Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1900 — SAN PUT ON THE STRIKE. [ARTICLE]

SAN PUT ON THE STRIKE.

Federal Court at St. Louie Issues a Sweeping: Injunction. The only developments in the St. Louis street car strike situation Saturday was the issuance of an injunction from the Federal court against fifty leaders. The injunction was issued by Judge Elmer B. Adams in the United States Circuit Court on request of District Attorney Rozzier. The order is very sweeping and is directed against each and every one of the men named in the petition. It Is in effect that they shall do nothing whatsoever that will delay or obstruct the operating of mail cars or the gathering and distribution ofrthe mails. The information is based upon complaints filed with the Government authorities by Postmaster Baumhoff and other employes of the postofflee. The union men who indorse the strike, and are in favor of declaring a sympathetic strike, had decided to hold a parade late in the afternoon, Chief of Police Campbell, being fearful of trouble if the cars and the parade should happen to collide, required the company to keep its cars in the barn. The parade was a success in point of numbers and enthusiasm, about 7,000 men being in line. Banners and transparencies carrying mottoes Indorsing the strike and pronouncing in favor of a sympathetic movement were numerous throughout the column, which marched through many of the down-town streets. There was not the slightest evidence of disorder. The crowd along the line of march was small and undemonstrative. The first steps in a movement toward a general sympathetic strike were taken Friday night by the executive committee of the Central Trades Assembly. It was resolved that the time was ripe for a sympathy walk-out, and all unions were requested to prepare for a strike. All negotiations between the strikers and the St. Louis Transit Company have been terminated for the present at least. Hereafter officers assigned to .cars on the transit company’s lines will’be armed with rifles instead of revolvers, with instructions to shoot into any mob which offers violence.