Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-10
THE ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
The Street Cars Mobbed and Several
Persons Injured in the Riot.

The street car strikers, Thursday, were
rather quiet until dark. The failure of the
str Ike exasperated the strikers and at dark
the cars on Pine street we're stopped at the
down town terminus and for an hour the
street for several blocks was crowded and the
greatest excitement prevailed. The horses
were taken out of the cars and the cars were
run against each other. smashing the win
dows and otherwise iDjuring them. call
for police was responded to by a squad of
police from the four courts and by O'Clock
the crowd had disappeared and the horses
were hitched to the cars and driven off to the
stables. The trouble on Pine street resulted
in the following injuries: Dan Mackay,
driver, stabbed in the side dangerously; Jas
Vaughn, clubbed and cut, will recover: John
Dolan, striker, run over and badly hurt; r.
H. Nichols of Alton, Ill. struck with a brick
in the head; Officer Fries, cut, slight wound !;
Jim Scullin, superintendent of the Union
Depot Line, cut on the head James Speth of
Massac county. ILL.,, hit on the head with q
brick badly hurt; Daniel Quirk, striker,
clubbO.
Shortly after - o'clock last night seven of
the beautiful cars of the Bellafontain road
were derailed and run into the gutter ON 10th
street between Morgan and Washington
streets by what is believed to have been
crowd of hoodlums. but no damage was done
to the cars. The drivers were not molested
About noon the strikers began to assemble
in little knots in various parts of the city and
things presented an ominous appearance.
The first riot occurred on Charleau avenue
road and several cars were dumped into the
gutter and the drivers and conductors were
severely handled. The next big crowd of
strikers attacked several cars of the Union
Depot line and the conductors were badly
beaten, one conductor being rendered in
sensible. The rioters were in such a hurry
to tip over the cars that the passengers were
not allowed to get out and two ladies were
badly bruised on 18th street bridge while
leaping from the car. Mayor Francis and
Chief of Police Harrigan with squad of
police appeared on the bridge soon afterwar
and made some arrests, the rioters dispensing
sullenly.
About P. NJ. riot broke out on Cass
avenue, the crowd extending from 9th to
l4th streets. At least dozen cars of the
Cass line were laid in the cutters by the mob
All the conductors and drivers were thumped
very roughly, and teams turned loose on the
streets. Shortly after this another riot oc-
Cured on the tracks of the Union line on
O'Fallen street near 10th. Here the cars
were tossed about and the widest excitement
prevailed. The two mobs were in close
proximity and soon united, some 2000 or
5000 people filling all the adjacent streets
and preventing the traffic. In few minutes
another mob began to overturn the cars of
the Lindell Railway on 8th street and WASH
ingtOn avenue and here too immense crowds
gathered. Up to 220 p. M. nobody is re-
ported very badly injured, but serious trouble
may occur at any time.
The first really serious event and one in
vOlvingtthe loss Of life occurred about this
afternoon on Stoddard avenue. One of the
cars of the Union Depot line was coming up
the avenue in charge of policemen Griffith
and Harmon and when near Hickory street
it was surrounded by some so men, who be-
gan to cut the harness and make other DEM
OnstratiOns. The officers twice ordered the
men to desist but they paid no attention to
the command and assaulted the officers with
sticks and rocks. Harmon was struck with a
rock and Griffith was knocked down by a
man named Hovey. While the latter was
beating Griffith Hannon draw revolver and
shot him in the head, killing him. The body
of Hovey was taken to the morgue and Han
non to headquarters where he was placed in
arrest Hovey was bricklayer but had
been driving car on the Linden road of late.
Four of the rioters in the 18th street bridge
affair, four of the Chauteau avenue gang,
five of those who upset cars on Washington
avenue and six of those who stopped cars on
Fallon street were arrested this afternoon
and locked up. VIM. Jackson of Hot Springs,
Ark, while riding in Cass avenue car was
struck by a rock during the riot and had his
jaw badly fractured. Henry c. Yaeger,
prominent citizen, was also struck in the
face with rock and received severe wound.