Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
BL00OsHs0 IN ST. LOUIS
Boy Killed and Three Men and
Girl Wounded as a Result Of
Strike Riots

st. Louis, May 23.-One boy was
killed and three men and girl
wounded today as q result of the
strike.
The dead:
MARTIN ZE1KA, 1s years old,
struck in the left breast by bullet
fired from street car.
The wounded:
Clarence E. Mullin, motorman, home
in Jacksonville, ILL.,; not serious.
Minnie Kruger, IS years old; not
serious.
Two rioters carried away by friends,
names not learned.
while standing in the door of his
home at 1900 Greyer avenue. A mob
of several hundred men had surround
ed car and were threatening the
conductors and motorman. A few
stones had been thrown when q shot
was fired from the car, the bullet
striking Zeika full In the breast. He
died within few minutes. Conductor
Farley and Motorman Drake were ar.
rested.
11U Vuc ElOllCc SUAUlOu ldSV ulXUV NOu'
ductor Farley admitted firing the shot
which killed Zeika. He fred, he said.
at man who was preparing TIC
struck Zeika.
The four people wounded were all
injured in fight which occurred at
the intersection of Thirteenth and
Herbert streets. The riot was lively
while it lasted, fully 100 shots being
fired.
Four cars of the Belfontaine line
were running close together, and
when the first one turned the corner
it plunged into a crowd of over zoe
men and women who gathered there.
No stop was made and the car was
free of the mob before any damage
could be done. The mob was ready for
the second car, however, and it re.
ceived a warm reception. Stones were
rained upon it and several shots fred
at the conductor and motorman. The
four police officers on the train at
once returned the fire and the crew OF
the first car hearing the shots re.
versed and ran back to aid their com.
rades. Two other cars, each carrying
four officers, were close behind. For
nearly minute rapid fire went OF
from both sides and then, led BY Cap.
tain Joyce, the police made rush on
the mob, which broke and scattered
in all directions. Motorman Mullin, OF
the second car. was shot tthreugh the
arm, he being the only one injured by
the mob. Two rioters were seen tc
and were carried away by their friends
Minnie Kruger was hit by glanc.
ing bullet, which struck an iron fence
near where she was Standing. The
wound was very slight.
The passengers on the cars made
wild scrambles for the open air when
the trouble began. Among them were
three women, and the female sympa.
thizers with the strikers. who were
present in large numbers, showered
them with abuse, pelted them with
stones and sticks, and made them run
| for their lives. The crowd was not
distanced until the three women had
been raced fully third of mile
The police had their hands full at the
time in dealing with the mob at the
corner, and We're. not able to afford
any protection to the women.
| AT 6 o'clock small riot occurl ed
at Eleventh and Park avenue. A mol
of men and women attacked car o.
the Park avenue line. Several ston.
were thrown and shot was fired. A
force of forty men was at once dis.
patched from police headquarters.
and the mob dispersed without diff.
Guilty.
There was riot at Twelfth street
and Chouteau avenue late in the after.
noon, when Tower Grove car
reached the corner. A large crowd
gathered and blocked the track sc
that the car could not move, while
nearly hundred climbed on top OF
the Shickle Harrison iron foundry
building and rained hail Of stones
on the car. A riot call was sent in.
and Detectives Hageman, Finan and
Policeman Flanagan arrested AL
Brooks for throwing rock at the
car and Pete Helfish, after severe
struggles with the mob. Brooks had
his pockets fun of rocks when he was
searched at the police station.