Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-18
STRIKERS CLAIM RECROITS.
Forty-Three Men Said to Have Quit
and Rejoinea Those Out.
.LEUssIER DENIES THE CLAIM
PieketinE OF Car harms Resumed
saturday Nisht-Two Men Are
Injured by Flying
Missiles.

A meeting Of the striking car men. who
assembled at midnight Saturday, wal held
at Labor temple for the purpose OF re-
ceivins reports from delegations sent to
the car barns to meet with employees who
were expected to Join the strikers ranks,
This meeting adjourned about 4 o'clock
Sunday morning.
A meeting OF the strikers was also held
Sunday afternoon at Labor temple. The
strike leaders announced that at this meet
ing forty-three of the. men who had once
deserted the strike had come back into
the fold and would be put on strike pay.
The Same terms. said c.. o. Pratt, were
open to the men yer with the company.
I'VE were approached several days ago
by a committee from the men who went
back, asking how they might come out
and be reinststed In the union" said
Pratt. "The matter has been under con-
siderstioR and we have decided 70 take
them back This COMMITTEES said that $50
men had decided to rejoin the strikers
and thus far we have taken back forty
three.
"The company put kome Of the men in
the barns Saturday night in the cots used
by the st~rikebreakers, TO keep our plckets
from reaching them. Hans Hoiberg, q
| EQnuuCAOIs WHO uGtl4oA 10 ttmH NoAT was
sent into the Harvey street barn TO find
out why the others didn't come He
didn't come back. so / guess they put him
to bed, too
Pratt TO Leave shortly.
Pratt says he will probably leave shortly
to take up troubles In other cities. Ben
Commons will remain here with , the
strikers. w. d. Mahon Of Detroit, presi-
dent Of the international Street Car Mems
union. Is expected to arrive Tuesday to
spend a few days with the Omaha strikers.
Plans are made for a mass meeting q,
Washington hall to be addressed by Presi-
dent Mahon Tuesday night.
r. A. Leussler, assistant general man
ager Of the street railway company. de-
MED Sunday night hat the strikers had
taken out forfy-three of the men work
ing for the company
About twelve of the men failed to show
up for work. he said. 'and they may
have legitimate excuses for their absence
Mr.. Leussler said that the company
would be prepared for n emergency in
the event Of further trouble at the barns.
The strikers have declared that they
will continue their picket system.
Flying Missiles Hart Two.
Two street car men were hurt, though
not seriously, In attacks with bricks early
Sunday morning. shortly after midnigh;
6 cups OF men gathered around the Har-
ney and vinton street car barns n es-
tablished picket lines.
At the Harvey barn az the first car
was run out IL was met by a fusillade Of
bricks. Tn motorman was struck I'm TIM
chest and the breath knocked out Of him.
He was carried into the barn and recov-
cred in a few minutes and went back or
his run. r.u s1aa31
Motorman Barr was struck by q brick
thrown from behind ca billboard as he
was going TO the vlnton street a and
his les painfully hnrtxlHe. returned home
but reported he would be able to go e
work later In the day.
Sergeant Cook, with a d-etachment o.
police, dispersed the men round this
barns and ordered them to withdraw theil
plckets under pain OF arrest.