, 1881-04-28
Conversation with The Leader Of
the Street, Car Strike in
st. Louis,
The City Will Make an Armed
Attempt to Run the Cars
To-Day.
If The Mohs Essay to Stop the Cars the
Police VIII "Slaughter
Them ALL"
Milwaukee Publishers Evinos No DISPOSE
ton to Accede to the Demands
Of Their Employees.
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS.
spsttat Duyaeeh to 1hs Chicago 7ftot1ns.
st. 1aJCls. Mo-. April 27--Let the reading pub
IIo understand, onca for all, that the strike Of
The strect-car ncn here In Ut. Louis Is in no
sense comparable to tho strike 80 lately and sat-
isfacturity made In Chicago. Starting from tho
same general points OF low waTcs aud 0verwosk.
ths strike now prevailing lacks every element
of honesty or cohesion. TO state the sttuatlon
fairly, I reproduce tho language Of John Garri-
gun. the acting President Of tho strcet-C Car
Union. At moon To-day I mot this mRn In the
hchad Hono to bullduze tho editor for
expressing In this mornings tssuc Of that papar
u lack Ut sympathy with tho Strikers Garr,gan
Is a clean, wclI.dressed. Intelligent frsb.Ameri-
can of not more thnn 25 years. TO Capt. irwin.
Of the Globe Democrat, hn said: VII It had not
been for Mcclure and Hogan, the strcet.car
men who consented to go out OH a strike last
Saturday would not have been ablo to bold out
ono day"
Suid your correspondent: "Whon the great
public gives you It's sympathy. ind tries to hc.p
you accomplish your purposes, why do you NIT
manage your own rueetings. and conduct then
dcccntly, and quietly, and rcspcctably a. tho
Chicago strcct.car employees conducted thetrs2" |"
1arrtgan replied that tho 1t. f4oula streat-oar
mon ~erc not educated, wetc iillterate, and uu-
able 70 conduct their meetings. ..
and gab enough to briug you 10 q lending news
@ edtofr % irto @ sustainIng yo-sustainnx '1 men en-
tators, known atsturbers Of tic, public peace
efs ,hese ne aud Hogan, ,hoy
arc billeted tur No" Caledpnfa. Siberia. ur some
tasr eSSn 1hsy rs a9
once printer. but theS haye a following of
thu hnses sort. and. to tho ahame ~ It said Of
tho IT. Louis that following
suddenly heen recruited from tho runks nr poor
but ppssh lsss!sS e ~ e caso 7sae
ET. LOulR April ::'.-Tho street, cur companies
wlli resume % %"peratlo%ns r. % tomorrow O. Il there u
Foeo sss
hour to-day; psrfessttns ,h;n2 tsS details ot !
GsssFrb% fss baekbone sn Tho 'ass szSa*
row. Tls plan Is "a elannrate ono, and
e ss ho to he
II tho ontiro police force. Tho MstFopolitans
ns e g so,ds are e bo ' a.
po@nis @ on eaga route 70 l'c operated: The routes
wv Be cGss t<s FL on te or
and tho crowd is to 10 dispersed Without
sny sseS in 1sasn te be zee anesuss s9
penpc. but other weapons viii not lie reaorted 10
nless the n,obs offer restssance to tho ,poiice;
III tQHt Gu8G tAGF6 VIA w RAfUlpAt pD"At1$ AtaQ
ball used. The police nrc to bo prepared for
every emergency. but not to resort to bloodshctl
ilues have been picked out uu which t9 start the
cars In tho morning. These nre the Unlnn DO
| pot, the Olive street.. and Washington avenue.
| dent that their arrangement Of forces Will
cnnbfo them to keep thote routes free frs'nl
crowds and ln!orference: II IL THO theory that
two tho Why will be made easy far tho rest tc
resume. Tito intention il to start the cars on
morrow moEntng, and TO operate as ncar tho fl1
force US the Companies cau oGtatn mon fur. II
IL not expected that ta-tnorrow will pass witt
authorities havo fuaiu up theIr tnnls thut ths
tlno has como fur something decisive. Tho,
| expreRs themselves confident OF being nbfc Il
| curry uslt their ptans, and to cope With an,
| crowd that tnMy eulIccL- Tho rultcs Fetcetet
| arg through sections Of the city whero ths
|