Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
SERIOUS LtnOR RIOT.
Men. Women and children Pile OBJ
strncttous en street Car Tracks fH
st. Louis and Peit the Cars with
stones and Tricks.

st. Louis and Pcit the Cars with
stones and tricks.
St. Louis, Mo-, May lS.-Rioting broke
out afresh to-day In various parts OF
the city and several casualties OF a
severe nature resulted. At noon a crowd
or 400 or more men. women and boys
congregated along LaClede avenue, be-
tween Grand and Theresa avenues, and
piled distractions on the street car
tracks. As the cars came to a stand
still rioting began, persons in the crowd
throwing rocks and some shots were
fired. One OF the bullets struck ]. X.
Richardson. n conductor. In the head,
special officer on one OF the cars
was dragged of and badly beaten, his
club and revolver taken from him and
several other motormen and conduo-
tors were assaulted. While the turmoil
was ut it's height a detail or police came
dashing up and charged into the crowd.
They struck right and left, but they
had no clew az TO who was responsible
for the shooting. Richardson Is proba-
bly, fatally wounded.
On the Bellefontein Line distractions
were numerous and when the men left
the cars TO remove the barriers they
were made the targets for rocks broken
bricks and pieces OF iron.
The employees on the Easton avenue
cars had another rough day OF IL. Their
cars were pelted at street corners near
the western terminus and also along
Franklin avenue and Morgan street, In
one place the strike sympathizers
bloekaded the track with IA dead horse.
No sooner did the street car employees
remove the carcass than n hundred
willing hands grabbed 81 and dragged 81
back TO the track. Traffic was obstruct-
ed until the police arrived and made
nl.oer
numerous along the California avenue
and lower Grove lines and the cars
passed through several showers OF
stones and bricks.
Trsfic was frequently impeded by
piles OF rock. lumber. etc, along the
Market street and Cheateau avenue
lines and every now and then a stray
rock was hurled at the passing cars
Two imported employees OF the 81
Louis Transit Company were shot to-
day while In charge OF street cara In
neither case is the assailant known.
Guy Fickes. OF Decatur. Illinois. was
shot through the thigh at Twenty-first
and Morgan streets. Fickes was em-
ployed as guard on the cars Fickee
eaid large crowd on the sidewalk
hooted and jeered at the car. At Twen-
ty-hrst street he was shot. and he says
the fash came from q corner house
nearby. His condition 10 not serious.
The Federal grand Jury was in SEES
sicn all day to-day. taking evidence
, regarding the hindrances AID obstruc-
/ ttons to the United States mail, caused
By the present street car strike.
Shortly after noon TODAY three cable
oars started east from the power
house OF the Fourth street railway 90
: Eixhteenth and Park avenues. bat
some one cut all the strands OF the
cable. presumably by a steel saw. and
the cars were hauled back to the power
house By horses.
John Kama, a saloon keeper. wal
QFenabiy fatally wounded. ana RobsCs
essisen. coiored. and Emergency Ofacel
eRcoo Holhnssworth slightly wounded
Ao-niRht in a riot at the South End
q special offcer Aired at Kama and thi
ether two were shot. supposedly ~
Kama. Kama had been drinking anS
shot at q motorman on q passing ear
eatrolman Henry r. Barton. guard OF
>, car. was shot and painfully vounde4
to-day. The car was stoned and thsi
shot at riot call dispersed tn,
/ crowd