New-York tribune., 1900-05-19
HORE VIOLENCE AT ST. LOUIS.
FAILURE TO END STRIKE REVIEWS OUT
BREAKS-GENERAL STRIKE OF ALL
UNION MEN MAY BE ORDERED

St. Louis, May 1s.-There no formal con-
ference to-day between representatives of the
striking streetcar employees and of the St Louis
Transit Company, although President Hawes of
the Board of Police Commissioners tried get
the two parties TO the strike controversy together
in still another meeting President Whitaker said
he was willing to meet the committee from the
strikers at time, but the company had
further proposition to make standing the offer
of Thursday rejected by the strikers
Rioting broke out afresh to-day in various parts
of the city. and several casualties of
nature resulted. AT a crowd of four hundred
more and boys congregated along
Laclede-ave, between Grand and Theresa aves.,
and piled distractions the tracks. AS the
a standstiu rioting began. persons in the
crowd throwing rocks and shots fired.
one of the bullets struck J. r. Richardson.
ductor. in the head special officer one of the
cars was dragged off and badly beaten. and sew
eral motormen and conductors assaulted
While the turmoil at its height a detail of
police came dashing up and charged into the crowd.
They struck right and left, but they had clew
TO who responsible for the shooting. Rich
ards0n is probably fatally wounded. On the Belle
fontein line distractions numerous, and when
the men left the cars TO remove the barriers they
made targets for rocks broken bricks and
pieces of iron
The employees on the Easton-ave cars had
other rough day OF it. distractions were numer-
Gus along the California Avenue and Tower Grove
lines and the cars passed through several showers
Of stones and bricks. Traffic frequently i'm
peded by piles of rocks lumber. etc, along the
Market Street and Chouteau Avenue lines and every
now and then j stray rock hurled the pass
ing cars Two imported employees of the St. Louis
Transit Company shot to-day while in charge
Of streetcars. In neither is the assailant
known. Guy Fickes, of Decatur, HI. shot
through the thigh Twenty-first and Morgan sts.
Fickes was employed guard the cars. At
the hospital Fickes said the shot from the
second story of brick building the
his condition is not serious.
The Federal Grand Jury was in session all day
to-day 1t had under consideration the hindrances
by the present streetcar strike. Many witnesses
were examined and some important evidence pre-
Shortly after noon to-day the cable of the Fourth
the cable arrived at the power house II was
found that all the strands had been severed pre-
The task of splicing the cable and running It
through the conduts will be dlincuIt one ana
the road probably will not be IN shape for day
two.
noc h Transit companT s at ocock
today was running hundred and sixty four
seven al are running on the Lindeil and Park Avene
5i1,teions The oIher Ter ninefV-seyen are scattered
over nracticaiJv ali the other Transit Company
lines. although cars have been run on several
President Maher of the Street Railway. En-
ployes Association ANNOUNCED at noon mat four our
teen labor organizations in St Louis had up to that
time expressed willingness 10 ION a STRIFE, strike %
to decide whether or not to order the general sym
pathy strike was called tonight Executive Off
stated will go as instructed delegates In case
strike ordered. II probably will take place to-
Arrangements being made for parade of
union labor Sunday, when it is expected TO have
more than thirty-ive thousand men IN line. The
miners unions at Bellevie and Carbondale, H..
request for permission TO participate
parade. Fifty who
brought here from Omaha by the transit company
TO run cars in place of the striking employees were
persuaded stop work Their fares were paid, and
they sent home to-day.
Attorney Benjamin Clark, representing the
Grievance Committee. called President Whitaker
of he
Gently rejected by the company. After hours
conference Mr.. Clark announced that he had sub
ruirted to President Whitaker these PROPOSE
tons to which reply waited:
First-That II the Transit Company would dis
charge the new men the Union would pay them
half months wages.
Second-That they would leave all other mat
ters as the reinstatement of the men TO a
board of arbitration.
the bill revoke the franchises Of the various
street railway companies in St Louis IN case
they failed to run their cars in compliance with
the terms Of the city ordinances.