Arizona republican., 1913-06-23
Eggs and Lemons Descend In Showers on Crews and Policemen As Cars Are Run On Washington Street Near City Hall.
FEW ARRESTS
 NO DAMAGE
At Mass Meeting Speakers
 Urge No Violence or Damage to Property and Pledge Carmen to Assist
 Authorities to Keep Order

Ancient eggs and spoiled lemons formed the ammunition If sympa- thizer- If tic striking carmen when an attempt was made yesterday morn ing Uo operate cars on the lines of the Phoenix Railway company For an hour the downtown streets were thronged with crowds who impeded the progress of the cars, hooted the men operating them and indulged in the pastime of pulling the trolley poles from the overhead wires. With the exception of two or three minor tistic encounters between men with diverse opinions, there was no serious disorder. But such as it was, there remained nothing for Manager Mitch ell 10 d. but Jo order the cars back to the barns and abandon the idea of attempting the maintaining of any thing like d schedule.
 For the best part 1t was d good natured crowd. more bent on mis- chief than genuine damage. in which the striking carmen themselves were conspicuous by their absence But three arrests were made throughout the day. one being that of q man. not identified with the carmen who pulled q trolley pole from the overhead wires at First and Washington streets at a point where there is maze of guy wires. which Were threatened with being broken thereby precipitating live wires upon the pavement in the midst of the thrOng assembled at that point This was the only incident coming under the notice of the police which might have resulted disastrous ly and the arrest was made for safe ty's sake.
 When word came up town that cars were being dispatched from the barns, the crowds began gathering to greet them. There seems to have been d semi-o rganization 1t work preparing to greet the cars upon their arrival at First and Washington streets As the motormen stood their ground and started to run over the crossing, shower of eggs came from every di- rectiOn This shower was augmented bv another of lemons that had been lemons too long. one motorman was covered from head to foot with mixture of yolks, whites and shat tered shells. but he remained at his post and passed the point of as Semblage.
 Hardly had he passed over the switches when a dynamite torpedo EllCn announcing the advent of the glorious Fourth was exploded under the wheels of his car. Bystanders say that the force of the impact was sufficient to lift the ear into the air, but if it did, the wheels fell back upon the rail and tho. progress of the car was not re tarded although the motOrman lost his hat.
 Policeman Duncan gained deserved sympathy and provoked a laugh when about q yard and T half of eggs struck him full in the breast and ran all over the uniform he had received from the cleaners the day before. Policeman Crow received a dainty egg in the left eye and spluttered his way out of sight. Other eggs intend ' ed for men on the cars went wide oi their mark and found marks on the opposite side of the street among innocent bystanders."
 These are the interesting incidents attendant upon the futile efforts of the railway company to operate cars on the second day of the strike. No- body was injured. no particular dam age was done and the strike condi- tions were not bettered or made worse by reason of them.
 The business of the day was the endeaVOr of the executive committee of the new carmen's union to confer with Manager Mitchell and the hold ing of an enthusiastic mass meeting in the city hall plaza at four o'clock The efforts at a conference were . failure while those of the meeting were a success from the carmen's standpoint
 Manager Mitchell in declining tC meet the committee announced tha the situation, so far as he was con cerned was no different than It ha1 been at the time he exhibited the teie' gram from R: r. sherman stating { letter was on the way and should ar rive here on Sunday. Until that let ter is received which will probably be this morning, Manager Mitchell contendeed he will be unable to Urea with the men upon any basis.
 The meeting in the city hall plaZ; brou4ht out about seven or eIgh hundred interested spectators an' sympathizers. There were speeches a collection taken and cheering al of the most orderly fashion
 The meeting was called to order D,
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