The sun., 1900-06-10
ST. LOUIS STRIKE ANARCHY.
.wAzTN0 CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
IN THE WESTERN CRY.

nit. V.ed-The CrOwning Injury Has Been
the stripping Naked In the streets Of
women who Rode In the street Cars
Scenes Of Terrible shame to . Civilized
Community-An Estimate That the strike
Has Cost More Than $40, 900 .OOO-Gov-
.rnor Refuses TO Help Restore Order.
sr Louis. June 9.-The great street car strike
.hch WAS begun on May has thus far
,ar cost the city In loss OF business. II Is esu-
rca,ed. more than s2O.0oO.0OO. There is no
Immediate prospect OF settlement OF
The trouble despite the EFFORTS OF
business men TO bring about arbitra-
,lon. The strikers stand firm In their
dsmand for reinstatement and recognition OF
their union, while the railway company says II
VIII not discharge the men who have taken the
nlsc.s of the strikers nor force any one OF Its
smployees 10 Join the union. Despite all ef-
forts, the deadlock remains unoroken.
A reign OF terror has been started. and.
.,tbourh police protection has been furnished.
,hs railway company has been unable to
onsratc all It's lines. The regular police force
has been increased by a posse comitatus OF
$500 summoned by the Sheriff but working
sololy under the orders OF the Chief of Police.
Strong pressure IL being brought to bear upon
tho Governor to induce him to call out the
state militia, which would make the available
force fully 5000 in addition TO the regular
police OF the city. Yesterday Chief OF Police
Campbell said IN, situation Wa more serious
than at any time during the strike. To-day he
has mod fsd this by saying thai the police and
possa can control the situation.
Politics enter largely into the question. Since
the beginning of tn, strike seven men have
been killed outright. five others are in the
hospital believed TO be mortally wounded.
enty-five have received bullet wounds. $50
have been injured with missiles Of various
Kinds. while Ave distinct attempts have been
mad. TO blow up cars of the Transit company
and bomb was thrown into power house.
blowing out windows and shattering the walls.
On Thursday night the first car after o'clock
WAS run since the strike began. Very few
passengers were carried.
People are afraid to ride on the cars. II they
are in business they are boycotted. II they
cannot he reached through their pockets they
are assaulted or the women members OF their
families are terrorized. Unless the militia Is
called out the Transit company might just as
well surrender the streets after nishtfal.
ASSAULTS UPON WOMEN.
From the inception OF the strike TO
the present time scarce day has elapsed
without violence Men have been shot
and beaten. both sides firing indiscrimi-
nately on the least provocation: women
have been divested Of their clothing and
publicly whipped for daring to ride upon
Transit cars three eschoolteachers were publicly
spanked by crowd Of women and other acts
Of devilishness have been committed by strike
kympathizers. the strikers themselves remain
ing In the background.
The first ono Of the assaults upon women was
committed upon Miss Pauline Hesser on Decor
alton Day, who was beaten. kicked and stripped
Of her clothing at Tenth street and Geyer ave-
nue for having ridden upon Transit
car Miss Hesser u only TO- and
her experience was frightful. The mob
that attacked her was composed almost
entirely OF women. girls and half-grown young
men. while an approving crowd OF adults
stood on the sidewalk and encouraged them In
their work She was stripped naked. When
abe broke away from her tormentors. battered
and bruised and with blood streaming down her
face she sought refuge In the saloon Of . man
named Schumacher, who drove the hunted girl
out into the street again TO become the play
thing OF the mob. Finally. q patrol wagon
drove up and dispersed the crowd policeman
MklnK OIL COdb W Wtap ~ uAVuhN shS
ened girl She was driven to the police station
and from there was escorted to her home.
On last Saturday woman. who refused to
give her name. dreading the publicity.
was struck In tho face the moment she
alahted from car on Fourth street
and Choteau avenue. knocked to the ground
and kicked as she lay PROSTATE by q two-lesged
brute, strike sympathizer. a laborer. with
It,. "A o. IA. 10 Fan
living at 24is Dekalb street. whence he was
taken by two men Friday at midnight driven
to secluded part of the city and there beaten
into insensibillty.
Sunday, June s, witnessed the elimination
Of the assaults upon women. They began
when party OF young men and women
got of Southern electric car at Lea
perance street intending to take steamer
for an excursion to Monterano. They
were attacked. stoned and beaten by
crowd in waiting. composed OF men and
women Ernest Cooper was injured seriously.
Andrew Mcweeny OF 2Sl5 Thomas street took
refuge upstairs In a house near the boat land
ing. where he was besieged for hours. while
another young man grabbed his girl by the
arm, ran to the river. jumped into
,kiI moored at the bank and pushed out
u
followed by showers Of stones. He managed
to land on the east side Of the river. coming
back on the upper ferry He did not try the
street cars again. George Briedmeyer. 77so
South Sev'nth street. was terribly beaten by
the crowd, and when he returned to his board
Ing house his landlady refused to give him
admission because he had ridden upon Tran
Gt car
In the afternoon the mobs grew more daring.
smboIdened by immunity. At o clock In the
afternoon Miss Susie Hensel OF lNs Union
avenue. was assaulted at the corner OF
Broadway and Shenandoah street. She
was on her way to visit her father. who
lives at 1888 South Tenth street, and had
Just aighted from a car. As she walked west
On Shenandoah crowd Of men. women and
boys attacked her. They were seemingly
led by woman She was knocked down.
and. while lying on the ground. every one who
could reach her gave her kick, all the time de-
nounCing her as a scap.
DRAWN NEARLY NAKED INTO THE STREET.
Miss Hensel says:
The crowd closed around me. began hitting
and al King me, Then they began tearing my
garments into ribbons l clamored to my feet
and started to rin-where l did not know nor
care only to get away from my tormentors--
was nearly naked tried to enter several
places. but WAS showed back As l was pass
ms one place two little girls pulled at