The age-herald., 1900-05-24
SEVERAL RIOT CALLS The Dead Policeman Was a Confederate Veteran.
 g NEGOTIATIONS NOT RE0PENED It is Said There is No Prospect of An. other Conference-Few Passen- gers Rode in Cars During
 the Day
NEGOTIATIONS NOT RE0PENED

St. Louis, May 23.-Renewed rioting and another fatality marked the progress of the strike on the St. Louis Transit company's system today. This afternoon a Cass ave- nue car was stopped at the corner of Twenty-third street and Cass avenue in or- der that barricade which had been placed across the track might be removed. During the enforced halt a big crowd of strike sympathizers attacked the car, firing a number of shots. One of the bullets struck Special Policeman McRae, who was riding on the front platform with the motorman, in the left arm, passing through his body and coming out on the right side. The po- liceman sank unconscious to the floor. Other patrolmen who had been stationed at the corner to protect the cars charged the crowd and beat them back.
 A riot call was sent in to the Ninth street station and a dozen mounted policemen came at full gallop to the scene. The com bined forces soon restored order. McRae was placed in an ambulance and nasty trip was made to the dispensary. When the unfortunate policeman was taken out and laid on the operating table it was found that he was dead. McIaea was appointed to the force last Monday. He was Mexi- can war veteran and served as a private during the civil war the Confederate side. He comes of a prominent family in New Orleans, and was formerly resident of Kansas City.
 Three Year-Oid Child Shot
 Eddie Manz, 8 years old, was shot through the leg this afternoon by man on Cass avenue car. The little boy was .;.. small boys, who had been throwing stones at a westbound Cass avenue car ran up the alley south of the house. A man who is supposed to be an emergency policeman leaned out from the car and fired shot at the boys. The shot struck little Manz in the right leg near the hip. It is feared the wound will prove fatal.
 Conductor Dangerously Injured
 R. B. Hodge, conductor, is patient at St. Johns hospital suffering from injuries which it is feared will prove fatal. He was assaulted by a crowd of men on his car at the crossing of Salina street. One of them struck Hodge over the head with a club. inflicting an ugly wound. While some of the crowd held him others seized the motorman, H. l.. Kobusch, and stopped the car Then Kobusch was dragged from the car. Emergency Policeman Dunn, who was detailed on the car, attempted to 1n- terfere, but four men surrounded and dis- armed him. Several of them struck him in the face. The assailants knocked Hodge down and kicked him until he was uncon- scious Kobusch and Dunn eluded the crowd and ran across the open field to the power house, two blocks away, where they obtained the aid of squad of police.
 Negotiations were not reopened today with the representatives of the St. Louis Transit company by Harry Hawes, presi- dent of the police board, as was expected. The grievance committee of the union de- cided that the proposition which Mir. Hawes asked permission to submit to the company was practically the same as that which had been rejected. It Is said there is no prospect of another conference.
 General Manager Baumhoff of the Tram sit company said that no new lines had been opened today, but that the number of cars had been increased on those lines in operation. Cars probably will not be run at night until the strike is ended. Few passengeres rode in the cars during the day. Disturbances were frequent along the line.