The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-21
CARS RUN lJNMOLESTED.
St Louis Transit Company Operating Five
Of It's Lines.
TWO OUTBREAKS, But NEITHER SERIOUS
Crowds Easily Dispersed by the Po-
Iice-There Was No stone Throw
Ing or Shooting Yesterday.

st. Louis. May 20.--Cars were run today
on the FIVE lines OF the st. Louis Transit
company without any interference from
the strikers or their friends. The lines
which were operated were:
Park. Laclede, Delmar. Page and Spauld-
ing avenues.
No attempt was made to run the cars on
schedule time. They were run out OF the
barn down to one end OF the line and back
again. Sometimes they made the round
trip In about quarters OF the usual
time. Sometimes 1t took them nearly
twice as long. The officials OF the com
pany paid no attention to that, however.
Every car that went out and came back
unmarked was considered the net pro-
ceeds OF notable achievement and its
crew received greetings like those extend
ed to an only SOL on his return from long
and weary warfare. There was no outbreak
of any kind during the day. TWO riot calls
were sent in to the police department dur
Ing the afternoon, but the riots were very
far from being the real thing.
The first disturbance was begun by
balky horse who went on an individual
strike at the corner OF Eighteenth and
Chestnut streets. large crowd gathered
TO watch the progress OF the argument
between the animal and his driver, and
when the horse finally concluded the point
at issue and passed on, 1000 people were
standing around the corner utterly at
loss for amusement. AS substitute for
the horse, the crowd turned Its attention
TO the crews Of the Laclede avenue cars,
which were passing every few minutes.
They showered the crews with epithets
and deluged them with advice. A riot call
was sent to police headquarters and Chief
of Police Campbell taking twenty men,
hurried to the spot, told everybody to
move on" and riot No. l was over before
1t actually started.
The second disturbance occurred few
minutes later on Washington avenue he
tween Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets
crowd of about 1900 people lined both
sides Of the street for two squares and
began to jeer and boot the train crews.
The few policemen on duty were utterly
unable to handle the crowd and un1ues-
tionably the crowd would have been moved
TO things more energetic than words IL
another riot call had not been turned H.
Sergeant Bowen, at the head OF a dozen
men, came quickly to the spot and within
ten minutes he had cleared the street ana
restored quiet
The strikers made the assertion that all
day long they had men along the different
Hnes which were in operation discouraginR
every attempt at interference with tho
cans on account OF the women and children
who would Wish to ride around the city on
Sunday. No direct acts OF violence were
offered during the entire day and although
every car that ran back and forth on the
laclele avenue line carried four police.
men the officers had nothing to do but
keep their seats and ride.
President Baumhoif said during tho
AFTERNOON; I'VE are running full handed
on five lines and could run on all OF the
others II the police were able to furnish
us protection for the crews and pas
sengers"
President Baumhoff said that the com
pany wanted the old men back. but would
not discharge the now men In order 10
make room for them Tho position OF the
company, he announced. was unchanged
on that point and will remain unchanged
to the end
President Mahan OF the employees said
no steps had been taken looking to a con-
ference. He was positive the men would
win In the end.
The Transit company claims to have a
full complement OF men. but this Is de-
MED by their own employees. Something
over 5000 men went out and the highest
estimate today by any Of the employees Of
the men available for duty was 1SOO--the
lowest 1900.