The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-06-22
SETTLED DOWN TO A BOYCOTT.
Y Outcome of the Struggle Betwee,
the ST. Louis Transit Co. and
Its Old Employees.


st. Louis, June 19.-The long-drawn.
out controversy between the St. Louis
Transit Co. and its striking employees
mas now simmered down into a strug.
gle between capital and labor along
the lines of 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.
EQUATIONS for settlement of the
strike, but, like all former conten.
lions, 1t has resulted in nothing, the
railway officials demanding an uncon.
dltlonal surrender on the part of the
men.
As a result of the company's action
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, has declared thai
he will do all in his power to bring
the influence of the whole body of or.
ganized labor in America to bear upor
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 ia
every person, every business man, ev
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 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 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 VI
and the roof torn off
Mrs. Eva DOMAIN was roughly han
died by mob at Marion street anG
| Broadway. AS she alighted from 6
transit car she was quickly surround
ed by mob of girls, who shouted
"scab' at her. A large throng soor
| Joined the girls. Mrs. DOMAIN rar
down several streets with the mob in
hot pursuit and sought refuge in 10
seph A. Bene's saloon in South Broad
way, but Bene pushed the woman bacl
into the street. A woman living ovel
the saloon succeeded in getting Mrs
DOMAIN to her apartments but not be
fore both had been pelted with mut
and stones. Mrs. DOMAIN was escort
ed home by police officer. The pc
lice arrested Bene charging him will
assault and battery.
Chief of Detectives Desmond sent
dozen of his men to the neighborhoot
of Broadway and Marion streets t,
| Ady Ndll lOI otiiti SloWuo IndC mig IL
attack women. An hour later two de
tectives were sent to the locality will
a woman as decoy. AS soon as TIL
woman stepped off the car she wa
surrounded by crowd. The detec
tives used their clubs, doing mucl
damage to the heads of those in tn
mob. The crowd broke and ran. TIL
police did not attempt to arrest an.
of the mob as they had not COMMITTEES
| themselves.