The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-06
No Effort to End Strike.

No hand was raised today to stop the
conflict which is rapidly paralyzing bust
ness.
There was a rumor tonight that the
Taft to use his influence to bring an end
to the trouble, or to take some step along
the lines adopted by President Roosevelt
In the coal strike of 1902 Such a move
1t is believed would ba welcomed. There
Was no talk of arbitration or peace, and
lt is evident that large employers are
waiting the events of the next few days
DcI0re attempting any settlement.
The day developed nothing in the street
car strike itself. The trolley company
had about as many cars in operation as II
had yesterday, according to the company,
litsie more than LOCO.
1t was noticed, however that the cars
did not carry as many passengers as on
other days of this week. People generally
We're not willing to take chance OF being
injured. The company opened one new
line in the southern part of the city, but
after a few trips the cars were with
drawn because of the frequency with
which they were assailed by stones and
bricks. Half of the cars in operation
fall
In the four hours from to p. m,
when the great demonstration in Inde-
pendence square was in preparation, the
police had their hands full controlling the
crowds and keeping semblance of order.
1t was on Walnut street that the first
cars proceeding leisurely along that
thorOughfare angered the vanguard of
the labor parade near Independence hall,
and stone was sent through the window
of one Of the cars.
Every car that came along ran the
gauntlet, and there was a running fire
of stones. pieces of wood and other mis-
siles, which terrified the passengers and
crews. To escape the missiles, mOtOrmen
threw on full power and sent their cars
FLYING out Of the way, the occupants "
ing on the floors.
Onslaught by Police.
The worst outbreak occurred in the
heart of the city, where the police iuobil-
lied in force to make an impression. on
the crowd. No previous disturbance ocm-
pared with this in magnitude or intensity.
Men and women, felled in the onslaught
Of the police. lay al about the streets
and sidewalks. and scores were cut and
bruised.
Subsequent to the Walnut street dis
turbances, there was another in Wash
ingtOn square, in which the crowd turned
on a small force of policemen, knocking
one of them down and breaking the club
of another over its owners head. In the
miXup that followed, the men in the
throng helped themselves to eggs, produce,
canned goods, everything they could get
their hands on from nearby stores and
pelted the policemen. A mounted squad
dispersed the mob.
All during the march of the strike sym
pathizers, dozens of cars were attacked.
their windows smashed and the passengers
and crews forced to take refuge from fly
ing missiles by lying prone on the floors
The police seized four prisoners in the
ranks of the disturbers. One man who
was placed in a patrol wagon made q
spectacular leap to freedom.
One Woman in Custody.
One of those in custody is young
woma n, Miss Ada Myerson, said to be tie
secretary of the Union of Women Shirt
waist Makers. and prominent in the re-
cent shirtwaist strike.
Driven away from Independence square,
several thousand persons congregated in
Washington square nearby A man
mounted on the shoulders of several 9TH
ers and started to harangue the crowd
A detail of mounted policemen da shed
through the archways of Independence
hall and into the throng. The crowds
scattered right and left before the horses,
the orator was tumbied off the shoulders
of the other men and was swallowed up
in the crush.
Several minutes sharp work with the
horses and clubs served to break up and
dispense the mass. A number of colored