The evening times., 1911-08-07
The ..D||||.E|s|I MONIES
STRIKE ENDED BY
4 cOOki | ! 5fIs''ts!!E satE
First Time in the History Of
Labor That Court Has Act
cd to End Trouble
NORMAL CONDITIONS NOW
PREVAIL IN CITY TRAFFIC

PREVAIL IN CITY TRAFfIC|
City Councillors Filed Suit on Behalf
Of the City on the Grounds That
4 the. Street Railway Was . Public
Service Corporation.
Des Moines, Aug. Normal condi-
tions exist in Des Moines today with
the street car traffic resumed and
every car in the entire system of the
city railway running on schedule
time. There were no surface indica-
tions that there had been strike at
all. The controversy between Man
'ager J. r. Harrigan and the carmen's
union. which, under the mandate Of
Judge Lawrence DeGraff of the dis
trict court Saturday night, became q
legal question, was apparently forgot
ten so far as the conductors and mo-
tormen and their passengers were
concerned.
The first cars were out Of the barns
carly today and as the day wore on
traffic resumed its wonted propor-
tions.
Promptly at s o'clock yesterday
afternoon street car traffic was re-
aumed.
For the first time in the history Of
the country, the order Of a court has
put an end to what gave every indi-
cation Of becoming one Of the bitter
est struggles ever waged between or
ganized labor on the one hand and
capital on the other.
The mandate issued by Judge Law
renee De Graff Of the district court
Saturday night was promptly obeyed
by the Des Moines City Railway COM
pany and the carmen's union and
while there is, ample prospect Of 9
fight later In the courts one thing Is
certain. an Injunction has restored.
temporarily at least, nearly 500 con-
duet0rs and notormen to their orig
inal positions III N 3.
The scenes attending the resump-,
ton Of trafic riyaled those of FRI
day night when the men turned In
their cars. The streets IN the vicinity
Of the central waiting room at Sixth
and Mulberry were thronged for
nearly three hours before the time
set for the first car to pass. When
extras announced that the first car
had left the Twenty-Fourth street
barn, enthusiasm began to show IT.
self and when Car No. 1873, Of the
University line passed the station the
crowd rendered the crew q rousing
ovation.
It was not long before the first cars
on every line had reached the station
and each Of the crews as they came
up we're greeted with cheers. By s
o'clock traffic had almost resumed its
normal state.
That q new method Of handling la
Dor difficulties have been discovered
was the statement Of N. T.. Guernsey,
attorney for the street car company,
following the acquiescence Of the
company in Judge DeGraff's order.
at the same time he said his clients
were by no means satisfied that the
court was within its jurisdiction in
issuing the mandatory Injunction, but
: 10 rthe present they were willing to
abide by II, leaving to later date the
trial Of the case on its merits.
Fred Fay Of Ypsilanti. Mich, in
tsrnational board member Of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
and Electric Railway employees Of
America, who conducted the brief
strike, was much pleased with the
turn Of events. He said that while
he and the members Of the executive
committee had preferred that the
strike continue until new agreement
had been signed, the Intervention Of
khA ~ iHxyna a
gave to the union exactly what 1t had
asked.
This was the reinstatement Of Con-
ductor BENJAMIN A. Hyatt, whose re-
cent discharge without an investiga-
tion led to the trouble and the order
that arbitration must decide whether
or not he is to remain with the com
many. Hyatt was one Of the first men
out OF the Twenty-F Fourth street barn
yesterday afternoon and his friends
along the route gave him ample eyi-
dence Of their esteem In frequent
cheerA .s5 i.
+ The suit In equity which terminated
the strike was brought by the city Of
De- Moines through its city council
lors, Il. w. Byers and Robert o. Bren-
ma upon the order OF the city coun-
a.
N. T. Guernsey, counsel for the
company, on behalf Of Manager J. r.
Harrigan. discussed the legal phase
Of what he calls q new method Of set
thing strikes, in the following state
mont which he gave the Associated
Press: ...s
"a .:.The order in the suit brought by
!, the city signed and filed without any
4 notice to the company. We have OBJ
staiAed q copy Of the petition and have
3 had ~ conference over the matter.
which has resulted IN the following
conclnsion:
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