The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-21
VIOLENCE MARKS CAR
STRIKE 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 19.-cleveland's
street car system WAS tied up at B
o'clock today, by an almost unanimous
vote OF the local union OF the Amalga-
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway employees. The strike
Is a result of the failure of the munich
pal traction company, lessees or the
consolidated lines Of the city, and the
employees to come to an agreement owe
the matter OF wages and other alleged
grievances.
About 800 motormen and conductors
formerly employed by the Forest City
company, the original 3-cent fare line,
did not join In the strike. There are
also quite q large number of men en-
iployed 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. .u "
On many lines there was no attempt
made to run the cars early today, al
though later an occasional car was
manned and sent out from the barns.
boots and yells from the throngs of
working people, who are walking to
their places OF employment.
Smash Windows.
At the corner OF Superior avenue and
East One Hundred and Fifth street, a
large crowd collected. When a car
bound downtown appeared about half
the car windows were smashed. The
police rescued the motorman and the
conductor and prevented further trou-
BILE.
A large crowd at the Lake View
barns attacked the union crews
when attempts were made to send out
some cars. In the melee a score of
men are reported to have been dubbed.
Chief Hohler and q number OF officers
were rushed to the scene in automo-
biles and dispersed tho crowd. Hohler
was struck In the neck with a stone,
but was not seriously hurt. " =.
Cut OFF Trolley.
An attempt to run some cars on the
Payne avenue line was early frustrated
by the strike sympathizers. They took
away the controller lever of the car,
pulled down the trolley and cut off the
trolley rope. The motorman and con-
ductor left the car standing in the
street, and later 1t was hauled back to
the barns. .~ ..'
At the junction of the ColIinwood
& Euclid Beach lines in the eastern
off 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 sy~mpathizers 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 much
Roadway had been made. The crew
OF a car on the st. Clair avenue line
were dragged from the car by the
same mob. The conductor was badly
beaten. The conductor and motorman
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
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-
lay.