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Show RiOTINC STRIKERS AT DETROIT. Thay Tear up tha Street Car Tracks all Over the City. Detroit. April 23. Tbe street roads arc all tied up this inorniug. Last night the rails were torn up iu places on most of the lines of the city, and barricades bar-ricades blocks in length were put on the rails Tho polico department is totally unable to cope with the trouble ns tho men are dispersed in crowds all over the city. Tho company insist they could run cars if proper protection was afforded them, as they have more than enough applications "to till all vacant places. The employes of the Michigan it Detroit De-troit Stove works, to the number of about 3000 who yesterday gave notice lhat they would not work, are today mingling with the strikers and encouraging the men in every wav. While the street car company amf its employes are thus trying try-ing to settle their differences, tho public suffers greatly as there is no mode of conveyance. The strikers have the sympathy of tho people who in many instances, when tho cars have, been run since tho beginning of the trouble, have lefuscd to ride in tlieiu. |