The Osceola times., 1885-10-17
SERIOUS TIMES.

me 81. Louis street-C Car Mcn's Strike De.
veIops Desu tory Riptinx In Attempts to
stou Trnmc On the Lines-One Man shot
Dead by . PoIicemsn. . Number OF
Other Casualties, and Plenty Of Wrecked
Cars.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October s.-This city
Is In whirlpool OF excitement over the
strike Of the street car employees, and
mobs assemble, work their deeds OF de-
s,ructlon and death, and dissolve sgain
with great rapidity, excitement and curl
oslty prompting men, women and children
without direct interest In the issues at
stake to rush hlthcr ami thiIher 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 aud Cass avenue; at the
Twelfth street bridge; on Chouteau aud
Washington avenues; at sixth
and Locust streets and along
Pine Street; an old conductor on
the Union Line reported kille !, ana sew
eral drivers and conductors very seriously
hurt; cars wrecked aud boxes rihed
In various parts OF the city,
and striker shot dead AT
Eleventh and Hickory streets, while the
long list of ouirages 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-
billiy 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 8, 1885.
DEAN SIR: You are invited to attend
meeting OF merchants at the Mercantile
| Club ut D. m. sharp. Friday, 9Th Inst, TO
consider the street railroad strike and De.
/ wise a proper remedy. Tue city Is sunsring
| irreparablc damage and the blockade should
| be raised by prompt action OF some kind.
NO NELSON,
J.. B. RIPLEY,
| GEO. 7. CRANE,
&C. RAIswATER,
A. q. MERMOD,
! G. +. GAUSS,
| II. DAUGHADAY,
| GYo Is. THOMSON,
I. b. BOYD.
The following Incidents are given as
samples of others transpirlns ln many
parts Of the city:
/
Shortly before noon day trouble
broke out almost simultaneously on the
Peoples Line and on the Union Depot
Line. gang OF men, whom the officers
declared were street car men, as they
recognized their faces, started In 10
wreck The Peoples Line ct Fourth aud
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. IL, which was
running down town with load OF pas
sengers. The men called to the passen-
gers to get out. Several jumped on the
front platform, and, striking the driver
two or three times, threw him on the
car, slipped the pin out and started the
horses on full run. Two or three 9th.
ers gave the conductor the same treat
ment This was accomplished Ia brief
space, and before the people knew what
was up the car was lifted clear and was
tossed over on one side, crosswise the
two tracks, completely blocking the
way. The men did not wall, but as soon
as the car was on Its side and he register
had been smashed, they rushed west On
Choutcau avenue.
AT EIGHTH STREET
the gang met car No. and put 1t through
the same course OF treatment with lib
eral dose thrown In for the driver aud
conductor. The passengers scarcely had
time TO get out before the car was on It's
side. The driver and conductor In
both Instances skipped away az
soon as they could get ou
| of the clutches OF the Wreckers
Officers Chase aud Datzman were or
Fourth street and saw car No. II thrown
over, but the men were gone before they
reached the car. They went In pursuit.
and reached Eighth street just as IN,
other car was being wrecked. Officer
Chase was caught by several ring-leader,
and was held firmly so that he could
do nothing, so he says. Cheer Dalznar
caught one OF the men and was struggling
with him, when he was struck back o.
the left ear by a rock. lie WAS knocked
to his knees aud the man freed himself
and escaped. The men started of west
At this moment Sergeant Landcrs and
Officers Scully, Sulin, Trcadway aud
Karl reached Chouteau avenue in 9
patrol wagon and gave chase
They succeeded In capturing thre,
of the Chouteau avenue gang and one OF
the Twelfth street gang under the Four
tecnth street bridge. Superintendent
Shea passed the spot In his buggy q few
minutes after tie occurrence, and secur
Ing teams and men had the cars righteC
and driven 10 the stables. The stree
was packed by a bowling mob, aud 1t wal
fully half an hour before 1t was cleared
.