New Britain herald., 1915-06-15
CHICAGO STRIKERS
THROW Big PLANK
AT ELEVATED TRAIN
Brick Hurled Through Window Of
Passenger Coach-No At
tempts to Run Surface Cars
NO DEFINITE PROMISE
OF PEACE IN SIGHT

to Obtain Foothold in Earlier Ele-
waited Vehicles Break Through
Barbed Wire Fence and Ride in
Coal Tender, In Engine Cab, On
Running Boards and Cow Catcher.
Chicago, June 15.-The second day
of the Chicago street car strike saw
attempts to increase service on the
elevated lines met with two accidents
CT Violence -f..
One South Side train was made the
TARGET of a big plank thrown from q
fire escape and another one had
window smashed by brick thrown
from q roof.
Small Number of Passengers.
A small but apparently increasing
number of passengers were carried
over the fourteen miles from the
North to the South Sides. No at
tempts to run surface cars was made.
Mayor Thompson and the alder
manic committee of five appointed last
night to seek adjustment of the strike
and union leaders held a conference
in the City hall.
sfdered in many quarters today. The
Illinois state board of arbitration has
sent communications to officials of
the traction companies and union
leaders offering state arbitration.
In,
-. The alternate committee, of which
Mayor Thompson is chairman as
sumed complete charge of the situa
ton in so far as THE city government
is concerned In an effort to effect All
Z immediate settlement. The committee
was appointed at a meeting of the
city council last night. The council
also passed an ordinance seeking to
prohibit the employment of strike
breakers, but it was said today tina.
it would not go into effect for several
days even if signed by the mayor.
Big signs advising OF the destina-
ton and charge for rides were post
ed on motor buses, ice wagons, motor
driven coal wagons, furniture trucks
and thousands of jitneys, which con-
tinued rushing business. The stan
dard price for two miles or more was
ten cents If one stood; where inn
provised seats were provided Is and
rs cents was charged.
Railroad Traffic Heavy.
Railroads which operate suburban
service were unable to handle the
crush of passengers, although many
trains were added to the schedules
Tt was estimated that more than 500.-
900 persons were carried on steam
roads yesterday, approximately a so
per cent. in crease over normal bus
mess.
Contrary to expectations, DOWN
town theaters did rushing business.
last night but the amusement parks
in the outlying districts lost heavily
The largest Of the amusement parks.
1t was announced, will remain closed
until the tsrike is settled Managers
of big department stores reported
that the volume of business was not
much below normal. The telephone
company had an increase of SO per
cent. in its number of calls, three
million having been received yestcr-
day.
@ City Government Hard Hit.
The city, under the ordinance by
which the surface lines operate, has
collected approximately $12,000.000
as it's share of the receipts since
1907 The city receives So per cent.
of the net earnings, Its share for the
year ended Jan. 81, 1914, being s2,-
421,225 compared with $3,002,454 for
the previous year.
The suburban service of the steam |
railroads, upon which an unprece-
dented burden was thrust by the /
street car strike yesterday, provided |
more Accommodations today, but were
not able to meet the requirements Of |
the occasion
Ride In Cow Catcher.
AT the Gross Park Station OF the |
Chicago and Northwestern largo |
crowd which had been unable to OBJ
tain foothold on earlier trains or i
even to buy tickets broke through D.
barbed wire fence enclosing the sta
ton platform and swarmed on train.
Thirty men found seats on the coal
tender, and ten more in the engine
cab. on the running boards and the i
COW catcher. 1t was all done good;
naturedly and accepted by the tram
crew in the same humor.
Elevated trains at the northern
ana southern terminals started out
at 9 o'clock with detectives, but few
"a ssengers aboard. 1t was stated
that an attempt to maintain fifteen
minute schedule would be made until
No disorder attended the
starting of the trains.
No definite promise OF peace was
In sight