The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-25
Probable That Police Guard " Ill
BE Withdrawn for One lfay
Owing TO Primary.
PRESIDENT MhHON'S PROPOSAL.
Would Submit 10 Decision OF lhfce
.Arhitrators on Unions Grey
anccs-policc E0ard to Dis
cuss Plans To-Day.

The operation Of the various lines o. the
! 81. LOUIS Transit Company Tomorrow. IN"
| day on which the Democratic primaries ar"
| TO be held will depend on the decision OF
! the Police Board at It's meeting today on
| the question of furnishing policemen 10 pre-
| serve order at the polls.
Chief Campbell said Yesterday that the
! police probably will he Withdrawn from
strike duty 10 go on guard AZ the polling
places. General Manager E1umhoh OK the
st. Louis Transit Company said that No
would operate the roads providing he h1d
police protection for the cars
The Southern Electric and the Broadway
lines were opened yesterday with few
cars More cars Will H. put i'll operation
these lines today. Four ears. guar! 'd
by police, started on The southern Electric
Line at % O'Clock. They were preceded by
IA water-car and a construction car The
progress was slow OF account Of the oh
s;ructlcns on the track and the dummies
and other distractions on the wire. Each
car was guarded by four policemen. and,
although a large crowd watched the cars
start. there were no hostile Gem"nstTa-
tons.
The five cars operated on the Broadway
cable line yesterday made she round trip
without Incident. The crews had to con-
tend with distractions on ;he track. how
ever. Manager Baumhof said last night
that lac could not tell whether other lines
will be opened to-day until he cOnsultS the
Chief Of Police.
Beside the Southern Electric and Broad
way cable lines the following roads will be
In operation to-day. California avenue.
Tower Grove. Compton Heights. Park ave
nue, Fourth street cable, ChOuteau avenue.
jefferson avenue. Grand avenue. Vands-
verter avenue, Taylor avenue. Market
street. Laclede avenue, Olive street. Delmar
avenue. Page avenue. SralGlng avenue. Cass
avenue, BeIofoEtaine, Clayton and Forest
Park.
No attempt was rnede by the strikers 20
open negotiations wi:G the representatives.
Of the ST. Louis Transit Company yester-
day T. y. Edwards. chairman OF the
Grievance Committee. said that TIE strik-
ers are ROW acting under instructions from
:hsir legal ADVISOR. Yesterday Mr.. stone
outlined HIS policy of conducting the strike
He said that. 4s yet. he has rot had time
TO fully consider tht. question at issue.
Il will make an Effort he continued. ito
bring about conference between TcpreSen-
tatives OF the s.. Louis Transit Company,
Governor. Attorney General. police officials
and the Grievance Committee q the strik-
eFS !Or TIE ptfftSr OF ailIstHS aHtHl d!4
amicabla settlement Of their differences"
Mr. Stone said that II the conference
failed he will take such steps rs may seem
advisable 10 him fer the protection OF the
interests OF his clients.
The report circulated Wednesday that Of
fcor Thomas NaI1on Of the Fourth District
was shot and dangerously wounded at
Twenfy-third street and Cass avenue
proved false. The officer at the time was
stationed at Taylor and Finney avenues.
A public mass meeting was held last
night at Butchers Hall. $40 Chou:sau ave
nue.. The speakers We're Lee Ne-iE6ath2r.
w. \. Brandenburger and ". e. Gueis.