Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-15
Chicagoans Chose to Be Car
ried in Autos, Vans and
Delivery Wagons.
PEACE M0vESARE MADE
State Board, Utilities Body
and Aldermanic Commit
tee Taking a Hand.

N4Ae4sos H. June los-Ihe second
day % the Chicago street car strike
saw attempts 20 Increase service on
the elevated lines and met with two
acts % violence.
A plank was thrown az one south
side train and a window % another
was smashed by brick A few pas
aruEcrs rode on the elevated No at
tempt % run surface cars was made.
Mayor Thompson. the aldermanic
committee % hvc and union leaders
conferred.
An acid bomb vas thrown this aft
ernoon and smashed a window OF a
north bound elevated train. but did no
other damage.
The presidents ~ the two traction
companies. after a conference. reject
- the Offer of mediation made BY the
state board % arbitration. on the
grounds that several fair" offers for
this method of settlement have been
refused hy the unions. including a
previous one by the board itself The
unions apparently were paying no at
tcntiuu 10 the offer.
The suburban service of the steam
railroads. on which unprecedented
buricu was thrust by the street car
strike yesterday. provided more accom-
modafions today. and the carnival
spirit which was not crushed by the
cold. drizziinE rain OF yesterday. was
atiii In evidence.
Al the Gross park station Of the Chi
eago 4 Northwestern large crowd
which had been unable 20 obtain
fOothoid on earlier trains. or even 20
buy tickets. broke through a barbed
wire fence 90 the station platform. and
aboard the train. Thirty
men found seats on the coal tender.
and 10 more In the engine cab. on the
running boards and the cowcatcher. II
was all done good -nnturcdiy, and ac-
ccpted by the train crew in the same
humor. All OF these trains. except the
earliest ones. were thus ovcrcrowded.
Elevated trains AZ the northern and
southern terminals started out at 9
o'clock. with detectives. but few pas
senEcrs aboard. Il was stated that an
attcmp; 10 maintain a 15-minute sched- I
ulc would be made until nightfail No
disorder attended the starting Of the
frst trains.
All Surface Lines Dead.
No attemp; 10 run surface cars were
made. nor was any promised. Strikers
couErcEatcd In an orderly manner at
the barns and terminals.
No definite promise OF peace was in
sight Interest. however. was felt in
the possibilities OF mediation by the
aidermanic committee appointed last
night. and the renewal of efforts at
arbitration. The auti-strike breaker T.
ordinance passed by the city council /
last niEht was placed IN the hands OF
Mayor Thompson. He has a week in 1
v hich 10 veto u or 20 make d; law hy
his signature. IL provides that Ger 1
tain period % training must be given .
mutorrncn and conductors and that
their instructors shall be men who
have three years experience. Il
of which must have been IN /
Chicago.
that the strike was not over.
The telephone cable % the Metro
poistnn Elevated was cut last night .
m Nfarshfeid avenue. This branch OF .
the elevated system has not vet at
tempted 20 nun trains. and President I
Budd said u was the first damage TO
the property since the strike began
Urging Sobriety.
President ouinlan OF the surface
men and President Bruce OF the union |
% elevated employees are making nu-
merous speeches 10 the men. urging F.
them 90 remain sober
Don't let whisky defeat this strike;
that's the keynote OF my speeches"
said QuiniAn today.
Philadelphia. Pa. June i5.-Motor-
men and conductors 20 take the places
% those on strike in Chicago are being
recruited In this city. More than 200
had been engaged today 20 20 TO Chi
raxo. according TO the agency in
charge Of the recruiting. Similar re-
rruitlnE. Il was said. was going on in
Sew York. Washington and Baltimore.
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