The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-13
HANDS ()F Strikers TIED
UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT IN
THE KANSAS CITY STREET
RAILWAY TROUBLE
FEDERAL JUDGE TAKES A HAND
Issues an Injunction Restraining
Strikers From In Amy Way Ia
terfeving with the Move
nsent oe Cars.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 12-The fed
eral authorities found alleged cause
for interfering this eve 4 Is in the strike
inaugurated this morning by the union
employees of the Metropolitan Street
Railway company. Judge c. Hook, Of
Leavenworth, Kan, sitting in Kansas
City, issued in the United States dis
t.ict court tonight an injunction that is
more absolute and sweeping in its terms
than any injunction ever before secured
in this district in contention between Ia
Dor and capital. The injunction IS
made absolute for a week, the matter
being set for a hearing on Saturday
next, and if its restrictions shall be OBJ
served by the strikers, the Metropolitan
company has its fight won, for the
strikers hands are tied for several days,
and in the meantime the Metropolitan
company can go about the reorganization
of its disrupted forces.
The injunction is predicated upon the
fact that 5 veraI Of tila persons com
planned against as threa tening the inter
ests OF the company are residents of
other states ana the further fact that
the strikers threaten to prevent the com
pany from carrying out its contract with
the United States government u trars-
port the city mail carriers TO and from
their routes.
Harry Bryan, the national organizer Of
the amalgamated association, described
as resident of Michigan, is ona Of tie
parties cnioned, ard the others named
are twenty-five local leaders of the
union, several OF whom are mentioned
as residents of Ohio ana Kansas
INJUNCTION IS SWEEPING
The injunction Restraints the persons
named and all others from in any man
ar.
interfering with the running o. cars on
the lines Of the Metropolitan company
Restraints them from harrassing, assault
ing or in any manner interfering with
any person who may be n the employ
of the company as he goes To or from
his work or as he Is engaged in the
operation of cars; enjoins union men
from picketing or patr0iling tie car
houses, starting places, stopping places,
stations, tracks or approaches thereto,
or lettering in large numbers in or
about any of the places ramed, or max
ing loud or boisteTous Noises in the Vi
entity thereof, for the purpose of init
mdating or interfering with the COM
pany's employees.
The injunction even goes further than
this and even enjotnS any concerted &C
ton to cause an act or annoyance that
will interfere with the operation OF the
ploye in moving car upon which q.
messenger or mail carrier may wish to
ride.
The restriction not only applies to Or
ganizer Harry Bryan and the twenty
two other named, bat all ota9rs who
may be connected with them in the
strike.
In addition to the extra policemen
sworn in today, force of United States
l,.,l- h., l,.n, int rfa
in case the injunction is disobeyed, and
there is every probability that the strik-
ars will not desist in their endeavor to
intimidate the men who have thus far
refused to join them. There has been
no disturbance thus far
FAILED TO AGREE.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 12-An earnest
effort was made today to settle the street
railway strike By means of arbitration
aIoug the lines suggested by Mr. W. H.
Woodward ard other employers of union
labor. These efforts came TO nothing,
however, as the strikers and street car
companies could not be brought together
On any proposition involving the recog-
milton of the union il the manner desired.
The grievance committee of the strikers
ard MIR WCodNa ards committee will meet
Monday
Sunday Chief of Police Campbell con-
sidered it necessary that his men should
nave some rest and refused to detail them
to keep the street car lines open tomOr-
row. Finding that the chief could not be
moved the street railway people decided
to make no attempt to keep lines open,
POLICE PROTECTION INADEQUATE.
General Manager George W Baunhom
Of rlo
with the protection afforded by the police
He said today:
With the present police protection we
shall not attempt to run any cars later
than p. m, when means that the last
cars viii leave the down town terminus
not later than 6:30.
we attempted to run the Laclede ave-
nue. division this morning The police
were to have had sufficient number OF
men to take out as many as twenty cars
if necessary. We had a great deal OF
trouble, however, in keeping our firemen
at the power house. The pickets around
the premises and the strikers made
threats of violence against the men at
the power house. They succeeded in run
ming off three different crews within the
last twelve hours. The result was that
when we were ready to start this morn
ing, having conductors and motormen
we were unable 10 do so because the fire
men, who were ready to do their duty,
were forced from our premises on account
of the non-pTotection of the police
On the BellefoHtaine division the feed
and trolley wires have been cut in a num-
Der of places ana distractions placed on
the tracks. All the forenoon men were
out repairing the wires and removing the
distractions, but it is believed they will
not be able to get the line into condition
TO run cars today.
The California avenue division was re-
opened today under police protection.
Seven cars are running, and more will be
put on during the day. All clerks in the
offices of the lines of the Transit com
pany, at Vandeventer and Park avenues.
were sworn in as policemen this after
noon.
Twenty-seven non-union motormen and
conductors from towns in Northern Mis-
souri, reached here today. 1t is expected
that additional nOn-union men from
Cleveland Milwaukee and other cities;
will arrive shortly to work for the Transit
company in the places vacated by the
strikers
UNIONS TO CONFER.
a call addressed to the presidents and
the secretaries of the various trades
unions of st. Louis and signed by David
hreyHng, president OF the Central Trades
ard Labor council; H w. Steinbiss. ma
tional secretary Building Trades Coun-
ell OF America, and w. d. Mahon, presi-
dent of the Street Railway Employees of
America was sent out today In part if
follows:
Fellow Unionists: The present strug-
gle of the street railway employees is ore
OF vital Importance to every union work
er of this vicinity The mask has been
pulled off and the fi0ht iS elaarI,. a.
fined. Il is a battle for the principles
of trade unionism. the RIGHTS Of nrean-