The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-08
-Four Conductors and MOtOrmen
Wounded and Carried Of Bodily
and Kept Prisoners.
EFFORT TO MOVE CARS FAILS.
Entire New Orleans Police Force
Sent Out as Guard, but Make
No Move TO Resist the
Assault of Crowds.

New orleans. Oct. THE railway com
panies tried to obey the order OF the Mayor
20 run passenger cars this morning. but
with almost the entife force Of city police
concentrated at the scene Of action. the
four cars started. got no further than FIVE
squares from the Canal stteet harm and
the attempt was abandoned for the day.
In the disturbance at Cont street, where
a car was held up. 7. II. Schwenck Of Chi
cago. n nonunion conductor. was lift on the
head with a brick and badly hurt. and he.
with three others. were bodily taken pos
session of by the strikers. Two were kept
prisoners In union headquarters all after
noon. carefully guarded. and not even mem
bers OF the union were allowed 10 tax to
them. The other two are concealed to-
night al some other point, which Is not
known except to the strikers.
a nfth nonupion man. who had been an
Inspector for the company, became fright
ened. and when his sweetheart elung TO his
neck and dragged him from the car. he
was greeted with cheers by the strikers.
He is TO be married tomorrow night
POLICE DO NOT RESIST CROWD.
One policeman was hit on the foot by q
brick. and another ot the nonunion men.
who Is prisoner. was roughly handled but
lNL hAQlN MuEA. Inc cars were DIuAg N4lEl-
aged by bricks and stones.
Four cars were started out with nom
union motormen and conductors. each car
rying eleven policemen. while hundred
policemen were massed In the vicinity. but
when the first car reached Cont street the
strikers and their sympathizers made a
rush. got possession and won the day with
ease The police made no show of resisting
the assault
ST. LOUIS MEN IS THE MELEE.
George W. Centerfeid. a 81. Louis man.
started TO resist the onslaught by using his
controller as a weapon. but the police in
his car took il away from him
]. II. Edison OF ST. Louis who came here
with twenty men. was In charge OF the last
car. and displayed much cooIness in the
face Of the apathy Of the polies and the
onslaushi OF strikers He deliberately
climbed on top OF his ear and tied the rem
nan.s Of the trolley rope.
When he came down The mob was too
much for him, and. as be showed signs OF
resistance. the police took him and con-
veyed him to the Central Station in the
patrol wagon, esesfIed by ten mounted Of
ficers.
MILITIA MAY BE CALLED OFT.
The company Informed Mayor CapievielIe
that the police protection wss Inadequate
and at o'clock the Mayor issued a cal
for a thousand volunteer citizen police. The
responses 70 the call have been few. and
II looks now as though the militia will be
called out. The Mayor conferred with the
AqJutant General IN Baton Rouge and
urged upon him the necessity OF having
the troops in readiness for a call.
The Mayor tried cary In the day 10
swear IN emergency patrolmen. but only
seven men answered the call The com
pany says IL will be ready 70 run twenty
nve cars tomorrow II protection Is given.
but from the outlook there Will not be much
additional protection given.