The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
LIFTED THE CAR.
Another Explosion of Dynamite
ON st. Louis Tracks.

st. Louis, June 9.-As a car on the
Lindell division of the Transit company
containing two officers and the crew
was passing the corner of Eighteenth
street and Washington avenues at a late
hour last night it was lifted several
inches by an explosion of dynamite. Be
yond the breaking of the car windows,
no damage was done.
Seven deputy sheriffs were arrested at
the North Broadway power house and
locked up in the holdover at the Four
courts. All of the men are held for in
VeStigatiOn. 1t is charged that they re-
fused to ride on Broadway cars for the
purpose OF protecting the Transit COM
pany'S property. All of the men stated
as their objection to service that they
We're tired Of sleeping with non-union
men and protecting property interests
which, in their opinion, should not be
protected They say that they were
sworn in for the purpose of protecting
citizens from violence and preserving
law and order
mob of Infatuated women and boys
beat and denuded Lena Kaenter, a
/ young woman who makes her living by
peddling lunches among employees of
the California avenue street car line.
! When the mob had stripped her to the
| waist. one woman daubed her with
/ green paint, while two others held her
/ the 1eering boys and women OF the mob
applaudtng the outrage and throwing
! mud.
| Two shop girls were attacked by the
/ same mob an hour later and they also
were partly denuded before they
/ escaped.
/ An organized Committee" of women
/ began to visit the public schools this
/ afternoon entering the school rooms,
/ accusing the teachers of riding on the
/ tabooed cars and threatening them with
] bodily harm if they did so again AT
/ the Mount Pleasant school the leader
/ he To,~if1 oil
1 MIS-. Rose flaming, shook her violent
/ ~ ana announced that she would be
/ tarred and feathered if either she or
any of her teachers rode on the cars
again.
It was given out during yesterday
/ that the st. Louis Transit system, feel
/ ing encouraged at its success in operat-
| ing cars Thursday night on the Iindell
division, would try the same experiment
on four other divisions last night-the
/ Olive street, Laclede avenue, Park and
Compton avenues. These divisions, as
| well as other trunk lines of the system,
were operated during the day as usual,
but when night fail came cars on all
but the Lindel division were with
drawn.
Inquiry by telephone of the proper
railway authority as to why the con-
templated night service had been aban-
dOned on the four additional lines elici-
ted the response that the chief of police
ana Sherim were unable to furnish men
for the proper protection of crews and
passengers. The company would not,
this authority stated attempt to operate
additional lines at night until absolute
ly assured that it's passengers lives
would not be endangered. Cars on the
Lindel division We're operated last
night on a seven minute schedule, but
carried few passengers. Police officers
rode on each car and the entire route
from Taylor avenue to Third street a
distance of four miles, was patroled by
policemen and a regiment of the posse
| cOmitatUs.
More cars are in operation today over
the lines of the st. Louis Transit COM
pany than at any time since the strike
began, but the service is not complete
by any means. Many persons, especi-
ally those living in the northern anG
southern sections of the city, have tC
depend almost entirely on wagons anG
other similar vehicles 70 reach theil
places of business.
Sheriff Pohlman's posse of specia
deputies continues to grow steadily
and he expects to have a force of 2.OOC
men sworn in and armed by night
This force continues to guard the prop
ertv of the street car company.
number of the posse have been dis
charged for refusing to ride on stree
cars and for refusing to obey orders.
No decision was reached on the cues
ton of calling out the militia at tn
J conferences last night between Cover
nor Stephens, Brigadier General H c
Clark Adjutant General M F. Bell o
the Missouri National Guard, the polio
5 officials and a committee of citizens a
: the Southern hotel. This forenoon tn
+ governor accompanied by the militi;
officers went to police headquarters il
the four courts and met with Sheriff
. POhlman, President of the Police Boart
[ | Halves and Chief of Police Cam0bell