Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-16
Street Car Lines in Cleveland
Put Out Of Business By
Striking Employees
PRESENT MOVEMENT OF cAas|
Several Clashes Occur Between striis-
ers, Nom Union Men and Police
Employees Say Managers Of Munich
pal Traction Company Prscipitatsd
Strike by Double Dealing.

Cleveland, O., May -Clevelands
street car system was tied UP at $
O'clock this morning by an almost
unanimous vote OF the local union 81
the Amalgamated Association o.
Street and Electric Railway Employes]
The strike is a result of the failure
of the Municipal Traction Company.
the lessor of the consolidated lines
of the city. and the employees to como
to an agreement over the matter Of
wages and other alleged grievances
About 800 motormen and conductors
formerly employed by the Forest City
Company, the original Scent fare line
did not join the strike. There alsG
Is quite a large number of men en-s
ployed on other lines who did not
quit work. The latter are largely
made up of men who had been broken
in since the strike was first threatened
ten days ago. On many lines there
was no attempt made to run cars early
today, aitho later an occasional ca!
was manned and sent out from tho
barns. These care generally were
greeted by hoots and yells from the
throngs of working people who were
walking to their place Of employment
Riotins Begins.
At the corner of Superior avenue
and East One Hundred and Fifth
street large crowd collected when =
car bound down town appeared. About
half the car windows were smashed.
The police rescued the motormen and
conductor, and prevented further trou-
BILE.
"A large crowd at the Lake View
barns attacked the non-union crews
when attamnts were made to send out
cars. In the melee score of men were
reported dubbed. Chief Hohler ana
q number of officers were rushed to the
scene in automobiles, and dispersed the
crowd. iHohler was struck in the
neck with a stone, but not seriously
hurt.
An attempt to run cars on the
Payne avenue line early was frustrated
by strike sympathizers. They took
away the controller lever Of the ear,
pulled down the trolley and cut OF the
trolley rope. The motorman and con-
ductor left the car standing in the
street. Later it was hauled back to the
harms.
At the junction of the Collinwo01
and Euclid Beach lines in the eastern
suburb, switch point was broken or
and a telephone pole was thrown
across the tracks, effectually tying up
the progress Of cars in that section
for the time being.
Men Charge Double Dealing.
Leaders of the street car mems un-
ion claim that while negotiations have
been under way looking to arbitration
Of the differences. the company has
systematically laid off old union mon.
reduced them to the extra list, and
supplanted them with Forest City mon
and had given every indication that It
was the purpose of the Municipal
Traction Company to force the union
men out Of the service and to use af-
bitration only as cloak for delay.
A mob Of strike sympathizers armed
with crowbars and other tools att
tempted to tear up the street railway
tracks at St Clair avenue this mofoA
ing. The mob was dispersed. however
before much headway had been made.
The crew of car on the st. Clair av-.
enue line was dragged from the car
by the same mob. The conductor was
badly beaten. The conductor and mo-
torman were finally rescued by the 20
lice.