Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
RIOTS IN ST. LOUIS.
Street Oar Strikers and Police Have
Pitched Battles,
SETTLEMENT IS NOT YET IN SIGHT
Saturday and Monday BLOODY Riots
Took Place In which Several We're
Killed and Many Injured Situ-
alton More Serious than Ever.


from 81. Louis for the past week has
been alternating rumors of peaeeable
settlement and bloody conflicts be-
tween strikers and police.
Last Saturday was day Of trouble.
A crowd Of 400 or more at Laclede
and Grand stopped the cars as they
approached by means OF distractions
piled on the tracks, and when the cars
came 90 standstill rioting began
and shots were fired. One of the
bullets struck j. Il. Richardson, q
conductor, in the head. He is proba.
bly, fatally wounded.
A special officer on one Of the cars
was dragged OIL and badly beaten,
his club and revolver taken from him,
and several other motormen and con.
ductOrs were assaulted. When the
turmoil was at It's height detail OF
police came dashing up and charged
the crowd. They struck right and
left, but they had no clue as to who
was responsible for the shooting.
The new employees on the Easton
avenue cars had another rough day
Of 1t. They were pelted on street
corners, and in one place the strike
sympathi2ers blockaded the track
| with . dead horse. 40 sooner did
the street car employees remove the
cagcuss Than u hundred willing hands
dragged IL back to the track. Traf-
fic was obstructed until the police ar
rived and dispersed the crowd. Along
the California and Tower Cove lines
the cars passed through showers OF
stones and bricks.
At Fourth and Chouteau the cars
stopped and II was found that the ca
BILE had been cut.
John Kenna, n saloon keeper, was
fatally wounded, and Robert Mel
son, colorcd, and Emergency Officer,
Jacob Hollingsworth, slightly wound
ed tonight in riot ut the south
end bridge. Kenna was shot four
times by the special officer and Mel.
son was struck in the left lobe of
the left ear by q stray bullet fred,
supposedly, by Kennn, who fred four
shots Mt the officer, one of which
struck him in the hand. Kenna had
boarded car with u revolver and at
tempted to shoot the motorman, but
missed his mark. lie then shot at
the conductor and IIollingsworth,
who was standing on the rear plat
form jumped from the car and began
shooting at him. Four of his bullets
struck Konna.
Sunday both sides took day Of rest
but ON Monday fighting was resumed,
and four people were wounded, one, at
least, fatally,
The four people wounded were ull
injured during n fight which occurred
at $3.50 o'clock ait the intersection Of
Thirteenth and Herbert streets. The
riot was lively while it lasted, fully
100 shots being fired, and, as the
streets were crowded with people, It is
remarkable that thenumber of injured |
was so small,
-Four cars Of the Bellerountaine line
were running close together, and
when the first one turned the corner
II plugged into y crowd of 200 men
and women who gathered there. No
stop was made, and the car was free
Of the mob before any damage could
be done. The mob was ready for, 1.-THE
second car, however. and Il received n
warm reception, Stones were rained
upon II and several shots fred at the
conductor and mutorman. The -four
police officers on the car at once re.
turned Five FIRE and the crew of the
first cHG lanring rha shots, reversed
md roN r0o' - roinrorco their com
radce, Two other core. cach carrying
four officers, were close behind, Police
Captain Joyce being on the third car
For noorlN p minute rppid nrcweni
on from BOTH ''a end then. led by
Captain Io,rc thr police mndc rush
on the 0oh which broke md scaticr.
ed in all directions. Motorman MnI
lin, Of The second ear, which was in
charge OF conductor Charles w Scott
was shot through the arm, he being
the only one injured by the mob
Two rioters were seen to fall, hit BY
bullets fred by The police and severa,
OhiNNif w wv 'N'h Ibll Wv lllf NtGlHf
mage declared that fully half u dozen
Of the mob had been shot
down. The best information and the
evidence OF the greater number Of Of
ficers, is however, to the effect that
only two were shotby the police. They
were at once carried Off by theft
friends and their names are moi
known. ur ...
The passengers on the cars made
wild scrambles for the open air when
the trouble began, Among them vert
three women, and the female sympa
thiz'rF with the strikers who were
present In large numbers, AZ once at I,
tackled thcm, They sh0werod them r.
with abuse pelted them win stones
clods and sticks and made them run p
mr. thoir livne For several SQUARES the i
chase was kept up, the three women y
finally leaving the street and running
iornce como vncant 1nfa sfi1l botIy Ynuyh