The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
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discovery Which viii Pre-
vent Further
Trouble.
II END TO VIOLENCE
,rs Arc Running Now on Schedule
Time and the Controversy
viii be Decided
In Court.

DEs MONIES, Aug. 7.-For the |
rst time in the history Of the cou1l-
" an order Of court has tut an enL
grave street car strike, for
romptly at S o'clock Sunday after
DON trolley traffic was resumed In
bes Moines and the forty-hour strike,
Ehich began at o'clock Saturday
borning, was terminated.
The mandate issued by Judge Law
ence DeGraft was promptly obeyed
the Des Moines City Railway COM
any and the Carmen's Union, and
khile there is ample prospect Of
ght In the courts, one thing Is GER
ain an injunction has restored.
temporarily at least nearly 500 con-
uctors and motormen, including the
nan who caused It all, to their posi-
ions.
The scenes attending the resump-
ion of traffic rivaled those Of Friday
hight, when the men turned the cars
n, for what many Of them thought
Eould be the last time The streets
the vicinity of the central waiting
ooms at Sixth and Mulberry streets.
we're thronged three hours before the
ime set for the first car to pass.
When extras announced the first
ar had left the Twenty-fourth street
arm enthusiasm began to show itself,
Ind when car No. 1873 of the Uni
|crsity line passed the crowd ten
cred the crew a rousing reception.
" o'clock traffic had almost re.
umed its normal condition.
That new method of handling
Bbor difficulties has been discovered
Fas the statement Of N. 7. Guernsey
ttorney for the street car company
blowing the acquiescence Of the com
Pany In Judge DeGraff's order Al
he same time he said, his clients are
by no means satisfied that the cour
within its jurisdiction, but they
we're willing to abide by it, leaving
10 a later date the trial of the case
bn its merits.
Fred Fay of Ypsilantf, Mich. of thu
International Board of the Amalga
mated Association of Street and Elec
kric Railway Employees, who conducte,
the brief strike, said that the inter
vention Of the court Is acceptable
because it gave to the union exactl
what 1t asked-the reinstatement Q
Conductor BENJAMIN J. Hiatt, who's
discharge without An investigation le
to the trouble.
Hiatt was one of the first men ou
Of the Twenty-fourth street barns
and his friends along the route CAV
him evidence of their esteem In frt
Quent cheers.
The suit in equity which terminate
the strike was brought by the City {
Des Moines through its city counse
ors, H. w. Byers and Robert o. Brel
nan, upon the order Of the city coul
Gil. A hearing to determine whethe
the Injunction shall be made perm
anent probably will be had today.
N. r. Guernsey, counsel for tn
company, on behalf Of Manager Ha
rigan, discussed the legal phase I
what he calls new method of sc
ting strikes, in the following stat
ment.
The order in the suit brought
the city was signed and filed witho
any notice to the company that
was proposed to bring this suit. v
have obtained copy of the petite
and have had a conference over Il
matter, which has resulted in Il
following conclusions:
Il. The company is a law-abidii
citizen, and while 1t believes tt
order In question is clearly erroneo
anu perhaps absolutely void for wa
of jurisdiction, 1t will obey this ord
30 long as it continues in force.
q. The company will, with t
least possible delay, in the proper WE
bring up for determination and ha
determined the question whether tt
order was properly entered and If
was not 80 entered will have It
aside.
This disposes Of the existing ST
alton. What the company will
when the situation changes it will
termine at that time.
I'VE hope that we are wrong a
that the city Is right with referen
to this order. II this order stands
means that public service corpo
ion having contract with a lat
union has right to go, into COZ
and secure mandatory injuncti
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