Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04
FORMAL NOTICE SERVED ON clTl.
zENs THAT EMPLOYEES WILL
LEAVE CARS.
FEDERAL TROOPS READY
TO PROTECT COMPANY
Cars Equipped With United States
Mail Boxes and Postoffies Depart
msnt Will Aid-Additional Strike
Breakers Being Summoned by Har.
Disqualification Offers Rejected.
,ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 4.-The executive
committee of the street car union this
morning issued statement announcing
that at 1915 o'clock tomorrow morning
the employees of the company will go on
q strike. They asked the public to
prepare for stoppage Of the cars and
to be prepared for the situation. So
far as the street car men are concern
ed they are thru with efforts at secur-
ing a conference.
Prepare for Long Struggle.
Altho the strike of the nearly 500
employees Of the Des Moines City Rail-
way Company will not be officially on
until tomorrow morning at 1:15 o'clock.
1t was expected by union leaders this
morning that the issue would be forced
by the company management today
Both sides are preparing for what it
is believed will be long struggle. Cen
eral Manager J. H. Harrigan. of the
com pany. is making extensive arrange
ments to man the cars with strike
breakers. 1t was reported that 100
more strike breakers were en- route to
Des Moines to join those already here
under the direction Of Louis ]. Chris
tiansen the Chicago strike breaker.
Harrisan Rejects offers.
The decision to walk out Saturday
was reached after a session
Of the union lasting until late in the
night and following nearly week Of
continued effort to obtain the promise
of arbitration from Manager Harrigan
in the case Of Conductor B. J. Hiatt.
recently discharged. Harrigan turned
down committee from the ministerial
and Catholic priest who
sought to urge him to accept arbitra-
tion yesterday afternoon.
In q public statement the executive
committee Of the car men announced
that each crew would leave its car at
the barns at o'clock tonight in good
order. The owl cars will be manned
by strike breakers.
Federal Troops May Be Sent.
Great indignation was shown here
at noon when word was received that
the regular army troop at Omaha were
under orders to hold themselves in
General Hitchcock, ostensi-
bly, to protect the mail boxes which
are attached to the street cars. 1t Is
known that Manager Harrigan took the
matter up With the federal authorities
and they are In full sympathy with him
in his position. There was added in
dignation when Manager Harrigan gave
out a telegram he had received from
Secretary Bolton, of the Greater Des
Moines committee. in which he virtual
ly applauded Harrigan for his stand
and advised him that he is able to run
the street cars. This endorsement by
the organization which Bolton repre-
sents came as a surprise. as the SYM
pathy Of the public is now almost en-
tirely with the men.
Service to Be CurtaiIsd.
Harrigan stated today that he will
not try to run all the cars tomorrow, as
he has men enough to man only one
or two on each line. Hurry up calls
have been sent out by the street rail-
way magnate and his lieutenants in an
effort to secure more men to equip his
cars. Men have been summoned from
all parts Of the country by big Chris"
according to an announcement made
this morning.
In a statement just issued by the ex-
ecutive committee Of the union the
public Is warned against paying any
contributions to persons soliciting in
the interests OF the strikers unless
equipped with the proper credentials.
Both the street railway company and
the union men are expending every
energy in perfecting their forces
against the time which marks the op-
ening Of what may be the bitterest lab
or struggle in the history Of the state.
Harr;aan Issues Statement.
J. r. Harrigan, manager OF the Des
Moines city railway, today gave the
Press the following state-
ment concerning the labor trouble:
There seems to have been a general
created that our company
has sought to force this strike and that
the present controversy is simply a
single incident in a general plan I'd
combat the unions thruout the country.
This is emphatically not the case. We
feel that We have an absolute right
to conduct our business as we see fit
and that II there has been an infraction
that case in a spirit Of Justice. This
we have done. The impending strike is
not Of our making. and we regret as
much as any one else that it appears to
be necessary. The duty we owe the
public Of Des Moines insofar as keeping
our Cars in regular operation will be
carried out to the best Of our ability
AS have said before, the cars will be
run"
Fair offieiaIs Not Worried.
The state fair officials are not wor-
rying over the possibility Of street
care strike In Des Moines.
While the members OF the board arc
reluctant 10 ta':: on the subject it 10
eviGen. that tney are not con ~. led
over eny damage tina: will result 10
the far.
In past years the Rock Island sy:, I'm
has run trains in strings to the state
fair grounds. T;ais yea, the co.aplnY