The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-06
Company Worried

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Company Worried
"The company is worried. At 3
a. m. this morning it sen its bosses
to the homes of many of our mem.
bers in efforts to get them to return
to work"
He introduced three men who said
they had been awakened and asked
to return.
There are others here. too"
Boggs interrupted, but it is moth
ing gained to discuss It,"
He introduced Armstrong, . who
pleaded with the men not to put a
blot on the associations name by
breaking the laws. He said it was
gratifying to see more men at the
meeting than attended the Monday
morning meeting.
Parker when referring to the
working agreement the company
says the men signed to get employ
ment, said:
THE judge says you signed a con-
" oOiAiC AN6No nldhC HIS
takes. Judge Wetter in police court
said 1 operated a blind tiger. He
fined me 500 and gave me thirty
days in Jail. But the judge higher
up said 1 didn't, so you see judges
can be mistaken.
1T would be better fof everybody
If we had a higher type of judges"
Shouts and applause drowned him
out for five minutes.
I'VE have absolute connection be-
tween the Indianapolis Street Rail.
way Company and the police depart
ment," Parker continued. but I'm
not going to expose II here, because
1 want to get some of that $3.50, 000."
Z Parker and Armstrong have sued
the board of safety alleging malicious
prosecution. When they came here
to organize the union they were ar.
rested fifty-three times for vagrancy.
they alleged. but never were con-
victed.
Another meeting will be held
Wednesday morning.
Parker rejoiced in the fact that
Monday was the first day he and
Armstrong had not been followed
by detectives and street car company
employees since their arrival in Indi-
annapolis two months ago.
The two company men assigned to
the roles of shadowers were iput to
work operating street cars, Parker
said.
Signs were posted in all "a barns
promising workers a fiat bonus of
81 a day for the period of the strike.
The workers were instructed to
keep cars moving at all costs, and
not to fight back if attacked. They
also were instructed not to engage
in arguments with anybody.
Buses Operating
A survey showed all buses oper-
ating on schedule.
Police precautions against dis
ords included:
Sixty-five men riding street cars.
A squad of three men at each of
the five a barns.
A squad of four men at the w.
Tenth st. power house.
Two gun squads each consisting
of a sergeant and seven men
equipped with machine guns. shot
guns, tear gas bombs, quantities Of
ammunition, and steel helmets at po-
lice station.
Four squads. each consisting of
four men, cruising streets.
Two extra emergency squads, each
consisting of four men, at police
station.
Tretton declared he was not at
tempting to maintain normal sched-
ules, saying he would reserve his
effort for the rush hour this after
noon.
He, ordered the discharge of any
employees with a leaning toward the
strikers cause.
The company employed sixty new
men Monday, Tretton said. He ex-
pected to- hire more than this num-
Der today.
Normal service within the next
forty-eight hours is Tretton's. goal
in obtaining new men.
The reports on car operations
were made at the barns at 8 a. m.
Highland Barn Foreman E. B..
Lathrop said fifty-three out of the
ffty-three scheduled cars left that
barn. T%retton said 20 per cent of
the scheduled cars left the barn.
Mclean Barn Foreman John
Quinn said SIS Of the 80 scheduled
left his barn, Strikers claimed
III cars should nave left the barn
and only forty-seven left.
Louisiana Barn Foreman e. L.