Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-10-15
SERIOUS TIMES.

SERIOUS TIMES.
| Tho St. Louis street-Ca Mems Strike De-
velops Desu.tory RInting In Attempts to
Stop Traffic On the limestone Man Shot
Dead BY Policeman, . Number OF
Other Casualties, and Plenty of wrecked
Cars.
ST. Louis, Mo-, October 9.-This 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 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 serions events tran
spring with the quick successiveness.
of rapidly revolving Kaleidoscope may
be noticed briefly: Serious riots on
O'Eallon street and Cass avenue; at the
Tw.4fih street bridge; on Chouteau and
Washington avenues; at sixth
and Locust streets ana along
Pine Street; an old conductor on
the Union Line reported killed, and sew
eral drivers and conductors very seriously
hurt; cars wrecked aud boxes rifed
in various parts OF the city,
and a striker shot dead at
Eleventh and Hickory streets, while the
long list of outrages is continually grow.
ing.
The police has proved itself totally I'm.
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 a large attendance:
ST. IoU1s. Mo. october 8, 1885.
DEAR SIR: You are invited to attend
meeting of merchants at the Mercantiie
conS;aer the r. street ra,road Strike and de-
wise a proper remedy. The city is suffering
irreparable damage and the blockade should
DC raised by prompt action OF some a KIND
GEO. T. CRANE,
&C; KAINwATER'
G.nss'
II. DAUGHADAY,
GEO Is; THOMSON
III. ., -
SAMPLES of others TRANSMITTING in MANY
parts OF the city:
TWO CHoUTEAU AVENUE CARS WRECKED.
Shortly before noon TODAY trouble
broke ont almost simultaneously on the
Paor1e,s Tine and IN The Union Donot
Line ganc of men whom the off,cers
declared were street car men. as thew
recognized their faces. started in to
wreck The Peonle,s Line Mt Fourth and
Chontean avenne A. near 90 conId he
Estimated hafore tho crowd of snectotora
ossemhIed ,hore yara fn,Iv ,h;rtu or fortv
man in tho wreck;nn forco The f,rst 90.
sanI, vas made IN car No ~ which wa.
rnnning down town with Load of mas.
sengars The man cslIed tn the nassen-
GERS tn Get ont Several ;nmned On the
Front ma form and strik ina The driver
two or threa times tbraw him Of the
cor s1;nnod The Mn ont and st.rtad The
horsas m q f,II nm Tvo ~ thraa otho
ars oavo +ha cnndmc.or tha sonoa tr.at-
mani This ,u.s .cc"m,,ished IN a hrisf
snaca and before the neonle knew what
was nm the car was lifted clear and was
tossed over on one eide crosswise the
two tracks comnletelv blockinu the
wav The man did not wall bnt NJ soon
&c Tho cor wos an i,s s;de an1 The reo;star
hsd h.sn smashad thou rnshad ,rast ~
Chonteou ouanue VIZ
AT EIGHTH STREET
the gang met car No. and put it through
the same course of treatment with A lib.
eral dose thrown in for the driver and
conductor The passengers scarcely had