Evening star., 1915-06-15
Elevated Trains Struck by
Missiles When Service
Is Enlarged.
CARNIVAL SPIRIT SHOWN
BY CITIZENS OF THE CITY
Ride in All Sorts of Conveyances,
Even on Cowcatcher of
Engine.

of the Chicago street car strike saw
attempts to increase service on the
elevated lines met with two acts OF
violence.
One South Side train was made the
target OF big plank thrown from
fire escape, and another one had win
dow smashed by a brick thrown from
roof.
number of passengers were carried
over the fourteen-mile route from the
north to the south sides. No attempt
to run surface cars was made.
Mayor Thompson, the aldermanic
committee of fve appointed last night
to seek adjustment of the strike ard
union leaders held a conference in the
city hall.
A burst OF real June sunshine cheered
the army of thousands of Chicagoans
| who went to their occupations today In
| automobiles, vans, delivery wagons and
on foot.
The suburban service of the steam
railroads, upon which an unprecedent-
ed burden was thrust by the street
car strike yesterday, provided more ac-
| commodations today. and the carnival
| spirit which was not crushed by the
| cold drizzling rain of yesterday was
still In evidence.
| Swarm All Over Train.
At the Gross Park station of the Chi
cago and Northwestern a large crowd
which had been unable to obtain a
foothold on earlier trains. or even to
buy tickets. broke through barbed
wire fence onto the station platform
and swarmed on the train. Thirty men
ten more in the engine cab. on the
running boards and the cowcatcher.
1t was all done good-naturedly and
| accepted by the train crew in the same
| humor. All of these trains, except the
earliest ones. thus were overcrowded.
Elevated trains at the northern and
| the southern terminals started out at 8
O'Clock with detectives, but few. pas
attempt to maintain a fifteen minute
schedule would be made until night
falts- No disorder attended. the start
ing of the trains.
| Surface Cars Not Run,
| No attempts to run surface cars were
made early. nor were any promised
Strikers congregated in an orderly
manner at the barns and terminals.
At one of the terminals on the North
Side "jitney" buses were numerous and
well patronized.
On Milwaukee avenue, which runs
through a congested district, there
were several fights among men crowd
ing to get into the .jitneys" or other
vehicles. but none was serious
No definite promise of peace was In
sight. Interest. however. was felt In
the possibilities of mediation by the
| aldermanic committee appointed las,
| night and the renewal of efforts a,
reconciliation by the state board of ar
| bitration.
The anti-strike breaker ordinance
passed by the city council last night
| was placed in the hands Of Mayor
Thompson. He has week in which to
veto 1t, or to make it law by his sig
nature. 1t provides that a certain pc
men and conductors, and that their in
structors shall be men who have had
three years experience, twelve months
of which has been in Chicago.
Women Forsake Train.
A woman who did not know there
was a strike was the first one to enter
the second train leaving the Wilson
avenue terminal of the Northwestern
elevated. Reporters asked her her
name and destination.
MY goodness! What's the matter? ?
Everybody looks at one so. Is every
body crazy?" she replied.
The situation was explained and she
left the car and found seat in a
furniture van. Two other women also
boarded the train. but left it when in
formed that the strike was not over.
Rioting Is Absent.
Rioting or any serious disored was
absent yesterday, the first day of the
strike, but police continued on guard
at the car barns throughout the city
today to prevent violence The only
act of violence reported within the
last, twenty-four hours was when
strike sympathizer hurled a missile
at an elevated train 1t struck a de-
tective who was acting as guard
He was slightly cut by broken glass
Big signs advising of the destination
and charge for rides were posted on
motor buses. ice wagons. motor driven
coal wagons. furniture trucks and
thousands of "jitneys." which continued
rushing business. The standard
price for being carried two miles or
more was 10 cents IL one stood. Where
improvised seats were provided Is and
25 cents were charged.
1t was estimated that more than 5oO,-
900 persons were carried on steam roads
Yesterday, approximately a so per cent
increase over normal business.
Amusement Parks Hit.
Contrary to expectations, downtown
theaters did rushing business last night
but the amusement parks in the outlying
districts lost heavily. The largest of the
amusement parks. it was announced. will
remain closed until the strike is settled.
Managers Of big department stores re-
ported that the reduction in business was
small. They said the volume of business
was not below normal, as thousands had
shopped by telephone. The telephone COM
pany had an increase Of SO per cent in
it's number of calls. 100000 having
been received yesterday.
Phone Girls Entertained.
The 1,5oo operators of the down
town telephone exchanges. who are
housed at nearby hotels. were enter
tanned last night at theaters and at the
hotels Private dancing parties were
almost continuous, the entertainment
being continued by the operators Of the
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