El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-05
CARS RUNNING
ON ALL LINES
Company Claims Full Serv-
ice Reestablished; Strikers
Are Peaceable.

Practically full service was estab-
Hshed on all lines by the Ell Paso
Electric Railway company. Wednesday
morning, according to officials Of the
company.
I have nothing to say further than
that there is a service on every line
in the city this morning and practi-
cauy full service everywhere said
L c. Bradley. district manager for
the Stone & Webster syndicate. which
controls the FL Paso system At the
request Of the army we ran cars to
Fort Bliss Tuesday night but do not
know what the future plans are with
regard to operating cars at night
Strikers Statement.
The strike committee, meeting with
the executive committee. gave out the
following statement wednesday morn
ing: I'VE have good information that
leads US TO the belief that no deputy
sheriffs or policemen or any legal au-
thorized officers of the state of Texas.
acting under orders OF any authorized
Texas ranger officer, who might be
acting under orders from his superior,
had anything to do with the shooting
Monday evening in Manhattan Heights
and Highland Park. on Aurora street,
inside the CITY limits but that two
Texas rangers. acting without author
ity or instructions from their superiOrs
in conjunction with men hired by local
detective agents were the ones who
did the shooting. The people in High
land Park feel outraged that this
thing should be pulled orr as IL was,
endangering life by promiscuOus shoot
ing by these men hired by the street
car company
No strikers Arrested.
There have been no arrests of strik-
ers within the last "a hours, which is
evidence that the Garments union and
the strike committee have good con-
troll over the men We expect to win,
because We believe our grievances are
just. and we are willing to submit ev-
erything to arbitration
according TO our check up of men,
made twice daily, none Of the $50 mo-
tormen and conductors who went out
the first day have returned to work I
for the company
we claim that the Stone K Webster !
syndicate each morning is bringing /
more than so percent Of its Mexican I
employees from across the river in Jua- l
rez and working them on grading and i
construction work on Alameda avenue 4
and also in the car barns"
In the presence Of newspaper men
" ednesday morning at strike head (
quarters, seven men, four from Fort I
" DrLh and three from houston. de- 2
clared that they had been brought TO 4
FL Paso by agents Of the FL Pas0 Elec-
trio Railway company
Says Carmen Joined Mexican Army.
In the statement given out by the /
strikers three of the alleged strike I
creak ers made statements c S Ham
mock, in this statement prepared by I
the strikers, claims he is not a car 4
man but an oil man employed on a
derrick. He says he was told that
there was nc strike here but that many O
ssexican.s had quit 10 join the Carranza
army and some American conductors
had quit to Join the American army.
lie says he was prOmiEed IS day, I
: ccOrdIl.g II this statement
J. A Holt. who says he is from Fort
~ ORTIZ in a similar statement given {
cut by the strikers, said they were
told they would receive s. a day and
-hat two-thirds OF the employees had
quit to 1oin the Mexican army and that
The Americans had gone out in sym
.athy with the MeXicans-
c. D. Vines, Of Fort Worth, IN an
sther similar statement, said he was
I student in college and applied for
lob in FL Paso- He said he told the
men employing him that he was no
strike breaker and he claims he was
old that there was no strike here,
hat the men had just quit" He said
10 wanted TO make some money TO 90
@ school but, when the situation was
explained to him he quit