South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-02
Mob Attacks Michigan Street
Car at Grand Trunk Cross
ing With Stones and
Rotten Vegetables.
CONDUCTOR STRUCK BY
STONE ON EAST SIDE
BIameS Crane Operator at
Electric Works - Interur-
ban Scale is Agreed
Upon by Men.

Violence began to take a prom;-
nent part in the Developments of the
local street car strike Wednesday. In
| two instances cars were attacked by
strikers and sympathizers. and as a
result Of one of the attacks, J.. NJ.
Thompson. a strikebreaking conduc-
tor. is confined TO EpwOrth hospital.
At l o'clock a s. Michigan 81. car
! was attacked by a crowd of men and
boys at the intersection OF the Grand
Trunk tracks and practically every
window i'm the car was demolished
by a shower OF stones, sticks. de-
cayed fruit and other missiles.
Interurban conductors and motor
men were given an increase in wages
following their petition for the
| same. AT a melting Of representa-
tives of the railway company and
the employees held in Gen Mgr
| Hardys office shortly before noon
Wednesday the scale was agreed
upon giving the conductors an in
crease Of three cents an hour
straight through and the motormen
1
! the same basis. The reason for the
| difference in the increase is that
| heretofore the motOrmen have re-
| ceived a cent more an hour than
the conductors In their petition the
employees asked for the same wage
| scale 10 apply 10 both motOrmen and
conductors. In addition the company
agreed 10 pay extra men for what
is called dead head" time Dead
head" time is that time consumed
when a man is going 10 another
, point to make a run or is returning
from such point. Heretofore only
regular men have received full time
! for dead head" runs.
! COnfcrS With Officials.
The Goshen. Michigan City and
/ other city street car conductors and
motormen have been granted a two
cent raise along with the EIkhart
workers
Gen Mgr. Hardy held a confer
ence shortly after noon Wednesday,
with Mayor F. W. Keller and Chief
Of Police Willard F. Kerr. Mr.
Hardy went before the city officials
asking for better protection for the
men who are now operating the cars
Since the strike started the railway
officials have felt that they were not
securing cooperation from the po-
\ lice department i'm eliminating any
| violence but after the conference
/ Wednesday il was announced tha'
/ the police department would be
more vigilant in preventing and car
| ing for the disturbances which are
likely 20 arise
shortly after a third call came
from Chaplin st. i'm the vicinity OF the
lake shore tracks and "A continge n
OF police under capt. Shock was
sent TO the scene. According &c
their report the crew were simply
] frightened. No windows were brok-
en- ana though there was large
/ crowd surrounding the car, no Vio-
Hence was shown The trolley mad
not even been removed from the
wire
Car stranded. Crew Scared.
Reports came from the south Of
! the city that a car had been strand
ed near the end Of the Michisan ST
lline and was being destroyed oH
strike Sympathizers Motor Police
man Olmstead was sent 20 the scene
and found the car in the care oil
three strike breaking employees. Not
| a soul seemed 20 ne watching but
Iapparently the crew was afraid 20
run the gauntley of eggs and
oranges At the Grand Trunk tracks
Paul Pulvermiller. an employe
OF one OF the express companies
was detected breaking one of the
! windows OF "A Michigan 81 car and
/ was placed under arrest He Is De-
ling held on charges OF malicious
/ trespass and will he arraiSned IN
city court on Thursday.
According to the police the vast
majority OF the crowd at the Grand
Trunk crossing wGs composed OF
isympathizers. They report thar