The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-19
CARSTRlKEENDSNOT
Situation In St. Louis Gro VS.
More Serious,
RIOT AND BLOODSHED RESUMED.
All Efforts to Compromise Come to
NauRht - The striking Operators
shoot and Stone MOtormen ar,
Blockade Car Tracks,

ST. LOUIS, May 19.-The efforts to
compromise the street car trouble have
failed, and the situation seems now more
serious and complicated than ever.
The Transit company officials have re-
jected the last proposition of the employ
ees, the hitch resting entirely on clause
which calls for the complete reinstatc-
ment of all the old men. To get around
the point in dispute the strikers in the
conference with the railway officials will
offer to pay half months salary to each
Of the men employed since the strike was
inaugurated and pay their fare back to
their homes. The railroad officials fatty
stated that under no circumstances would
the men employed by them to supersede
the strikers be displaced.
At mass meeting of street car en-
ployees at the West End Coliseum res
olution was adopted calling on all labor
unions aud sympathigers to quit work
after today in support of the street
car mems strike and unionsm, and Il cir
cular was addressed to the public giving
history of the strike.
Rloting broke out afresh yesterday in
various parts of the city, and several cas-
ualtiss of a severe nature resulted. At
noon crowd of 400 or more men, women
and boys congregated along Laclede ave-
nue. between Grand and Theresa avenues,
and piled distractions on the tracks. As
the cars came to standstiIl roting began,
persons in the crowd throwing rocks, and
some shots were fired. One OF the bullets
struck j. Il. Richardson, conductor in
the head.
special officer on one of the cars was
dragged off and badly beaten. and several
other motormen and conductors were as
saulted.
While the turmoil was at its height
detail of police came dashing up and
charged into the crowd. They struck =.
right and left, but they had no clew as to
who was responsible for the shooting.
Richardson Is probably fatally wounded.
On the Bellefontein line instructions
were numerous, and when the men left
the cars to remove the barriers they were
made the targets for rocks, broken bricks
and pieces Of iron.
The employees on the Easton avenue
cars had another rough day of it. Oh.
structions were numerous along the Cali
fornia avenue and Tower Grove lines,
and the cars passed through several
showers of stones and bricks.
Traffic was frequently impeded by piles
or rocks. lumber, etc, along the Market
street and Chouteau avenue lines. and
every now and then stray rock was
hurled at the passing cars.
Two imported employees Of the st.
Louis Transit company were shot while
in charge Of street cars. In neither case
is the assailant known.
Guy Fickes Of Decatur, Ills, was shot
through the thigh at Twenty first and
Morgan streets. FickeS was employed as
guard on the cars At the hospital
F'ickes said the shot came from the sec
ond story Of brick building on the
corner. His condition is not serious.
The federal grand jury was in session
all day 1t had under consideration the
hindrnnces and Instructions to the Unit
ed States mail caused by the present
street car strike. Numerous witnesses
were examined and some important evil
dence presented. 1t is said that u final
report will be made today.
Shortly after noon the cable Of the
Fourth Street railway was cut. When
the free end Of the cable arrived at the
power house 1t was found that all the
strands had been severed presumably by
q steel saw.
The task Of splicing the cable and run
ming it through the conduits will be
difficult one, and the road probably will
not be in shape for day or two.