The age-herald., 1900-05-20
STRIKERS FACE
 AN INJUNCTION Judge Adams Says They Mustn't
 Stop Mail Cars' THE R|OT|NG HAS NOW CEASED Marked Contrast to the Conduct
 of Friday.
 GRAND PARADE OF LABOR UNIONS No Policemen Were in Line and None Was Needed, as the Friends of
 Strikers Were Quiet
 and Orderly
GRAND PARADE OF LABOR UNIONS

St. Louis, May 19-For one week at least the striking employees of the St. Louis Transit company will be face to face with federal authority, which, speaking today through Judge Elmer B. Adams of the United States circuit court in the form of an injunction, has commanded them to ab- stain from interfering in any manner with the running of mail cars on the vari- ous street car lines of the city owned by the Transit company.
 The writ of injunction, issued at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon by Judge Adams is sweeping in it's nature. and is made re- turnable May 26. It commands the strikers to refrain from doing anything whatever that will delay obstruct the operating of mail cars, or the gathering and distribution of the mails. Everything prayed for in the petition for an injunc- ton presented last Saturday evening to Judge Adams by United States District Attorney Roster. was granted.
 The only point not covered in the injunc- ton which the company would possibly have asked, is that the strikers be enjoin. ed from all interference with the running of passenger cars.
 President w. D. Mahon of the Amalgam- ated Association of Street Railway Em- ployes said tonight after being informed of the issuance of the injunction that the strikers had violated no law and had no intention of so doing.
 We know what the laws are," said he, "and 1t needed no injunction to tell us what to do what not to do. We have done nothing wrong, and we have a right to strike if desire. I do not believe we will make trouble for the government
 There Was No Rioting
 The conduct of the strike today was in marked contrast to that of yesterday, there being no rioting and nobody was injured during the day. This was due to the fact that the company made no efforts to run cars during the afternoon, having been ad- vised to refrain from doing so by Chief of Police Campbell. The union men who en- dorse the strike, are in favor of declaring a sympathetic strike, and decided to hold a parade late in the afternoon, and Chief of Police Campbell, being fearful of trouble if the cars and the parade should happen to collide, required the company to keep its cars in the barn.
 The parade was a success in point or numbers and enthusiasm about 1000 men being in line Banners and transparencies, carrying notices endorsing the strike and pronouncing in favor of a sympathetic movement, were numerous throughout the column, Wn1cn marcneQ through many OI the downtown streets from to o'clock. There was not the slightest evidence of disorder. No policemen were in the parade and none were needed. They were offered by Chief of Police Campbell, but declined by the leaders of the parade, who said the only use they had for officers was to have the policemen keep the non-union men from shooting them. The parade showed most enthusiastic spirit, the marchers shouting and cheering as they tramped BlaCkmOr0 and his aides headed the parade. The first division was composed of the street car men, about 3.60O being in line.
 Sympathetic Strike Not Yet Called
 The contemplated call for the sympathetic strike will not be issued in any event be- fore Monday, and possibly not then. The matter has been referred back to the unions individually. They commenced voting on the proposition tonight, and will have the matter under consideration until Monday night. Opinion is divided as to what will be done there being very strong opinion in some directions that a sympathetic strike, if it materalizes, will not embrace all the unions in the city by any means. The typographical and pressmens unions have determined that they will not go out, and it is expected that other influential unions will follow their lead.
 One thousand copies of the injunction have been printed Each person named in it will be served with copy by United States Marshal Rohe. Bulletins will be posted at the various carsheds and they will also be posted In conspicuous places along the street over which the mail car runs
 No additional deputy marshals will be sworn in. If it is determined that the pres ent deputies in St Louis are unable to handle the situation, a demand will be made upon the government for federal troops. None of the officials seen believe that this measure would become necessary. If it should, however, troops within easy call, two squadrons of the Fifth cav, airy and a strong detachment of recruits being at Jefferson barraks, twelve miles away The troops, all told, number about 1000 men.
 No progress was made today toward a settlement of the strike, and no move was made on either side looking toward conA ference. The company will attempt tomor- row to operate three lines only, those runy ming on Laclede, Delmar and Park avenues. Police protection will be furnished to all the cars.