, 1881-04-27
soenes During an Experiment Highly
Dangerous to Their Continued
Existence.
Ono Trip Made Throusl, IN Endless
Mob Of Excited Strikers and
Spectators.
Nobody Killed, and All but One Of tho
.0ars Safely Returned to the
Barns.
Tho Demands Of the milwaukee, Print.
ers Refused by tho Pub
1iehers. -
B'fs. LOUIS,

8pttta1 Ditoateh II The Cateaso 7ttapnA
ET. lOulo, April e1.-The city ID sirtually In
tho hati.is OF n mob to-day. Certain tnwtcss
ctonchts, In no wise nssucnted with tho atrlk.
ing stroet-car people. huve solzcd upon tho
situation 10 aasert their inclination for disorder
Suob scenes wore iovcr bcfDro Witnessed IN ut.
lnuta Tho intention OF tho slrcet-car mutt
agers 10 try to rain their cass this 1aorning WIS
modified, in consequence Of n determination
arrived at by soma OF tho roads to ossny 4 c0fn.
prom!se. Meantime tho Chief Of Police
has advertised for $50 special pol!cu.
mon. Tho polioo Hoard sny TINT
these men arc simply 10 prcscrvu
the peace and koer crowds Or individuals from
interfering With tho working of tho cars, Thcrr
is atr0nG Impression. huwcsor. Oil tho part ot
tho strikers TINT tbs men ro to bu placed tho
cars In rAthcF cxtrotne o11nrt to favor tho rat-
rond companies, and tho idca creates no lIttio
lad feeling, ts It IL generally hetd thht tho city
has no business pnylng policemen to ride on
stroot-cars, Any moro thnn to take cbnrge Of
thein or to run sho,n. Efnstits Wells.
President Of tho Markot and OllYo strcct
lines, read tho following proposition to
bis snon this morning: "The Missouri Railroad
Compauy will pny conductors Is cents per hnur
and dr!vers 1.}: cents per hour. With tho untor-
standing that the Company Will eudeavor to nc
! cure sufficient number Of oxtrns to relieve
tho lonE-run cars. II ut nny .lmo they fait to
do ~ tho conductors and drivers will be re-
0uired to run their cars Until the regular tutn-
lng-in tlmc." Mr. Wolls wont uu 10 statc that
tho proposition on tho c]Ebtctn- hour run would
glso conductors &2.1D and drivors 1926 per
day: on the lourteon.hour run, conductors
$2,l0 and drlvcra SLID; on The twelye.hour run.
| conductors $1.61 md drivers $1.5Q ue further
snid that he would sec that surIlc|ept force pf
0xtrns was maintained, 1t was to tho Com
rnnys interest TINT tho regular men should give
as much work to tho nxtras NJ possible, ard tho
regulars would be enabled to work Just as long
.us they might wish. THO cxttas could DO ratd
| on elthor tho lans or tho. ebprt runs,
/ just ns the regular men tnluht desire.
hr. Wells then stated that rs p,any of tho
mon na Wished to accept this proposition should
hand In their names b. IL O'Clock. At that hour
he would begin to run out bis cars, and would
run out US many rs ho could ana force to man.
~, ,t 1ita,, Ss's' ~ .,, ~ ~ ss9 70
h"a woa no. ot OF II u. a
Il us seo aa % Ths % se
run. no matter whit tho e1ronsc.
wssn sss. nGon arrived r. ,'.o nsa not appess!ng,
that ho,,r a, 1a IN "a Wv, ~ ,uu ,a e a'
. .hat noue ean. cass weso o1 OIL tae track. "in
heavy. Holm Wells, tho s"pcrsntendent ct tts tho
roaa. occupied tho front p'"ttorn, aud his
father, Eeastus Wells. who bus scrsod two torms
iu Congress. was on tho rear. nosa looked pals
,e t9S a =. Tho in
evas' h. os"r @ 'nu cses' o. oso street., "se1 from
minutes Olive struot. from Sixth to
Fourth, wns full OF pcopic. Can't,
Fox and q sqsad Of raouutod palIco roachcl @ tho
down with the cur. Th. Captain strung hEs tnc..
| ..ass at,,, - - ~ .,wL, e'T', Aaa W.