Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-10-10
RIOTS AT ST. LOUIS.
Serious Disturbances Growing Out Of
the Street-Car Strike-Cars Damped
Into the Cutters
And the Conductors aud Drivers Badly
Beaten-A Number Of Passengers
Severely Iojared.
One Of the Strikers Shot and Instantly
Killed by a POliceman-Traflie
Suspended

SF. LOUIS, Mo-, October 9-The nitua-
ton regarding the strike OF the street-car
men presents no marked changes from that
of yesterday, but there is feeling of great
uncertainty and expectation of further
violence. All OF the lines are running
some cars and some of them are doing
nearly if not quite fail service The
Broadway or Fifth street line, which is the
longest in the Ctr and which has been
practically suspended since the strike be-
gan, sent out few cars this morning IN
der protection of policemen. Police Off
GERS are also stationed at Numerous points
on the streets occupied by railways, and
officers have been placed on the cars OF
some oil the other roads. No disturbances
were reported up to noon, and it is hoped
that the large display of police will pre-
vent further trouble. The so-called Arbi-
tration Committee appointed by the Trades
Assembly was in session with the Execu-
tive Board of the knights of Labor until
O'Clock this morning, and the session
was resumed to-day. They claim to be
arranging plans for settlement OF the
troubles, but nothing effective seems to
have been done yet. They also claim that
much of the violence of yesterday was
committed by outsiders, and that all
strikers are under strict orders to preserve
the peace.
DISTURBANCES COMMENCED.
Ldter.-The quiet of the morning hour
was not long continued, as about noon the
strikers began to assemble in knots in va
rious parts of the city, and things present
ed an ominous appearance. First, riot
occurred on the Chouteau avenue road
AMI several cars were dumped into the
gutter, and the drivers and conductors
were severely handled. Next, big crowd
of strikers attacked several cars of the
Union Depot line on the Twelfth street
bridge, within a equare Of the Four Courts
and the police headquarters. The drivers
and conductors were badly beaten, one
conductor being rendered insensible. The
rioters were in such hurry to tip over
the cars that the passengers were not al
lowed time to get out of them. Two ladies'
were severely bruised on the Twelfth
street bridge while leaping from a car
which the strikers had alreedy tilted in
the air. Mayor Francis and Chief of Po-
ice Harrlgan, with squad of police, ar
rived on tho bridge soon afterward and
n%de some arrests, the rioters dispensing
sullenly.
ANOTHER RIOT.
About o'clock pm. riot broke out on
| Cass avenue, the crowd extending from
| Ninth to Fourteenth streets. At least
dozen cars of the Cass avenue line were
| laid in the cutters between the streets
named by the mob. All the conductors
and drivers were thumped very roughly
and the teams turned loose on the streets.
| Shortly after this another riot occurred on
the tracks of the Union line on 0'Fallon
street, near Tenth, one block eotth of the
location OF the Csss avenue row. Here
cars were tossed about and the W .ldest ex
citement prevailed. The tTo mob3 were
IN close proximity and the crowds soor
united, sone 1000 or 1900 people filling al
the aoj lcent streets and preventing treffic
In few minutes another mob BEGAN tC
overtrrn The cars of the Lindell railway
! on Eighth street and Washington avenue
and here, too, On immense crowd gathered
Up to 2:30 O'Clock pm. nobody is reported
very badly injured, but serious troub't
may occur at any time,
THE FIRST REALLY SERIOUS EVENT,
and one involving the lives of two, oc
Cured about o'clock this afternoon OF
Stoddard avenue. One of the cars of kh,
Union Depot line was coming up the ave
nue., in charge of Policemen Griffith
and Harmon, and when near Hickory
street it was surrounded by some iftl
men, who began to cut the harness and
make other demonstrations. The officer
1
paid no attention to the command, and as
saultsd the officers with sticks and rocks
Hannon was struck with rock and Girl
tith was knocked down by a man named
John Havey. While the latter Was beat
ing Griffith, Harmon drew his pistol ant
shot him in the head, killing him. The
bt dy Of Havey was taken to the morgut
and Harmon went to headquarters and re
ported the affair, ard was placed under ar
1
to whether Harmon WAS justified in kill
ing Havey, but the weight of the testi
mony so far is in his favor. Havey was
brlck.layer, but has been driving a car OF
the Lindeli road of late
STRIKERS ARRESTED.
-Four of the rioters in the Twelfth stree
bridge affair, four of the Chouteau avenue
! gang, five of these who upset cars ol
| Washington avenue, and six of those VIII
stopped cars on O'Fallon street nere ar
rested this afternoon and locked up. Tn
prisoners were quite defiaar, but whe
they found that they would be confined i
the holdover and not released on bail the
: cooled down and we're more docile.
PASSENGERS INJURED.
, William Jackson, chief clerk of the Al
lington Hotel at Hot Springs, Ark, Will
going TO the fair Srounds in Cass avenu
car, wss struck by rock during the rio
and had his jaw badly fractured. Henr
Q @. Yaeger, a prominent citizen, was ais
struck in the face with rock and receive
a severe wound.
ALL CARS STOPPED.
: None of the roads involved in the strik
are running cars to-night, they haVin
t suspended operations as precsutionar
, | measure. They will resume tomorrow
however. 1t was apprehended this ever
ing that some sort of movement would
made against the Olive and Market sire,
: | lines, whose men have not Joined tn
Q strikers, and the mounted police force WI
, brought from the suburbs to guard then
The force has patrolled the roads to-nigh
. but no demonstration was made. Tt
Franklin avenue line was also we'll guar
q | ed, three policemen being assigned TO eac
l. car.
VERY BITTER FEELING
exists amopg the strikers on account
the killing of Havey, and the act is d
= nounced as q deliberate murder. Th
s Executive Board of the Knights of LabC
. sent a committee of Elk men to visit th
presidents of the railroads to-day, bl
, they will not reveal the result. The Polit
F! Board st an executive meeting this afte
s noon, ordered 500 special policemen pl
on duty tomorrow. At a meeting
leading business men this afternoon
consider the situation, a comnnitts e of ti'
n prominent merchants was appointed
Al sit at three separate hours tomorrow
N hear state mems from railIoa6 officials, Il
= strikers or men employed on the railroi
Ii and representatives OF
u THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
u When these sta ements are made Il
'e committee will report to t. q general Ci
D. Z-ns' Committee for final action. 1t W
!. resolved. however, by the General Coz
mittee to-day that the time has come
u the citizens to interfere to stop the rio.o
D. proceedings of yesterday and to-day; ais
ut that the railway companies must be pr
10 tected in their legitimate business, al
that all men willing to work shall have
ie opportunity to do so in peacesble ma
OF ner.
knights of Labor.
HAMILTON, ONT, October ct