The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-10-16
SERIOUS TIMES.

The st. Louis Street, Car Mems Strike De-
velops Desultory Rfoting In Attempts to
Stop Traffic On the Lines-One Man Shot
Dead BY Policeman, Number OF
Other Casualties. and Plenty OF Wrecked
Cars.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October Stills city
is in whirlpool of excitement over the
strike of the street car employees, and
mobs assemble, work their deeds of de-
struction and death, and dissolve again
with great rapidlty, excitement and Curl
csity prompting men, women and children
without direct interest in the issues at
stake to rush hither and thither with the
insane actors in the days wild scenes.
Among the more serious events tran
spring with the quick successiveness
of rapidly revolving kaleidoscope may
be noticed briefly: Serious riots on
O'Fallon street and Cass avenue; at the
Twelfth street bridge; on Chouteau and
Washington avenues; at Sixth
and Locust streets and along
Pine Street; an old conductor on
the Union Line reported killed, and sew
eral drivers and conductors very seriously
hurt; cars wrecked and boxes rided
in various parts of the city,
and striker shot dead at
Eleventh and Hickory streets, while the
long list of outrages is continually grow
ing.
The police has proved itself totally un.
able to cope with the mob, and the Board
is now in session discussing the advisa-
bility of calling out the militia.
A business mems meeting, summoned
by the following circular, is now in ses-
sion, with large attendance:
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October s, 1885.
DEAR SIR: You are invited to attend
meeting of merchants at the Mercantile
Club at4 p. m. sharp. Friday, 9th inst, to
consider the street railroad strike and de-
irreparabIe damage and the blockade should
be raised by prompt action OF some kind.
| L. b. RIPLEY,
| GEO. Il. CRANE,
@. @. RAINwATER,
| A. G. MERMoD,
| @. +. GAUSS,
| Ii. DAUGHADAY,
GEO. b. THOMSON,
| Il. B. BOYD.
The following Incidents are given as
samples of others transpiring in many
parts of the city:
| TWO CHoUTEAU AVENUE CARS WRECKED.
Shortly before noon to-day trouble
| broke out almost simultaneously on the
1
Line. gang of men, whom the officers
declared were street car men, as they
recognized their faces, started in tc
wreck the Peoples Line at Fourth ant
Chouteau avenue. As near as could be
estimated before the crowd of spectators
assembled there were fully thirty or forty
men in the wrecking force. The first as
sault was made on car No. II, which wal
running down town with a load OF pas
sengers. The men called to the passen
gers to get out. Several jumped on th'
front platform, and, striking the drive
two or three times, threw him off thu
car, slipped the pin out and started tn
horses on full run. Two or three 9th
ers gave the conductor the same treat
ment. This was accomplished in a brie
space, and before the people knew wha
was up the car was lifted clear aud wa
tossed over on one side, crosswise tn
two tracks, completely blocking tn
way. The men did not wait, but as 500
as the car was on its side and the registe
had been smashed, they rushed west o
Chouteau avenue.
AT EIGHTH STREET
the gang met car No. l and put 1t throug
? the same course of treatment with lit
eral dose thrown in for the driver an
conductor. The passengers scarcely ha
time to get out before the car was on II
side. The driver and conductor
both instances skipped away 9
soon as they could get oil
of the clutches of sahe wrecker
3 Officers Chase and Datzman were G
Fourth street and saw car No. IL throw
!. over, but the men were gone before the
/. reached the car. They went in pursu
a and reached Eighth street just as Il
II other car was being wrecked. Ohic
Chase was caught by several rlns-leade
and was held firmly SO that he cou
a do nothing, so he says. Officer Daizm;
;. caught one of the men and was struggliI
y with him, when he was struck back
% the left ear by rock. He was knock'
70 to his knees and the man freed himse
So and escaped. The men started off Yves
At this moment Sergeant Landers al
9 Officers Scully, Sullin, Trcadway ar
y Karl reached Chouteau avenue in
n patrol wagon and gave chas
,e They succeeded in capturing thr
of the Chouteau avenue gang and one
|. the Twelfth street gang under the Fol
Y teenth street bridge. Superintende
1. Shea passed the spot in his buggy +
! minutes after the occurrence, and sec
- ing teams and men had the cars right
~ and driven to the stables. The str
was packed by a bowling mob, and 1t v
fully half an hour before it was clear