the railroad company In using the sign
United States Mails" on cars not carrying
mails in order to operate them. Upon
the recommendations made by Secretary
Morrison instructions have been issued for
an Investigation OF the complaint
1srt 'POrtsmOuth Strike settled. .
PORTSMOUTH, o., March 1.-THE street
car strike, inaugurated two weeks ago, was
settled this evening and all employees win
return TO, their places Tuesday morning.
The agreement provides that the company
re-employ all the men and If an adjustment
OF the grievances is not reached within
thirty days the matter is to be submitted
to a board Of arbitration composed of three
disinterested citizens