The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-05-26

STRIKERS ENJOINED.
Federal Judge at 81. Louis Takes
steps to Protect United
States Mails.


st. Louis, May 21.-Judge Elmer Il.
Adams, of the United States circuit
court, on Saturday enjoined the strik-
ing street railway men from in any
way interfering with the operation
of mail cars on the lines operated by
the Transit company. The writ is
made returnable May &c. 1t commands
the strikers to refrain from doing
anything whatever that will delay or
obstruct the operating of mail cars
or the gathering and distribution of
the mails. Everything prayed for in
the petition for an injunction pre-
scented last Saturday evening to Judge
Adams by United States District At
torney Rozier was granted. The only
point not covered in the injunction
which the company would possibly
have asked is that the strikers be en-.
joined from all interference with the
running of passenger cars.
ST. Louis, May 21.-Cars were run
Sunday on five of the lines of the st.
Louis Transit company without any
interference from the strikers or their
friends. The lines which were oper-
ated were: Park, Laclede, Delmar,
Page and Spaulding avenues. No at
tempt was made to run the cars on
schedule time. They were run out of
the barn down to one end of the line
and back again. Sometimes they
made the round trip in about three.
fourths of the usual time. Sometimes
it took them nearly twice as long.
The officials of the company paid no
attention to that, however. Every car
that went out and came back UNI
marked was considered the net pro-
cceds of a notable achievement, and
its crew received greetings like those
extended to an only son on his return
from long and weary warfare.
The strikers made the assertion
that all day long they had men along
the different lines which We're in oper-
alton, discouraging every attempt at
interference with the cars. on account
of the women and children who would
wish to ride around the city on Sun
day.
\ riot took place late in the evening
at the intersection of Tenth street
and Washington avenue, in the course
of which ii. w. Steinbiss, secretary of
the National building Trades Council,
was placed under arrest but released
later. \ switch had been thrown at
the street intersection, and when q
Bellfountain car loaded with passen-
! gers came along it was thrown on a
dead wire and off the track as well.
a ..tp mt. 20 s-at
things to rights they were greeted
with showers of stones and compelled
TO abandon the work until patrol
wagon loaded with police officers APP
| peared on the ground in response TO
riot call. They quickly forced the
crowd to dispense, making several ar
rests while so doing. Mr.. Steinbiss
was doing his best to force the crowd
back and prevent a collision with the
| police, when he was taken into Gus
tody He was taken to the police sta
ton, but released in short time. it
being admitted that his arrest was an.
error. All the prisoners who were
I locked up were booked as federal pris-
I oncrs. the charge against them being
disorderly conduct in violation of the
injunction of Judge Adams. issued
Saturday.
The Metal Trades Council met Sun
day afternoon and after long dis
cussion decided to recommend to all
affiliated unions that they go out on n
sympathetic strike whenever asked &c
do so. About $500 men are affected
by this action. This morning ut ten
o'clock the executive committees of
the Building Trades Council and of
the Central Labor union will meet to
consider the question of sympa-
thetic strike. The general opinion
among the labor men is that the
strike will be ordered
President Baumhoff repeated what
he has said before, that the company
wanted the old men back, but would
not discharge the new men in order TO
make room for them. The position of
the company, be announced. was I'M
changed upon that point and will re-
main unchanged to the end. He said
the company would operate addition
al lines to-day. but would not say
whether or not cars would be run on
TIE NulUtNtlltG iNtHut anu
avenue lines. On these two lines most
of the trouble has occurred.
President Mahan, of the Street Car
Mems association, said Sunday that
no steps had been taken looking to
conference between the men and the
company. He was positive the men
would win in the end. The Transit
company claims to have full compile
ment of men, but this is denied by
their own employees. The conductors
on the various lines which were in
operation Sunday said that the com
pany had just about one-half as many
men as went out. Something over
1900 men went out and the highest
estimate Sunday by any of the en-
ployes of the men available for duty
was 1,So0-the lowest 1900.