The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19
THE ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
Several shooting Arrays and Riots
Yesterday.

Several shooting Arrays and Riots.
Yesterday.
st. Louis. No., May is.-Ata mass
meeting of street car employees last a light
Mt the Wsst Ena Coliseum = resolution
was adopted calling on ell labor unions
and SYN pathizers TO quit work after mex I
Saturday In tupport OF the street car
mems strike aud unionism, aud circu-
lar was addressed 10 the public giving q
history OF the strike.
10 get around the point In dist ute the
strikers In the conference with the rail-
way officials will otter to pay half q
II onth's salary to each OF the Tuen en-
pioyed since the strike was inauguratsd
and pay their fare back home.
As the result OF n disturbance on Jeffer-
son avenue last night. IN North st. Louis.
Edwsrd Clsary. a striking motorman,
was shot In the thigh. His injury was
pronouneea serious.
Last night Q riot call was turned In
from 2ist street and franklin avenue. A
crowd Of 1900 persons gathered in the
three blocks OF Branklin avenue between
lgth ant 2snd streets and i've hundred
men and boys were at work quitting troll
ley wires and tearing no the track and
s'reet. They were oheered on In their
work BY others, mary OF whom we're wo-
men and girls. Policemen charged the
crowd end managed to disperss them.
tough numerous threats were INDUCED
In.
Alta lats horr Is . car was passin z
Grand avenue and kossuth street, 10 wa 9
stormed BY q mob. Citfxsns on the oar
opened tirs with revolvsrs on the mob. 1t
could not be learned whether any OF the
bullets Ind taken effect.
Patsolman Kurton was shot In the head
today by unknown persons while riding
on Jefferson avenue car. he will re-
cover. Disturb anoes occurred at q num-
Der OF points along the lines OF the transit
COMPANY.
j. Richards, motorman, who came
here from Cleveland. was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded at La Clede and
Grand avenues. A policeman who was
on the front platform with Rionards
when he wa shot was DRAGGED from the
car and severely beatsn. The conductor
suf q red similar fate. Tbs mob which
stoned the oar. John Ficxs. an empluys
OF tire transitcompany. was shot at Prairie
and Eaeton avenues.
Tnis afternoon q crowd gathered at
Fourth and Morgan streets, upset Q
wagon containing coffee and lunch for
the non.union men. There were no police
In sight. As result or sfforts to o o. n
Its system under police protection, the
transit company at one O'Clock today was
running l64 cars on Its various lines. The
house OF delegates this afternoon passed
the bill to Tevoks the franchises OF the
various street railway companies In st.
Louis In oase they failed to run their oars
IN compliance with the terms OF the city
ordinances.
Distractions were numerous and when
the men left the cars to remove the bar
riers, they were made the targets for
stones, bricks aid pieces OF iron. The
cable Of the South street railway was out.
John kenna, a saloon keeper In Gratiot
street, was probably fatally wounded and
Robert Nelson. coiored and Emergency
Officer Jacob Hollingswortb were slightly
wounded tonight In a riot at the South
End OF the Fourteenth street bridge.
ksnna had been drinking hard and as
q car approac he'd he drew a revolver and
attempted to shoot the motorman, bnt
missed his mark. he then began shoot
ing at the cond uotor and Spaoial Officer
Hollingsworth. The officer jumped from
the car and he and kenna exchanged
shots.
Patrolman Henry E. Bartan was shot
on q jefferson avenue car while acting as
a guard. A few stones were thrown and
then several shots rsng out The officer
received a scalp wound from q bullet.
A number OF men In houses near where
the shooting occurred, were arrested
General Manager Bsumheh appeared
discouraged today over the conditions
prevailing.
sit is very dishesrtsning." said he. ''to
see how little protection big corporation
can obtain for It's property"
All negotiations between the strikers
and the transit company have bean ar
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