Evening star., 1900-05-19
St. Louis Police to Be Armed With
Shotguns.
GUARDING STREET CAR LINES
Other Unions Considering the Ques-
ton of Sympathetic Strike.
TALK OF GENERAL WALK-OUT

| way strike situation today is without ma
| terial change, so far as the number of oars
| in opera ton is concerned. So far can be
| learned. the St. Louis Transit Company
has in operation on fourteen of the twenty
| two lines composing its system about 10
cars. There were 500 cars in operation be-
fore the strike began. On the part of the
street railway officials it Is declared that
want of proper protection of their lines is
one cause for this condition. while the
| strikers maintain that the company has not
enough men with which to operate more.
During the past few days the interference
by mobs has become SO general and the
| casualties reported so many that, it is
stated today. the authorities will the
police officers guarding the cars with shot
guns loaded with buckshot. They will be
instructed. 1t is alleged. to fire into mobs
which attempt to interfere with the
ming of cars with the crews in the dis
charge of their duty.
Seventy Men Injured.
So far nearly seventy employees of the
Transit Company, mostly motormen. have
been under the surgeons since the
strike began. Most of the cases are trifling
cuts and bruises from fists rocks pre-
dominating. but there are some serious
ones in the number.
In many of the sheds and power houses
| of the ST Louis Transit Company hospitals
have been established and there are pa
tientS in almost all of them.
The action OF the Trades and Labor
Union last night in adopting a resolution
recomrne nding that labor uniOniSts quit
tee of that body has put different aspect
on affairs. ana complicated matters. 1t re-
| mains to he seen, however. how many of
the different unions will order a sympathy
strike. Each union must settle the tpr
for itself by a three-fourths vote.
At least two of these unions will not go
out These are the Typographical and
preSsmen'S organizations.
Question Of Sympathetic Strike.
A meeting of central traces and labor
unions executive boards was held last night
for the purpose of considering a strike L.,
support of the striking railway employees
The meeting did not adjourn until l2:5o
o'clock this morning. The delegates in
dorsed the street railway strike and re-
solved to recommend to all members of
trades and labor organizations in St. Louis
that they hold themselves in readiness to
suspend labor when called upon to do so
by the executive committees of the central
trades and labor council building trades
council and street railway mems union
The action of the central trades and labor
union is not decisive. Before a general
strike can be called it will be necessary for
the delegates at the meeting last night to
report to their unions: Each union will
then vote on the question. reefourths
vote of each union is necessary to declare
a strike.
Companies May Lose Franchises.
The house of delegates last night passed
a bill for the forfeiture of all the street
railway franchises the ground that the
cars had not been operated according to
law for four consecutive days.
The measure passed the lower house by
a vote of 16 to . and was greeted with
loud cheers by the big crowd of strike
sympa' hizers in the galleries When re-
fcrred to the council that body immedi-
ately adjourned for week
Strikers and their sympathzers yester-
DAY cut out long sections of trolley wire,
piled up barricadcs on the tracks and de-
stroyed the company's property wherever
the opportunity offered.
The first trouble of the day was the
shooting of Policeman Harry f. Barton
while on duty guarding car. The bullet
glanced from his skull and caused only
flesh wound.
A crowd of 800 men gathered at Laclede
and Grand avenues at noon and stopped
three cars. A motorman who refused to
leave his post was shot in the head and
probably mortally wounded. He was
dragged from his car after being struck.
and was badly beaten. riot call was
turned in and the police dispersed the mob.
A second riot at Morgan and 2lst streets
resulted in the shooting of Conductor Guy
Fickes in the thigh.
On Morgan street, near jefferson avenue,
huge bonilres We're built, which had to be
cleared away by the train crews. Dyna-
mite cartridges We're exploded under the
wheels of several cars, but with no other
effect than to cause the passengers to
abandon the cars. A squad of police with
drawn sabers kept the crowd moving.
Views of c. p. Connolly.
c. p. Connolly, president of the local
typopra phical union of the StronereSt in
the city, while discussing the possibility of
a sympathetic strike, said today:
while organized labor of st. Louis will
aid the strikers in every legitimate way
by contributions and by boycotting-there
will be no general strike
Preparations for the great demonstra-
ton and parade this afternoon of organized
labor In favor Of the striking street railway
men have been completed, and it is expect
ell to have at least 80, 600 men in line If the
rains do not prevent. Fifteen bands will
furnish music for the parade which will
start at o'clock and march through the
downtown streets of the city.
All OF the street car employees will parade
In their uniforms and caps. but without
their badges.
Because 1t fears a collision with the
participants in the parade this afternoon,
the management of the St. Louis Transit
Company decided not to run any cars on its
lines after 1870 pm. today.
1t is intimated that this order may be ex-
tended over Sunday also.
Application for Injunction.
On complaint of Postmaster Baumhof and
other employees of the Post Office Depart
ment, United States District Attorney Ro-
zier today appeared before Judge Elmer
Adams of the United States district court
and asked for an injunction restraining the
strikers from Interfering with the opera
ton of mail cars over the tracks of the
St Louis Transit Company.
President Mat- of the Interna tional
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Employees, Chairman Mackissick of the ex-
ecutiye committee of local street railway
employees union; National Organizer Harry
Bryant of street railway e=ployes' union
ard forty-seven others are named in the
petition for the injunction.
Judge Adams took the petition under ad-
y;sement and asked for additional affida-
Wits of postal employees to the alleged
interference with the ears.
On Temporary Recruiting Service.
Lieut. William II. Bean, I'd Cavalry has