Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-08
STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS
street Car Employees Tie Up Every
line in That City.

Not a wheel Is turning on tHv Wv.
lons OF the 81. Louis Transit company
whose employees declared q s'Ilks a' 2
o'clock this morning, 49,.
The suburban whose men aie Aiso
out managed 10 man a few cars
Chairman Samuel Lee Of me natohai
executive board Of the Amalf mated
Association Of Street Car Employees
OF America. bays that 10 view OF tne
81 Louis Street Car c0mpanys answer
there was nothing left for the men 10
do but strike. The answer OF ihe com
many was presented 20 a meeting Of lne
employees last evening The 81 Louis
Transit company employ zAlJ tram
men ana ZOO shed and trackmen ana
controls an but one u the street car
lines 10 S. Louis.
An Associated Press dispatch today
says. One Of the greatest strikes M
the history OF ST. Louis was inaugural
ed today when 1885 Of the 1900 employ
es Of the ST. Louis Transit company
went out 10 compel the acceptance cf
their demands formulated several days
aro,
The salient features Of the mems de-
mands which the transit company re-
fused to grant are briefly as follows
That an conductors, mQt0rmen grip
men and an men employed IN The sheds
shall be compelled 20 be members OF the
union; that the officers Of the union,
together with the officers OF the COM
DGny. shall have fol power 90 adjust all
differences that may arise and that in
he event Of their falling 10 agree shall.
4 mutually agreed 20. place the case
before three arbitrator
That any member suspended by the
union shall be suspended by the COM
pany without pay until such time as
The union requests his reinstatement.
That any man elected % an office In
The union requiring bis absence for not
more than a year shall. upon his re-
trement from such office have his old
place with the company"
Practically every ear line ln ST. Louis
Is tied up. The suburban line. the only
one in the city not a part OF the exten-
are ST. Louis Transit company's sys-
tenn, ran cars Tor several hours this
morning but later was compelled 90
shut down. as their men were pulled OF
The cars by strikers at DehoadIamJnt
ana In the down town section OF the
city
A number Of cars were run ont on the
Park Avenue division OF thl Lludell
line This led to frequent riots.
John kohr.ng q l6-year-0ld boy In a
crowd on Park Avenue. was shot ana
seriously wounded bJ Conductor George
Mcclellan, 10 charge of car on the
fark Avenue division Mcclellan was
arrested.
on each one Of the lines conyerglnr in
Washington Avenue ears were run ont
-Four ears got out down town as Gar as
sixth street. but only one went around
The loop All were attacked hy a mob
on Washington ani 40 Fourth anal
fith streets who threw sticks and
Stones.
Several windows were broken and
lne molormen and conductors were I'M.
Jured by missiles. A riot call was
turned IN az 3 o'clock from the corner
oI broadway ana Washington ana "a
wagon load OF police turned out to keen
oIlef. nut their efforts were In vain
Al This point a motorman wss DATA,
over The head with a club which emf Fl
sish 10 bis scalp A brick bad strgrf
hlia IN The mouth. lacemt.ug his Im
ana hls nose was mashed by STONE
ne ran Into a saloon for pr1terf.ap
V't passenger woman about a9 y.4-.
ol age. was struck On me baad bv !
,.,.P stone that crashed through a
nv, niilloN ana was badly wounded Fin.
any the moiorman returned and awI9
Z shower ui stones and mud succeeded
D" selung hls car away from tho rr.u.1
an attempt was made at $3.50 o.gI..E
w, 'ahe out a car on "a. Olive efr...
Ine. 10 spt as Gar as C0mut01 Ayarr.
80 d'.li crowd took the E.pman anal
t y. on ana ran the cans bq.t
70 lhe sheds. Six United States rgg,3i
eals We're tied up today E8sb msr.s
S,.s,'eh ulps daily and covers f0l r,.r..
Iuey Oilns Che mails fum alI e..t..r.
W 'he Guy Forty s1b-statIa1s r....a.
said. '''''''I haumh1l
n. See no need Tor acting hastily t.t
.'s i'4ls W.ii De- delivered ou taa a-
someone VIII hear from us ' ''
oAinlel Leo, chairman OF fbar-tt....r
ISI ,sad,l.,y board Of The Amalaama..5
association o. Sireetoar Fwrl.y'. p
AHeilca, who is 10 charge of tEg ,- 4.
emf strike. said. 10 80. f.ta-
The company refused to t-... ..,.,
u u We have taken he oBry r.... "..'
"e are ready at any dime t5 y.t.... .I
tsmS ,5 looking toward an equitable s.t-
IN. i ,,..i'.. are Is per cent Of the mon fp
Sye I nl. ana they aye out me otha-
bp, H. XIV e,Il are operating "a Few cana
'I p, thaey WIZ soon Join us" " CUTS
r. Io'n NE day and u.eht f4r..s ..s.t.
p po.i,g are on duty squads ba,a .. va,
p p,. along The street can l.r.. , I..''
ever trouble is feared ''''.'' "".I-