New-York tribune., 1909-06-29

Some Riohng Marks the Ddy-Citg
Lost 5000 900.


Ps--shurg Juno eS-The street railway strike.
.;ob has cost the city of Fittshurg over 100000
:. +u-o 6avs. WAS officially declared to he al
- % a o'clock tonight The cars will be
.. ., o,ararion A. O'Clock tomorrow morning
= 80 ,-ivate Offices Of Mayor William A. Magee
-tic1es we're signed by officials Of the Pittshurg
ps5rv-svs Company and executive committee
[,,y, ,,e AraIEamated Association Of Street and
rlectric Railway Employees which will for years
. ,or,e prevent another tie-up of the four hundred
niles of street railway in and about greater Pitts
tr,rg and Allegheny County
The strike il developed tonight. the
co-ne Of only two points of difference between the
csr company and the motormen and conductors,
ope being the alleged neglect upon the part Of
the car company to shorten swing runs" and
the other the refusal Of the railway officials 10
reirstare discharged men with proper hearing
All during the day Mayor Magee made vain CT
forts bring the factions of the traffic tanEle
together. At 6 O'Clock tonight amcable ad-
.rstuent Of the differences seemed in sight. The
Mayor however. did not give up the fight. and at
: o'clock indIted letter - both the car company
oficials and the union men. asking their attend
auce a conference an his offices o'clock
Both sides agreed TO lie present.
When the warning factions assembled the Mayor
addressed them IN plain terms ana stated what he
thought only the just deserts Of residents OF
greater Pittshurg. ard suggested that the temper
Of The people seemed 10 Indicate they would never
i only aftsr the Mayor had made his senti-
rnents extremely plain that the car company Off
cisls and union men finally agreed TO settle their
differences.
With slight notifications an agreement allow
ing discharged men proper hearings before super
intendents. with the assurance Of tie car company
that il would shorten swing runs 20 per cent.
drawn Up and signed. Greater Pittshurg
first street railNay tie-up was effectively avoided
There viii be no ratification meeting of the mer
tonight Union headquarters were once in
formed b Mayor Magee and the executive committee
instruct pckets al the various barns TO call
the for duty O'Clock. II is said that by
O'Clock all the tfir;y-1ve hundred cars in greater
Pittsburg will be operating on regular schedules.
Riots broke out in more than one barn during
the day. Al places shots were fired between
o1I1cers Of the city and county and what al
legged 10 have been union synpathzers. No one
wounded
Two county detectives missed death by narrow
margin in the afternoon. however, when crowd
q: persons around the Rankin street car barns set
upon fourteen strike breakers The officers at
tempted TO paelfy the fighting men The crowd
devoted their attention to the officers. and after
beating them numerically dragged them TO high
bridge over ravine near the harms and
threatened to throw them over the rail If they
refused TO promise TO keep Of the clashes be
tween the strike breakers and the friends Of the
strikers The timely arrival Of the police saved
the officers from probable death
Rioting reached the downtown SeCIlon early IN
the afternoon. a crowd around the Heron Hill
car barns placed otstructions the car tracks In
the shape OF piles of lumber when il was rurored
that cars would be taken from the barns by non
union crews. The police dispersed the hooting and
kissing mob and removed the timbers from the
tracks
Reports OF activity on the part of the union
rickets also filtered the police station during
the day.
All of the police force of greater Pittsburg, num-
-rar1
on duty augmented by special deputies sworn in
last night and to-day by the Sheriff of Allegheny
County Not was IN operation to-day, with
IN. exception Of a United States mail special
Queer eouipages hauled the Office employees Of
downtown Pittsburg to work to-day. Many large
concerns had engaged rooms for their clerical
forces at downtown hotels for the week. Rates for
wagon and automobile transportation were not ad-
xancec beyond the limitations OF reason The po-
lice said they would permit strike prices"
10 prevail among draymen public conveyance
companies.
To-day was what is termed by enterprising Pitts
burgers as clean up" day. II had been planned
70 have one gigantic rubbish bonfire and clean
sEtreets alleys and back yards by mutual efforts
cams had been given by the city and private team
<yners for the occasion Few of the teams showed
up at the rendezvous. however. 1t was said most
os The teamsters found IL more remunerattve 10
haul passengers
There was one phase Of the strike which anuse1
even the officials OF the Pittsburg Railway COM
ranv This was when word was received that the
ro-s. car line in Sarah street was also tied up
Its one lonely employee the driver Of the mules had
struck in sympathy with the union men