The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-09
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struggled with them for several minutes
unit! 4 squad OF police came and drove the
crowd back
At Mississippi and Park four men board
81 this car. They refused TO pay their
!ar"S unless tie CaDuuctlr could show a
badge. Tbig he refused to do and the men
a:ic.i him TO put them of. At EhoutcaG
avenue the conductor called two policemen.
who made the men leave.
Park aveaUe ear No. l2 was one Of the
first 10 lie demolished. Ii had made a trip
about ) O'Clock ard had reached Broadway
ana Nashin-tO2 avenue. The conductor :
name was Peterson. Our Of the guards was
Harry Chapman The names Of the motor
man and the other guards could not Ice
learned At the corner several men at
tempted 10 uull both motorman and con-
ductor on. They refused TO go. and a gen
eral fight resulted. Then there came a
shower Of bricks stones and sticks and
soon the ear WAS badly shattered. with ey-
cry window broken. Both the motorInan
ard the conductor We're struck and they
claim that one Of the crew struck one Of
tho strikers with a piece Of iron. laying his
Jaw open and knocking him from the car.
The car kept on its run but at the sheds It
was replaced with another car
on return trip. shortly after noon Park
avenue car No. :, which. by the way, was
the first fun vestthule car 10 be built ard
run IN ST. Louis. WAS attacked near Twelfth
street and Washington avenue. Both the
conductor and NotGrman Rusch were struck
by stones. RUsCh was badly hurt but stuck
10 his car and completed the rUn.
Bu.iness Men Protest.
One Of the early-mOrning Compton avenue
cars had an exciting hut not serious ex-
perieuoe al Nebraska and Park avenues. On
'he car We're number OF Wcli-known busi-
ness men. The car was stopped by the
mob 1T Nebraska avenue. and stones and
cd rar-i-1 1riz- he.
Totorman refused to leave his car, and the
demonstrations were becoming more yio-
lent. when ore of the passengers. a pr1mi-
nent broker, stepped to the front platform
and began 10 make L speech. He might as
well have talked to the wind He urged
moderation ari warned the strikers that
any acts of violence would react against
them. Jeers and hisses were the answers
he got. Another passenger also tried 10
make n speech. with the same effect. Then
squad OF police charged down, and the
way for tho car vas cleared. Ii made the
trip without further incident.
At noon lunch was served to the mer. In
the company's storeroom. General Mana
ser Baumhof superintcrded IL and mingled
among the men freely, thanking them FOR
their work Of the morning and assuring
them that the company would stand by
them. The absence of relief crews made IL
necessary for the cars TO turn in for lunch.
and the men gdrhereS at the corner thought
they had won the day. Many of them left
the corner then, satisfied that the effort OF
the company TO ran cars was defeated.
\ number OF the clerks and other office
men at headquarters acted guards on
the cars during the day. and some Of them
took places as conductors and motormen.
None of them We're hurt.
Last night all the motormen and con-
ductors. as well as nearly all Of the office
force. slept CT cots in the third story -
the new headquarters building. a strong
force of guards was about the company
i,r,iIf:r,.s hn.aNsir- nj Very Niuilanf