Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-21

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 20.-Cars were
run to-day on the Park, Laclede, Del
mar, Page and Spaulding avenue lines
of the st. Louis Transit company with
out any interference from the strikers
or their friends. No attempt was made
to run the cars on schedule time.
Some times they made the round trip
in about three-fourths of the usual
time. Sometimes it took them nearly
twice as long. Every car that went out
and came back unframed was consider
ed the net proceeds of a notable
achievement, and its crew received
greetings like those extended to an
only son IN his return from a war.
There was no outbreak of any kind
during the day. Two riot calls were
sent to the police department during
the afternoon, but there were really no
| riots.
The first disturbance was begun by
a balky horse who went on an individ-
ual strike at the corner of Eighteenth
and Chestnut streets. A large crowd
| gathered to watch the progress of the
argument between the animal and his
driver and when the horse passed on,
two thousand people were standing
around the corner utterly at a loss for
amusement. AS a substitute for the
horse the crowd turned it's attention
to crews of the Laclede avenue cars,
which were passing every few minutes.
They showered the crews with epithets
and deluged them with advice. A riot
call was sent to police headquarters
and Chief of Police Campbell, taking
twenty men hurried to the spot, told
everybody to move on, saw that they
did "move on" and riot No. 1 was over
before it actually started.
The second disturbance occurred a
few minutes later on Washington I've
nue. between Thirteenth and Fifteenth
streets. A crowd of about 1900 men
lined both sides of the street for two
squares and began to jeer and boot the
train crews. The few policemen on
duty were utterly unable to handle the
crowd, and unquestionably the crowd
would have been moved to things more
energetic than words If another riot
call had not been turned In. Sergeant
Bowen at the head of a dozen men
came quickly to the spot and within
ten minutes he had cleared the street
and restored quiet.
The strikers made the assertion that
all day long they had men along the
different lines which were in operation,
discouraging every attempt at inter
ference with cars, on account Of the
women and children who would wish
to ride around the city on Sunday. No
direct acts of violence were offered dur
ing the day, and although every car
that ran back and forth on the Laclede
avenue line carried four policemen,
and every car on the other lines from
n to three, they had nothing to do
but keep their seats and ride. Presi-
dent Baumhoff said to-day:
I'VE are running full handed on five
lines and could run on all the others If
the police were able to furnish us pro-
lection for the crews and passengers.
On Page and Park avenues we have
every car running. On Delmar avenue
we are running cars every sever min
utes. The cars before the strike ran
every six minutes. The Laclede ave
nue. service is the same as before the
strike, and on Spaulding avenue we are
giving about the same service as on
Delmar avenue"
President Baumhof then repeated
what be has said before, that the COM
pany wanted the old men back, but
would not discharge the men in
order TO make oom for them. The
position of the company, he announced,
was unchanged upon that point, and
will remain unchanged to the end. He
said the company would operate addi-
tional lines tomorrow, but would not
say whether cars would be run On the
yandeyenter avenue and Jefferson
lines. On these two lines most of the
trouble has occurred.
President Mahan, of the street car
mems association. said to-day that no
steps had been taken looking to q CON
ference between the men and the com
pany. He was positive the men would
win in the end. The Transit company
claims TO have a full complement of
men, but this is denied by its own en-
ployes. The conductors on the various
lines which were in operation to-day,
said that the company had just about
one-half as many men as went u
Something over 5000 men went out,
and the highest estimate made to-day
by any Of the employees OF the men
available for duty was 1900, the lowest
1900.
There was a report to-day that all the
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