The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-28
Street Car Strike Paralyzes
Business in Pittsburg.
Special Deputies and Police ON
Duty All Night.
WILL EAT DOWN TOWN
Many Concerns Have Engaged
Rooms at the Hotels
For Their Office Employees for
the Entire Week.

PIttSburg, June 2S.-With business
paralyzed to partial extent through:
inadequate train service. great Pitts
burg entered today into the second day
Of its street car strike.
Rioting, it is feared. will follow any
attempt of the car company to operate
its cars.
Ihe outlying barns have taken the
attention of the authorities from the
downtown districts. Special deputy
sherlns and extra police remained on
duty all night at these points.
The feeling of the union men and their
sympthizers is evidence by the fact
that late last night a crowd of over 500
persons gathered within half an hour
at the Heron Hill barns upon hearing
a rumor that the company would en-
deavor to take out a car. The police
dispersed the gathering
The saloons remain open today. Di-
rector Of the department of public safe
ty. John NORM. stated early that he
saw no reason to close orderly places
until the situation becomes more tense.
The entire police force of Greater
Edtsours is being held in reserve at
tnelr precinct stations today.
Queer equipages hauled the Office en-
ployes of downtown Pittsburg to work
today. Many large concerns have al
ready engaged rooms for their clerical
forces at downtown hotels for the week
Many amusing incidents have
marked the traffic tie-up. Members
OF an orchestra, the drum. bass violin
and smaller instruments lying beside
them, were found asleep on an east
end lawn. They had played at
dance and when they found they
would be forced to walk home, took
an alternative and lay down to rest
on the grass. camping out until morn
| ing.
Motormen and conductors suffered
also. One motorman who left his car
at the Homewood barns was forced to
walk ten miles to his home in Brook
| lyn There was one phase of the
strike which amused even the officials
| of the Pittsburg Railways COMPANY
| When word was received that the
horse car line in Sarah street was also
| tied up. IT'S one lonely operative. the
| driver of the mules had struck in
| sympathy with the union men.
| Thirty thousand dollars a day is the
| estimated loss sustained by the Pitts
| burg company by reason of the strike
1t is conseryatively estimated that the
| traction company in a single days
| operations in the greater city and
environs takes in 100000 cent fares
| in addition to carrying freight.
| The grievances of the union men
include the charges of discrimination
against union employees; demands for
hearings for discharged men; longer
boards in car barns. announcing OF
layoffs and shorter runs.
First Violence.
The first real violence in the car
strike situation occurred shortly after
o'clock today when IA alleged
| strikebreakers were chased away from
| the Rankin car barns by union
sympathizers. A fusillade of shots
greeted the strikebreakers as they
emerged from the barns. County
Detective Jno. Englert was badly
| beaten up by the crowd at the en-
| trance of the barns. Men I'm nearby
plant Joined in the chase after the
| strikebreakers, running them over a
mile.
A long parley between Mayor
| Magee, who threatens to use his plen-
| ary powers to end the car strike, and
| the executive strike committee of the
| motormen and conductors adjourned
/ this afternoon with the strike situa-
| ton unso1ved.
| The union men are reported to
/ have agreed to all of the mayors
| suggestions for an amicable adjust
ment of affairs with the exception OF
| the reinstatement of discharged men,
| after proper hearings.
| The company officials contend they
are winning and anxious to adjust the
| matter at once but that the union men
| have refused them the opportunity OF
| arbitration