The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-06-19
SETTLED DOVE 10 BOYCOTT.
the st. Louis Transit Co. and
Its Old Employees.

st. Louis, June 1S.-The long-drawn.
out controversy between the st. Louis
Transit Co. and its striking employees
has now simmered down into a strug-
gle between capital and labor along
the lines of a boycott. The submit
ting of the question of the reinstate-
ment of the former employees of the
company to arbitration has been the
bone of contention in the recent ne
gOtiatiOns for a settlement of the
strike, but, like all former conten-
tions, it has resulted in nothing, the
railway officials demanding an uncOn-
ditional surrender on the part of the
men.
As result of the company's action,
President GOmpers, of the American
Federation of Labor, has declared that
he Will do all in his power to bring
the influence of the whole body of or
ganized labor in America to bear upon
the local situation in an effort to win
the strike for the union. Mr.. Com
pers urges the strikers to be law
abiding. The boycott to be declared,
strike leaders say, will apply not only
to the st. Louis Transit Co, but to
every person, every business man, eve
cry association and, in fact, any cor
pOratiOn or individual favoring it in
any way.
Some trouble was experienced on
the Page avenue division of the Tran
sit Co. AS a car was passing the cor
ner of Page and Taylor avenues it ex,
ploded dynamite cartridge. Both of
the front wheels were shattered, all
of the windows in the car broken, and
the mOtorman was thrown violently
from his position to the street. He
was bruised about the body, but not
seriously injured. The passengers on
the car escaped injury.
Dynamite was more freely used
than on any day since the strike was
inaugurated In addition to the
wrecking of a car on the Page avenue
division four other cars were wrecked
last night in various parts of the city
but no one was seriously injured. a
car on the Baden division had its
truck shattered, the floor ripped up
and the roof torn off.
Mrs. Eva DOMAIN was roughly han
died by a mob at Marion street and
Broadway. As she alighted from a
transit car she was quickly surround
ed by a mob of girls. who shouted
"scab" at her. \ large thrOng sOor
joined the girls Mrs DOMAIN ran
down several streets. with the mob in
hot pursuit and sought refuge in JO-
seph \. Bene's saloon in South Broad
way, but Bene pushed the woman back
into the street. \ woman living over
the saloon succeeded in getting Mrs.
DOMAIN to her apartments but not be-
fore both had been pelted with mud
and stones. Mrs. DOMAIN was escort
ed home by a police officer. The po-
lice arrested Bene charging him with
assault and battery.
Chief of Detectives Desmond sent a
dozen of his men to the neighborhood
of Broadway and Marion streets to
lay wait for other crowds that might
attack women. An hour later two de-
tectives were sent to the locality with
a woman as a decoy. As soon as the
woman stepped off the car she was
surrounded by a crowd. The detec-
tives used their clubs, doing much
damage to the heads of those in the
mob. The crowd broke and ran. The
police did not attempt to arrest any
of the mob as they had not committed
themselves.