The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-09
ON NORTH ST. LOUIS LINES.
Only One Attempt to Run Cars
Everything Quiet.

on the lines running through North st
Louis and Northwest ST. Louis everything
went 'hc strikers way. Not wheel was
turned on any Of the divisions except the
Eeil"foniaiae. On this division Mr hughes,
the foreman OF the iILe. started three ears
downtown about O'Clock yesterday morn
ing On one OF the cars. No. 80, he says.
=" put twenty of his employees, who had
refused 10 join the union. III order 10 IN
sure = SAFE trip. Despite this fact. when
the ear rciu-ned to the North Twentieth
street sheds an hour later it was In a badly
demolished corditIun. and Mr.. Hughes or
Gtred II ana the TWO ears following turned
III. No further attempt was made to op-
crate the system during ;he rest OF the
Yesterday afternoon the assistant super
iaJeucenls ana toTcmen Oh all the North
Side hutS-Broadway, Bele!outalne, Mound
CITY. Union Depot. Union. Northern Cen
traI and Cass AyeIue-secmcd TO have
adopted a waiting attitude. When questioned
they said they were acting under iuStrUc-
tions from General Manager Baumh"n not
10 attempt 10 work until they received iuI-
ther Instructions. All Of them doubted very
much II they could run, even Trough thtE
received orders. for. with less than duzeE
exceptions, the men all belong 10 the union
At the North broadway car Sheds Jack
V NuoisiIi, the foreman, Urdeftd three cars
out yesterday morning, only 10 turn them
In again Immediately. as there was no one
70 operate them. At thls place there was
probably one infIaCtion of the UNION rules
The shed men ON duty during the nGaI
had received Instructions TO aunt work, but
when orCcrcd 10y Mr.. WOolam TO take the
ears out they opeyed, explaining that they
wanted to finish their day. work, serving
notice on their superior at the same time
that they would rot return Until the trouble
was settled.
Broadway Cables stopped.
Mr.. WoOlam said there had been 10 DEM
ouStratiOn OF any kind around the ShelS
during the day. lie was cOrroboraIed by the
few employees standing around, all OF Whom
stated that no attempts at violence Wouli
be made. Sergeant Steve Hurst OF the sixth
District. w-th oiiictfs Efoe' i'ohaihpci,
Finuerty ard Quinn. We're on duty arouhG
the pOwcr-hOus. all day long. but they haG
practically nothing to do. Al O'Clock yes
jerday morning Mr.. W OOIdm ORDERED the
cable. stopped.
Outside oi the vicinity OF the car sheds
there were very few policemen In ihe SIKH
day captain Edward \: Philips IectlL.d
an order To take nifty of his men TO skin
and Locust streets To assls, in preserving
order at that place The men returned yes
terday afternoon at O'Clock.
Only ONT OF the ears on the Beile!ontaine
line was demolished. The other two re-
turned to the sheds intact. The demGnStra-
ton against the first car aTsu ITS crew oc-
CURED AT Third and Washington avenue
Mr.. Hughes says the windows were orohsA
10y small boys, hut. nevertheless tie men
in charge concluded that they had nearly
enough. Mr. Hughes SAID he did not know
who was directly in charge of the car. az
each and every one of the twenty men put
on WAS supposed to assist in lis operation
\ large crowd of strikers assembled across
attempts, with but this exception, were
made to run the cars 10 disorder occurred
As Precauton Captain Phlllips mad 1y-
tailed Officers iaeSer. Sanders. SchinersanI
leans Mads.n and Hanke 10 guard the
Cheers by the Strikers.
large crowd Of strikers assembled at
the Northern Central and Cass avenue
pow wer-nouse at Spring avenue and North
Market street. and their cheering could ne
heard for twelve blocks when they found
that Assistant Superintendent Brown. 10
avoid trouble. had locked the doors or me
and would make no attempt 10 run any
cars. Yesterday afternoon Foreman Han
nigan WAS in charge of the place, but b.
youi listening to complaints OF these Who
had grievances against the road for various
causes n. had nothing to DO. As one OF
tho lookers-on in the vicinity explained
police Sergeants and five patroimen had
been detailed by Captain tiaffney OF the
Ninth District, but their presence was uf-
necessary.
Al the Easton avenue car sheds on Spring
aad Easton avenues everything was at 4
standstill. Foreman August Glathler sali
that he had orders from headquarters not
to attempt TO run any cars he strikers
maintain that every man on this division
belongs to their union As at the Northern
Central power house. the fires were banked
carly in the day. The sheds ara close TO
the Ffnrey avenues lines where there was a
clash between the strikers and the police:
and when the report of the trouble reached
them there was considerable Indignation,
but no demonstration occurred. The men
busted themselves arranging 20 procure the
release of the eight union men who were
arrested and locked up at the Ten'h ois-
At the Union line sheds Koesuth and
obear avenues. Foreman CiuDey reprirdnd-
ed the Older employees Of the road, saving
that he did not think they would desert him.
but he was not needed. The cars were ali
tied up. The Mound City line was In the