Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-15
STREET CAR STRIKE
CR|PPLES CHICAGO
Disagreement Over Wage Ques-
ton Causes 1880 Employees
to Quit Their Work.
CITY TREATS 1T AS JOKE
No Disorder Occurs, as Various
Forces Seek to Bring Dead
lock to End.
CITY TREATS 1T AS JOKE
Especial to The rimes-Dispatch.


crippled tonight by "a strike. involving
1880 elevated and surface car en-
ployees that has tied up every surface
car. and practically every elevated train.
Except for one or two elevated trains
operated on the South Side, not a wheel
moved on any of the surface or cie-
vated lines from 1 o'clock this morn
ing. when the last surface car rolled
INTO the barns and the men who
manned 1t went to their homes.
The efforts to operate Il" trains on
'he South Side resulted In a miniature
riot AT the Twelfth Street station, where
the cars were stoned by strike sympa-
thiz"rs. and two private detectives were
injured So far, this is the only in
dicaiion of trouble because OF The
strike. Gigantic as this strike is, and
greatly as IL affects the entire business
and working community. the employ ces
AS whole show disposition to pre-
serve order and To obey the instructions
OF their lcaders-William Quillan, prcsi-
dent OF Division No. 42l Of the Carmen's
Local Union. and John ]. Bruce presi-
dent OF Division No 3os
In n statement to members announc-
ing the order to strike Sunday night,
these leaders said:
DO no act that viii discrcdit YOU
with your organization or the assocIa-
ton. and, above all things remain away
from the saloon ana refrain from drink
until the strike is settled
CHIEF APPEALS FOR 1000
EXTRA POLICEMEN
The episod" at the Twelfth Street
elevated station, however. alarmed Chief
OF Police liealy. and he appealed to the
Mayor for the right TO appoint 1000
extra policemen and arm them The
Mayor referred him to the finance com
mittee OF the Council. but that commit
tee. by vote OF u to 3, deferred action
on Heaiy's request for the 900 extra
police and for 10000 rounds of am,nuni-
tion and other equipment
In order 10 be in a position to rush
men TO any point where trouble may
threaten. Chief Hcaly has called in
fully half Of the men on post and those
left on post must cover twice their
former territory.
The Chicago police has treated the
strike to-day as n huge joke, of which
they are the admitted butt. Confronted
with situation that disarranged the
entire business and industrial life OF
the city. ChicaGoans laughed and then
began TO adjust themselves to the new
conditions In the most amiable mood
imaginable
great workaday army of more
than 100000 mon ana women fopnd
themselves without means OF reaching
their places OF employment this morn
ing. Countless thousands walked to the
loop district from the north and north
west and the South Side Others took
advantage OF jitney busscs. Others still
rode on trucks and wagons
GIRLS GO no WORK
ON ROLLER SKATES
Many girls took advantage of asphalt
pavcments 10 come TO work on roller
skates. The larger department stores
and industrial concerns put auto trucks
into service TO carry their employees
TO and from their work. No vehicle Of
transportation was TOO humble to be
used Even Il donkey cart found en-
ployment as passcngcr-carrier Two
hundred thousand men and women
started TO walk to their homes from
the loop district AZ p NJ.
The Chicago Telephone Company and
other concerns engaged hundreds Of
rooms in the loop hotels on Sunday
night for their employees when it be-
came certain that the strike would
begin AT midnight.
The cause of this strike is n deadlock
between the employees and the direc
tors and managers of the surface and
elevated lines. The deadlock continued
after ten conferences held in the office
OF Mayor William Hale Thompson and
participated in by the union leaders
and representatives of the companies
The Mayor summed up the reasons for
the deadlock this morning in these
words
The companies announced their will.
ingness to arbitrate, but the men said
that they had arbitrated before, and
did not get square deal. in their
opinion They absolutely refused IN
arbitrate, therefore, unless certain sne-
cfic conditions were agreed upon be-
fore arbitration. The companies said
that they could not possibly meet these
conditions, and there you are"
CONDITIONS WOULD MEAN
INCREASE OF sI,150O0O
L. a. Busby, president of the Chi
cago surface lines and Britton 1. Budd,
president OF the elevated lines. in =
final statement issued to Mayor Thomp-
son on Sunday night. said that the con-
ditons laid down by the men before
arbitration. If agreed to. would mean
wage increase Of s1,150O0O. They Of
fered to leave the question Of this wage
increase to an arbitration board. The
men were asked to withdraw their con-
ditions and leave every question to arbi
tration. But this request. proffcred Just
before midnight last night, was refused
and the strike ordered 1t began at
midnight. and was complete when tho
last of the surface cars and trains
reached their destinations.
The strikers on the elevated. 1t is
said were told that if they did not
return to their places this morning
they will forfeit them.
Samuel insult. big man in the Chi
cago traction field returned to Chicago
to-day and indicated that the fight with
the men would be to finish. States
Attorney Maclay EIoync also called on
the Mayor to-day and conferred with
him on the situation. to learn If 1t
!. would be necessary for the States At