The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
About Half the Usual Force Is Work.
ing on the Various Lines Under
Protection of the Police.
LABOR WAR Is DECLARED OFF
ORGANIZATIONS
AGREE TO OBSERVE PEACE.
Western Miners Adopt DenunciatOry
Resolutions Regarding the Idaho
Troubles-Other Labor News.

ST. LOUIS, May 20.-Cars were run to-
day on five of the lines of the st. Louis
Transit Company without any interference
from the strikers or their friends. The lines
which were operated were: Park. Laclede,
Delmar, Page and Spaulding avenues. No
attempt 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
trip In about three-fourths Of the usual
time. Sometimes 1t took them nearly twice
as long. The off1cials of the company paid
no attention to that however. Every Car
that went out and came back unmarked
was considered the net proceeds of a not
able achievement, and its crew received
greetings like those extended to an only
son on his return from long and weary
warfare. There was no outbreak of any
kind during the day. Two riot calls were
sent in to the police department during the
afternoon, but the riots were very far from
being the real thing.
The first disturbance was begun by
balky horse, who went on an individual
strike at the corner of Eighteenth and
Chestnut streets A large crowd gathered
to watch the progress of the argument be-
tween the animal and his driver, and when
the horse finally conceded the point at
md fxuo nd Ia
were standing around the corner. utterly
at loss for amusement. AS substitute
Cor the horse the crowd turned its atten-
tion to the crews of the Laclede-avenue
cars. which were passing every few min
utes. They showered the crews with epi-
thets and deluged them with advice. A riot
call was sent to police headquarters. and
Chief of Police Campbell, taking twenty
men, hurried to the spot told everybody to
''move on saw that they did ''move on
and riot number one was over before 1t
actually started.
The second disturbance occurred a few
minutes later on Washington avenue. be-
tween Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets. A
crowd of about 1,500 people lined
both sides Of the street for two
squares and began to jeer and hoot
the train crews. The few police
men on duty were utterly unable to handle
the crowd and unquestionably the crowd
would have been moved to things more en-
ergetic than words if another riot call
had not been turned In. Sergeant Bowen, at
the head of a dozen men. came quickly
to the spot and within ten minutes he had
cleared the street and restored quiet.
STATEMENTS DO NOT AGREE.
The strikers made the assertion that all
Gay long they had men along the different
lines which were in operation discourag-
ing every attempt at interference with the
cars on account of the women and chill
dren who would wish to ride around the
city on Sunday. No direct acts Of violence
were offered during the entire day. and
although every car that ran back and forth
on the Laclede-avenue line carried four po-
licemen and every car on the other lines
from one to three. they had nothing to do
but keep thei- seats and ride.
President Baumhoff said during the after
Icon: 1--WE are running full handed on five
lines and could run on all Of the others If
the police were able to furnish US protec-
ton for the crews and passengers. On Page
running On Delmar avenue we are running
cars every seven minutes. The cars before
the strike ran every six minutes. The La
clede-avenue service is the same as before
the strike and on Spaulding avenue we are
giving about the same service as on Del
mar avenue"
President Baumhoff then 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 COM
pany he announced, was unchanged upon
that point, and will remain unchanged to
the end. He said the company would oper-
ate additional lines tomorrow. but would
not say whether or not cars would be run
on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Jefferson
avenue lines On these two lines most of
the trouble has occurred.
President Mahan, of the Street-car Mems
Association, said to-day that no steps had
been taken looking to the conference be-
tween the men and the company. He was
positive the men would win in the end. The
Transit Company claims to have a full
complement of men, but this is denied by
their own employees. The conductors on the
various lines which were in operation to-
DAY said that the company had just about
cne-half as many men as went out. Some
thing over 1900 men went out. and the
highest estimate made to-day by any OF
the employees of the men available for duty
was 1.soo-the lowest 1900. Any number
between the two would be had In a reply
tc a request for information.
There was report early in the day that
all the employees OF the Suburban Company
who returned TO work week ago were to
go out again Monday morning because the
company had not made good its promises
regarding places for the old men. The re-
rort was denied by the ofncials Of the road.