Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-05-19
TROLLEY WIRES ARE GUT, AND
CREWS ARE DRIVEN FROM
CARS NoN-uNloN MEN At.
Tackled BY CROWDS
ARBITRATION is
SOUGHT BY LEADERS
FORMAL PROPOSITION WILL BE
MADE TO COMPANY TODAY -
DYNAMITE is BROUGHT INTO
CAMPAIGN BY STRIKERS

Cleveland, May IL. - Many adtS Of
lawlessness were committed In con-
nection with the street car strike be-
tween midnight and dawn today Trol-,
ley wires were cut, crews were driven
from cars and in some instances nom
union men were attacked by strike
sympathizers.
The trolley wires in Lakewood, the
western suburb, were cut in several
places with the result that the Munic-
ipal Traction company announced this
morning that no further attempt
would be made to operate cars In that
section until the Lakewood authori-
ties granted protection for the men
and cars.
Arbitration Likely.
After conference which continued
almost through out the night be-
tween the union officers, headed by
President Mahon of the Street Car
Mems union, and members of the
state arbitration board 1t was stated
unofficially formal proposition of ar
bitration would probably be made to
President Dupont of the traction com.
ipany by the arbitration board on be-
half of the men
1
| number of cars operated by the COM
pany today. Each car carried police.
man in the motorman's vestibule.
| Much Violence Yesterday.
Dynamiting, bruised heads, cutting.
of trolley wires mobs rioting about
the car barns, marked the second day
of the strike yesterday.
Dynamite was exploded under two
cars and explosives were found on
the tracks in several places in the
city.
No one was injured in the expIo-
sions, but one started a riot In which
the police were forced to club back
a mob of 1000 persons.
During the day practically no re-.
sistance was offered to the operation
of the cars by strikers or their sym
pathizers, but trolley wires were cut
in many sections of the city.
4. Rioting Starts in Evening.
| Towards evening mobs gathered at
the different car barns and shortly
after dark riot occurred at the West
Madison barns when an attempt was
made to resume service on this line.
Cars were operated on irregular
schedules on all lines except st. Clair,
West Madison and Detroit. t4
| When Broadway car reached
East Fifty-fifth street last night at
$3.50 o'clock small dynamite bomb
which had been placed on the tracks,
exploded, throwing the front trucks
off the track.
A large cdowd had gathered at the
corner and when the explosion occur
red many women in the crowd tainted
Women on the car screamed and all
; the passengers made a rush for the
doors. Several were badly bruised.
The crowd on the street increased to
. a mob Of 1000 persons and a dozen
, men attacked the crew of the disabled
car.
Police Club the Mob.
Police reserves were hurried to tht
scene and amid shower of stonel
and bricks, dubbed back the people
The police guarded the car until an
other one arrived and the truck wa.
> replaced nthe track.
3 At Frances avenue and Fifty fiftl
}. street last night the second atte1np
: to dynamite car was made Strike
sympathizers had placed a railroad
bomb and small part of stick O
dynamite on the north bound track.
Car No. $50 struck the explosive
The explosion set fire to the car unde
the vestibule. Ten patrolmen OF
board put out the flames.
The noise and smoke Of the explo
sion and the boots and jeers OF tn.
mob frightened three women on tn
> car. They tainted
Dynamite Found on Tracks.
A box containing two sticks O
D dynamite and equipped with fulmina
tion cap was found on the car track
at East Fifty-ffth street and on tn
ST. Clair line. The box containe
enough explosive to blow street ca
to splinters.
Explosives We're found on the track
d In several other parts of the city.
.. At Frances avenue and East Fifty
. fifth street heavy dirt wagon wa
= dragged onto the car tracks and wlae
% the police attempted to remove IL
9 bowling mob stoned them. The blue
e coats charged the crowd.
n Transfer Plan Stirs People.
IS Since the Inauguration Of 3-cer
a fare there has been an apparent wide
,r spread and growing dissatisfactio
h amoung the people Of the oity and II
e suburbs relative to the restricted is
suance of transfers bx the Munictps
Traction company.