The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
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ST. Louis. Mo. May 1S.-Rioting broke
out afres.i to-day in various parts of
the city and several casualties Of
severe nature resulted. At noon crowd
of 400 CT more men, women and boys
cCngf5 gated along LaClede avenue be-
tween Grand and Theresa avenues, and
piled distractions on the street car
tracks. AS the cars came to stand
still rioting began, persons in the crowd
throwing rocks and some shots were
fired. One of the bullets struck j. R.
Richardson. conductor, in the head.
y special officer on one of the cars
was dragged off and badly beaten, his
club and revolver taken from him and
several other motormen and conduc-
tors were assaulted. While the turmoil
was at it's height detail of police cane
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 proba-
bly, fatally wounded.
On the Belefontein Line distractions
were numerous and when the men left
the cars to remove the barriers they
were H!dCe the targets rocks, broken
bricks and pieces of iron.
The employees on the EaSton avenue
cars had another rough day of it. Their
ears were pelted at street corners near
the western terminus and also along
Franklin avenue and Morgan street. In
one place the strike sympathiZers
blockaded the track with a dead horse
No sooner did the street car employees
remove the carcass than a hundred
willing hands grabbed it and dragged it
back to the track. Traffic was obstruct-
ed until the police arrived and made
the crowd dispense. Distractions were
numerous along the California avenue
and lower Grove lines and the cars
passed through several showers of
stones and bricks.
Traffic was frequently impeded by
piles of rock, lumber etc, along the
Market street and Cheateau avenue
lines and every now and then a stray
rock was hurled at the passing cars
Two imported employees of the St.
Louis Transit Company were shot to-
day while in charge of street cars In
neither case is the assailant known.
Guy Fickes, of Decatur, Illinois, was
shot through the thigh at Twenty-firs
and Morgan streets. Fickes was en-
ployed as guard on the cars. Fickes
said a large crowd on the sidewalk
hooted and jeered at the car. At Twen-
ty-first street he was shot, and he says
the flash came from a corner house
nearby. His condition is not serious
The Federal grand jury was in ses-
sion all day to-day, taking evidence
regarding the hindrances and obstruc-
lions to the United States mail, caused
by the present street car strike.
Shortly after noon to-day three cable
ears started east from the power
house of the Fourth street railway on
Eighteenth and Park avenues. but
some one cut all the strands of the
cable, presumably by a steel saw, and
the cars were hauled back to the power
house by horses.
John Kama, a saloon-keeper. was
probably fatally wounded. and Robert
Nelson, colored. and Emergency Officer
Jacob Hollingsworth slightly wounded
tonight in a riot at the South End
A special officer fired at Kama and the
other two were shot, supposedly by
Kama. Kama had been drinking and
shot at motorman on passing car
Patrolman Henry E. Barton, guard on
car. was shot and painfully wounded
to-day