The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-09
R|OI|NG N St. LOUIS
STREET RAILWAY STRIKE IN
THAT CITY ASSUMES ALARM
ING PROPORTIONS
MANY PERSONS IRE INJURED
ATTEMPTS TO RUN CARS WITH
NON-UNION CREWS MET WITH
POOR SUCCESS
COMPANY REFUSES MEDIATION
Business Organizations Meet and
Decide to Seek a settlement
of the TroubIe-Demands
of the Strikers.

ST. LOUIS, May SIN accordance with
resolution adopted by the employees of
the St. Louis Traction company early
this morning, a strike was :naugurated on
! the immense system at daybreak. No
cars were run except few on the Park
| avenue division. The first cars on this
division left the shed at 8 o'clock. The
| crowds at the sheds did not attempt to
prevent the crews taking the cars out
The cars were allowed to run unmolested
| until 12:45, when car No. S, on the Park
avenue division was badly wrecked be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, a volley
Of stones being thrown by men and boys
The suburban line, many Of the employees
of which had been on a strike for sew
eral days, was also tied up. Cars were
run as far east as Thirteenth street, but
when efforts were made to bring them
down, crowds of strikers and sympathiz-
ers interfered with the crews, and in some
instances dragged them oft the cars
From time to time during the afternoon
and night attempts were made to run the
cars, but in nearly every case resulted
eNNNeNSSAD
practically stopping traffic.
At 12:45 o'clock a Park avenue car was
| considerably damaged at Eighteenth and
Park avenue A large crowd of boys con-
gregated there, and the car was stoned,
regardless of the fact that there were
several women passengers in 1t. The
crew stuck to the car, although stones
fell fast around it.
When the company found cars could not
be operated officials ordered them back
to the sheds. Numerous cars wore
stoned, and the men operating them
stoned by crowds along the routes. The
strikers declare they had no active part
in these hostile demonstrations
Buses were pressed into service for
the use of the crowds going to and from
business.
Chairman Samuel w. Lee, of the ma
tional board, the man who Is conducting
the strike, said today that the union men
are satisfied with the result of the strike.
I'VE struck to tie up the SYSTEM, Re
said, land we have succeeded. The com
pany does not desire to settle with us.
We are ready at any time to DO our part
towards settling the differences between
us and the company.
Mr.. Lee said that the company had not
been able to get any new men. The strik-
ers claim that about 3,400 men, which is
about 80 per cent of the transit>company's
employees, are out.
STARTED A RIOT.
One car on each of the lines converging
on Washington avenue were run out
Four cars got out down town as far as
Sixth street, but only one went around
the loop. All were attacked by a mob
LIT ~
Fourth and Fifth streets, who threw
sticks and stones. Several windows were
broken and the motormen and conductors
We're injured by flying missiles. A riot
call was turned in at s o'clock, from the
corner of Broadway and Washington, and
a wagon load of police turned out to keep
order, but their efforts were in vain.
At this point a motorman was hit over
the head with a club which cut a cash
in his scalp. A piece of brickbat struck
him in the mouth, lacerating his lip and
His nose was gashed by stone. The
motorman left his car and went into a
saloon for protection. Almost st the same
time a young woman, about twenty
years of age, who was riding in the car,
was struck on the head and badly injured
by stone thrown through the window.
The motorman finally succeeded in get.
ting his car away from the crowd.
An attempt was made at $50 o'clock to
take otu a car on the Olive street line.
The train was run out of the sheds at
Olive and Leonard avenue, and it got as
far as Compton avenue Then n crowd
of trainmen took the train to pieces, and,
after taking the gripman and conductor
off, ran the cars back to the sheds.
INJURED BY POLICEMEN.
This afternoon two cars were sent east
he linz OF
and Finney avenues. These were the first
to leave there during the day. In the
row about starting them j. F. Smiley was
hit over the head with a revolver by one
of the police officers and was badly cut.
Numerous arrests were made. When the
cars reached Finney and Newsted ave-
nues a crowd of strikers gathered about
them and made threatening demonstra-
tions. The mounted police made a Yigor-
Gus effort to drive the crowd away. In
the attempt Sergeant Hickman struck a
man three times with his sabre, painfully
injuring him. The crowd broke all the
windows in the cars and otherwise dam
aged them. After twenty minutes the
run down town was resumed. At Vande-
venter and Finney avenues agents of the
company, fearing further trouble, order
ed that the cars be taken into a shed
there.
partil list of those injured in the va
rious encounters today follows:
Conductor Steve Sellers, Suburban line
eye knocked out.
Joe Kohring, shot by Conductor McClsl-
Ian at Thirteenth street and Washington
avenue, not serious.
John Caruth, motorman, Bellefontaine
line, struck in face with brick
John Granath, driver, slightly hurt in
collision.
The following arrests have been report
ed: Conductor George II. Mcclellan, for
shooting Joe Kohring; Nicholas Doyle
Union line motorman, for rioting; Willie
Hickey, fourteen years, charged with
throwing stones; unknown man, refused
to give name; John Walsh, thirteen years
stone throwing; Charles Some, fourteen
years; Frank Tule, eighteen years, stone
throwing; Henry Beck, McMahon.
James Kelly, John c. Creighton
CITIZENS CONFER.
A joint meeting of the executive coun-
ell of the Business Mems league and of
the board of directors of the Merchants
exchange was called at the request of
members of both organizations as soon
as the gravity of the strike situation was
realized. The iuStice 0f fha daroo,,1e, -.