Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-18
st. Louis Street Car Men Appeal to
Onion Labor.
WANT A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
Meeting Will Be Held Tonight to
Decide Question.
MORE MOB VIOLEN c E

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 1S.-At a mass
meeting of street car employees last night
at the West End Coliseum resolution was
adopted calling on all labor unions and
sympathiZers to quit work after next Sat
urday in support of the street car mems
strike and unionism. and circular was
addressed to the public giving history of
the strike. A meeting of the labor unions
probably will be held tonight TO pass on the
question of a general strike. To get around
the point in dispute the strikers In the
conference with the railway officials will
offer to pay half a months salary to each
of the men employed since the strike was
inaugurated and pay their fare oack home.
Car stoned by Mob.
At a late hour, as car was passing
Grand avenue and kossuth street, 1t was
stoned by mob. Citizens on the car opened
fire with revolvers on the mob. 1t could
not be learned whether any of the bullets
had taken effect.
AS the result of a disturbance on Leffer-
son avenue last night. in North st. Louis.
Edward O'Leary, striking motorman, was
shot in the thigh. His injury was pro-
nounced serious.
Last night riot call was turned In from
21st street and Franklin avenue. 4 crowd
of 1000 persons gathered in the three
and Dist streets, and 800 men and boys were
at work cutting trolley wires and tearing
up the track and street. They were cheered
on in their work by the others, mary or
whom were women and girls. Policemen
charged the crowd and managed to dispense
them. No violence was offered the officers.
though numerous threats were INDUCED in.
Cars Running Today.
Cars are operating today on about fifteen
of the twenty-five Transit Company lines
which were tied up in the recent strike.
Only small proportion Of the travelling
public can be accommodated, however.
many persons depending on the temporary
means of transportation that have sprung
up The fact that cars are stoned and de-
layed at unexpected points deters many
from riding on them. For the first time
since the street railway strike began the
city was last night patrolled regularly by
officers.
General Manager Baumhoff of the St.
Louis Transit Company announced today
that he has 800 men at his command.
many Of them old employees. With this
number Of men," said he, Il would be able
to operate every line belonging to the Tran
sit Company in the city. providing the po-
lice would give US the proper protection.
For the limited protection that we are re-
ceiving 1 have more men than l can use,
and there are any number Of applications on
fle.'
Mr.. Baumhoff said that it is his intention
to open several new lines each day until
the entire system Of the Transit Company
is in operation
New Men Coming In.
New mon to take the places of the strik-
ing street car employees are coming In every
day from other cities, where they have been
procured by agents of the Transit Company.
However, not ell those who came here from
other cities stay with the company. every
day noting the DETECTION of a. number Of the
non-union men. who Immediately join the
strikers ranks.
OF the newly appointed emergency police
twenty-four have sent their stars and res
ignations to Chief of Police Campbell. The
majority stated that they were tired Of po-
lice work.