The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-11
T|E-UP At ST, LOUIS.
Nearly All the Employees of the
Street Car Companies
Quit.
THE USUAL RIOTlNG TAKES PLACE.
Attempt to Run Cars Meets With
Violent Resistance-Boy Seri-
ously Hurt.

st. Louis May S.-With the excep-
ton of a few cars on the Park avenue
division Of the Lindell line, which are
being run by non-union men, all the
lines comprising the st. Louis Transit
company are tied up in consequence Of
the strike Of the employees whose de-
mands had been refused. At several
points along the Park avenue division
crowds assembled early. At first they
contented themselves with jeering the
non-union conductors and motormen,
but about 8 o'clock they began to
throw mud and stones, and pull the
loyal employees from their cars. Police
We're called to Eighteenth street and
Park avenue and Broadway and Wash
ington avenue, the latter in the down
town retail district, to dispense the
crowds gathered there.
Prisoner Rescued by Mob.
At Park and Jefferson avenues,
where two lines cross, crowd of
strikers gathered at 1880 a. m. and at
tempted to stop three cars on the Park
avenue division, by putting heavy
stones on the track. A squad of police
arrested Charles Doyle, but the mob
attacked the officers and released him.
Doyle was finally recaptured and taken
to the Park avenue police station, fol-
lowed by a great crowd.
Ten cars on the same division were
blocked at Park avenue and Nebraska
street by a crowd of 200 strikers and
SympathiZers, who pulled down the
trolleys and cut the ropes. Several
hundred strikers at Mississippi and
Park avenues attacked passing cars
with sticks and stones. The ears were
loaded with men and women, and al
though several windows were broken
nobody was seriously hurt. AS far as
can be learned, $500 of the $500 men
company on it's cars and in it's sheds
are out.
Boy Seriously Shot.
John Kohring, a 16-year-old boy,
who was in a crowd on Park avenue,
was shot and seriously wounded by
Conductor George Mcclellan in charge
of a car on the Park division. The
boy was removed to the city hospital
and Conductor Mcclellan was arrested.
A riot call was turned in at 8
o'clock from the corner Of Broadway
and Washington, and a wagon load Of
police turned out to keep order but
their efforts were in vain.
At this point a motorman was hit
over the head with a club. which cut
a cash in his scalp. A piece Of brick
bat struck him in the mouth, lacerat-
ing his lip and his nose was mashed
by a stone. The motorman left his
car and ran into a saloon for protec-
ton. Almost at the same time good
looking, well-dressed young woman
about 20 years of age, who was rid
ing in the car, was struck on the head
by a sharp stone that crashed through
the window and badly wounded her.
Finally the motorman returned, and
amid a shower of stones and mud, sue
ceeded in getting his car away from
the crowd.
Traffic Virtually Suspended.
Shortly before 8 o'clock the strikers
gathered in force at the De Hodia-
mont station of the Suburban and as
fast as cars were started the strikers
boarded them and pulled the motor
man and conductor off. AS a result,
the ears were stopped. By 10 o'clock
traffic on the Suburban line down town
had been virtually suspended. The
motorman and conductor ON more than
one car had deserted their posts at the
opportunities Of the strikers after
reaching Sixth and Locust streets, and
several other cars had been turned
back by the Suburban officials from
Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh streets for
fear if they were allowed to come down
town they could not be sent back. Sew
eral arrests Of rioters were made on
this line. The strike Is reported to
have seriously interfered with the col
lection and delivery of the mails. Six
United States postal cars were tied
up. Each makes seven trips daily. and
covers a total Of 100 miles. They
bring the mails from all sections Of the
city. Forty sub-stations receive the
delivery.