New-York tribune., 1900-05-09
NO ST. LOUIS STREET CARS.
ALL LINES TIED UP BY THE MEN
WHO STRUCK.
UNSUCCESSFUL. ATTEMPTS TO RESUME
OPERATIONS A NUMBER OF
PERSONS INJURED.

St Louis May S-Practically all the streetcars
in St. Louis were at a standstll to-day. In pur-
suance of action taken at a mass meeting at 80
a. m, 1926 employees of the st. Louis Transit
Company went on strike this morning to COM
pei the acceptance of their demands formulated
several days ago. The Suburban Line. the only
one in the city not part of the extensive St.
Louis Transit Companys system, ran cars for
several hours, but later compelled to shut
down, it's were pulled off the cars by
strikers at De Hodiamont and In the downtown
part of the city.
Employed on their cars and on the sheds the
St Louis Transit Company had 5000 men, most
of whom belonged to the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Streetcar Employees. All except 275 of
these, it is estimated. are out With the help of
some of the latter a number of cars were run
out on the Park-ave. division of the Lindell
line. which runs past the Union Station. This
led to frequent riots at different points on the
line. where strikers attempted, and in some
cases succeeded, in stopping the cars.
One each of the lines converging in
Washington-ave. out. Four got
out downtown as far as Sxth-st., but only one
went around the loop All We're attacked by a
mob of men and boys on Washington at Fourth
and Fifth SITS. who threw sticks and stones.
Several windows were broken, and the motor
siles. A riot call turned in from the corner
of Broadway and Westinghouse, and a wagon
load of police turned out to keep order but their
efforts were in vain.
At this point motorman was hit over the
head with club, and brckbat struck him in
the mouth. lacerating his lip. and his
mashed by a stone. The motorman left his
and ran into a saloon for protection. Almost
at the same time a well dressed young woman
who riding in the car was struck on the
head by a sharp stone that crashed through the
window and badly wounded her Finally the
motorman returned, and, amid a shower of
stones and mud, succeeded in getting his car
away from the crowd
John Kohring, a sixteen-year- old boy who was
in crowd on Park-ave. was shot and seri-
ously wounded by conductor, George McClel-
Ian, in charge of a car on the Park-aye. di-
vision. The boy was removed to the City Hos
pital and Conductor Mcclellan was arrested
The important features of the strikers de-
mands as follows:
That all conductors motormen gripmen and
all men employed in the sheds shall be com
PEELED to be members of the union; that the
officers of the union with the officers Of the com
pany, shall have full power to adjust all differ
ences that may arise. and that in the event of
their falling to agree, shall, If mutually agreed
to, place the case before three arbitrators That
any member suspended by the union shall be
v.
such time as the union requests his reinstate-
ment; that any man elected to an office in the
union requiring his absence for not more than a
year shall upon his retirement from such office
have his old place with the company.
An attempt made at $50 O'Clock to take
out train on the Oive-st. line The train was
run three blocks when a crowd of trainmen
disconnected the cars. After taking the gripman
and conductor off they the cars back to the
sheds The strikers gathered in force at the
De Hodiamont Station, of the Suburban and as
fast as cars were started the strikers boarded
them and pulled the motormen and conductors
off. As result the cars stopped By 10
o'clock traffic on the Suburban line downtown
had been virtually suspended Several arrests
Of rioters were made on this line
The strike is reported to have seriously infer
fered with the collection and delivery of the
mails. Six United States postal cars were tied
up to-Cay. Forty sub-statiOns receive the street
delivery. Postmaster Baumhoff said: II see no
need for acting hastily in the premises. But the
mails will be delivered on time or some one will
hear from u.s.
Both the day and night forces of police were
on duty to-day. Squads have been posted along
the streetcar lines wherever trouble was feared
This afternoon two cars were sent east from
the Lindell Line sheds at Taylor and Ffnnev
aves. These were the first to leave there in
course of the day. In the row about starting
them j. f. Smiley was hit the head with
a revolver by one of the policemen and was
badly cut. Several arrests were made. When
the cars reached Ffnney and Newstead aves a
crowd Of strikers gathered about them and
made threatening demonstrations The mount
ed police made vigorous effort to drive the
crowd away. In the attempt Sergeant Hick-
man struck a man three times with his sabre.
severely injurng him.
The crowd broke all the windows in the cars
and otherwise damaged them. After twenty
minutes the run downtown resumed. At
NandeVenter ana Finney aves., agents of the
company fearing further trouble ordered that
the cars be taken into shed there.
East ST Louis. Ill., may be drawn into the
sreetcar strike. committee from the Street
runway Union OF that city was in conference