Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-18
RIOTERS STOP ALL
CAR SERVICE IN
CINCINNATI
Appeal to Governor
for Militia Meets With Re-
fuSaIi Application to Court
May Bring Relief,

taY MOANING jouRHAt sFrciAt tttsrn wiHtl
Cincinnati. O., May 1.-THE refus-
al Of Governor Cox to send troops 60
this city in an effort to control the
strike Of the employees of the Gin
einnati Traction company, after spec.
tacular riots in the early part of the
day had influenced Mayor Henry I
Hunt to ask for the militia. was fol-
lowed late today by the filing of a
petition by the city of Cincinnati for
receiver for the company
After hearing arguments on the
petition. Judge Geoghegan, OF the
common pleas court, before whom the
action was brought. listening to the
pleas Of attorneys for the traction
company for more time in which To
answer. adjourned court until Mon
day. when ne will hear the remainder
Of the arguments and pass iudg
ment.
Riotine was almost continuous
fiom the time the company attempt
ed to operate cars out Of the Brigh-
ton barns until they withdrew all ears
from the streets at noon. While a riot
that occurred at the Brighton barns
this morning probably proved the
most serious. yet one little later az
Fourth avenue and Vine street was
the more spectacular. Small steel
beams. barrels Of plaster. bags Of ce-
ment, were hurled upon q passing
car from the upper floors Of the thlr-
ty-fourth story building Of the Union
Central Life Insurance company. The
ear was wrecked, but luckily the list
OF injured comprised mostly men
hurt to the extent Of bruises and
some cuts.
The crew as well as the employees
Of the company riding on the first
car out OF Brighton barns were as
saulted and beaten almost into in
sensibility and three of them are now
az a hospital in a precarious condi-
ton. Various other small riots. in
which the crews Of the ears We're
beaten or forced to flee for their lives,
were common.
Mayor Hunt asked Governor Cox
for troops after the riot at Fourth
avenue and Vine street. Receiving "a
negative answer. he repeated II 10
Adjutant General Wood and late this
afternoon when he had received no
reply from the adiutant general. in
structed city Solicitor Bettman To file
suit for receiver.
Governor Cox. In refusing to send
Ha
had information that the police had
not exhausted their resources to pre-
vent rioting and in answer, Mayor
Hunt told the governor. that not
withstanding any information that he
may have received. rioting was pre-
valent in this city during the entire
morning and that the police We're
powerless to cope with the situation
in ease anything like a regular sched-
ule Of running cars was attempted by
the traction company
Tonight the street car system is
completely paralyzed and the strik
crs appear content when this condi-
ton prevails, but rioting has heen in
varlably resumed when the company
attempted TO operate on anything like
an extended scale.
In case Judge Geoghegan appoints
a receiver for the company on Mon
day. II is probable that the strike will
be soon settled, inasmuch as the vital
matter now at dispute between the
company and the striking employees is
recognition of the union. They have
agreed to go back to work If the union
is recognized
If the receiver Is denied the situa-
ton viii revert to what it was week
ago with neither side having gained
any material advantage. Tonight, no
cars are operating and the city an
pears quiet