The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-15
The First Car Moving Since
the Strike Started at
2 p. m.
ONLY TWO LINES
WERE OPERATED
Some Excitement On Two
Occasions, But Troops
Forced the Crowds Back
Cries of "Scab'' Greeted
the Imported Men During
Afternoon.

With squads OF state troops station
ed at each street intersection, with
soldiers pacing to and fro on each
side of the tracks. and with an extra
force of police officers on duty, ths
first car passing over the tracks of
the Pensacola Electric company in
nine days moved from the car barns
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, oper-
ated by imported men, and with a
number of the strike-breakers aboard
as passengers.
The appearance of the cars had
been watched for from early morning,
and as the first one came down Eal-
afOX street the mOtOrman and cor
ductor were greeted with CRIES of
Scab" from hundreds of persons who
had gathered upon the streets. There
were no other demonstrations, how
ever, on the part of the crowds. al
though considerable excitement was
noticeable twice during the afternoon,
once when police officer arrested
one of the imported men for a viola.
ton of a city ordinance by-not soiind-
ing the gong in. crossing a street,
and half an hoH later when a stsooper
| accidentally discharged his rifle on
Palafox street. causing Al crowd OF
| several hundred to rush to that point
An Early Start.
An early start of the cars was an
| ticipated yesterday morning. Col VIM
| LeFils, commanding the troops, antIc-
| ipated placing the men along the
streets by not later than 8 o'clock,
| and having the cars commence Oper,
| alton about that hour, but the fact
| that the tracks We're covered in
| places with from one to three inches
| of earth was not taken into consider
| alton, and it was necessary to clear
| the tracks before the cars could run.
| When this was done it was near0
noon, and by the time all was in read
| mess 2 O'Clock had arrived.
| At that hour a North Hill car was
| started from the shed, which was
| quickly followed by another. the lat
| ter having aboard. besides the motor
man and conductor. number Of the
/ imported men. Two Belt line cars
were thus sent out. ard all made the
circuit without incident, the only Oc-
! cuFrences being when the cars passed
| crowds of strike sympathiZers, and
the latter passed out some very I'M
| complimentary remarks to the import
| ed men.
No East Hill Cars.
No East Hill cars were placed in
| operation during the afternoon Col.
| Onel LeFilS decided that il would be
| best to start cars on only two Of the
| lines during the first afternoon. In do
| ing this he used as guards about 500
| of the 900 men az his command, the
| remainder being quarteTed at the ar
mOry, car sheds and power-house dur
| ing the day. The colonel also decided
| it to be the wisest policy to pursue
not to operate a Park car during the
| afternoon. Manager Leadley stated
| yesterday afternoon that re stood
ready at any time duHing the after
I noon to run cars out on any of the
lines, but had not done so for the
treason that Colonel LeFils did not de
sire that more cars be sent out the
first afternoon.
Arrest of MOtOrman.
! The first excitement of the after.
: noon occurred about i O'Clock, when
a police officer arrested one of the
{ imported mOtOrmen for violating the
| city ordinances by not sounding the
! gong of the Car at street intersections.
| The officer stopped the car at the cor
/ ner of Palafox and Government, and
! was taking the name OF the motor
/ man when big crowd standing in
/ front of the government building
| surged forward
| This movement was quickly noted
! by the officers and men Of the state
troops. and a mounted Officer dashed
UP giving the assem- bly, call. and with
! in a minute half hundred of the mil
/ tia had assembled and forced the
crowd back TO the pavement Most
b. o. the men had run out TO see what
was about to transpire, but the move
. ment showed that the state troops
were on the alert.
CIo+ XEyaC E;raJ
+ Half an hour later there was more
, excitement and visions of trouble
flashed through the minds of many. \
soldier on Palafox between Intenden.