Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
Agree to Get Out and Problem Then
is to Leave.
MoBBED ON THEIR WAY TO DEPOT
Policemen Iniure din Effort to Pro-
tect Them.
SYSTEM COMPLETELY TIED UP
Not Car RIMS During Day and
Striking Carmen HoI advantage
of First Days COntes. No APP
peal Made for Troops.

DIES MONIES, Aug 5.-Striking street
car employees OF the Des Moines City rail-
way required just one day in which to
rid the city Of their ancient enemy, the
strike breakers. Tonight 1t was announced
that every strike-breaker brought to this
city from Chicago or Omaha, either had
given up his job and had gone home or was
in Jail to protect himself from violence to-
night, and would depart hence by the
first train tomorrow morning.
Riots, which at times threatened to prove
serious and to lead to the calling out the
federal or state troops. wild hunts for
strike-breakers. assaults and broken heads
marked a day OF intense excitement at
tendant on the strike.
Traffic in the city was completely
paralyzed. not a single car having been
moved since the men walked out at lib
o'clock this morning The strike leaders
predicted tonight that they would win.
Ehe company management which had prom
ised that the cars would be rum" had no
statement to give out.
system Easily Tied Up.
The tieup of the railway system was ac-
oomplished with ease A single attempt
to get a car into operation this morning
was so quickly frustrated by union SYM
pathizers that no further attempt was
made. Tonight Des Moines walked, as It
will do tomorrow and probably for sew
eral days, unless some settlement is
reached.
In anticipation Of further riots tonight,
Mayor James r.. Hanna this afternoon
ordered every saloon in the city closed.
They will remain closed during the strike,
according to the order. whether this be
for one week. one month or more
The police. contrary to the usual custom
In such controversies, today were almost
q unit in sympathy with the element which
led the demonstrations in favor Of the
strikers and against the strikebreRkers
BY o'clock practically all OF the strike
breakers had either left town, or were In
>tan for safe keeping until tomorrow
Hundreds of coal miners. taking advan
tage Of the weekly half holiday, Joined the
crowds of union sympathlzers today.
Not n Car Moves.
During the day not a car had beer
moved by the company's strikebreakers.
Fifty strikebreakers who were be-
sieged all day In car barn without
food or water, this afternoon offered te
get out of town IL allowed TO leave the
place.
The union sympathizers agreed to ths
proposition. Nearly seventy Other
strikebreakers from Omaha and CleVe
/ land asked to be allowed to return tC
y :heir homes and Louis J. Christiansen
their leader. agreed to pay their fares.
Mob BesieEeS strikebrealIers,
A mob surrounded the Iowa hotel ir
which nearly q hundred strikebreaker'
under guard OF four platoons Of poles
and en- route 70 the depot. were obiget
to take refuge. The mob demanded thai
the strikebreakers be turned over tc
them and the police defended the hotel
At t:16 o'clock the strikebreaker'
made a second start from the Iowa hote
for the train. with the police guArdinI
them The crowd Of union sympatAiEerI
was greatly auamented and has forns(
itself into an escort for the strike
breakers.
~-~The second attempt to start the strike
breakers from the Iowa hotel to the dspo
failed when the mob surEed forward. hoot
ing and jeering the men. and threatening
to break through the ranks OF the police
The strikebreakers were returned TO tn
hotel and the police strung ropes from tn
hotel TO the depot, block distant to pro
vide a passaGewRy.
The fire department was called and tn