Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-29
Bluntly Informs Both Sides Differ
ences Must Be Settled.
STRIKERS TWO POINTS
Swing Runs" ed and Griev-
ances Wi Heard.
BAD RIOTS WEIR. REATENED
shots Exchanged Turbulent
crowds Make More or Trouble
All Cars viii Run ReEu-
lnrIy Today.

PITTsBURG, June 2s-At 1890 o'clock
tonight the street railway strike, which
has cost the city Of Pittsburg over 100000
in two days, was officially declared TO be
at an end.
In the private offices of Mayor william
A. Magee articles were signed by officials
of the Pittsburg Railways company and
an executive committee from the Anal
gamated Association OF Street and Electric
Railway Employees. which will for years
to come prevent another tie-up of the 400
miles Of street railway tracks in and about
Greater Pittsburg and Allegheny county.
The strike, II developed tonight, was the
outcome Of but two points Of difference
between the car company and the motor
men and conductors one being the alleged
neglect upon the part Of the car company
to shorten Swing runs" and the other Of
tine refusal of these railway officials to
reinstate discharged men without proper
hearing.
Mayor Works Hard.
All during the day Mayor Magee made
vain efforts to bring the two factions of
the traffic tangle together At o'clock
tonight no amicable adjustment Of the
differences OF the men and the car com
pany seemed In sight. The mayor, how
N'N'' ~ nv AANVs w AAiO AAbi1 allu &c
late as o'clock wrote a letter to both
the car company officials and the union
men, asking their attendance at a confer
ence in his offices at o'clock.
When the warning factions assembled,
the mayor stated what he thought was
only the Just deserts OF the residents Of
Greater Pittsburg, and suggested that the
temper OF the people seemed to indicate
they would neither tolerate rioting nor
prolonged traffic disturbances.
Company MaI<ea Concessions.
Ii was pnly after the mayor had made
his sentiments extremely plain that the
car company officials and union men
finally akreed ~ settIe. their differences
With slight niodi diffoations an agreement
allowing discharged men proper hearings
before superintendents, and the assurance
OF the car company that the secretary will
shorten swing runs" fifty per cent, was
drawn up and signed.
Greater Pittsburg's first street railway
teup was thereby effectively avoided.
There will be no ratification meeting of
the men tonight. Union headquarters were
at once notified by Mayor MaGee and the
executive committee was instructed to
notify the pickets at the various car barns
TO call the men for duty, commencing at s
o'clock. 1t Is said that by o'clock all the
$500 cars In Greater Pittsburg will be
operating on regular schedule.
RiOtinw Breaks Out.
The two-day-old strike was showing
signs of bearing bloody results. Riots
broke out In more than one car barn dur
ing the day. AT two places shots were
fired between officers of the city and
county and what are alleged to have been
union sympathizers. No one was wounded
Two county detectives missed death by
narrow margin In the afternoon. how
ever, when a crowd Of persons around the
Franklin street car barns set upon four
teen strike breakers. TIE officers at
tempted to pacify the fighting men. The
crowd devoted their attention to the Of
ficers and after beating them unmeroi-
fully dragged them to a high bridge over
ravlne near the car barn and threatened
to throw them over the rail. IL they re.
fused TO promise TO Keep out of the clashes
between the strike breakers and the friends
= of the strikers. The timely arrival oi
the police saved the officers from prob
able death.
Tracks Are Obstruoted.
Riotlus reached the down town sectior
early in the afternoon. A crowd arounC
the Herron Hiil car barn placed Obstruc
tiOns on the car tracks in the shape o.
piles OF lumber when It was rumored tina
cars would be taken from the barns b!
nOn-unlon crews, The police dispersed tn,
hootins and kissing mob and removed tn,
timbers from the tracks
Reports Of activity on the part Of tn,
union pickets also filtered into the pole,
station all during the day.
All the police force Of greater PittRburg
numbering over leo men, were CONSTANT!
on duty, auEumsnted by special deputie
sworn IN last night and today by the sher
ift Of Allegheny county.
Net car was In operation today will
the exception OF a United states mai
special