New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-09
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. S.-A few minutes
after O'Clock this evening" a crisis occurred In the
street strike. mob OF 10000 people gathered I'm
Pinest between Sixth and Tenth sts and in than
ten minutes twenty street were wrecked and the
drivers and conductors fleeing for le Four lines Of
cars run In the Pine-st tracts. This afternoon an
attempt was made to cars over them. Several
hundred new men had been engaged. The cars were
sent out rapidly until vo six each reached tho
Pine-st. termin When the first car started on
the return trip and reached sxth-st. q
number Of hoodums stopped the nu,es, cut the
traces and lines and sent the animals galopng of The
driver knock down. fell the dashboard and was
run and fatally hurt. The car which was then at
tho top OF incline, given push and flying
toward the bottom 1t jumped the track before had
gone half way and tumbled into the ditch. Tho
next car was treated In the manner except that
the driver and conductor escaped without injury The
mob had by this time filled the streets that walking
impossible. The windows and the fare registers
were broken with flying bricks. Four more cars
were treated in similar manner At the base of the
HILL the struck another with terrific force and
ten Of them were so badly telescoped that they are
utterly useless 1t only by the greatest that
some OF the crowd saved the "scabs," the strikers
called the men,
AS superintendent Sculler OF the Union Depot Line
stepped on one OF his wrecked cars, small darted
OF the crowd and struck him blow on the side OF
the neck that feed him il he had been shot. Scr
geant Of Police Ryan tho act and caught
tho who made determined resistance The SER
geant was assisted by two officers, but
the mob closed in them and bloody fight occurred.
The prisoner knocked down three times two Of
tho officers hit with bricks They ght their way
through the mob for block knocking down right
and left aud finally got their prisoner TO patrol box
and summoned the wagon. Another effort made to
rescue the prisoner at the box. but after half dozen
heads had been laid open tho mob rotreated.
Meanwhile the abandoned cars had boon rddel with
rocks and several attempts had been made TO them
OR fire. A platoon OF police arrived and tried to clear
the streets but found the job difficult Hand to
club fights occurred on every corner and more than fifty
arrests The officers stood guard the
cars and sent wCri to tho stable to have them
taken away. number of extra teams were
seut to tho scene, but tho mon refused to
get on the cars, fearing violence Frank p Blair, jr,
drew huge Colts revolver. jumped the front plat
OF the first and with pistol in hand tho
lines in the other drove through the mob without
lestation.
Mayor Francis was on the scene and portion Of
the fight lie narrowly escaped being hit with brick,
and issued orders for detail of 200 policemen to patrol
the streets neighborhood The plaegass windows
In MOsers Hotel smashed and several OF the guests
badly injured
The mob driven from Pinest scattered along seventh
and dismantled two Casslye. beating the driv
ers and conductors The police followed and arrested
more men than they could convey the station. They
finally succeeded IN dispensing the mob.
By o'clock the greatest excitement prevailed in tho
city aud feared that the end had not yet been
reached. The city is hlled with strangers, many Of
whom were dubbed by the police, while standing in the
crowds 1t has been decided to in 200 special
police for strike duty OF violence reported
all other lines and the attempts to run cars on
them were met by obstruction and intimidation Several
riots occurred during the day at the intersection OF
Seventh aud Walnut sts. Cars were demolished
with rocks and tho green drivers dragged of and
beaten. John Mcintyre eK-conductor and leader OF
tie strikers. was arrested Committees OF strikers
waited upon all and requested them not to run
the In many they were successful aud cars
loaded passengers left in the middle Of the
street. passengers after paying their fares, were
compelled 10 get walk The leaders advise tho
men to use no violence, but it is impossible to cOltrol
some OF the strikers.