Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-08
Cars Attacked By Angry Mot
VIOLENCE FOLLOWS eo6ToS
 STREET CAR STRIKE,
SERVICE IS CRIPPLED
Police and Loyal Employees of Gem pany Beaten by Thuss-PeFioe prSVt Unequal to Situation.

Boston, June 7.-Boston was in the throes tonight of a strike of several thousand street railway employees. which completely parslyzed service on many divisions and crippled 1t Beri- onsly in others. Mobs marched in va rlous districts, attacking the working crews, stoning cars and rolling bout ders and other obstacles on the tracks. Many arrests were made. Police guard cd each of the few cars in operation. Shots were fired in two instances from crowds of strike sympathizers.
 Police and Workers Beaten.
 Police were badly beaten up in several affrays, particularly in Cam bridge. Some motormen and conduc- tors who defied the strike order are iu the hospital suffering from injuries ct the hands of mobs. Others passed the night bunked in car barns, await ing an early morning call for duty. For five hours after midnight the car service was entirely suspended Ofi- Cials of the company said that this vas because police protection could not be guaranteed.
 Surface Lines All Tied Up.
 Practically all of the surface lines from the suburbs were tied up before midnight, the company wlthdraWina the cars as acts of violence increased. In the Dorchester division service was suspended early in the evening. At 10 | o'clock the Maiden, Medkord, West | Medford and West Everett service was | cancelled and an hour later cars had | ceased running in South BosDon. All ] attempts to run cars in Cambridge, where the greater part of the nights rioting. occurred, were given up at 1 midnight.
 Union Claims $500 striksru. | Estimates of the number of men on l strike varied widely. Including motor men and conductors of surface caru. | guards and brakemen of the tunnel and elevated systems, and a few other classes of employees, the union claim ed 3,50o members, all on strike with additional members joining hourly. Boston elevated company ofloia1n sci the number of men on stripe At dark at about 1000" and later admitted that there were 6 few additional strfk- CTS. The total number of men of all classes regularly employed by the Boe - ton Elevated Railway company ia 5000, of whom 5000 are uniformed employees.
 | Large Force of LsYsI EmpIoysa.
 To gather strength to the strskerR cause, efforts were made at meetinRn of several affiliated crafts tonigh1 e have sympathetic strikes declared. Principal 'among those from whom as- sistance is sought by the strikers are the stationary engineers. A considar- able number of employees remain firmly on the side of the company. few 6ays ago a body called the Boston Els- veted Mutual Protective association was organized, numbering, company officials say, nearly 1000 men, yAs pledged allegiance to the road.
 Refusal to Recognize UDion
 All those on strike are members of
 the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees, the local branch ot
 which has been recently organized Ii
 was the refusal of Gen. William A.
 Bancroft, president of the company, td treat with employees on their demands as members of this organization wh1oh precipitated the strike. These demands call for an Increase of five cents an
 hour to all classes, with a minimum
 wage to all conductors and motoFmar l of s1.75 per day; to elevated Euardi 8 minimum of s1.65 per day. and ts brakemen & minimum of S1.so a day. Nearly Thirty Arrests-
 The days disorders, which devsloVeS
 immediately upon the calling of tn,
 strike at 4 a. m. resulted in Che ares Of nearly thirty men, charged with in. } timidation and assault, mostly. 5 Yale studertv to Take Jobs. New Haven, June "A number e
 Yale students, it was stated here to
 night, have gone to Boston to talk :, employment on the lines of the Bos I ton Elevated Railway company. vheTt , q strike Is in progress.