Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-31
BULLETS FLY FAST.
ANOTHER LONG LIST OF CASUALTIES
AT ST. LOUIS.

Al ST. LOUIS.
Motormeh Use Revolvers on Account OF
Street Jeers and Dozen Persons Are In
jured-Riots Occur In Four Parts of the
City-Three Fatally Shot.
ST. LOUIS, May 30-In rioting sense
yesterdays developments were the
worst experienced since the strike on
the lines Of the st. Louis Transit COM
pany was inaugurated, over three weeks
ago. The rioting was confined en-
tirely to foursplaces in the southern Sec
ton Of the city and by nightfall the
police records showed that fully dozen
persons had either received bullet
wounds or been hurt by flying missiles
Three of those hit by bullets received
what are presumably mortal wounds,
and that no one was killed outright
seems miraculous, considering the great
number of shots exchanged in indis-
crlmlnate fashion on the part of en-
ployes of the company, the strike SYM
pathizers and the strikers themselves.
The wounded:
Henry Pestichke, shot in back. fatal.
John L. Rice, shot through chest, fatal
r. il. Stilson, shot through breast, fatal.
John McCalley, shot in left knee.
Dolly Mitchell, shot in right arm.
William Grannemann, shot in left leg.
George Lacostin, shot in left arm
Albert Wackwitz, shot in right arm.
John Decker, shot in left thigh
Frank Yeager, shot in hand
Martin Burke. shot in left hip.
The first disturbance occurred at the
intersection of Broadway and Miller
street. Bonfires had been started dur
ing the night and the tracks were found
encountered with the debris by the
crew of the first car out. A big crowd
composed of men, women and children
was gathered at the corner and they
booted and guyed the crew as tat
tempted to remove the Instructions.
Almost Immediately shooting COM
menced from the car. First a single
shot rang out, and then'a perfect fusil-
lade. The crowd scattered in every di-
rection and in the greatest confusion a
school girl named Dollie Mitchell
screamed and fell to the sidewalk, shot
through the arm. William Granne-
mann, who was standing some distance
from the scene of the shooting, was
struck in the left knee.
James McCalley received ball in the
left leg. Both Grannemann's and Nc
Calley's injuries may necessitate the
amputation Of their limbs.
There must have been 30 or 40 shots
fired. Windows were smashed and
numerous indentations of bullets are to
be found on the walls of the buildings
in the vicinity.
The second riot occurred at Broadway
and Pestalozzi street. At the time a
large crowd was gathered at the alley
through which the railroad switch to
the Anheuser- Busch brewery runs AS
a car passed the point the crowd COM
menced first to jeer at the crew and then
began to pelt the car with rocks and
other missiles. AS soon as the car was
assaulted, the firing began In all rs
or 80 shots were fired. The crowd be-
gan to run up the alley as soon as the
firing started Herman Pestichke, a boy
employed IN the bottling department of
the Anheuser- Busch brewery, was the
first to fall, with bullet in the small of
the back. His spine is injured, causing
total paralysis below the point of in
jury, and his recovery is thought i'm
possible.
A few moments later George Lacostin,
man employed at the brewery, and
Albert Wackwitz, painter, fell to the
ground, the former being hit by bullet
in the left arm, and the latter receiving
one in the head above the right temple.
The worst Of the riotous disturbances
occurred near the intersection of Cali
fornia avenue and Keokuk street. In
this afray nonunion motorman and
another employe on a car of the Transit
company were probably fatally shot.
The battle while it ragged was fierce and
in view of the large number of shots
fired, estimated at 200, it is remarkable
that there were NOT more injured