The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-06
6NATT|NG THE
STRIKE BREAKERS
Mia Time In Des Molnes Yesterday
When Imported Men Are
Hounded by Big
Mob.
CHASED FROM TOWN
|street Car Strike is on and Cars
Are Idle Because Of the
Ugly Actions Of the
Citizens.

LED hSllNE1Cb ElOWc, AuS. O.--r I'VE
| hundred carmen out on strike, not a
|car running, street riots of hourly oc-
currence and strike-breakers from Chi
cago and the east who have been the
Iterror of Columbus and other east
| ern cities on similar occasions, actual
| ly either run out of town or locked up
in Jail for their own safety.
This is the result of the first days
strike of the Des Moines street car
men against General Manager Har-
rigan of the car company, who re-
fused to arbitrate an agreement of
three years ago and discharged Con-
ductor Hiatt for insubordination.
Two policemen were injured and
two strike-bTeakers hurt in the ear
hours Of the rioting at the Second
street car barns when the company
made feeble attempt to move cars.
"A few strike-breakers were arrested
for carrying concealed weapons and
thirty more were beseiged in the
barns and were unable to leave for
seven hours. At 3 o'clock this after
noon they sent word to Louis Chris
tensen, the Chicago detective, who
brought them here. that they had had
enough and If they could get out of
town alive they would be content.
They were furnished tickets for Chi
cago and under escort OF twenty po-
lice started for the Rock Island depot.
But the mob became so ugly that by
the time the Iowa hotel was reached
the strike-breakers were rushed in
side and the police guarded the door
while mob Of from 5000 to 10000
filed the streets below.
After three hours in the hotel the
police turned the nose on the crowd
but it had little effect and the strike
breakers expected to spend the
night in the hotel Meanwhile state
and city officials have been active
Governor Carroll has conferred with
labor leaders trying to reach a settle
ment and denies the report that lie
will call out several regiments OF
state troops to preserve order. He
calls attention to the law which says
the governor shall call out troops only
on the demand Of the sheriff, and
Sheriff Ness says he sees no need for
troops and that SO far the city officials
have not consulted with him or asked
him for aid.
The city council has been in almost
constant session this afternoon. May
Or Hanna has issued proclamation
70 all citizens to keep off the streets
which order is completely ignored He
has ordered the saloons closed an6
this order is being only partially
obeyed. superintendent Roe, of the
department of public safety, has is
sued statement that he will contro
the situation with an iron hand ir
the future, but still the mob beseigec
the frightened strike-breakers in the
Iowa hotel in tie center of the bust
ness district.
The city's legal department has is
SUED statement to the council tha
" has power to take charge of the
situation and run the car system itsel
and this may be done, for the car com
pany has failed to turn a wheel al
day and with its strike breakers leav
Ing in squads, has little chance o
victory in the future. The car com
pany officials have demanded police
protection for strike-breakers, threat
ening to sue the city for damages ant
remove city officials because they al
low mobs to run the streets
After being cooped up in the low;
hotel for three hours with the mol
waiting below, President Urick, of tn,
State federation OF labor. was appeal
cd to tonight by the city officials wht
We're unable to handle the crowd ant
take the strike-hreakers to the depot
surick appeared on the steps Of th'
motel and made a speech to the mol
explaining the issues of the strike ant
the objects Of unionism Meanwhile
twenty policemen hurried the strike
breakers through back door up al
alley and before their absence wa
discovered, locked them up in th
county jail, a block away, for protee
lion.