The Washington times., 1917-03-12
ELEVENTH STREET
SCHEDULE SUFFERS
First Car More Than Two
Hours Late, Others Far
Apart.
JITNEYS ARE CROWDED
Strikers Hurl Epithets, But
Refrain From Violent
Acts.
JITNEYS ARE CROWDED

crowd of thirty-hve or more strik-
ers gathered at the corner of Eleventh
and w streets early this morning. and
remained there several hours greeting
each belated car which moved out OF
the car barn at that point with yells
of "scab." yellow back" and rough
necks"
Traffic was practically tied up on
this line for hours. Between o'clock
and 1880 o'clock only two street cars
passed through Eleventh street north
bound. Later in the day cars an hour
apart went northward.
Few Cars for Clerks.
The first car was scheduled to start
from the barn at o'clock. Not until
$50 o'clock. however. did a car move
out. Although cars were scheduled
to move south along Eleventh street,
carrying office men and Government
clerks to the city, every two minutes,
the schedule actually carried out until
10 o'clock. follows: Southbound cars.
6:2O, 6:45, Z, 1928, 1892, $40, 500, $50.
$40. S:45. From S:45 until after 10
o'clock no cars moved along Eleventh.
As far as the eye could reach north
and south along Eleventh street. hun
dreds of men and women, southwark
bound. were walking the sidewalks,
not even waiting for the belated cars.
During the period when street cars
ran semiregularly the majority of
people continued to walk, and refused
to ride.
Automobiles were doing a big bust
ness. Every five or six minutes dur
L.
sign For Hire" took the place OF
street cars, and passed up and down
the street.
School Pupils Late.
HUNDREDS OF schooi children, going
to the new Central High School, were
late. They walked In crowds up
Eleventh street, or boarded already
crowded jitney cars.
The crowd of strikers at Eleventh
and w streets was qu:et for the most
part. All seemed In excellent humor,
and bitterness only came to the sur
face In the epithets hurled at the
strike breakers and nonunion men
who manned the few cars.
In command OF the strikers were
two officials OF the union, designated
as pickets. Walter p. Snellings and
Morris NJ. Poole. with pencil and
paper In hand. marked down the cars
as they passed, ana kept a watchful
eye for any union man who might
happen to be still working.
In command OF Sergt. T. s. Lake. OF
the Eighth precinct. were two police
men who walked back and forth In the
crowd. watching for any possible out
break. The policemen offered no In
reference. however, as the strikers
broke forth In yells as a car passed.
The policemen laughed and joked
with the men continually.
The strikers were all enthusiastic
over the sympathy which showed in
the crowds as many preferred walk
ing to riding.
When a jitney car passed, loaded
with passengers, cheers always
greeted the little craft OF the streets.
An Aged Sympathixer's Sacrifice.
Ono old man stifhy dismounted
from a street car. OF which he was
the sole occupant, and. with the
strikers cheering enthusiastically,
hailed an already crowded automobile,
stepped to the running board and
stated his intention OF standing, up
rather than sitting down in a "scab-
driven street car"
An incident which indicated IA de-
termination to keep away from VIC
lence was noted. A car loaded with
strike breakers was clearing the barn
when one of the strikers was noticed
standing very near the track. II was
whispered that he had a brick and
had determined to use it on the car.
Another striker walked up to him. !
and, after a few hurried words. the |
two departed down an alley. A close |
observer noticed a brick casually fall 7
from the sheltering overcoat OF the |
first striker.