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Show CLASHES BETWEEN STREET (CROWDS AND NON-UNION WERE FREQUENT SUNDAY J. H. Lamont, president of the local division, di-vision, "that not ono of them ean bo charged with taking part iaany of the . disturbances that occurred today. The men are under strict discipline. They are forbidden to indulge in intoxicating intoxicat-ing liquor, even to the slightest degree; de-gree; a penalty for a violation of this ' rule is a heavy fine. The . men have subscribed cheerfully and eagerly to every ev-ery pledge exacted from them in regard - -to their conduct You doubtless have seen for-yourself that there are very, very few of our men on the streets; they are at home and far from the scenes of disturbance. "We earnestly desire to co-operate with the police department and Sheriff's office in maintaining order, and we will see to it that none of our men become engaged in any difficulty. Wa are confident con-fident of winning this strike oa its mer-. its solely, and we realize that even the remotest approach to irregular conduct on our part would operate against us. If any missiles have been thrown, you may paste it in your hat that they were not thrown by our men. "Further to protect ourselves and to leave no possibility for mistaken identity, iden-tity, an order has been made requiring every union street car man to wear his uniform and cap." I There were times yesterday morning when it seemed as if a clash between union and non-union men could not be avoided. Hardly were the first few cars rolled out of the barns at about 6 'o'clock than angry men and boys gave chase and pelted motonnen and conductors with bricks, rotten eggs, decayed de-cayed oranges and otjier fruit, and with whatever missile would serve. But the disturbers were not striking men, but outsiders. On outbound trips, when residence portions of the city were reached, there was but little trouble, but as soon as the downtown section was traversed, yelling mobs furiously attacked at-tacked the cars, and prevented further progress. At First South and Main streets, Special Agent Joseph Jones of the Snort Line, detailed to protect a crew, was set upon and severely beaten. So infuriated became the crowd at Jones, that he was thrown to the ground and badly pummeled before rescued by Officer Of-ficer ' Lyon aud taken to police headquarters. head-quarters. Jones attempted to draw his revolver, revol-ver, but this only served to increase the anger of the mob. lie refused at first to go with Lyon, but when the latter lat-ter officer threatened to call the patrol pa-trol wagon, Jones thought best to comply. com-ply. Many threats were made against his life during the fight, and it would have gone ill with him had it not been for the timely interference of Lyon. One game little conductor, hardly more than a boy, pulled a pair of brass knuckles out of his pocket when his car was stopped bv the rioters at Second South and Main streets, and attempted to hit one man in the face as he boarded the car. The crowd saw the weapon and raised an outcry. Officer Phillips went after the conductor con-ductor and arrested him. He gave his name at headquarters as B. Spotten. and was released on $25 bail, furnished by the companTLater, he was taken in I charge bv union men, who apparently appar-ently persuaded him that they took no part in the attack.npon him. Deputy Sheriff Booth, escorting a striker to the jail, was set upon in a car at First Squth and Main streets, and badly beaten. Several times he was struck in the face. His prisoner escaped during the fight. . But few cars got off of Main street. In many cases motormen and conductors conduc-tors were pulled from the cars, trolloy ropes cut. and the oars stalled in the streets. Near the Knutsford hotel a car was bombarded with bricks and stones until nearly every window was smashed. Shortlv after noon, the company, realizing re-alizing that it was useless to maintain the service, desisted. HUMOROUS INCIDENTS PUT TOUCH OF COLOR TO GLOOM OF STRIKE To serious things, both great and small, some spice of humor attaches itself. The present ' street railway strike, serious as it is In some aspects, made some people laugh today. - Early in the morning big wagons, loaded with working men, labored heavily heav-ily downtown, with men and dinner buckets and -overalls sprawling over tailboards, men standing up and men lying full length on the bottom, all bent on getting to work, willy-nilly. None of them wanted to walk. "Hey, you give us a lift, will yerf" "8ure Mike, hop on." "Gee. this beats walkin' all to pieces." The above bit of earnest convert sation might have been hear In almost eevry part of town today. No man with a horse and wagos was safe. Autos, Au-tos, milk wagons, groeery wagons, department de-partment store wagons and even watering wa-tering carts were seized, and the man ' with two miles of walk ahead of him didn't walk, if he could help it. It was a backward turn to first principles, to the days of boyhood. All along Main street from Fifth South to the monument, express wagons wag-ons were lined up on both sides, with . owners clamoring cabby-like for possible pos-sible fares. " Here, jump in, boss, take ye wherever ye want to go f er only two bits." And the boss usually jumped' in, picked up his eoat tails rather delicately, deli-cately, end squatted either on the bottom bot-tom or on the seat. But he got there justthe same. Several times during the day a Tegular Tegu-lar Broadway blockade occurred in Main street. Crowds of yelling, laughing, laugh-ing, pushing, rushing men and boys would make for. a car with the cry "car coming," and vehicles were compelled com-pelled to drive to one side. In this way a number of jams were . brought about with the usual accom- Saniment of picturesque language and ourishing of whips and fists. "Git out of the way or I'll tear a wheel off'n ye," was the manner in which the greater number of blockades were cleared. Business, men complained today that the strike was hurting trade to quite an extent. Stores down town did not show the usual busy signs. Sidewalks were packed with people, but they were out to see the "fun.4' That old saw about " Tis an ill , . wind that blows nobody good" held good today. Shoe dealers, transfer men and livery and auto men received the "jjood." , . - - "0. . v.y : : PRATT SENDS A PROTEST WASHINGTON C. O. Pratt,' who is leading the campaign of the strikers, Bent the following fol-lowing telegram to Washington last night: I" George Von L. Meyer, rostmaster-General.Vashington, rostmaster-General.Vashington, D. O.: f 'I wish to inform you that the Utah Light and Railway company, are UBing the United States mail signs upon cars that do not carry mail for the purpose of breaking strike. C O. PKATT. ' Pratt says that at the time of. the Cleveland car strike in 1899 the Postmaster-General issued an order prohibiting, prohib-iting, such a practice in that city. STRIKERS PLEDGE TO ABSTAIN FROM USE OF LIQUOR "For the men it is fair to say, ''said v |