Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-05-17
Cars Run More frequently on
Many of the St. Louis
Lines.
FEW RESPOND 10 CALL FOR POLICE.
EEort to BE Made to Inaupnrate
rig sympathetic Strlke-At Kansas
city the Expected beginning OF
violence Monday Did Not Material
ize-lnjunction Issued. a. r.E.

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TEN. and the division Of the St. Louis
transit company which it was thought
advisable to operate. ...-
At II o'clock the usual number of
cars are being run over the three di-
visions of the Suburban system, and
number of cars on the following
Z lines of the Transit company are in
operation: Laclede. Bellefontaine,
Compton, Park, Delmar. Page and
spaulding. All but the last three
were in operation as early as six
o'clock, but owing to grounded wire
on the main division of the Lindell
division cars on the Delmar, Page and
Spaulding lines could not be started
for several hours. Il
The advertisement of Chief of Police
Campbell for 2,50O men to serve as
emergency policemen and assist the
regular force in keeping order during
the strike is not meeting with as
hearty response as had been expect
ed. At II o'clock less than 200 men
were waiting a chance to be sworn in
q Talk of sympathetic Strike.
Trades and Labor council, the Street
hallway Employees union and the
Building Trades council were sudden
~ called about noon to meet at Wal
halla hall Monday evening at eight
O'Clock. This meeting is to be in
place of the one called for Wednes-
day night. when the sability Of
e.t ,;1.
Of all union labor in St. Louis was to
have been considered if the trouble
between the street car companies and
their employees should not have been
adjusted before then.
The strike leaders will not say why
they decided to call the earlier meet
ing, but it is intimated that Gov.
Stephens action in ordering the en-
rollment of $500 special policemen
precipitated it.
President Mahon's Views.
President Mahon, of the Inter-
national Association of Amalgamated
Street Railway Employees, who is here
managing the strike, in an interview
said: %g &#
THE governors action in calling out
$500 extra police has complicated the strike
situation, It was an unwise and uncalled
for action, and bellies his attitude of only
two days ago, when he said that the situa-
ton did not justify such measures as he
intimates may be expected. .-.....
"While his precipitate course is in itself
a surprise, his new way of dealing with
the situation was not unexpected. 1t has
not strengthened the railways position
Does the governor take the responsibility
of ordering the forces at his command to
shoot and club into submission American
justice and freedom? United labor does
not fear the issue SO suddenly and strange
ly presented by the governor. 1t has a
way of dealing even with such conditions.
We will win this fight by sentiment and
NOT by resort to bullets and bayonets.
II am afraid the governor has made the
task of the citizens committee all the
more difficult. Everything was proceed
ing nicely when the new order came like
a clap Of thunder. I am very much afraid
1t has spoiled the chance of arbitrat ion."
Gov. Stephens Reply.
In reply to the statement of Mr..
Mahon, anent the calling for $500 spe-
cia' policemen, Gov. Stephens said: a.
''I called for the men because I thought
they were needed and without consulting
Mr.. Mahon about it. I talked with the
police board. the chief, the captains and
the other heads of the police department,
and they thought the situation required
this action, so took it. / think these men,
who live in st. Louis, know the conditions
here better than does Mr.. Mahon, who does
not live here. Therefore did not consult
Mr.. Mahon. nor do intend to do so.'
FL. w. Steinbeiss, national secretary
of the Building Trades council of
America, just makes the statement
that Monday nights meeting was
called because of the action of Gov.
Stephens in ordering the additional
police force.
Situation at Kansas City Z" y
Kansas City, Mo-, May ID Monday
was the day set by the street car
strikers to compel their comrades, to
join them in their fight against the
metropolitan Street Railway company,
and great interest attached to the mass
meeting called by National Organizer
Bryan Tor 1880 in the morning. At
this meeting, it was said. determined
action would be decided upon.
On all lines trains were started with
the usual regularity. and no signs of
violence were apparent during the
early hours. The strikers had said.
that Monday they would pull the crews
from their trains if they refused to
strike, and when asked about their an
parent indifference, replied. with:
wait until after the meeting., Police
were on the alert in all parts Of the city
and both cityan county officials were
in readiness to quell any disturbance
that might arise. But few additions to
the strikers ranks had been received
since Saturday. while the railway com
Pany had more applications for posi-
tons than they could accommodate.
Judge William c, Hook. of Leaven-
worth. Kan. sitting in Kansas City.
has issued from the United States dis
trict court an injunction that is more
absolute and sweeping in its terms
than any injunction ever heretofore
secured in this district in a conten-
ton between labor and capital
The injunction is made absolute for
a week, the matter being set for
hearing on Saturday next, and if its /