New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
ST. LOUIS STRIKERS USE VIOLENCE.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE TO SETTLE DIFFERENCE;
WITHOUT observation-disclosures FOUND.

ANOTHER CONFERENCE TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES
WITHOUT observation-disclosures FOUND.
st. Louis May 15.-Cars are running regularly to-
day the Suburban Street Railway Companys
system the strike having been led at yesterday s
conference. In pursuance of the agreement reached
a large number of strikers returned to work. All
the police officers who had been guarding the
Suburban's property were ordered to other duty
to-day.
This left the Police Department with a larger
force of men with which to help operate the lines
of the S.. Louis Transit Company and guard the
laborers of the Street Department who. to the
number of several hundred. We're engaged IN re-
moving Instructions of various kinds and debris
from the tracks all over the city.
The trolley wires of the Laclede line OF the
Transit Company were cut in two places between
There's and Spring aves. some time in the night
Eleven Union Street Railway men are locked up IN
the Eighth District police station suspected OF
completely in the offence. Several OF the uiiol
men arrested We're armed with revolvers ana one
of them had rubber gloves and steel wire saws.
Several other were arrested for carrying re-
volvers. Tw. men were seen cutting troliey wires
in Jefferson-ave. The police fred several shots
but the men escaped. The wires had been cut IN
several places.
The Grievance Committee of the street railway
strikers and President Whitaker and Attorneys
Priest and Lehman, Of the st. Louis Transit COM
pany this afternoon resumed the conference that
failed of result last night The meeting to-day
was held behind closed doors Previous to the
meeting Of the conferrees the basis of agreement
decided by the Transit Company for settle
of the strike was given to Attorney clark
for the strikers by Judge Priest. This was placed
before the members of the Grievance Committee
Judge Priest told Mr. Clark that if the proposals
contained in the basis were accepted by the men
the strike would be ended
Mr.. Priest would say nothing more for pubiica-
ton than that the proposition compromise.
rAaA lRatin n
the Transit Companys officials would be called at
ratify the agreement.
Thomas King. twenty-five years old, who was IN
crowd of men and boys that stoned a 1raisIt
Company's repair wagon at Olive and Iwent1eth
SITS to-day, was shot and badly wounded by one of
the men in the wagon. .
to railway mail wele filed with the United
States authorities here to-day. Assistant United
thought action TO prevent such interference would
be taken on the return of District Attorney Roster
from Kansas City.
President NahOn the strike leader, to-day that the
company was not keeping the agreement adopted
Sixty additional special policemen sworn in
to-day, and they, with the twenty-one recruited
yesterday, were armed with revolvers and clubs
and put on duty
An attempt to start the Grand-ave line
resulted in an outbreak at Grand and Eastern
AYES. ABOUT o CLOCK ttlls AFTERNOON "A crowd at
tempted to pull the motorman and conductor off the
car. but We're driven back by the police, who used
their clubs freely, wounding several and fired a
number of shots. named Fladlev who wa
in the crowd. shot in the back
The Grand Jury this afternoon returned indct-
ments against Joseph Smith, George Smith, Ed
for obstructing street railway tracks interfering
with the operation of cars and endangering the
safety of The public; The men were arrested yes
erday at different places, where it is charged they
Were interfering with traffic.