The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-19
BLOOD SHED
BY STRIKERS
in ST. LOUIS.
Street Car Conductor Fatally Shot by
Rioters and Three Others Re
csive Pistol Wounds!
CABLES CUT IN MANY PLACES.
No Glue to Any of the Guilty Parties.
sympathizers Doing Everything
Possible to Prevent Traffic.

ST LOUIS, Mo-, May 1s.-There was
no formal conference to-day between
representatives of the striking street
car employees and of the st. Louis Tran
sit Company although President
Hawes, of the board of police commits
sjopers tried to get the two, parties TO
the strike controversy together in stlll
another meeting. He consulted with
n B. Edwards, chairman Of the gTlev-
anco committee, and with Benjamin 3.
clark, the attorney Of the strikers, In
the morning, and ns result had Mr.
Edyardg send letter to President
whitaker, suggesting conference
Company Has NO Other PrOpoSitionS.
In response Mr. whitaker said he
was willing to meet the committee ut
any time. Mr.. Edwards then suggested
that the next proposition come from the
company and the response was In Of
feet that the company had no further
proposition to make, standing on tho
offer Of Thursday rejected by the strlk-
ers.
Riotlns broke out afresh to-day In
various parts Of the city ana several
casualties Of severe nature resulted.
At noon q crowd OF four hundred or
more men, women ana boys conBregas
ted along Laclede avenue, between
Grand and Theresa GvenHes ana plisd
obstruotlons on the tracks. As the cars
caue to standstill rlotlng began, per-
SONS In the crowd throwing rocks and
some shots were fred. One Of the bull
lets struck ]. Il. Richardson, condue-
tor, In the head.
Special oRiosr Badly Beaten.
A spsciai ofFicsr on one of the cars
was dragged OIL and badly beaten, his
club ana revolver taken from him and
several other motormen and conductors
we're assaulted. While the turmoil was
at It's height, detail OF police came
dashinF Up ana charged into the
crowd. rhey truck fight and left, but
they had no clew as to who was re-
sponsfbte for the shooting. Richardson
is probably fatally wounded.
On the Bellefontein line distractions
we're numerous and when the men left
the cars to remove the barriers they
were made the targets for rocks, bro
ken bricks and pieces OF iron.
Had Another Rough Day.
The employees on the Easton avenue
cars had another rough day of 1t.
Their cars were pelted at street cor
nors near the western terminus, and
also along franklin avenue and Nor
gan street. In one place the strike
sympathizers blockaded the track with
n dead horse. No sooner did the car
employees remove the carcass than n
hundred willing hands grabbed It and
dragged 1t back to the track. Traffic
was ebstructed until the police arrived
and made the crowd dIsperse. OBJ
attractions were numerous along the
California avenue and Tower Grove
lines, and the cars passed through sew
eral showers of stones and bricks.
Traffic was frequently impeded by
piles of rocks, lumber, ETC. along the
Market street and chotenu avenue
lines, and every now and then q stray
rock was hurled at the passing cars.
Two Imported employees of the st.
Louis Transit company were shot to-
day, while in charge OF street cars. In
neither case is the assailant known.
Guard Shot Through the Hip.
Guy Flckes, Of Decatur, ILL.,, was shot
through the thigh at Twenty-flrst and
Morgan streets. Ftckes was employed
as guard on the cars.
Shortly after noon to-day, three cable
cars started east from the power house
of the Fourth street railway on ElGh-
teenth and Park avenue. At Fourth
street and Choteau avenue the cars
stopped and upon investigation, It was
found that the cable had been cut.
When the free end of the cable arrived
at the power house It was found that
all the strands had been severed, pre-
sumably by a steel saw. The cars were
hauled back to the power house by
horses.
The task Of splicing the cable and
running It through the condults viii be
a difficult one and the road probably
will not be In shape for day or two.