The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-18
STRIKE OF THE
STREET CAR MEN
IN CLEVELAND 10 MARKED eY
ATTACKS ON CARS, MOTOR.
MEN AND CONDUCTORS.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY.
A Number OF Policemen Were In
Jured During Fights With Strike
eympsthizers and Many Ar.
rests Were Made.

Cleveland, May 1s.-The strike OF
rnotormen and conductors emploScd
by the Municipal Traction Co. which
began at o'clock Saturday morning
continues and there are few signs
OF an early settlement. Both sides
claim to be confident of victory.
President Mahon of the Internation-
al Association of Street Railway En-.
ployes arrived here Sunday and went
into conference with Vice President
Behner.
The tieup was general in the early
hours OF Saturday. but later in the
day service Was resumed on nearly
all the lines, but at infrequent intef.
walls A number of cars were at
tackled by strike sympathizers and
were badly wrecked by flying mis-
siles. Others were derailed.
The police made large number
OF arrests, and there were a number
OF encounters between policemen and
strikers Councilman Haserodt was
knocked down and badly hurt while
trying to remove barricade across
the 81. Clair avenue tracks
After sunset the cars were with
drawn on all lines until 6 o'clock Sun
day morning After the cars stopped
running strike sympathizers devoted
their efforts to cutting wires.
Sunday morning about 100 new mo-
tornien and conductors were put to
work and service was pretty general
ly resumed on all lines Police
guarded the various car barns.
Knots of men went around West
Side streets early Sunday throwing
wires over the trolley wires and caus-
ing short circuits. Detective Sickels
found nine men at this work on De-
troit avenue and Lieut.. Rowlands is
sued orders that the police patrol all
West Side streets. Sickels attacked
the nine men single-handed and
chased them away.
President du Pont issued a state
ment Sunday saying that the damage
done up to that time would not cost
more than $1,000 TO remedy. He said
the strike would be broken by Mon
day evening Vice President Behner
also claimed victory.
The presence OF J. D. Bishop. Sec
retary OF the state board OF arbitra-
ton. did not have much effect on the
situation. He had an interview Sun
day with du Pont on a'plan to bring
the two sides into conference, but du
Pont told him overtgras must come
from the other side.
Lieut. Mastcrson and a squad OF po-
lice quieted disturbance shortly be-
fore dayb Sunday at the West
Madison avenue barns. During the
night there was much trouble there.
Masterson was hit with a brick and
an officer owes his life TO his helmet.
A brick smashed It and knocked him
unconscious. Three cars were de-
rallied near the barns. The barns
were stoned and many windows
were broken.
Omnibuses, cabs, automobiles, ex-
press wagons and other vehicles did
a lively business in carrying passen-
gers from the central part OF the city
to the suburbs during Saturday night.
cult and thus destroy the transform
er machine In the Windermere bat
terry house early this morning. Sew
eral machines were burned out.
After a five-hour closed conference
between union officers, headed by
President Mahon and Members Bish.
op and owen OF the state arbitration
board. the meeting adjourned at
O'Clock this morning.
II Is believed that formal propo-
sition OF arbitration has been made
to du Pont by the arbitration board
on behalf OF the men.
Wire cutters were busy Sunday
night and dynamite was found on the
Prospect street tracks near Fortieth
street Car windows were smashed
on several lines and riot calls were
frequent on the West Side.
After midnight few cars were run
on any lines.