The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-31
bLL IN RIOTINC.
st Cars We're Run in st. Lou
h Without Being MOleSted
1 in Any Way.
|; CROWDED With PASSENGERS.
h., Car Was Run But What Had
bolire Protection, Although it
Was Not Needed.
|. weeks Of RiotInG md Tur-
N, and fhc End ar settle
w. af the Trouble seems
4 :. Far Away rs Ever.

- weeks OF hiot'hE "hu fur'
n, and ihc End or settle
~ thc Trouble seems
a. Far Away as Ever
|,onis. MAY 2o.--This is the 2lst
, ,hs street railway strike, and
, s.,n, Ms far away as ever,
n, Tran>it 60. and its en-
|. standing firm Ia their respect
r.,,;ors Not a ear on the Tran
f., system has been run since
hi, began without police pro
II In consequence of there not
[ .oough police TO guard the 500
L., cars usually operated. less
|, ouar,cr Of that number have
-,n by the company over only a
L,i,s @ divisions and lines.
/, M,y 5. when the strike began,
have been numerous collisions
I,o the police and the strikers
b, la,,er's sympathizers. Hard
h, during that time has passed
,v, somebody being wounded by
|, or injured by flying missiles
..vc, clubs. The list Of casual
,r,pnfs 'our persons shot and
:. wounded hv bullets and so |
J, injured in other ways.
! Of the killed were innocent by
b.. n striking motorman and an |
r,ncy policeman completing the
n, Several Of the wounded are
,rltlcsl condition and may die.
estimated by the strikers that
ban fity OF their number (3,325)
struck have returned to work.
with the street car men i'm
4 from other cities. are operat-
!, Transit co.'s cars. IT is as
that at least 20 Of the import
n har. ioined the strikers.
N, points Of issue between the
NV and its striking employees
htcu agreed 10 except that of
.nnc all The men who went out
il old positions. The company
, to displacc the men they have
nnce the s,rihe began, while :
dk.r decline 10 sign any agree
that does not give all the old
heir places again. Several at
! have been made 10 bring the
rsrs and employees together. !
iihout success, and thus the ;
stands. !
netting of citizens has been [
in the directors room of the
ants exchange FOR the purpOse Il
-nsslng plans for the amicable {
aeni Of the street car employees il
lay was uncventful. The first K
nun over the Transit Co.'S lines e'
Y o. m. Saturday were sent out p
morning over the Delmar ave- II
'ag' avenue, Spaulding avenue, is
0h Heights, Park avenue. La n
u,nne and Olive street lines. ol
iay being fair. the cars were IT
. from c;rly morning until : dl
When they ceased running, by III
= going TO and coming from vi
'h' and western suburbs. The nc
neahoned run east and west OF
consequence the main depend ne
those living IN the north and on
portions of the city was on
and busses or The ears Of the
ven system, which operates
"a united area compared with
O''''d by the Transit Co.
!" result Of an encounter last
N'T''n striking and non-strik-
'P'oy'' Of the Transit system. -
-,n we're Shot, one being fatal o'
!, "' others seriously wounded. :"
W sullivan, James Sullivan and S"'
~, onnell. strikers. were pass 10
'S'sA 70 Lafayette park they were IN =,
..fa from the rear and fired {
: '''ee men, said t. be in the .i'
~ employ One Of the bnl- ih
~ through Philip Sulliyan's ing
'Sg. ..,, giving him a fatal wound. WI ".
-, man received a ball in the ,h'
! A. - 'hd O'Connrll was shot ou'
I, -. .'' night leg. Accounts Of POI ,
= ', :, a'fer some bystanders !
= !, mat .aa' 1t was a deliberate at. Lo'
,ns1s,. s,''s''na'lOn on the part OF "n'
~, n'5 ~. ; new employees, while
we, ,s'' -. u was a pitched bat. Y
n =, '"o factions. \ riot rec,
ss.,o,'s Unee sounded, hut the Lie
'MM. M'a -, men had made their Fri,
w.. '.' Vine the police arrived of !