The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-07
Denies Advising Violence

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The union head declared the ulti-
matum of car heads giving strikers
until 6 p. m. to return to work or
lose their jobs<so far has caused
no break in the union ranks.
He estimated about 500 conductors
and motormen still are on strike,
mot more than fifty" having re-
turned to work.
Guard Increased
Chief of Police Claude F. johnson
ordered tonight's force Of police on
strike duty increased sixty men.
These men were taken off the day
strike force. The order puts nearly
a third of the entire police force on
strike duty tonight.
Caught with a bale Of wire at the
Garfield car loop. six men were pre-
vented from throwing the wire over
the trolley line to for a short cir
cult. police said. Such a short cir
cult would have prevented operation
of cars in the northwestern section
Of the city.
ldhCH " POllNC GNdoChf thN III
signed a statement. according to
Acting Inspector Lewis Johnson.
that Boggs. the union president, told
them to 'cut loose"
The men arrested: Oscar Southern,
81. of 1877 Mclean Pl.; Everett Tally.
30, and Mervin McNew. 2S, of 131
Mclean Pl.: Paul Madison. "a. of
715 Roache St; Joe Wigginton, al.
of 1856 \. Illinois ST.. and Raymond
Cain. %. of PISA n. Illinois st.
All but Madison, police said. signed
a statement that while sitting on
Gains porch early Tuesday evening.
Boggs came to them and said: well
boys. it's o. K. Now cut loose. Don't
bar anything. 1 want 70 see all Of
you u tonight"
The statement was signed first by
Cain and later by the four othert.
Threw Rocks
The statement said they discussed
the matter for some time after Boggs
departed and then decided to form
a group and go out. They said
they drove first TO Alabama and st.
Clair SITS. where one Of their group
threw rocks at a car. They then
went to Thirty Fourth st. and Cen
trail Ave. where they threw rocks
at two cars but failed to hit them.
they said.
Later, they went TO the Garfield
loop and were throwing the wire
over the tracks when they were ar
rested. the statement said.
Boggs recalled talking to a crowd
of men on a porch in the vicinity
of Mclean car barns and said it
might have been Gains porch. He
fatty denied telling the men to "cut
loose"
II told them I wasn't their boss"
he said.
Tretton reported 80 per cent OF
the scheduled cars out Of Highland
barn by I a. m, so per cent out of
Mclean barn, 60 per cent OUT Of
w. Washington barn and 55 per
cent out Of Louisiana barn.
10 Men Employed
Tretton declared 10 new men
have been employed since the strike
went into effect and that a number
of former employees have reported
for work.
President Robert I. Todd of the
street railway reiterated that the Of
feg to take the strikers back by G
p. m. does not apply to men dis
charged some time ago for joining
the union and who appealed to the
public service commission for rein
statement.
The reinstatement OF these men,
an increase in their 81 to AZ cents
an hour wage and recognition OF the
union are the strikers demands.
TheiE-average working day was ten
hours. The men filling their jobs
receive a So daily bonus, over the
pay schedule of 81 to AZ cents an
hour.
Augmenting the one-man guard,
two policemen will ride cars on a
majority Of lines tonight, Chief
Johnson announced.
A large force of police, equipped
with all kinds of weapons. was sta
toned at the various barns, power
houses, on downtown streets and at
police station again.
Others Arrested
Other persons arrested were: Ed
ward Phelps, %, of SIG Highland
Ave; Walter Elmore, 81, of 1922
Bellefontaine ST.; Paul Patterson, 50,
of 1860 Dawson ST.; Oscar Craw-
shaw, 81, of $50 w. Twenty-Ninth
St.; John Johnson, 23. of sos Arbor
Ave. Oscar Melton, 26. of 1914 N.
Senate Ave; William Sharp, %, of
SO E. Arizona St Eugene Tence. 25,
w. Vermont ST.; Charles V. Hurt, 81,
of 1905 8, Meridian ST.; Roy Plum
mer, "a, Of 1880 Newman ST.; Will
liam Wilkerson, 32, Of 213S Brook
side Ave; Wilbur Stephens. "a, of
1920 e. Pratt St, and JEFF Fade. 80,
of 2204 N. Illinois st.
Phelps and Patterson were held
on vagrancy charges and Gilmore on
lSagrancy and drunkenness charges,
after a bus was stoned at Twenty
Fifth St. and Martindale Ave. Wit
nesses told police they saw the men
T, stop the auto in which they were
riding and pick up several stones
shortly before the bus was struck.
Crawshaw was held after several
reports were received on airs be-
ing stoned and shots fired In the vi
cinity of Thirty-Fourth st. and Cen
trail Ave.
Bus Shot At
Edgar Syrus, 21so Wheeler ST.