The Irish standard., 1900-05-19
A DAY OF R1or1NG.
Four Persons Shot During Attacks
on Street Cnrx In st.
Louis,

st. Louis, May l6.-The distinguish
ing feature in the street car strike sit
uation Tuesday was riot which broke
cut on the opening of the Grand avenue
line of the st. Louis Transit system,
during the progress of which two men
were shot. AT nightfall the Transit
company and its 5000 striking en-
ployes were no nearer an adjustment
OF their differences than they were at
the same time Monday. The officials
of the railroad company, members of
the employees grievance committee and
the president OF the police board were
in session for five hours Tuesday in an
endeavor to reconcile the differences
existing between the company and it's
employees. On adjournment all the
parties taking part in the conference
would not talk for publication, simply
stating that no agreement had been
arrived at, and that they would meet
again this afternoon in an effort to ac-
complish something.
The Suburban company, pursuant
to the agreement effected Monday
with its striking employees, ran on full
schedule day and night. This is the
first time since the strike was inaugu-
rated on the road that night sched-
ule was maintained. Five lines were
opened during the day by the Transit
company, all shutting down at dark.
Very irregular schedules were MAIN
tanned on these lines.
The opening of the Grand avenue
line of The Transit system was at
tended by a riot about four o'clock at
Easton avenue, in which two persons
were wounded by bullets said to have
been fired by B. b. Campbell, con-
ductor of one of the cars. a crowd
gathered at the corner, made up large
~ of street railway strikers on the
Easton avenue line and their sympa-
thizers. The tracks of both the Grand
avenue line and the Easton avenue
lines in the vicinity had been OBJ
structed by piles of rocks, boards, wa
terspouts, etc.
The Grand avenue cars, moving
north, reached the point at AIS p. M,
headed by a sprinllling car, with half
Il dozen or more cars behind il, each
manned by crew and six policemen.
The trouble began in the block Just
south of Easton avenue, when a
shower of stones fell on the cars, and
the officers and crew drew their re-
volvers. The first two cars passed
over the Easton avenue crossing. and
then the distractions on the track
were encountered. The motorman
waited for the policemen to get down
and remove the stones and lumber
from the track. AS the officers began
this work Mrs. Hogan, who lives in
the neighborlood, hurried out to the
track and called the officers "cur" and
ether names for attempting to help
move the cars, saying that their duty
was as policemen, not to perform such
work. A shot was fired in the air by
a policeman as the car started to
move on. Shouts of "scab" came from
the crowd at he same time, and more
shots were fired from the procession
of cars. 1t was claimed in the crowd
that so to Is shots were fired almost
simultaneously, but only two persons
were wounded They were John Flat
ley, North Vandeventer avenue, and
Joseph Trendall. Both were wounded
in the left hip. Flatlcy's wound is the
most serious. The bullet entered near
the spine, which was shattered, caus-
ing paralysis of the left leg The ball
passed around to the left groin. 1rcn-
dall's wound was only flesh wound.
Men on the trouble wagon" Of the
Broadway line and bystanders had an
encounter at the corner of. Twcutieth
and Eugena streets, and two addi-
tional names were added to the list
of strike casualties as result. Thorn
as King was riddled with buckshot
and some of the lcaden missiles struck
the son of Scrgt. Edward Dowd. Both
of these young men allcge that they
were innocent bystanders and that
there was no occasion for the shoot
ing. King, who is a grocery clerk, 20
years old, when seen at the hospital
was sorry sight. Shot had entered
over the eyebrow and his hands, arms,
legs, sides and abdomen were per-
forated. The surgeons counted so
many wounds that after cutting out
two pellets they decided to let the
rest stay.
FAMILY BUTCHERED.