Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-08
Non-Union Men Driven Off Cars in
st. Louis.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM Is NOW TIED Up
Several Of the Men and One
Woman Passenger Hurt.
BOY SHOT BY CONDUCTOR

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May S-Practically all
the street cars in ST. Louis are at a stand
still today In pursuance of action taken
at mass meeting at 1:3O am, 1925 en-
pioyes of the st. Louis Transit Company
went on a strike this morning to compel the
acceptance of their demands formulated
several days ago. The suburban line, the
only one In the city not a part of the eX-
tenslVe st. Louis Transit Companys sys-
tenn, ran cars for several hours, but later
was compelled to shut down, as their men
were pulled off the cars by strikers at De
Hodiamont and in the downtown section of
the city.
Employed on their cars and in the sheds
the ST. Louis Transit Company had $500
men, most OF whom belonged to the Anal
samated Association of Street Car EN-
ployes All but 275 of these it is estimated,
are out With the help of some of the lat
Ter number Of cars We're run out on the
Park avenue division of the Lindeu line.
winch runs past the Union station. This
leo to frequent riots at different points on
eile hlle, "here strikers attempted and in
soiiie cases succeeded In stopping the cars.
Mob Attacks the Cars,
one car on each of the lines converging
Oh washington avenue was run out. Four
cars got out down town as far as 9th
SNASSs' Dos OiiS oiie went around the IOOD
All were attacked by a mob of men and
boys on Washington, at 4th and 9Th streets
who threw sticks and stones Several win
dows were broken and the motormen and
conductors were injured by flying missiles.
a riot call was turned in at o'clock from
the corner of Broadway and Washington,
ana a wagon load of police turned out to
keep order, but their efforts We're in vain
AT this point motorman was hit over
the mead with club, a piece Of brick bat
struck him in the mouth decorating his lin
and his nose was mashed by stone. The
loon for protection.
Almost at the same time a well-dressed
young woman, who was riding in the car
was struck on the head by sharp stone
that crashed through the window and
badly wounded her.
flnally, the motorman returned, and amid
a shower of stones and mud succeeded in
getting his car away from the crowd.
Boy Seriously Wounded.
John kohrng, a sixteen-year-old boy.
who was in a crowd on Park avenue, was
shot and seriously wounded by Conductor
George Mcclellan, in charge of a car on
the Park avenue division. The boy was
removed to the City Hospital and Con-
ductor Mcclellan was arrested.
The important features Of the strikers
demands are as follows:
IHdl all CoHuuctOrS HOtormen, Srlpmen
and all men employed in the sheds shall
be compelled to be members Of the union;
that the officers Of the union. with the Off
GERS of the company, shall have full power
to adjust all differences that may arise,
and that in the event of their failing to
agree shall, If mutually agreed to, place
the case before three arbitrators; that any
member suspended by the union shall be
suspended by the company, without pay,
until such time as the union requests his
reinstatement; that any man elected to an
office in the union requiring his absence
for not more than year shall, unon his
retirement from such Office, have his old
place with the company.