The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13
SIT. LOUIS SITUATION.
sympathetic strike May BE Ordered.
Federnl Interference Threatened.

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Federal Interference Threatened.
st. Louis, May 12.-An earnest effort
was made today to settle the street rail-
way strike by arbitration along lines sug
gested by w. H. Woodward and other en-
ployes of union labor. The efforts cane
to nothing, however, as the strikers and
street car companies could not be brought
together on any point involving the rec
ognition OF the union, ~
The effort at compromise began with the
Wallahalla hall meeting this morning,
after which the citizens committee wait
ed upon President Whitaker and Attorney
Lchlnann Of the Transit company Propo-
sitions which the company was willing to
accept were found to be unsatisfactory to
the union and viceYersa, so, after trips
back and forth, the committee OF union
labor employees found their mission far
from accomplished. Fey tried to arrange
another conference tonight, but Mr.. Whit
taker said he was leaving the city aud
the conference had to be declared off.
Inc grievance committee OF the strikers
and MT. Woodward 3 committee will meet
at the Mercantile club at a IN. Mon
day.
with the assistance Of the police tho
Transit company succeeded in getting
three more OF its lines open today al
though one was disabled temporarily by
cut wires and barricades.
The new lines opened were tho Page
and Spalding lines of the Lindeli division
and the Laclede avenue line In addition
me Delmar, Park avenue, Compton
Heights, Fark and California avenue lines
Incorporated more or less regularly. No
ears were run IN any of them, howevr.
after p. IN
The suburban system, as usual, managed
to run pretty nearly on schedule time on
each Of its three divisions.
AT dusk, however, there was a complete
suspension OF operations.
In general the fifth day OF the strike
was rather quiet.
few cases OF violence were reported
from various parts OF the city and some
shootlng was done, but without serious
results A number OF arrests on m,nor
charges growing out of the present diff
eulties We're reported
, meeting OF the presidents, secretaries
and business agents Of all the labor or
ganiLatlons IN the city has been called for
> o'clock tomorrow evening al WallahalIa
nail, when a sympathetic strike will he
considered. Such a strike, the labor lead
ers say Will not be declared except as a
%N''~ ANsVit' however, steps VIII b. taken
at tomorrow's meeting to authorize Tho
executive committee of tho Central Trade
and Labor Council to call such a strike
whenever, in their estimation. conditions
demand it. In other words, the SYM
pathetic strike will be kept as a last card
which will be played only il II becomes
necessary to help the street railway men
within their fight
That the Federal authorities are watch
ing the strike situation closely Is shown
by the statement OF United States Dis-
trct Attorney Roller. Mr. Roller de-
mands that the mail cars be not inter.
fered with either by barricading the roai-
ways. cutting the wires or in any othe-
way, and his talk contains a threat tbat
the United States government NAV Wei
take a hand IN the strike The custom n.
pillng stones and old iron on the street
car tracks and cuiing the wires which
has sprung up only within the last few
days. eyidertly furnishes the inspiration
Tor Mr. Rollers words.
No street cars VIII be run In St IoD,s
Sunday. Chief of Police Campbell con-
sidared It necessary thst his men shoula
have some rest and refused to detail them
70 keen the street ear Hines open tomor.
row. Fading that the chief could not no
moved the street railway companies de-
cided to make no attempt to keep the line,
open