The Oregon daily journal., December 16, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18. 1S03.
FID SCENES ON THE STREETS
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Howling Mob Rules Down. Town Streets,
Cheering SFikers andTMistreating Men
WhoTry-to-Remain-at-Work-
Turmoil, mob -rule,, and wild excitement-held
away, up and down Weahlnr
tori atreet test nlcht from f:3e o'clock
when, tha flt-at cur " aionced at Third
a street and' Ita craw stepped off, until
--: , lau at nVjht when the last of tba strike
( : sympathiser atraggled to thatr placet
; of a bod a. The vast crowd was for the
i moat part aood-Batured. bat boisterous,
j rough and determined to have its- way.
i The . sentinel policemen standing here
. . and there were hustled and - pushed
Tabout until their patience atralned near
", the breaking; point In several Instances.
Patrolman' Nelson v. as thrust back
i against aome barrels ox cement lining
' the walk where the B wetland building
la belnir constructed and had hard work
.. In ahaklng off the elusive haada which
; bold him down. When ha aroae, club In
hand, he was surrounded by a new row
,' of faoea. the ewnerl of which had takas
no part In hla downfall.
Care were "rocked" off their tracks
. during the evening and left to block
the way yj'h their aide springs a cat-
IT
tared along the pavement. Tf Alley fOBel
ware cut eloae to the trolley a and tne
.' ' perspiring conductors and in aome cases
; leaser officials of the Portland Railway
: company,, rode on. the roofs of the cars.
, bearing the taunts and Jeera of the
masse of people and dodging rotten
en and other missies while In dee-
perate endeavor to keep some semblance
. . of service on the tracks All effort waa
Id rain, however, and at ten o'clock the
-v laat stranded -car waa hauled - to the
ban after H. J. WcKlnuey. the strike
organiser and secretary of the union,
bad pleaded, hla union card upraised In
his hand, with the howling horde of
men and boys to allow, the passage -of
lb ear. "-.,, . .'.
. Waacb, for the Bsftanlag. !
- ' Tlte crowd which had begun to gather
v along Washington street near Fifth ear-
ly In the afternoon to see the first car
stop at '8:10 o'clock' was disappointed
when the, time came and went and the
. 1 cars atill swung down the streets and
- j back again to the Hetgnta, It said to
: Itself that the whole thing waa a fissle,
. that there was no union, or If' there
; were that the men did not have "the
and In their necks" to call the "bluff"
. they had made..... - -t - .
Blx o'clock came and -than :3 before
, the lingering crowd was rewarded, by
the sight of one crew from a car cut
out the current and leave their car. Inv :
mediately a cheer began close to the
stranded r. and rippled up the atreet
".while the people 'aurged from all dl-
. rectlons around the motorman and eon
ductor who had left ' their" places and
were walking away in the crowd, ; -The
cheer of sympathy waa turned to
- n. roar of disapproval, however, within
r Z m. minute or two, for the of flcala of the
oompany had been watching - for the
' t first move On the part of the strikers
J and put two men In the place of thoae
- , who had quit their posts end sent the
I ears' back, through the -crowd,- -which
parted sullenly with hoota and. hisses.
, ' Cars Are Stopped. .
Each car as it came down Washlng-
: tuu street, er alang.Elfth and on Third.
' was stopped by thi strikers " anoTTBeir
' sympathisers. .. and the ,. crews were
; begged to stand by the union and the
' '. demand for more money and added prlv-
1 lieges. The majority of the men at
first refused to' listen' to the calls of
, The doors of the vestibules were locked
aa the cars vame Into the trouble sons,
and the men felt their way througtt the
people, who gave way only when the
nose of the car threatened to push them
aside, or tun them down.
Seeing, that plaMtng had no efect, the
' crowd .began to taito a n
breach, and as the car pressed through
men reached out and pulled the rolleys
from the wires.- stalling the ear and
t leaving them dark. The conductors
clambered through the rear wlndowa
', and kept the trolleys on for a time,
but foiled on one way, the crowd found
new means, and cut the trolley ropes
- close to the poles, making It impoaat-
ble for the conductors to reach the
poles without climbing to the tops of
-the oars and handling the iron roas
' with their bands. Car after ear went
out Washington street with conductors
. and petty officials perched on top hang
. Ing for dees Mfe to -the dwaylng oars
- a the mob rocked them from aide to
r side in efforts to abaks them off the
track, or rock, the side springs off the
bearings allowing 'the car to list and
frsmem is the Xslee.
Wives istood by their husband aa
they ran the gauntlet st the bead end
of the cars and urged them, is etay by
the company and their cars nntll they
reached the barns and - were relieved.
.Women and glrla stood In the mud and
followed along by the side of the slow-
moving motormen begging them to de
sert their posts, and when their pleaa
failed hurling "Scab" and "Traitor" and
aJl other names Imagined at them.
. The switches were thrown by the
sympathisers In the streets and . cars
were shunted down side streets whea
they should have gone straight on. Egga
began to fly now . and , then and . the
crdwd grew more and mors insistent.
On ajt-was" -derailed. Co . Washington,
between Third and Fourth, blocking the
main line. A Jefferson atreet car was
captured by the striken and run across
the Washington line -and "killed" by Its
motorman, wbo pocketed the controller
bar and left hi car blockading J the
Washington tracks as well aa those on
Fifth,' A long Una of eara piled op be
hind the stalled "J car and email boys
amused themselves back on Btark street
by breaking the windows of the aban
doned cars while the crewe either de
serted them or waited, huddled beside,
for' the track to- clear. . -i.
The officials of the company saw that
they could not compete with the strik
ers and the frowd and- abandoned, the
effort to run below Seventh, while the
whole system waa started for the barns
as faat as the now much depleted force
could move them. - -
Hob Cihasgsa Base, -,
" The mob, waiting at Fourth and dear
down to First, discovered . the change
of base on the part of the company and
moved en masse to the switch in front
of the Grand theatre Just above Sev
enth street, where they resumed their
tactics of obstruction and Interference.
A awltchman,. picked up by the com
pany, was placed at the switch to aid In
shunting the ears from the down town
track back on their road to the barns.
The mob resented his assistance to the
company- and began to hustle him from
side to side of the street -. The patience
of the young man gave way and he
broke into ' Imprecations but before
many words had been said a atrike
sympathiser, . ballasted ' well - from a
nearby saloon, struck the switchman
staggering plow In the face and knocked
him under the feet of the mob. The
boy fought hla way to hie feet and to
the aide of the street, where he was
backed against a bulldlpg. . He pleaded
to be allowed to go home and his re
quest was granted with m cheer, hun
dred men escorting him part way to ba
sure that he did not return. ' ?
Serrloe Za Abandoned. - '
The Washington street service was
abandoned by the company and the
crowd flooded back around the sole re
maining oar, stranded on Washington
atreet, near Fourth. Hero It turned Its
attention to the policemen, or to anyone
it oouia rina, ana. nusuea tnem xrom
side to aide for want of a better occu
pation. - An attempt was (made to over
turn the big Portland Heights oar, but
the police atood guard and no serious
damage was-dona At last about 10
o'clock K. J. McKlnney, secretary of the
union, after half an hour pleading, per
suaded the crowd to allow the com
pany to take the cay to the barns and
abandon Washington atreet to the strik
ers and their reinforcements. -
' , As this mob. ran along Fifth atreet
irom wasmngton to Morrison, tne gins
in the upper, floors of Olds, Wortman'
A King and Meier A Frank rushed to
I the windows. and waved their hands en-1
thuslaaUcally. . ir they . cnereV their I
voices were lost in nm uproex met ino
strikers made when the saw their fair
rrienas at tne windows. -
Powers' Christmas Store
; Art acceptable gitt ; must be useful, lasting and pleasing ri
appearance. Our store is filled with just this kind and designed
to appeal to both old and young. Now is the time to make your
selection while the choosing is good. Don't put off your holiday
shopping until the last moment; buy now and you'll be more apt
to find what you want and b sure to have your gifts hojpieon
time. Besides you'll save all the hurry and worry of the lasiTfew
days. You'll save money, top, if you do your holiday shopping here.
We're always glad to see you whether you come to look or to buy.
We'll Make Deliveries Promptly
Half the pleasure in giving Christmas tokenVlies in th knowl
edge they'll arrive on time. We'll attend to that. We'll hold your
purchase and deliver them any day up to the 24th.
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We study your , business
from the standpoint of
your'
Competitor-Salesman
Customer
, And as a member of the
firm who has to pay the
. .'advertising; bills. Then
we go to it. We will be
, glad to have you talk
.with any of our hundred -.
and forty odd clients.
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tOt -Colman BWg, Seattla
BYSTANDErTWOUNDED
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by violence of the strikers from, doing
SO. , '. .
"As it Is, only five of our cars are
d. JiPwTby-ar. jtU on First stae
between Alder and Madison sleeta
Kaat oi tne river our aervice la cbn
tlnulng uninterrupted. The Inbound
cars atop at East First street and Haw
thorns avenue, .swltchacrosaand- go
back." - .. .
Trolley ropes were cut on some of the
O. W. p. cars on First street, and win
dows broken. . - Later, when the polio
arrived, the regular - O. -: W. - P. crewe
took their oars out The strikers stood
around and tried' to persuade the men
not to work. When It was seen that
they were going ahead with their work,
threats were made. - --r ' -
-Youll get. the worst of It If you try
10 lass tnat ear suf
"Oat down out of there, you scabf
Ton are 'a fine -looking thing to
stand up In front of working men,,VJ
Scab!" ' ... , - , . ., ' . '
.'These and other expressions' were
hurled at the car man as he tied the
brakes rope and placed the trolley en
the wire. - Mo violence was offered, and j
tne car was taken up First street and
out acrbaa the Madison atreet bridge.
At' 10 o'clock, after being tied up for
over two hours, an Oregon City car
left First aad Alder streets loaded with
passengers, and. was not molested.
THOUSANDS HAVE TO WALK
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of the olty did so' many use their neigh
bors" talking machines aa laat night- -The
prediction of the strike-in the
evening, papers of. course saved many a
long walk. But for this fact the walk
ing army would probably have num
bered eo,00, counting men, women and
children. The men paid little heed to
tne warning, but housewives whs had
planned to take their children downtown
to aee the windowa were wiser and de
cided to remain at home despite the
emphatic protests of the little ones who
had dreamed all week of aaelne- Santa
lyaue in tne aepartment stores.
it is sare to say tnat many did not
reach their homes till early thla morn.
lnr, for of the thousands of store em
ployes who bad to remain on duty till
close to the midnight hour, a large ma
jority live beyond what Is commonly
termed walking distance. Unable to set
accommodations down town, they had to
walk home or parade the streets until
picked up by tbe police for being out
alter uoura Mot a few walked as far
Montavllla - and. Mount Scott but
they claimed before starting that their
lot was no worse than the poor inno
cent sufferer who had selected a home
at Bellwood or Woodlawn, or 8t Johns
or any of the outlying realdenoe sub-
urns. - -
There was a tremendous traffic on the
cars between 5 and o'clock, er Just
pnor u we nour tnat it was predicted
til shutdown would occur. Many of the
women out ahopplng heard- the news
boys cry out the feature of the day's
news, and upon Investigation decided to
get borne while they could ride, and to
mis was aue tne increased traffic
Borne of those who did not believe what
tltey "saw in the paper" were still on
the tramp homeward bound - long after
the midnight hour and klcklns them.
aeures aavexy stepu. ;
Tbe chief consolation . for those who
walked was the fact that they did not
have to walk si one. By waiting i few
moments at aome prominent corner they
would easily fall Into company with
A Couch with olid oak frame and only best oil-tempered
springs used in its construction; upholstered in chase
leather . ;' . .. ' ' - ; .
Christmas .Special $21.50
Gifts for the Men 1
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Cellarette, .in weathered oalt, complete with glassware,,
Christmas special .' .' . 7. tJl T.JtO
Shaving stand, in quarter-sawed golden oak, Freneh bevel
mirror and cabinet. Christmas special. ....... fas.oo
Shaving Stand, in metal, with French bevel 'mirror-and
. cabinet. Christmas jpccil , , .f 8.50
Smoking Table and Pipe Rack, in weathered oak.
Christmas special -. , .f9.T5
Stein Rack, in weathered oak. Christmas pecial...f 5.T5
Mission Easy Chair, in weathered oak, upholstered in
chase leather .' f9.75
Morris Chair, in weathered and golden oak, cushions in
velour. Christmas special....:....... f9.50
Costumers, in metal, oxidized finish. Christmas
special '. ....... ,.?r,w..V...f4.50
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This Rocker is made of first qual--ity
quarter-sawed oak, and finished
golden or weathered .
Christmas Special . . .$ 4.75
"MtJSIC CABINET
Music cabinet, in golden oak or ma
hogany finish y ,
Christmas Special . . .$ 7.50
someone "going their wax
Christmas Suggestions
LADIES' DESKS '
MORRIS CHAIRS
CHILDREN'S ROCKERS u
LIBRARY TABLES - "
JteoOignificdiiF
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fv Out dignified credit system is at your'1 disposal, .whether you.
buy for your own home or for Christmas gifts to relative or friend.
Under this system'you can buy and hever notice the outlay. Just
a dollar or two will do and the balance in small amounts. I So
don't let the matter of money stand between you arid your Christ
mas gifts, when you can take advantage of Powers' broad, liberal,
dignified credit, that adapts" itselfyto .ypur"'mc6me:'ahdarcumi
stances, and has none of the unpleasant features of the old-style
installment plan. A charge . account at Powers' is a great con
venience and we would be glad to have you avail yourself of it.
We offer only the right kind of furniture and the right kind of
credit. ' , " ' .
Rocker
This Rocker is made
in qnarter-sawed oak
and mahogany finish,
upholstered in leath-'
Christmas
Special -
$16.50
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Sideboard
Sideboard, made of thor
. oughly seasoned hard
WOQdweli4o-and totr
drawers t ovalfc. French
bevel . mirrorone lined
drawer-for silver, finish
. cd Pacific oak . .
Christmas :
Special
v : $16.00
' LIBRARY TABLE
Mission Library Table, made in the shop of The Crafters,-
of best quartered oak, finished weathered .
Christmas-Special . , .$28.50
" Mission Furniture
Library Case, in weathered oak, two glass doors.
Christmas special ............ ..,....V.,,,f 12.00
Library Rocker, upholstered in chase leather, weathered
T finish. Special.. .J0.75 -Dining
Table, weathered finish, extends to 6 feet. ' "
' Special ,.... ..... .. .......... .f8.TR
Child's Rocker, in weathered finish. Special...... sjajfiT
ardinier Stand, oak weathered. Special. i........ .$1.75
,ibrary Table, 28x42 top, weathered oak. Special. f 13.75 '
Plate Rack, with two shelves', weathered oak. ,?
Special ...... ;.....f225 i
:. China Cabinet, quartered oak, weathered finish. ' " 1
-Special ...... ., ......................... ...f 18.75 '
BOOK CASE
A glass door bookcase, In qnarter-sawed oak, fin
; ished golden or weathered. Christmas special
Single door........r...f 13.50 .
Double door ......flS.SO
Tbreg door....... 25.00
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COUCH
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A couch with full steel construction, roll edge,
- upholstered in pretty velours
Christmas Special . . . . . . ...$12.00
RATTAN ROCKER
A rattan Rocker, with, full comfort ieat and con
tinuous rattan arm
Christmas Special
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bill r'rflrriiii
Christmas Special
6.50
HALL RACK
? This Rack is made
:" 'm the - shop . of
.. Th Crafters and
is made in quar
''tered oak, finish
- ed weathered and
golden, hangs
with heavy steel
chains - '
...$7.50;
We Pay Freight on Gifts Sent Out of ' the City
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CHIFFONIER
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This Chiffonier Js finished. In 'Pa
cific oak, has oval French bevel mir
ror, swell top and top drawers ,
Christmas Special '.$17.50
ladies-?
Desk H
Strictly mission
in -design, quar-:
ter-sawed oak.
one drawer and
Shelf. Christmas
special
$16.50 :
- A DOLLAR 'tr? :j
OR TWO A WEEK
WILL BUY -YOUR
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