Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-15
Biggest Strike Ever Re
corded Passes First Day
Without Trouble.
CITY MAY DECIDE
TO TAKE A HAND
Tens of Thousands Of Peo-
pie Forced to Walk to
and From Work.

CHCAGO, June 14.-The first day
~ Of the big Chicago street car
strike passed without serious mshap'
No surface cars were run and only Il
few trains on the elevated. There
was nothing resembling regular serr-
ice except on the suburban lines OF the
steam railroads and these were far
from adequate. A brick thrown
through a window of an elevated
train was the only violence.
The strike was the big question be-
fore the regular meeting Of the city
council tonight. Various resolutions
looking to a settlement were pro
posed One would pledge the city.
which is a partner in the profits of
the surface lines, to pay prOporuOh-
ate share of any advance granted the
men. Another suggested that a
mediation board of five aldermen be
appointed.
Walk to Work.
All manner Of vehicles were pressed
into service even roller skates among
some of the younger generation, Dut
tens of thousands walked to theIf
places of employment. The great
thoroughfares through the poorer as
tricts such as Blue Island avenue,
Archer avenue, Milwaukee avenue ana
Clark street in traVersng which the
pedestrains may hear spoken most OF
the languages of the World, were
black with people trudging to work
They oVerflowed from the sldeWalKS
into the pavement The streets hau
the appearance, except FOR the genera
GOOD humor with which was accepted
Of the avenues of some city in the war
zone from which the population was
The quiet of the day was not ac-
cepted by the authorities as assuring
tranquility. Chief Of Police Healy
said he would ask authority to en-
roll 900 extra policemen to be avail
able in event of disorder when the
companies make real effort to oper-
ate.
Autos All Loaded.
A drizzlng rain most of the DAY
added to the discomfort of the CITY,
owners of automobiles driving to or
from the CITY submitted generally to
the amiable brigandage Of those seek,
ing rides. Few machines Travelled
with empty seats BY vote OF II
to 3 the finance committee OF lle
CITY council decided to take under
consideration for two weeks the re
quest Of Chief Of Police Healy for an
emergency appropriation Of $4fISS5
20 employ l,OOO addltlonal patIVIileh
for strike duty
The state board of arbitration un-
dortook a solution of the strike by
addressing letters to both sides to lne
dispute asking either party to apply
for arbitration through its organiHa-
ton.
Detective Otto Erlandson, one OF
the police guards who rode on d
south side elevated train, reported the
first injury. A wooden block was
hurled from a fire escape of build
ING into a train and Erlandson was
Cut hv flying glass. The assallant was
not found.
No Strike Breakers.
A single coach containing a number
of policemen made a trip on the Lake
street elevated to the west side In the
afternoon but made no stops. Otll-
cials Of the elevated systems denied
they had imported strike-breakers but
said they, had a sufficient number or
old employees on hand to take the
cars out when they wanted to resume
The 1900 operators Of the down
town teephone exchanges who are
housed at nearby hotels were enter
tanned tonight at theatres and at the
hotels. Private dancing parties were
almost continuous the entertainment
being continued by the operators on
the different working periods as they
returned from work. Traffic on the
business streets was more diftlcul'
than usual in spite Of the absence OF
street cars. There was more than the
usual number of motor vehicles and
a norfect flood of slowgoing horse
drawn busses, express wagons, ped
dlers carts and delivery wagons con-
yerted by means of couple or chalrS
and a few boards into passenger car
rying omribuses.
Motor Boats Help.
Rusiness streets which usually Were
well cleared by $50 or O'Clock II
tbe evening were crowded severa
hours later than that time
The two branches of the ChicagC
river ono running to the northwes
and the other to the southwest sec
tions served to carry many persons
Motor boats left the mouth OF thu
river at regular intervals and stopped
at most of the bridges to take on ol
let off passengers III,
The Illinois Central railroad, Whlcl
serves one section of the south sid'
with a suburban service, and handles
an average of forty thousand persons
daily reported they had carried 2SO,'
900 passengers during the day.