The Portland daily press., 1885-10-10
LABOR TROUBLES.
Riots in St. Louis Caused by Striking
Street Car Drivers.
One Man Shot Dead, Several Others
Injured and Many Cars
Wrecked.
LABOR TROUBLES.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Oct. 9.-The street car strike
mere yesterday was rather quiet until dark last
evening The failure of the strike exasperated
the strikers and at dark the cars on Pine street
We're stopped at the down town terminus ana ior
an hour the streetfor several blocks was crowd
ed and greatest excitement prevailed. Horses were
taken out of the cars which were then run against
each other smashing Windows and otherwise dam,
aging them. A call Tor the p'liee was responded
to by squad of fifteen and by six O'Clock the
crowd had dispersed and the horses were hltcned
TO 70 the cars and driven off to the stables; Inc
injuries: Dan Mackey, driver, was stabbed In
the side and dangerously hurt; James Vaughn
was clubbed and cut, he will recover; John j Don n
Ion. striker, was run over AMI badly hurt; Il. ID.
Nichols III Alton, Illinois, was struck WIN 2
brick on the head; Officer Frees received slight
cut Jim Scullin, superintendent OF the Union
Depot Line was cut in the head; James Speth Of
Massack county, Illinois, was hit ON the nead
with a brick and badly hurt; Daniel Quirk, strik.
the bobtail ears OF the Bellefountm road were de-
rallied and run into the gutter on 1ltn street
i 5eened m a1a eep II s
no damage was done to the cars. The drivers
were not moleSted.
The situation in regard to the strike today
presents no marked changes from that OF
yesterday and there is feeling of great uncer-
tainty and an expectation of Violence. All the
street cars running and several of them are
doing nearly if not quite full service. Police Of
ficers are stationed at numerous points in the
streets occupied by the railroads and officers have
been placed on the cars of some of the roads. No
disturbances were reported.
GLATER.]
About noon the strikers began to assemble in
knots in various parts of the city, and things pre-
sented an omin0us appearance The first riot
occurred on the Cbartean Avenue road and sew
eral cars were dumped into the gutter, and their
drivers and conductors were severely handled
Next a big crowd of strikers attacked several
cars of the Union Depot line on Twelfth street
bridge, and the drivers and conductors were
badly beaten, one conductor being rendered in
sensible. The rioters were in such hurry to tip
over the cars that the passengers were allowed
time to get out, and two ladies were badly bruised
car. Mayor Francis and Chief of Police Harrigan
with squad of police arrived on the bridge soon
afterwards and made some arrests the rioters dis
persing sulenly.
About 2 p m. riot broke out on Cass Avenue,
the crowd extending from Ninth to Fourteenth
line were laid in the cutters by the mob, and all
the conductors and drivers were thumped very
roughly and the teams turned loose on the streets
Shortly after this, another riot occurred on the
tracks OF the Union line in Ofalen street, near
Tenth Here the cars were tossed about and the
widest excitement prevailed. The two mobs
two or three thousand people filling all the adj
jacent streets and preventing traffic. In few
the Lindell railroad on Eighth street and Wash
ington Avenue, and here too an immense crowd
gathered up to 220 p. M Nobody is reported
very badly injured, but serious trouble may occur
at any time.
The first really serious event, and one involving
loss of life, occurred about 3 O'Clock this after
noon on Stoddard avenue. One of the ears of a
Union Depot line was coming up the avenue in
charge of Policemen Grifith and Harmon, and
when near Hickory street it was surrounded by
some 90 men, who began to cut the harness and
make other demonstrations. The officers twice or
dered the men to desist but they paid no atten-
tion to the command and assaulted the oficers
with sticks and rocks. Harmon was struck with
rock and Griffith was knocked down by man
named Harvey. While the latter was beating
Griffith Harmon drew his pistol and shot him in
the head, killing him. The body of Harvey was
taken to the morgue and Harmon to headquarters,
where he was placed in arrest. Harvey was
bricklayer, but he had been driving a car on the
Linden road of late. Four Of the rioters in the
18th street bridge affair, four of the Chanteau
avenue gang, five of those who upset the cars on
Washington avenue and six of those who stopped
the rars on Fallon street, were arrested this af-
ternoon and locked up VIM. Jackson of Hot
Springs Ark, while riding in the Cass avenue car
was struck by a rock during the riot and had his
jaw badly fractured. Henry C. Jaeger, promin-
ent citizen was also struck in the face with rock
and received severe wound,