The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
|DES MONIES STRIKE
 IS CAUSE OF RIOTS
Judge Issues Injunction Or
 dering Railway to Re- sume Service

Das Moines, Ia., August 5.-The strik- ,,. emnIoyes of the Des Moines street railway required just one day to rid the city of their ancient enemy, the strilSe- brealxers. Tonight every strike breaker brought to this city from Chicago or Omaha either gave up his job and had gone home or had gone to jail to protect himself from violence.
 Riots which at times threatened to prove serious and to lead to the calling out of the federal or state troops, wild hunts for strike breakers, assaults and broken heads marked day of intense excitement.
 Traffic in the city was paralyzed, not a car having been moved since the men walked out at 12:15 o'clock this morning. A single attempt to get car into oper- alton this morning was so quickly frus- trated by union sympathizers that no further attempt was made.
 Mayor James R. Hanna this evening ordered every saloon in the city closed and to remain closed during the strike. The police were almost unit In sym pathy with the strikers.
 crowd of jeering union sympathizers had surrounded the strike breakers in the Second street car barn. The men restless and hungry, finally demanded |that they be sent back to Omaha. J.. ,ewis Christiansen, the striker breakers header. put up the money. It was when a squad of police attempted to escort them to the train that the mob forced all to take refuge in the hotel. Here the mob gathered and for three hours kept the police busy.
 The crowd was twice dispersed by wat |er and then it retaliated with bricks with khe result that one policeman received a deep gash in the forehead and another Was slightly hurt.
 E Tonight a mob numbering several thou hand made a rush on the offices Of Gen. sral Manager J. R. Harrigan in the city Railway station, breaking nearly every XNindow in the building.
 The leaders said they wanted to get Harrigan if he was in the office, II not they would take his desk and furniture nd smash it up. Twelve arrests were made.
 Judge Lawrence DeGraff issued a man 1atory writ of injunction in the district Sourt late tonight ordering the city rail- tay and it's employees to resume the same krvice as before the strike within a
 asonable time. This will probably mean Aat service will be restored as usual Sun Ay morning, although there is some
 nestion as to whether the order will be beyed.
 At midnight International Organizer Rred Fay of the Carmens' union am ounced that the strike of the Des Moines
 ity railway employees was ended So far
 the union was concerned. He said the
 hion would obey the mandate issued by hldge DeGraff tonight and that the men Would be notified to return to work as ast as they could be reached.
 HT The car service is to be resumed tomor- pw, aoording to the plans of the eXecu- k{ve committee of the carmen, that is If Ehe company will permit to be resumed.
 There is doubt tonight as to the attitude bf the company. Neither MT. HarriSan For Superintendent Ralson could be To- Rated but N. T. Guernsey, general coun- Eel intimated that the courts order would be opposed when opportunity offers on Monday. He denied the right of the court to compel the company to take the men back.
 The issuance of extra newspapers an- bouncing that the union considered the strike ended victoriously for its members had the effect of dispersing the mob which had been causing much trouble earlier in the evening.