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STREET CAR STRIKE IS ON IN COLUMBL SOT A CAR MOVED IX CITY 0 SUNDAY. Strike Called on Saturday Mornin Refused to Reeogmijee ^lmalgamat' A ot." " y*i ru 4 9wiffiwji| *, * ' Columbia, Oct. 21.?The only visib developments yesterday and last nigl from the strike of the motormen ar conductors of the Columbia Electri Gas and.Street Railway company wei that no cars were operated and tt rails took on an unwonted brown coa ing of rust. Not a single street cs left the barn y-esterday or last nigh No steps were> taken by either th onmnanv nr thp strikers toward settlement of their disagreement. Yesterday morning about 65 of th striking street car motormen and cor ductors attended the services at th Associate Reformed Presbyteria church, conducted by Rev. J. P. Kno: Last night the strikers, with member of their families, went to the Gree Stret Methodist church by agreemen Rev. A. E. Holler, the pastor, ad dressed a part of his sermon to then He urged them to proceed in an ordei Iv and law-abiding manner in the cor duct of the strike. Numberless rumors in regard to th strike situation were afloat yesterda] but no action of any kind was takei The rusting of the rails of the stre car lines caused some comment. Th ihumid atmospheric condition has bee very favorable for the oxidation of th metal. Many people noticed that th rails had lost their usual steely sheei There was a large crowd in the afl ernoon, when hundreds walk-ed out t the site of the circus, which shows tc day, to see the tents go up and ge free glimpses of the elephants. Th suburbanites around Columbia iwer inconvenienced, of course, by the fail ure of the cars to run. On Main stree there was an unaccustomed quiei easily accounted for by the failure c cars to rumble past every few min utes. The golden age for hacks and autc mobiles for hire continued tminter rupted yesterday. ? , *s Columbia, Oct. 19.?The employee of the Columbia Street Rail-way struc: this morning, following a meeting o all the conductors1 and motormen i the early hours, at which the proposi tion of the street railway officials wa rejected. The reason given by the carmen fo going on a strike was the refusal c the railway officials to recognize th Amalgamated association. For several hours this morning n cars were run out of the car barr where they were taken last night, bu about 10 o'clock three cars manned b inspectors and such men as hadn struck, were run out and put into sei vice. They were run on three line! but only to the city limits. The first near-disorder occurred jus before noon, when a striker boarde one of the cars and gave the man i charge, William Flitters, a good curs ing. It is said that violence woul have been offered had not some of th strike leaders been on hand and quicli ly dissuaded the man from any furtl er demonstration. Over 100 men gatt ered around the car at the time. Thi afternoon, at the corner of Taylor an Gregg streets, one of the cars wa rocked and the trolley rope cut. 0 account of this disturbance the coir pany discontinued the running of car on that line. Mayor Takes Precautions. > As a precautionary measure, Mayo W. H. Gibbes this morning issued proclamation instructing the police t close all clubs where liquor is suppos ed to be sold illegally, to permit n loitering and loafing on the street' and to am-st such persons when the could not give a good account of them selves. The mayor ordered the polic to look out especially for the piste "toters" and to handle them withou favor. He said that he intended to b fair as between the company and th strikers and would interpose only t prevent or punish the breaking of th 1 * V, ^ UlYVJS ua LUC UIJ. It was announced this afteniooi following a conference between th railway officials and the mayor, ths no cars would be run at all tomorro1 This was thought to be the part c wisdom. Such cars as were run t< day were 6ent into the barn early i the evening and no cars are bein onerated tonisht and none will be or erated before Monday.. Dispensaries Closed. The county dispensaries were clos ed about the middle of the day, by oi der of Chairman Cain, of the disper sary board, at the request of the leac ers of the strike. The delegation cal ed en the governor to ask this and In rs o it-a^er of courtesy, referred thei to the mayor, who sent them to Cbaii v Caldwe] GREAT CO s| Goe te t- _ ^ Thousands oi t. thronged the ail e Store, up stair; t\ arrea of buyers. * miles to secure b n this week we 2. greater. Everyi figures. And ^ > Cost Sale ever k * shelf must be e n ! i e January 1st. V 1. dollar's worth ( o 'i away from here e I ?j Columbia store it CALDWELL W A 9 Mam ar v k hbi ... The Store o 5 Yo n i- ? s ???i?? r man Cain, and the closing of the dis- a pensaries followed. Whether they will e stay closed during the remainder of the strike is not known. o When asked about the strike, Govr, ernor Blease today issued the followitj ing statement: "I have been requested v i to cloee the dispensaries, and I have 't referred the parties to the mayor of - the city and the chairman of th-e s, county board of control, who have power coequal with, that of the gov;t ernor to act in the premises; and if d satisfactory arrangements can not be n 'made with them, then I will take such action as I deem is for the best interd est of the people of the State, e "It is reported that the street car people have wired for Northern strikei breakers to come here. I hope that i- 'this is not true, for, in my opinion, it s would be a very unwise step and I d would regret it very much. We do not s need Yankees to run South Carolina's n business." i- Company's Attitude. s When shown the governors siaie- g toent V.je President Elliott, of the | street railway, said that they had not r sent out any telegrams ordering strikea breakers and that they had hired none, o He said the men manning the cars which were operated today are all o local men. Mr. Elliott emphatically denied the report that the company had v ordered strikebreakers here. Superin !_ 'tendent Wallace and Vice President I e Elliott are handling the company's )1 side of the matter. Lt In a statement issued tonight define, ing the company's side of the controe versy, it is stated that the committee o of the employees, at a conference yesV e terday afternoon, agreed to recommend unanimously to the employees the ac- 11 'ceptance of the agreement between the ^ company and the committee of the e t carmen. The agreement, in brief, s promised recognition of the local un- s ion, seniority of runs, a two-cent raise p in wages, and other matters, but did g nrit montinn recognition of the Amal gamated association of the Street and j f Railway Employees of America, No. c 590. f The officers say that the strike this t morning came as a complete surprise t 5~ to them, for they understood that the g '* commttee of the employees was ??- t !" ins: to recommend to the emplooyees r the agreement drawn up and accepted y 'by the committee of employees and Vice President Elliott and Superin- ? 111 tendent Wallace, of the Street railway. c '"| This morning after the meeting of i II & Haltiw 1ST REMO\ :s Merrily f buyers lined our es every day last w ? and down stairs Some came from argains as we were o want to make sel irtef mnricpA fjnwn hXXlXX ^ AAAWJ. WT v ? ? A* ye bid you come t nown in South Care mptied, every tabic 7e do not intend )f this mighty $71 . Everything must except the name, th & HALTIl { the Best. The < rk Cost Sale Stor< STATE AGRI ANE MECHANIC Columbi Oct. 28th to N< A/wmnf thp ahnve op.pasi berry & Laurens Railroad ' trip rates from all points < sale October 26th to 31st i scheduled to arrive Columbi 1912, final limit to reach < not later than midnight Also special per capita rate tary companies and.brass ba or more on one ticket. \ Rate Ii From Admiss Laurens, S. C $3 Clinton, S. C 2 Newberry, S. C 2 Prosperity, S. C 1 Correspondingly low rates fron: information call 011 C., N. & L. 1 I E' 4 armen rejected the company's propo- in als, the following statement was is- th ued by them through A. A. Gerald, op (resident of the local association of bi Street Car Workers: ? "Wie contended for recognition of the Amalgamated association and the | ompany refused it. The company of ered to recognize the local organiza- I ion of street carmen, but to accept I his without recognition of the Amal- 1 jamated association would have been I o forfeit our charter in the Amalga- 8 nated association. Therefore, we i lave struck. The strike is now on." n The leaders of the strike are doing | .11 they can to keep down any disorder |j r violence and lawlessness. About ra 00 men went out on strike this morn- gg k [ anger's rAI CMC nju jniiL On counters and r I 11b. ? 13 1 s-f CCK. 1 I1C Ulg was a mighty three hundred I ffering. Again | [ling the still i at cost in plain 0 the greatest i >lina for every 1 unloaded by to carry one > ,000.00 stock be new in our i ats VANGER'S l! Jreat New z. y CULTURAL I AL FAIR a, S. C, ov. 1st, 1912 on, the Columbia, Newwill sell very low round 3n its line. 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