The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
STOPS ALL THE CARS.
Complete Tie-Up of St. Louis Street
Railway Lines.
Is Caused by Strike of Over 5000
Employees - Riots Follow At
tempts to Run Cars-Sev-
eral Persons Shot.

OurS-SGVs
eral Persons Shot.
st. Louis, May 9.-The employees of
the st. Louis Transit company, num-
bering about 5000 men, made good on
Tuesday their threat to tie up the
street railway traffic of the city. In
doing so they not only paralyzed the
business IF the company, which oper-
ates all the electric and cable roads
in the city, with the exception of those
owned by the st. Louis d Suburban
Railway company, on which a strike
has been in progress for two weeks
past, but brought matters to a stand
still in half dozen other lines of
business as we'll. 1t was the most
complete tie-up ever seen in St. Louis.
Cars Are Stoned.
kotous proceedings began almost
Immediately. When the company
tried to take out cars from the various
barns OF the system the nonunion men
who had undertaken the task We're
Immediately surrounded and urged
nos to make the attempt. If they per-
sisted the cars We're surrounded by a
bowling mob, and, as if by magic,
sticks and stones filled the air, fore
ing the men in charge to desert their
posts. During the fusillade windows
in the cars would be broken, while
their sides would be Scared and dent
ed by the missiles. At first the storm
cente's were confined to these remote
points. BY and by a few cars man.
aged to slip away from the crowds
around lac power houses and car barns
and make their way downtown. Then
the theater of activity was trans
ferred to Washington avenue, Locust
street and other downtown thorough
fares. The same tactics were resort
ed TO downtown that had proved so
efficacious about the barns. A crowd
would surround each car, and while
the boys and young men would shout
"scab' at the motorman and con-
ductor, from further back in the
throng would come volley of rocks
and brickbats, smashing the windows
and frightening the men in charge
from their posts.
The most serious personal injuries
sustained up to nightfall were re-
ceivcd in riots of this character which
took place on Washington avenue,
from Sixth to Eighth streets. In one
of them boy was shot by nom
union conductor, who was trying to
push his car through the crowd. In
the fracas further down a motorman
was seriously injured by a brick
thrown by someone in the crowd. A
man was shot at Grand and Franklin
avenues, still another man was shot
near the crossing of the suburban
tracks and Taylor avenue.
At nine o'clock p. M, as suburban
car was crossing Taylor avenue, big
crowd gathered. Some one in it pulled
the trolley from the wire end this ac-
ton SO enraged passenger, at present
unknown, that he drew a revolver and
fired three shots into the crowd. Hurd
Gilberth, barkeeper. an onlooker, re-
ceived one of the bullets in the arm and
another in the lung. He was taken to
the city hospital, where his wounds
were pronounced mortal.
Police Powerless.
The police We're powerless in the
face of the mob, which was augmented
at noon by thousands of clerks from
business houses and workmen from
the factories. Many women also gath
cred with the crowds. Boys and
young men, most of whom had no con-
nection with the strikers whatever,
furnished most of the noise and did
large amount of the mischief down.
town. There was comparatively few
of the strikers in the mob. and
many of those who appeared most
Jealous in the cause of the street rail-
way men were animated by no more
ferocious feeling than the love of ex-
citement.
Arbitration Fails.
Attempts at arbitration were made
as soon as the gravity of the situa-
ton was realized. Mayor Zeigenhein
addressed a letter, both to the strik-
ers and to President Edwards Whitta-
ker, of the st. Louis Transit company,
offering his services as mediator. Re
HiCo "C1C 1SCClN gu 1iOul UOCu sues,
but in neither case favorable.
9 The strike was Systematically ar
ranged. The men met after mid
night and at two a. IN. decided to
strike. From that moment the strike
became effective, and when the COM
pany made an attempt to start it's
daily schedule it's efforts were rem
dered futile at every point by the &C.
tivity or inactivity Of the strikers.
Just here a point of difference arises
between the company and the stril1-
ers. The former claims that it has
the men to operate all it's lines if the
strikers would allow the cars to run.
The union men, on the other hand,
claim that the company has not the
men and cannot get them.
Rcnomlnatcd.
Algona, Ia, May 9.-The Tenth Iowa
district republican convention renom-
mated j. p. Dolliver for his sixth term
by acclamatlon.
Will Control Cycle Racing.
Montreal, May o.-The new Cana
dian Cyclists association, which is to