Show 81 BIG AT PORTLAND Street Car Men Hen Go Out and Consid Considerable Considerable Considerable erable Damage Is Being eing Done by Mobs Portland Or Ore Dee Dec 15 The street streetcar car system n of Portland owned by br the Portland Railway Light X Power com corn company comp pany p ny is practically tied ted up tonight toni bt as the result reul of a 3 strike of ot motormen and conductors inaugurated this thin afternoon upon the refusal ref uDal of the time company compan to sign an n agreement submitted by b the themen themen themen men calling for an ince of wages the tilt abolishment of the tle system of pho photographing photographing the platform men mon and nUl de demanding demanding manding that the company shall not discriminate against the union The strike bears a serious aspect to tonight night Thousands of men and ind boys gathered at the tho various stations and ond ondas andas n nas as fast as the cars reached a transfer point a rush was made for the tho th men who were obliged to deset desert their cars or 01 be beaten Several riotous demon demonstrations demonstrations occurred the sang gang of men and nd boys led le by hoodlums smashing car cr windows bending Lending trolley poles FO so fO that the cars ear could not be operated and otherwise destroying property At Al Second had and Washington streets one OtC of the principal transfer points ia la lath the th city tho the mob broke loose and did considerable amago to tho cars curs A Chicago detective named Cosser COSEr at attempted attempted tempted to dissuade the mob from darn dam damaging aging the property prop rt and amI was wa sot set upon He H backed against a wall vali wal waland of f being hurt am and in imminent danger 1 M il 1 fl 1 tho till nil ir Ilia ui IU b u n The police seemed powerless to control tho mob and in ia the excitement follow following ing lag the shot fired fred by Cosser he lie got gol golaway away from the rabble A number of ar arI I were made At other points along alons the trunk lines the mobs of egged the carmen who to desert lesert their cars and in several Instances loyal men were beaten But nut for the tho fact that the he cars are areng ng gotten goten into ntO int the barns as a rapidly as possible serious serous trouble might oc occur 0 occur cur A dense fog a n rara rrt in Portland is aiding the lawlessly In inclined The strikers thus far have pave been or orderly orderly ordeny derly deny n |