The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-09
stones Hurled at the Cars Regardless
of the Fact that Women
Were Inside.
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED
VEHICLES OF ALL KINDS PRESSED
INTO SERVICE BY CITIZENS.
About 3,4OO Men Said to BE on Strike
Demands of the Men-Opera-
tors Strike on.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May Sin accordance
with the decision reached by the st. Louis
Transit Company's employees early this
morning, general strike was inaugurated
on the immense system at daybreak to-
day. No cars are in operation, save a few
on the Park-avenue division. There was
considerable rioting and a number of peo-
pie were hurt. A partial list of the injured
follows:
STEVE SELLERS. conductor, Suburban
line, eye knocked out.
JOE KOHRING, shot by Conductor Nc
Clellan at Thirteenth street and Washing
ton avenue; not serious.
JOHN CARUTH, motorman, Bellefon-
taine line, struck in face with brick.
JOHN G. GRANATH. driver, seriously
hurt in a collision.
Tho following arrests have been reported:
Conductor George H. Mcclellan. for shoot
ing Joe Koehring; Nicholas Doyle. Union
line, motorman, for rioting; Willie hickey,
fourteen years, charged with throwing
stones; unknown man. refused to give
name; John Walsh, thirteen years. stone
throwing; Charles Senne. fourteen years.
Frank Tule, eighteen years, stone-throw-
ing; Henry Beck, Mcmahon, James
Kelley and John c. Creighton.
The first car on this division left the
sheds at o'clock. The strikers at the
sheds did not attempt to prevent the crews
from taking the cars out. The crews were
allowed to run the cars unmolested until
12:45 o'clock. when car No. 5. of the Park
avenue division, was badly wrecked on
Washington avenue between Sixth and
Seventh streets by a4volley of stones
hy Of me a M
The Suburban line, many of the employ
es of which had been on a strike for several
days, was also tied up after the early
morning hours. Cars We're run far east
as Thirteenth street, but when efforts were
made to bring them down town, crowds Of
strikers and sympathizers interfered with
the crews and in several cases dragged
them off the cars.
CARS WITH WOMEN STONED.
From time to time during the afternoon
and night attempts were made to operate
the cars, but in nearly every case resulted
I'm attacks on the crews by crowds along
the streets. practically stopping traffic. At
Ills o'clock a Park-avenue car was con-
siderably damaged at Eighteenth and
Washington avenue A crowd Of men and
boys was congregated there and as the
car was within distance they bombarded it
with stones. regardless of the fact that
several women were inside of 1t. The
crew on the car stuck to their posts, al
though the stones flew thick around them
The company, when it found that the cars
could not be operated. ordered them back
to the sheds.
Numerous cars were stoned and the men
the streets. The strikers declare that they
have had no active part in these hostile
demonstrations.
Vehicles of all sorts were pressed into
service to-day by the citizens of the town
in getting to and from business.
Chairman Samuel w. Lee, OF the national
executive board, the man who is conduct
ing this strike. said to-day that the union
was satisfied with the results of the strike
1--WE struck to tie up the system" said he
land we have succeeded. The company has
precipitated this crisis by its refusal to
treat with US. We are ready at any time to
do our part toward settling the differences
between US and the company" Mr.. Lee
said he did not know what the strikers
will do If the company employs new men,
out and that they represent about 80 per
cent of the transit company's employees.
WHAT IS DEMANDED.
The salient features of the mems de-
mands which the Transit Company refused
to grant are briefly as follows: That all
conductors. motormen. gripmen and all
men employed in the sheds shall be COM
PEELED to be members of the union; that
the officers of the union. together with the
officers of the company. shall have full
power to adjust all differences that may
arise, and that in the event of their fail
ing to agree shall, If mutually agreed to,
place the case before three arbitrators. Any
member suspended by the union shall be
suspended by the company. without pay,
until such time as the union requests
ais reinstatement: that any man elected to
an office in the union requiring his absence
for not more than a year SHALL upon his
retirement from such Office. have his old
place with the company.
AS result of the strike, the Burlington,
Iron Mountain and Wabash railways to-
day made preparations TO carry persons
living along their lines. Trains on the Wa
bash will stop at all stations between the
Union Station and Rosedale, west of For
sythe Junction
A joint meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Business Mems League and OF
the board Of directors OF the Merchants
Exchange was called at the request of
members of both organizations as soon as
the gravity of the strike situation was real
lied. Preliminary steps were taken with a
view TO bringing matters TO a termination.
and considerable power was given to the
chairman OF the meeting and to the presi-
dents OF the two controlling bodies repre-
sented. 1t was decided to meet daily u