Huntsville gazette., 1885-10-17
SERIOUS TIMES.

The st. Louis Street-Car Mems Strike De.
velOps Desu'tory RiotinE In Attempts to
Stop Traffic On the Limestone Man Shot
Dead BY a Policeman, = Number Of
Other Casualties. and Plenty Of Wrecked
Cars.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October 9.-This city
Is in a 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 rapidity, excitement and curl
osity 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 a 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 rined
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-
hifiiv of n limo ont 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 at p. m. sharp, Friday, 9th inst, to
consider the street railroad strike and de-
wise proper remedy The city is suffering
irreparable damage and the blockade should
be raised by prompt action of some kind.
n. 0. NELSON,
i. b. RIPLEY,
GEO. II. CRANE,
G. @. RAINWATER,
A. G. MERMOD,
G. F. GAUSS,
H. DAUGHADAY,
GEO B. THOMSON,
Z. 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
Peoples Line and on the Union Depot
Line. A gang of men, whom the officers
declared were street car men, as they
recognized their faces, started in to
wreck The Peoples Line at Fourth and
Chouteau avenue. AS near as could be
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assembled there were fully thirty or forty
men in the wrecking force. The first as
sault was made on car No. II, which was
running down town with a 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 off the
car, slipped the pin out and started the
ers gave the conductor the same treat
ment. This was accomplished in 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 wait, but as soon
as the car was on it's side and he register
had been smashed, they rushed west on
Chouteau avenue.
AT EIGHTH STREET
the gang met car No. and put it through
the same course of treatment with lib
eral dose thrown in for the driver and
conductor. The passengers scarcely had
time to get out before the car was on its
side. The driver and conductor in
both instances skipped away as
soon as they could get out
of the clutches of the wreckers.
officers Chase and Datzman were on
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 the
other car was being wrecked. Officer
Chase was caught by several ring-leaders
and was held firmly so that ne could
DO nothing, so he says. Officer Datzman
caught one of the men and was struggling
with him, when he was struck back OF
the left ear by rock. He was knocked
to his knees and the man freed himself
and escaped. The men started off west.
At this moment Sergeant Landers and
Officers Scully, Sulin, Treadway and
Karl reached Chouteau avenue In
patrol wagon and gave chase.
They succeeded in capturing three
of the Choutcau avenue gang and one OF
the Twelfth street gang under the Four
teenth street bridge. Superintendent
Shea passed the spot in his buggy few
minutes after the occurrence, and secur-
ing teams and men had the cars righted
and driven to the stables. The street
was packed by bowling mob, and 1t was
fully half an hour before it was cleared.
VALUABLE SCALPS.