The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-29
Cost City $500, 1000 in
Two Days.
MAYORS EFFORTS WERE
FINALLY SUCCESSFUL
Violence Was Started Early by the
Strikers.
County Detectives Tried to Pacify The
Rioters And Were Roughly
Handled By
The Mob.

Pittsburg, Pa. June 28--At 1880
o'clock tonight the street railway
strike, which has cost the city Of Pitts
burg over 100000 in two days was
OFFICIALLY declared to be at an end.
In the private offices OF Mayor Will
liam A McGee, articles were signed
by officials of the Pittsburg Railways
Company and an executive committes
from the Amalgamated 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 AMI about
Greater Pittsburg and Allegheny coun-
ty
The strike, II developed tonight, was
the outcome of but two points of diff
ference between the car company and
the motormen and conductors, one be-
ing the alleged neglect upon the part
OF the car company to shorten Swing
runs and the other the refusal of these
railway officials to reinstate dis
charged men, without proper hearing.
All during the day, Mayor MCGEE
made vain efforts to bring the two
factions of the traffic tangle together.
AT 8 o'clock tonight no amicabie ad-
dustment of the differences of the men
and the company seemed in sight. The
mayor, however. did not give UP the
fight and as late as z o'clock, indited a
ACllUI " OOtn ZIG railway OAllClAtb
and the union men, asking their at
tendance at q conference in his offices
at Q o'clock. When the warning fac
tions assembled, the mayor stated what
he thought the Just deserts Of the
residents OF Greater Pittsburg and
suggested that the temper OF the
people seemed to indicate, that they
would neither tolerate rioting nor pro-
longed traffic disturbances.
WAS only altar fba ma v0r HAD
made his sentiments extremely plain
khat the car company officials and
Mnion men finally agreed to settle their
differences, With slight notifications
Hnd agreement allowing discharged
men proper hearings before superinten-
company. that the secretary VIII
hhorten Swing runs fifty per cent.
was drawn up and signed
Greater Pittsburg's first street rail-
way tie-up was thereby effectively
Roided.
There will be no ratification meet
ing of the men tonight.
Union officials were at once notified
by the mayor and executive officers
TO Instruct the pickets at the various
car barns to call the men for duty,
commencing at o'clock.
It is said that by o'clock all the
$500 cars In Pittsburg. will be rum
ming on regular schedule time.
Rioting Had Started.
The two days old strike had already
borne signs OF bloody results. Riots
had broken out In more than one car
barn during the day. At two places
shots were fired between officers Of
the city ami county and what are al
legged to have been union sympathizers
Two county detectives missed death
by narrow margin in the afternoon,
when a crowd of persons around the
Rankin Street car barns set upon four
teen strike breakers. The officers at
tempted to pacify the fighting men.
The crowd devoted it's attention to the
officers and after beating them un-
kmercifully, dragged them to high
bridge over a ravine near the car barns
and there attempted to throw them
over the rail, If they refused to
promise to keep out of the clashes be-
tween the strike breakers and the
friends of the strikers. The timely ar
rival of the police saved the officers
from further punishment.
Rioting reached the downtown Sec
kion early in the afternoon. A crowd
around the Heron Hill barns placed
piles of lumber on the track when 1t
WAS rumored that cars would be taken
from the barns by non-union crews.
The police dispersed the hooting mob
and removed the mbers.
Reports OF activity on the part OF the
union pickets also filtered into the
police station during the day. The
police force OF Greater Pittsburg, NUM-
berfng over a thousand men. were con-
stantly on duty augmented by special
deputies sworn in last night and today
bv the sheriff of Allegheny county
Not a car was in operation today,
with the exception of a United States
mail special,