The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
VIOLENCE MARKS CAR
;S1R|kE IN CLEVELAND
System Tied Up Early Today
by Failure of Wage
Agreement.
OPERATORS ARE ASSAULTED
Union Mobs Create Disturb,
ances in Various Parts
Of the City.

Cleveland, Ohio, May 1s.-ClevelanG's
street car system was tied up at s
o'clock today, by In almost unanimous
vote of the local union of the Amalg;a-
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway employees. The strike
is a result of the failure of the muniet-
pal traction company, lessees of the
consolidated lines of the city, and the
employees 10 come TO an agreement over
the matter OF wages and other alleged
grievances.
About 900 motormen and conductors
formerly employed by the Forest City
company, the original Scent fare line.
did not join i'll the strike. There are
also quite a large number of men EN-.
ployed on other lines, who did not quit
work. The latter are largely made up
of men who have been broken in since
the strike first was threatened about
10 days ago.
on many lines there was no attempt
made to II the cars early today, al
though later az occasional a was
manned and sent out from the barns.
These cars are generally greeted by
working people. who are walking tS
their places Of employment.
Smash Windows.
At the corner OF Superior avenue ane
East One Hundred and Fifth street, a
large crowd collected. When a car
bound downtown appeared about hslf
the car windows We're smashed. The
police rescued the motorman and the
conductor r prevented further trou-
BILE.
A large crowd at the Lake View
barns attacked the non-union crews,
when attempts were made to send ouH
some cars. In the melee a score ~
Chief Hoh!er and a number Of oficeri
We're rushed TO the scene in nutomo.
biles and dispersed the crowd. Hohle
was struck in the neck with a stone,
but was not seriously hurt.
Cut OF Trolley.
An attempt to run some cars on the
Payne avenue line was early frustrated
by the strike sym%pathizers. They TOOK
away the controller lever of the car.
pulled down the trolley and cut off tie
trolley rope. The motorman and con-
ductor left the car standing In ths
street. and later it was hauled back to
the barns.
& Euclid Beach lines in the eastern
suburb, the switch point was broken
of the telephone pole and thrown
across the tracks, effectually tying
up progress OF the cars in that sec
ton for the time being.
A mob OF strike s~ympathizers armed
with crowbars and other tools attempted
to tear up the street railway tracks
on ST. Clair avenue this morning. The
mob dispersed, however, before muca
Roadway had been made. The crew
of a car on the ST. Clair avenue line
were dragged from the a by thu
same mob. The conductor was badly
beaten. The conductor and motorrnan
finally were rescued by the police.
The leaders of the street car mems
union claim that while negotiations
have been under way looking to the
arbitration of differences. the company |
has Systematically laid off the old union |
men. reducing them to the extra list
and supplanted them with Forest City T
men,, and had given every indication |
that 1T was the purpose of the
Municipal Traction company to force
the union men out Of service and use
arbitration only as a cloak for the de.
Law.