Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-15
MEDIATION PLANS
TROLLEY STRIKE END
Answer of Employees and Com
pany VIII Be Received
Monday
BY CHARLES PHILLIPS, JE.
(stan Correspondent.)


AUGUSTA, Ca, Oct. 1.-THE medi-
situation will have a meeting today,
when the answer of the striking car
men and the street railway company
will be received to the letter sent them
Saturday, in which questions were ask
ed leading up to the arbitration of the
strike.
It is generally believed here that the
mediation board will be successful in
bringing about an adjustment or bring
ing the parties up to a certain point,
when each will consent to arbitration.
Strike breakers are running the cars
as usual and very few people are rid
ing. Four shots were fired at a car
last night and the majority of the
people deem it unsafe to ride on the
cars.
President Mahon, of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Street Railway En-
ployes arrived here last night from De-
troit and will take personal charge of
the situation, supplanting National Or
ganizer. Cornelius.
TROOPS ON DUTY.
Five companies of the national
guardsmen are still on duty here, and
Colonel O'Leary will keep them in All
gusta until order is fully restored.
Should the striking car men and the
trolley company both fail to make con-
cessions during the next twenty-four
hours that will bring them close
enough together to allow the end of
the active strike and a settlement of
the remaining differences by a board
of arbitration, then drastic action by
the military authorities will follow.
Owing to the length of the company's
electric line, II would take practically
an entire regiment of national guard
to properly patrol the city TO prevent a
recurrence of attacks on cars by
small parties of strike sympathizers. 1t
is said, however, that if the board of
mediation fails to bring the contendinS
parties together in twenty-four hours
that a full regiment of the national
guard will go on duty in Augusta, pro-
vost guards will be established over
the entire city and the trolley cars
themselves will probably be operated
by militiamen At least guards will
be placed on every car.
The other possibility is that the mill
tary authorities will order the COM
pany to attempt to operate no more
cars until the strike has been, finally
settled.
INFLUENCE FOR PEACE.
Citizens of Augusta are bringing the
strongest possible influences to bear on
the company and the carmen to force
an end of the strike and an end of the
sway of martial law.
For more than two weeks now the
saloons of the city have been closed
by order of the military, and the own
ers have suffered a great loss of reve-
nue. Pool rooms were closed for several
weeks. and never before in its history
has Augusta been generally as tight"
as during the rule of the military.
AS a result an increase of the mill
tary strength in the post Of Augusta"
is greatly feared by the business men
and merchants of the city, who declare
that it's effect on business will be ire
mendous.
For several days 500 men, who COM
posed two troops of cavalry, and three
infantry companies of Savannah, have
been reporting each day to their COM
pany commanders and are ready for
instant duty.
The general strike, which was started
on Friday, has now been averted by the
practical reputation by the merchants