Evening journal., 1908-04-16
HOW THE FIRST
CAR WAS RUN

The FIRST car since the strike of rail-
way men began was run over the loop
from one end OF Chester to the other
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. and
the only thing that happened was the
throwing Of a stone from the second
story OF a house There were six
Chester policemen on the car beside
Motorman s. w Boremann, a stranger.
Three Of the officers We're on the rear
end and three On the front, to protect
the motorman. and they stood ready
with their clubs to repell any attack
AS nobody was inside when the stone
was thrown no damage was done, other
than breaking a window.
When the car left the car barn the
large crowd Of strikers who had gath
cred in the near vicinity Of the COM
pany's building, hissed. but no attempt
was made 10 stop It's progress. 1t
was said that son Of President John
A. Rigg. Of the company, was the
motorman, but Superintendent Arthur
G. Jack. of the railway, denied this,
and said the man was Borgmann.
Wanted to Run More Cars
Shortly after the car returned TO the
barn a police patrol drove up and In
the wagon was Mayor johnson, Chief
Of Police Pennington. State Senator
Sproul and other Chester officials As
soon as they arrived Superintendent
Jack told the mayor that he was ready
to run two more cars provided he was
willing to furnish police protection. The
mayor suggested that a conference be
held. and the party went into the rail-
way company's Offices It was then
decided TO run no mcve cars that night
as 1t was getting late This decision
was made known 70 the strikers by
Senator Sproul and there was loilI
cheering Mayor johnson also I'm
parte5 similar information TO the men
and told them to go home. They dis
persed.
Trouble avs Averted.
What the outcome would have been
had more cars been taken out Of the
barn is a matter for conjecture. That
the strikers would havo made trouble
there is no doubt Remarks made by
men in the crowd was sufficient 10
make the police take warning. One
man exclaimed: ''We'n upset the next
one that comes out" and this remark
seemed TO voice the sentiment of all
the rest
When seen by a reporter OF THE
EVENING JOURNAL last night,
Mayor Johnson said that the situation
was unchanged. There was no hope
vet OF arbitratlng the matter. he said.
and as far as he knew. a settlement
Of the difficulty was as far remote as
when the men first went on strike.
He was asked why he didn't furnish
police protection for the two cars which
Railway Superintendent Jack wanted
TO run out Of the barn, and replied:
Nothing would have ceen gained by
operating any more cars. It was too
late in the day to attempt it. We
showed that car could be run over
the city and that was enough"
Senator Sproul said that the mayor
did not have sufficient police a. his
command to continue the operation OF
the cars during the night. He pre-
sumed that another effort would he
made in the morning to operate the
lines.
What Strike is Costing.
The strike is costing more than $4,000
a day. classified as follows: Chester
Traction Company. In loss OF earnings.
$500 per day; Chester business men 4,
loss Of business, $1,000 per day; city of
Chester, expense of extra police, 500
per day; employees OF Chester Traction
Company, in loss OF wages $500 per
day.
New Police Chief Active.
Chief OF Police Pennington, who was
only recently appointed, is being usher
ed into office with a vengeance. He
is an unusually small man for a chief
Of police. being little more than FIVE
feet tall and Of small build. He is
probably go years Of age but despite
his small frame and age. he is active,
and like the men under him. carries
a police club.
Many new officers have been recently
appointed on the force to succeed
others who have passed the age OF use-
fulness as politicians. The new men
wear natty uniforms and can easily be
distinguished from the old members Of
the force, who still wear helmets. Caps
with gold braid around them are the
style worn by the new officers.
Mayor johnson, newly elected. is TAX
ing the strike seriously, as he probably
should. but he seems worried He Is
a kindly looking man ana has a digni-
fed bearing. His right-hand man and
adviser IS State Senator Sproul, who
is probably one of sho most popular
men In Chester. The latter has been
working hard to bring about settle
ment Of the trouble and appears TO
have the interests of the striking rail-
way men al heart. He insists on order
being maintained, however, and advises
the strikers and their sympathizers 70
live uD to the law.
constabulary Caused Trouble.
That there would have been no riot
ing during the strike had the State
constabulary not appeared in the CITY
when they did, seems apparent, as
since the State police left there has ]
been little dlaordor Tha naor1a xro-.