The Sunday Oregonian., December 16, 1906, Page 2, Image 2

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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 16, 1906.
SUCCESS OF TIE-UP
IS DUETO CROWD
People on the Streets Take
Sides- With Strikers at
Outset of Trouble.
MAKE. WALKOUT POSSIBLE
First More of Strike Committee At
tended With Success, and Then .
the Crowd Takes Situation
Into Its Own Hands.
COtTHTED ON FCBIJC . SCPPOBT.
Th officers of tlie union ana tho
member of the strike . committee
freely admit that It was the support
given them by the public that en
abled them to bring about a, cpm
plete tie-up, and they admit they
expected such support and counted
upon the aid of the throng to win
their battle.
T. M. Leabo. one of the leaders of
the strike committee, said: "We felt
that we has the sympathy of the
public with us and tonight has
proven It We counted upon. It to
help us make the strike a success
and we find we did not count wrong
ly. We would have gotten .most of
the men oS without the aid of the
crowd, but with Its aid we did It
more quickly and more completely."
The actual strike commenced at 6:40
o'clock when the crew of Willamette
Heights car No. 324 was pulled off at
Third and WashliiRton streets by i the
striko committee. By twos and threes
other men were Induced to leave their
cars on the Washington street line. But
the company officials were on hand with
substitutes and for the first hour man
aged to keep cars running although the
schedules became sadly demoralized.
Many of tho carmen although urged
by tho strikers and the crowd to
desert their cars, evidenced a hesitancy
In doing so and for a time It looked as
though the strike would be a fizzle. Then
the crowd, thousands in number, took a
hand in behalf of the union and accom
plished that which it looked as though
the union alono would not be able to do.,
The crowd, by wild cheering for those
who did desert their cars' and shouts of
derision for those who remained on duty,
and even by forcible attacks on the cars,,
grasped the situation in its own hands
and turned a threatened defeat into a
. complete victory for the union, tylng-up
every car line in the city by 10 o'clock
at night.
With public sentiment, as expressed by
the thousands who packed the streets to
a condition of lmpassahleness, to back
them, the union men redoubled their ef
forts, and the hesltatf g carmen yielded
In large numbers and left their cars.
Others who were still Inclined to remain
on duty were pulled oft their platforms,
trolley ropes were cut, windows were
smashed and operating lines were block
aded by the pushing of "dead" cars
across the Street Intersections.
When the crowd enlisted so actively
in the support of the strikers the com
pany was no longer able to cope with
the situation and devoted its efforts prin
cipally to clearing the blockaded lines and
getting deserted cars to the barns." By 10
o'clock there were only two or three
cars to be seen on the streets anywhere
in the city and these were in possession
of the crowd
Huge Crowd Makes Strike Possible.
Such demonstrations as those that
attended the strike had never been on
the streets of Portland. Thousands
upon thousands of people thronged
Washington, Morrison, Second. Third
and First streets, so that a, person
could scarcely thread his way on foot
from one point to another, save when
the throngf moved en masse from one
place of excitement to some new scene
of activity. To have run a car ' or
vehicle through the congested streets
would have been practically Impossible
without running over a pavement of
human bodies. And this and the at
tacks of the crowd on any car that
sought to move is what tied up the
car service and made the strike pos
sible. At 6 o'clock a party of 12 union men,
including- the strike committee, headed
by B. J. McKenney and T. M. Leabo,
walked from union headquarters to the
corner of Second and Washington
streets. It was then decided to wait
for the crew of car No. 324 to start
the walkout, as this crew was known
to be favorable, and it was thought
that several other cars that followed
Immediately behind it oould be stopped
and a. blockade caused. When the se
lected car came at 8:40, half a dozen
strike men boarded It and rode to
Third and Washington, urging the
crew, Motorman C. F. Freeman and
Conductor Frank Groutz, to atriko.
Taking the eonroller key with them,
they walked off the car.
The crowd which had already begun
to gather In anticipation of the ex
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citement, yelled its approbation and
the strike committee men warmly
shook the hands of the carmen. Su
perintendent Cooper, of the railway
company, promptly seized the control
ler key and attempted to take It away
from Motorman Freeman. Freeman
held to. it and Victor Grafstrom, a
strike sympathizer, sought to assist
him. - Several of the company employes
rushed up- and by force the controller
was wrested from Freeman. . A police
man took Grafstrom into oustody, but
released him Immediately. Jumping
on the standing: car, Superintendent
Cooper started it. then turned, the mo
tor over to a substitute, of which the
company had a dozen or more on the
ground, and the car was started on
Its way. The crowd applauded the
carmen and Jeered the substitute and
Superintendent Cooper.
As other cars came along: the strike
backers urged the men to step off.
The conductor from No. 601,. the crew
from No. 325, the motorman from No.
326, the crew from No. 816, stepped oft.
The company had its substitutes ready
as each man or crew left and the cars
were kept moving. The crowd was
growing denser every moment and the
Jeering and shouting drowned every
other sound. Company men rushed
hither and thither getting cars on the
move to prevent a blockade, union men
boarded every car and pleaded with
the crew to desert Its post, while a
cordon of police sought in vain to
Check the eager, excited, shouting,
writhing mass of humanity from
crowding upon the tracks and being
killed or Injured.
Looks as Though Walkout Will Fall.
: As other cars went by with the car
men sticking to their posts, unheeding
the pleadings of the strikers or the
Jeers and epithets bestowed upon them
by the crowd, it began to look as
though the strike would fail and the
company would be able to keep Its
system moving. But the attention of
the strikers was turned to tne mira
atreet line with the result that within
the next 15 or 20 minutes the crews
had deserted from cars ; Fulton 310,
"U" 140, "U 119, "S" 45,S, 109, "M
G" 152, "S" 102, Sixteenth street 317,
Portland Heights 603, Alberta 536.
This resulted in a complete tie-up on
Third street, the cars standing blockaded
for a block or more on either side of
Washington street. By rushing its spare
men to these cars the company managed
to get the street cleared after a time, but
it soon -filled up again. The officials,
however, succeeded in keeping the Washington-street
line open until the crowd
became enlisted actively in the behalf
of the strikers. Although no union men
or strikers were seen to attack any of
the cars,' the crowd was not so particu
lar of the company's property. Someone
shouted. - "Cut the trolley ropes." The
suggestion was all that was needid. In
a moment several trolleys had been pulled
from the wires and the ropes cut while
the crowd howled with pleasure, and the
carmen, deciding that it was useless to
remain by their posts longer, left them.
Company men manned -the cars and by
crawling to the tops of the cars replaced
the trolleys and held them while the
cars were run on to the, loop.
But the crowd didn't propose to be
foiled in tills manner. Hundreds of men
and boys piled on the cars as thick as
r
K. J. McKenney, Secretary of the
Streetcar Men's Union.
they could hold, pulling the trolleys off,
shoving the men away from the con
trollers and shaking the cars until they
threatened to overturn or leave the track.
Over-ripe eggs and other missiles were
hurled with good aim frequently at the
men who stood on top of the cars. With
its supply of extra men practically ex
hausted and the attacks of the crowd
making It practically impossible for a
car to be moved along the street, the
railway officials could do nothing but
shove the cars through the crowd and
run them to the barns. Before 9 o'clock
traffic on Washington street had been
brought to a standstill and only one or
two deserted cars remained on the street,
these in the possession of the crowd,
which wouldn't hear of them being moved
in any direction save towards the barns.
One Jjlne After Another Tied Up.
Then the howling crowd quickly aided
in putting the Third and Second-street
lines out of commission by cutting trolley
ropes and blocking the tracks and mak
ing it impossible for cars to be operated.
With derisive shouts of "scab" at every
man that showed an Inclination to re
main by a car, and the admonition to
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"gefoff and stand by the working man,"
the throng gazed back at the blockaded
street, gave a yell of approbation and
made a nmd rush for Morrison street
to stop the line on that thoroughfare.
Two cars were caught at the intersec
tion of First and Morrison. Their trol
leys were Jerked down, the ropes cut,
one trolley, stick was bens double so as
to make the car a block to traffic, win
dows were smashed and the men were
literally pulled from the platforms. A
car was stopped directly across the Or
egon Water Power tracks so that all
traffic on that line was brought to
a standstill. When the company suc
ceeded in moving the blockade, the
crowd put its shoulder to a "dead" car
and rolled it across the intersection
leaving it there as a permanent block
to the Oregon Water Power, which soon
had cars lined up for a block on both
sides of Morrison street. The crews of
a number of these cars then Joined the
strikers.
Officials who sought to straighten out
the tangle were seized and handled
roughly to prevent them accomplishing
their purpose.
There were no police at this place and
that element of the throng inclined to
be' destructive to property indulged Its
inclinations freely. When two cars were
spied coming over the Morrison street
bridge toward the city, some shouted,
"Come on boys, stop those cars and tie
up the East Side lines." There was a
deafening roar from a thousand throats
and a wall of humanity rushed headlong
upon the approaching cars. In a twink
ling the trolleys had been thrown off,
the ropes cut, the windows smashed
and the carmen pulled off their plat
forms. This . blocked the cars behind
and the men from them were forced to
vacate. Some one turned .In a fire alarm
and called the entire department to the
scene, which added to the confusion and
completeness of the blockade, success
fully forcing, the East Side lines to go
out of commission..
The Oregon Water , Power officials
finally succeeded In removing the block
ade from their line, and three cars were
sent out on the Sellwood and Oregon
City lines, at 9:46, but the lines were so
demoralised that the company aban
doned any further effort at operation
as soon as these were out.
By this time practically all the cars
had been gotten to the barns, and ef
forts to operate them on all lines of
the city were abandoned. This marked
the complete tieup of the entire street
railway system of the city, and the
success of the union in calling a gen
eral strike.
Six Hundred Men Idle.
As a result 600 men are idle and
about 200 cars are out of commission.
Thousands of people who remained
down town to see the excitement had
to walk home, some of them having to
go miles to the outlying districts.
Whether or not the company will be
able to move any cars today remains
to be seen. The day employes, the
union asserts, all promised to refuse
to go to work this morning if a suc
cessful walkout was called last night.
In view of the general strike, the
union declares, not a car will be run
ning today save possibly a few oper-,
ated by officials and substitutes.
The officials of the union authorize
the statement that the union did not
sanction- any destruction of property
or violence, and that its men were not
guilty of any such conduct. That work,
It claims, was done by the crowd with
out any connivance or sanction on the
part of the union or the strikers.
Mr. Frederick, of the strike com
mittee, boarded an O. W. P. car while
destruction was being wrought at the
intersection of First and Morrison
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streets and made a speech to the crowd
admonishing It not to use arfy vio
lence 'or do any destruction to prop
erty. "You may help us all you want, and
we are glad to see that your sympathy
Is with us," said he, "but do not do
anything that is unlawful or will bring
discredit upon the union or strikers."
PROGRESS OF STRIKE REPORT
ED AT HEADQUARTERS.
Hopes of Leaders Rise and Fall as
News Both Good and Bad Is
Received of the Battle.
While the battle to tie up the trolley
system was raging at the principal track
crossings and within hearing of the yells
of the crowd at each successive victory
in winning another crew from a car, the
strategy of the strike was being planned
at labor headquarters, 162 Second street,
in Drew hall.
Here from time' to time reports were
received as to the progress of the strike,
although the headquarters were more
than once deserted when the tumult of
the crowd waxed most vociferous. Here'
the leaders of the strike kept counsel
during the evening all except & J. Mc
Kenney, secretary of the Amalgamated
Association of Street Railway employes,
who organized the strike. Only once,
panting after a rapid climb of two flights
of stairs, did the man who planned .the
coup appear and then only for a mo
ment; then out he dashed to join the
struggling persuaders, who labored
mightily to win the men away from the
platforms. -
Early in the evening, after the time
had dragged from 6 o'clock until almost
7 o'clock and no break had occured In
the service, a feeling akin to gloom
hovered over the few gathered in the
headquarters. The rest were out on the
street and shortly after 7 o'clock word
reached headquarters that some of the
men had left the cars at Third and
Washington. This cheered the waiters
up a little.
"But," explained the news bearer, "only
a few are leaving and their places are
being filled with 'skates' as fast as they
come off."
"That's the trouble In striking on the
installment plan," broke in an enthu
siast "Why don't the boys all quit and
then there'll be nothing to it."
Victor Grafstron, a worker, came in
and announced that he had been arrested
on a charge of interfering with a trolley
rope and that he had been released at
the request of Superintendent Cooper, of
the transportation division of the com
pany, after being removed from the
spene. Grafstron said that he was per
suading a crew to leave the car when he
was set upon by Superintendents Cooper,
Doughty, of the S barn and J. Mann,
of the Piedmont barn, who caused his
arrest.
P. McDonald, editor of the Portland
Labor Press and one of the active leaders
In the strike, came in and reported that
the strikers were gaining ground.
"Everything will be all right. If there
are a few more gun plays," warmly de
clared Mr. McDonald, as he related the
incident of the shooting affray at Second
and Washington, where a man with a
revolver, which was discharged in midair
CORNER THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
was narrowly saved from the angered
crowd by the police. ,
"A few more shooting affairs like this
and the day is ours. If that fellow hadn't
been taken in hand by the police he
would have been killed by the crowd."
A. L. Ledwidge, president of the Feder
ated Trades Council,, who was one of the
most active men In the field, reported In
that something would have to be done to
get the strikers to the hall, because they
were being won back by the representa
tives of the company.
"A few moments ago I started for this
hall with five men and got here with not
one," said Mr Ledwidge by way of ex
planation. "We've got to get the boys
together."
A wild roar in the streets emptied the
labor headquarters to see a crowd of sev
eral thousands of people running down
Morrison street. They stopped at First
and Morrison and here was transferred
the seat of battle from Third and Wash
ington, where it was reported that the
Third and Washington-street systems had
been tied up with the exception of two
or three crews. The move now was to tie
up the O. W. P. lines.
Two cars, one a Sellwood and the other
a Mount Tabor, arrived, but both made
their way through the crowd amid hoots
and jeers. Two more cars arrived, but
these did not fare so well.
The crowd surged around and the trolley
poles were pulled off. A fight followed
between the crowd and the conductors, but
in spite of the conductors' efforts to save
the trolley poles the ropes were cut and
the cars were helpless.
Superintendent G. C. Fields, of the Ore
gon Water Power lines, boarded a Mount
Tabor car and sought to save the trolley
from the crowd, but he was pulled from
the platform. In the shuffle his overcoat
was torn, and he declared afterward that
he ahad been kicked and struck several
times.
About this time a great commotion was
caused by the appearance of the Fire De
partment. Down Yamhill street dashed
Truck No. 1, Hose No. 1 and Engine No. L
The crowd looked upon it as a ruse to
draw them away from the cars, and there
were loud cries of "fake" and "false
alarm." The apparatus stopped at Front
and Yamhill, and shortly afterward re
turned amid the hoots of the crowd.
Superintendent Fields then sought to
epurt the cars back up First street, but
when the remaining trollies were adjusted
the ropes were promptly cut and the cars
were helpless. No patrolmen appeared at
this point, although Mr. Fields declared
that he had telephoned for aid.
A clever coup was carried Into effect
by the company to save the rest of the
Oregon Water Power cars and maintain
the service on the East Side. Men were
dispatched to the Madison street bridge
and all cars were turned back. In this
way the company managed to keep up
a semutance of service on its East Side
lines, after the West Side had been para
lyzed, but the strikers caught onto the
move and sent a band of men to the
bridge. Shortly after this the East Side
cars stopped.
It was an enthusiastic crowd that gath
ered back at union headquarters after
the assault on the Oregon Water Power
system.
Then began the assembling of the uni
formed men, all members of the union.
They were enthusiastic and declared
that they would stand out till the end.
"The fight Is ours all, right," announced
Mr. McDonald.
"I wouldn't go back onto a streetcar
for anything in the world." volunteered
one enthusiastic striker.
"I wouldn't go back, if they would give
me the whole system," added another.
"Tomorrow will be a great day for
bootblacks," was the humorous comment
of a third, as he looked at Editor Mc
Donald's muddy boots, which shortly
before had mirrored their surroundings.
"It will be pretty hard on some of the
people who live away out, but they'll be
glad to 'walk to help us in this fight,"
was the comment of one conductor. "The
people are with us."
"I only met one man who was against
uS, and he admitted that there were
two sides to the question," said one of
the strike organizers. "We'll win out
all right."
By 10 o'clock It was reported Into head
quarters that the entire consolidated
system was tied up and preparations
were immediately begun to hold a mass
meeting, of tne union car men. A larger
hall was engaged In the same building
and the uniformed men began pouring
in In groups of fours and half-dozens.
RIOTING ON FIFTH STREET
Mob Lines Up Many Cars and At
tacks Loyal Employes.
While the police were busy on Wash
ington street at 9 o'clock last night,
the crowd took advantage of the fact
and made a savage onslaught on cars
on Fifth street north of Washington.
Car after car was stopped. On the last
one halted there was an unusually de
termined crew, and the strikers and
their sympathizers had trouble In per
suading the men to leave their posts.
Finally someone threw a club through
the front windows end knocked off the
motorman's cap. Then the crowd at
tacked the car, forcing the men to
leave, and incidentally breaking more
glass and wrecking the car.
At Seventh and Washington, cars be
gan using the cross-over and doubling
back up the street, instead of coming
down where the riots were in progress.
The mobs soon discovered this, and ran
up to the switch. The cars fled from
their pursuers, and did not return. Be
fore the cars got away there was some
slugging. A policeman was hit in the
face and struck a man who had been
pointed out as a "scab."
The word "scab" was freely used
last night. Coupled with it was the
epithet "roughneck" and others still
more opprobrious. Many In the crowd
of strike sympathizers shouted the
slogan, "We'll walk!"
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STRIKERS TIE UP
ALL CHINES
(Continued From First Pag-e.)
were not in condition to be operated.
However, service will be resumed by
the company this morning if police
protection can be secured for the men.
It is believed by the company there
will be no trouble today. .
Interference from outsiders is be
lieved by General Manager Fuller to
be responsible for the trouble last
night. He thinks that not over 30
men left their posts luntartly. Most
of those who deserted were Intimidated
by the mob, or driven from their posts
by violence, he asserts. He says he
saw many men actually pulled from
their cars by the mob.
Think Strike Has Failed.
It is the belief of the company that
the strike has failed. Officials say
there was an attempt to stampede the
men by a few agitators. On the other
hand union men point to the demon
stration last night as a strong Indica
tion of the public's sympathy with
their cause, and expect the strong
backing of the Federated Trades Coun
cil to aid them materially in winning
their fight.
Pinkerton detectives will takp a
hand in the strike situation today.
Pinkerton men were called in last
night by street railway officials and
they will guard cars today. They will
also see that strikers who Interfere
with loyal employes are arrested and
prosecuted.
Union Indorses Strike.
Resolutions Indorsing the strike and
ratifying the ultimatum which was
given the company were adopted by
the Carmen's Union last night at a
meeting held In Drew Hall, 162 Sec
ond street. Strikers also went on rec
ord as being opposed to all violence.
Plans were laid for the conduct of
the strike, and committees were ap
pointed to superintend the fight on
behalf of the union.
The streetcar men gathered in their
hall at 11 o'clock, while the street
was still crowded with excited citi
zens. There was a large attendance
and .the enthusiasm that prevailed in
dicated that there was a strong senti
ment in favor of the strike, so sudden
ly begun. Enthusiastic speeches were
made, prophesying the success of the
strike. Many members of the Feder
ated Trades Council, representing near
ly every union in the city, were pres
ent and expressed a willingness to
support the strike to the end and to
contribute money if necessary.
Shortly after the meeting convened,
the ultimatum which had been pre-
T. M. Leabo, Member Executive
Board, Federated Trades Council,
Which la Directing Strike.
sented to the. company was read. A
vote was taken by which the union
decided unanimously to endorse the
strike and maintain It until the con
cessions asked should be granted.
Violence Is Deplored.
Following this action, another reso
lution was adopted expressing grati
tude for the sympathy shown (he
strikers by citizens during the eve
ning. Tn this resolution, violence was
delored, and it was declared that riot
ous conduct would be discouraged
throughout the strike.
It was announced that a meeting
of the Federated Trades Council would
be held this morning at Drew Hall,
162 Second street, a call to that effect
having been issued by the president,
J. L. Ledwidge. This meeting Is for
the purpose of assuring the strikers
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of the hearty support of organized la
bor. It is probable that funds will
be voted to assist the streetcar men
in their fight.
BLAMES CROWD FOR ROWDYISM
Riots Worse Than Those of San
iVancisco Strike, Says J. L. Murphy.
. J. , It. Murphy, of Vallejo, who was a
witness of the streetcar riots during the
strike in San Francisco, was at the cor-,
ner of Sixth and Washington streets last
evening during the height of the trouble.
Mr. Murphy said:
"For the riotidus condition of affairs t
never saw anything to equal the trouble
last night. I think most of the trouble
arose from the hoodlums and not from
the men themselves. Car men desired to
take their cars to the barn but the mob
crowded around, broke windows, cut
trolley ropes and behaved generally worse
than any crowd I ever saw.
"During the excitement some one put a
dynamite cap. such as is u.-ed in flagging
trains, on the track. It went off and
knocked one man flat. He was carried
to a door way and was unceremoniously
dropped.
"I was present when Mayor Schmltz,
arrived in San Francisco and I saw the
strike in Oakland, and for downright
rowdyism the affair of last night beat
them all."
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