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hwt4U4hifJJ3-igar wtnnniny
5 crippled, bur some cars
, every hour. -i Both sides
arbitrate. , The, offer of
After the complete
tained. The working carmen were freely hooted at from the streets, and there were some few acts of violence and no cars were run after dark. A similar situation prevails today, and it is probable ;
that the company will not attempt to run any cars after dark tonight t Manager Fuller scoffs at the suggestion of the strike being won by the men. On the other hand, the unionists are confident.
Viir Hold" Meeting Tonight to Decide
Whether They Will Take Part in Strike
:df Carmen and Tie Up Power Plants,
: Shotting Off Lights and Power.
That tH local branch J f thi - inter
. national . Brotherhood , ' of Electrical
"Works ra will taka a hand In tha atrlka
T of tha carmen aina hlKbly yrobabl
tbU afternoon. Tha off Item af- tht
, : union hava alreadr taken atepg looking
toward eallins a aympathatie atrlka pro-
vld4 the member vote favorably ,on
tba pronoaltloa. -.'j - i ,
, A atrlka of tlje electrical worker
would mean tb complele tying up not
only of the atrect railway ayatam. but
every othr Induatry la the city -which
depends upon, the. operation of tha
power-houao of the Portland ' Oeneral
Electric company In thla city. :
Yeiteailay W. U Trulllnger. aecretary
of the Electrical Workera' union, tele
graphed a report of the attuatlon here
to the headquarlare of the Pacino-ooan
ell In Oakland. A local electrician'
union la not allowed to go on atrlka
without the consent of Its dlatrlet eoun
ell. and tha action of Trulllnger waa
taken In order that tha council might be
ready to give Its immediate consent pro
vided tha member of the union vote o
go out in aympethy with the carmen.
Trulllnger then called special meeting
of the union for tonight, at which time
- the question of a aympathetle strike will
be considered.
1. Inquiry among carmen brings to light
a feeling that the electrical , worxers
hold the key to the situation and that
LEABO DECLARES
FillMil HAVE'
'A
SaytThat Not OverOne Third
of tha Regular Cars Ar Run
n?ng and rThat tho Men Are
Deserting the Service of the
ompanyJiveryildu
? ' T. M. Ieabo, chairman nf -toa atrlka
commit tee. gave out tha follow lag state.
,. tnent at noon today: '
"We hava tha atrlka won, even If we
-don't get another man to leave the care.
Not over one third of tha regular num
ber of ears are running today, and the
compeny-has pressed into service every
" platform man It baa. But there are
more doecxtlone every hour.- Some men
' e,ult laat night,, ethera have promised to
niilt tenlght. and still others hava given
the assurance 'that they will refuae to
taka out their cars la the morning. . Tha
man are joining the union- In, bunches,
Vorty signed tha roll and were initiated
last nlgnt. . Out of a total of aomewhere
' between to and 100 platform men now
.In the employ of the company. 100 are
On atrlka. Everything looka favorable
to us, and thes situation Is becoming
.more favorable every ; minute. une
thing t went to av any and all ru
mora to the effect that tha strike haa
been, or will be called off are false.
The strlka will not be railed off until
it is settled one way or the other.' I
also want to protest agalnef the publl
rstloh lit. the morning paper of a Hat of
those erreated during the peat two dy
and 4he auggestlon published , with tha
I let that all thoee-men were arrested a
tha result of tha strike. Kor the most
1 part thev are the resular Sunday drunks
and vaga. Wa propose tot make Oils
fight in a peaceful way, and tha com
mute -will In no wise countenance vlo
lenca of any kind.'
LVOnTHE STRIKE
r- -fa - 1 v , ;; i Portland; Oregon, monday evening, ; December
, . i W i
are rurining on every line. From one third to one half the 600 platform men employed by the company are on strike, and the unionists report that
claim a victory. 'The chief developments today were the entering of the electrical workers as a posisible factor in the controversy and the offer of
arbitration was. turned down
tieup 'accomplished by the strikers1 arid the mob Saturday night, no cars were run until daylight yesterday morning. ' From daylight untU' 5 p. m. a
they . can force on. early'Tgettle'iBantf
they, a daalrsi - ,Tbey need only - to
threaten, to atrlka." said one. carman.
"and tha romoanv will alva liu'.
. Inquiry among the electrical workera
reveals a strong feeling in fatrof of tha
sympathetic, atrlka.' While Secretary
Trulllnger wouldn't Ventura an . opln
Ion aa to what the action of the men
would be tonight, ha waa frank la Ma
belief that his union can force a settle
ment In favor of the atrikera if it take
a hand In the conflict. - t
'1 believe that the electrical workers
Mr. Trulllnger' today. At the aame
time I believe there are other keys.
believe that tha carmen will be able to
win without a sympathetic atrlka.- At
the same ttma developments of tha paat
two daya have brought my union Into
the situation and tha ' question of a
aympathetle atrlka will be considered
at a meeting tonight I do not wish to
predict aa to what action tha membera
will take. It la In their hands and I
cannot say what they will do."
SIX HUNDRED F.1EH
-WOULD BENEFIT U
ADVANCE III -WAGES
Scale' Demanded by Striker Is
One Cent an Hour More f
Than at Present.
Six hundred men would be benefited
by the higher scale of wages per hour
proposed by tha union. This f Includes
the - extra, , men . who work i whenever
needed by tha company.' . : ' : ;
Tha scale 'demanded by; tba union
la as follows: .For men In the aerviee
of the company one year, 14 centa per
hour; for second year men, 21 centa an
hour; I cent a an boar. for third year
men end eo on to II cents, the .highest
bour'wage naked. '.
This aoale la one cent an hoar higher
than, that now In force.. - .
In the agreement presented by. tha
Union Saturday there Is also a provi
sion 'that the system of photograph
Identification of platform men now In
use be abolished. Twra la alsd another
section by which tne company Is to
agree not to discriminate" against mem
bers of the union. . Thla agreement Is
to be binding from January t, 107, to
January. 1, ,jo. ; .
!
TRO OPS AR E R EA DY
-. . . v. -. . -. ..
' Captain 1'.H. Knapp, quartermaster-
general's office, Oregon Natlpnal guard,
stated todiy, that white no thought of
a cell for troops bad been entertained
the men could -be -called oat- on short
notice. ' , , f ;
The call for troops wduld have to be
made by County Judge Webster, at the
solicitation of either. Sheriff Stevena er
Mayor I,ane. - Thelaw -bearing directly
on this point la found In the mllltarr
code. The following excemt . f rom ar
ticle 11.' aectlon 107.-explains tht sra.
cedure In calling out tha state militia s
"in case or sny-breaoh of the peace,
tumult, riot forcible obstruction to the
execution of the laws, or resistance to
the pmceaa of the state, or the Immi
nent danger thereof, the county judge
of any county, on tha application or tha
sheriff or the mayor of any city, may
rail tor-aid upon tha commanding of
flrer of ' the national . guard stationed
therein or adjacent thereto." "
1 - Mayor Harry Lane thinks that at tha
nf a wnTamettfi HfiVVits rar
by Manager duller, . and tonight the electrical workers
-Hfnrriniii n niii
i rr A Kl Ml
. 1WB f aWSblBKW .wise
THEY BELIEVE
WORST IS OVER
vt
Declare Men Want to Work but
x. i Kl 4 -TLVvaiiI . r... . f ' alA
w livi 9 I ri I i vblm vi Ilia,
Crevvs' : Assigned to ' All Cars
,Runnlng,Today,
OTficlala of the Portland Railway.
Light It ' Power - company expreased
themeelvea this morning as generally
satisfied with tha atrlka situation. Oen
eral Manager Puller does not view with
alarm any future - results which may
arise, and In fact' believes ' that the
trouble., which ha lays to tha hoodlum
element more than to any other source,
will soon be over, i Mr. Fuller ; thla
morning jobjooted to having the trouble
Saturday night and the general situa
tion of the car service yesterday and
today termed "a strike."
"I hava never considered -that there
has been a strike In progress." he re
marked thla morning, "and that for the
reason that practically all of the men
have wanted to work. . If the trouble
had been general atrlka tha men
would hava abandoned tbelr car a Bat
they didn't. A few did and tha greater
part of these were either dragged off
bodily, or were compelled to leave their
care by tha throngs of roughs who sur
rounded- tha cars and threatened bodily
harm -: If their demanda were not ac
ceded to and the care deserted. Theae
three ta, of personal .Injury and the In
terference with the carmen are the only
things today which prevent the resump
tion of the regular acedule wit a full
quota of care throughout tha city. Aa
It la i this morning, - the Eaat Ankeiry
service, is complete., and running a i
always has, nd tha same la true on the
line of the Oregon Water Power com
pan?, Ta me tha altiistion n It r1lr
la does' not put on the appearance of a
strike In any sense of the word r
' Servloe Begins Tale Moralag. 7
The service , thla .morning began at
seven o'clock, the" same aa yaaterday.
Out .of the total of, tit men at the
I t
present time there Is no necessity of
sailing fcr troops. He la emphatic in
the belief that the trouble ran -be han
dled without tha aid of the state troops.
f When' asked whether he would aak
for troops to aid In quelling dlstnrb
aneea and rlota, he aald: . .
"No. - We would swear In special po
licemen and go to. It However, I do
not anticipate a repetition of Saturday
night's riots. s near as I can learn
it waa not tha work of, tha union men,
but. hoodlums who are aj way a on the
streets Saturday nlghte." . 7 -..
..Wliat Sheriff Steveaa Saya. - ,
Sheriff. Stevens was' Inclined to, the
belief that tha police were handling tha
rlotera . wall, . and. said In. respobaa to
an Inquiry aa to whether he Would
eall upon the atate troopa to take 4 hand
In the trouble: ' v -
"I have not taken tha matter up 'frie
police have-been handling the affair
and I think they hava seen doing well.
W U tba present Urns there has been
at Third and Washington streets Saturday nieht at 6:30.
' SCENES IN THE STREETCAR STRIKE
4ayyiWaig 1s.,aaayaajaa
--.V .' ' V ' '"
iip in i ! f, imm wiiii ti e ii iin wrew wit
. Crowd
ION TEAMSTERS DELAY CARS
M
Piedmont-barna, there were only three
who refaded to take out ears.. All the
care on the East Ankeny division and
the lines of tha Oregon Water Power
company went Into service with their
regular motomaen and conductors at
aeven this morning. Throughout the
entire East Side, the service waa com
plete, although delayed ' a ' couple of
hours. The delay waa made aa a mesa
use of safety to prevent any Interfere
ence which might have come, aa It did
Saturday night. In- the darknesa and
prompted, by the rougher element.
Laite yesterday afternoon and during
the evening the crowds of strike sym
pathizers which con Breasted about the)
eavter street barns made threat a against
the- motormen and conductore aa they
came in with their-care.; , N assaults
upon the company's property were made,
however, the crowds threatening -veng
eance if attemptsjrere made this mora
toiaksahy car8Treinth barn. I
mi
It waa partly to preventany demonstra
tion here or elsewhere'Tn the city that
the hour for atartlng the servloe was
set at seven o'clock. For this reaaon.
(Continued on Page Two.)
I F NEEDED
no eall on me to' take' a hand' In the
trouble, ' I do not anticipate a repeti
tion, of Saturday night's affair."
Oeneral Manager F. I.' Fuller of the
Portland - Railway r.oTnpaay, aald that
he had not considered the advisability
of - asking for troopa. In speaking of
"the matter ' of handling - crowda. Mr.
Fuller saldi-c- , (;-.-- v1-' -' ,
: "V e have not considered the advisa
bility of aeklMg for troopa.- Wa have
had 00- trouble with our. men,' but with
tnw-outsiders. We could not expect the
police - to handle the erowd - Saturday
night. They are not used to that sort
of work out here. -They did excellent
work yesterday, however, - and - X- think
they should be commended for It. They
kept the atraeta cleared In good shape.
J'ho trouble Is at night when the offend
rf cannot be Been. , . 1
-"t'nlees -the police . and the sheriff
prove themselves, unable to handle the
situation, we. will make no application
for troopa." :4k. t .-. ... . I , ...
it 1909; fo.urteen pages.
will decide whether or not to
Watching Company's Effort to Move Cars."
DRIVE HEAVY TRUCKS
Oil TRACKS AKD TKEH
SHREWDLY BLOCK CARS
. - f - SJSBBSBBBBBBBBBBaaS aXaBBBSBBBge l.
Big Truck ' Ties Up Second
- Street Lines for More Than
;'; . Half Hour.
That tha teamsters are In sympathy
with the strikers waa shown In several
In.l.n n. m mnMitn. In Mrimi. U
- th"- h. ,h ,ir. r kuM
vana would crowd In front of the cars
and- delay them, while . agents ,ef the
union would circulate am sag the1 motor
men and conductors. In an effort to In
duce them to leave the car and Join
tha strikers. . . - . . , -
A large truck belonging to the Hol-
man Transfer company crowded in front
of a Mississippi avenue car on second
street Juyt off of Washington at. 11
o'clock, and In some way the hub of
flie front wheel was wedged . under the
Side of the ear and tilted It to ons aide.
While the car wheela did not leave the
tracks, the car lurched menacingly to one
aide and several of the side boards were
ripped -off. '
As a result of the affair between II
and to ears were' tied up for more than
10 mlnutea and much confusion resulted.
, litrge crowd gathered and the police
feared a repetition of the rlota that oc
curred Saturday night. Pike poles were
bsed In. freeing the truck from Ha po
sition, and tba cars soon started on their
' Similar ' occurrences look place tn
(Cher parte of the city. One on Wll-
llarira avenue resulted In the tleup of
six er eight care, and It Is said tkat tha
teamster In this Instance acknowledged
afterward that he delayed the care on
purpose. Such methods were used ef
fectively in lite big .teamatera'. strlks In
Chios, pro several years ago and persons
who aaw today's airalrs said that they
were rtmlndert of the way in which the
using men In pktgo suooeeded la oaus-
PRICE ' TWO .
is still on. The business of
tie up the power house
ME
-MITRATiBUTl
Strikers Tell Committee of Business Men
. They Are Willing to Effect Settle
mentOfficers, of Company Refuse
:'. to Discuss Such Plan of Settlement
- I .
ing no end of tronhle en State street by
their- cunning methods of driving into
a place from which It would take the
police aevrral hours to extricate them. -
Ten Team for Insult to Ofneer.
Tsan Antonio, Tex., Deo. IT. Alden H.
Ealn of negro company . A. Fifth In
fantry, waa sentenced to lO yesra at
hard labor, at Fort Leavenworth, The
negro waa recently tried by court
martial on a charge of using threaten
ing, abusive and profane .language
toward two lieutenants and waa found
guilty. , .;; ;. . , ; ., ..
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The Journal greatly increased Its lead
carried over the other two dally panexe ef
yaaterday. exceeding tha Or-nnlan by
morning paper a evening edition, by t.l 1iv-he.
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the comoanv is seriouslv
tjiere are more desertions
the strike committee to
partial service was main
la IbaatjlVa iQmmUies la. eharga of tha
I. carmen's fight 1 v.llllng. to arbitrate
1 uui. tn company offlclala refuae to
listen-to-any - such proposal ' Oenersl
Manager1 Fuller takea tha Stand, aa
umed since the beginning of the trou
ble, that there Is no strife between tha
carmen and the company and therefore
nothing to arbitrate. Tv
-"-ThlS morntnr wr Pr tar Bf-tha firm"
of Olds, Wortman 4 King and Dan
MeAHen of Allen aV - McDonald, repre
senting the department stores snd other
large business houses of the city,- called
uPonJha strtkeeommltteelnjbejjglf pf
peace and the arbitration of the atrlka.
1'he business men renresented to the
committee that the trouble has come at
a time Inopportune to the bualnesa in
terests, that the large firms are losing
thousanda of dollars aa the reeult of
the interrupted aerviee throughout the
city. The atrlke committee waa told
that the business men offered them
elves aa Intermediators ofjthe trouble
and asked If It would not be possible to
aubmtt the matter to a capable board of
arbitration pending Its final settlement.
It waa pointed out to tha committee
that tha Immediate aettlement of the
trouble waa not absolutely essential te
thera. while It waa. of vital Importance
to the bualnesa men., ,
Willing; to Arbitrate.
The strlka leaders after hearing thai
argumenta or the bualneaa men stated
that they would be willing to arbitrate
and that pending the aettlement of tha
dlfferenoea existing between tha - twe
sides they would be willing to send all
striking men back to their posts pro
viding the oompany would agree te tn
propoeitton and would aubmtt to arbi
tration. . .. . . ..
-The arbitration eommlttee then called
pon President Ooode and Oeneral Man
ager Fuller of the company, but her
net with refusal to their plan.
' Oeneral Manager Fuller aays the com
pany has no strike on its handa. that'
Its employes are willing and ready to
work, with tha possible exception ef
per cent, and that therefore ho- haa- no
knowledge of existing dispute . as be
tween tho company and the company's)
men. He has nothing to srbltrate est
(Continued on Page Two.)
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