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Show STRIKERS IT II ST.' LOUIS; STOHIRS First Day of Teamsters' Trouble Is Marked by Attacks on United States Mail Wagons PRISONERS RESCUED FROM PATROLMEN Officers Arrest Leaders of Mob, but Lose Them Before Be-fore They Can Be Placed in Jail ST LOUIS Aug 13 A runn ng fight between oOO strikers and sympa thizers on one s de and three non un on drivers and a score of policemen on the other wh ch terminated n a r ot in front of the St Lou s Transfer com pany s stable tonight was the in t al act of violence n the strike of 1500 transfer drivers and chauffeurs hich began here today The f ght began at a po toff ce sub stat on where twenty pickets were wait no- for three dr vers who had been haul ng mail dur ng the day There Mas onl one pol ceraan at the station b t he held off the strikers while the lasi ioa.a ot man was oeuig i&Ken injm the wagons Rioters Pelt Dmers As the empty wagons started for the r stables the crowd of etr kers which had hooted and, threatened the drivers was cons derably augmented The policeman foreseeing trouble turned in a r ot call Before the wagons had gone half a dozen blocks 500 men and boys were pelting the dr vers w th stones The first squad of pol ce reinforce ments arrived here and arrested one of the mob leaders but the prisoner was rescued" by the crowd before a patrol box was reached A Uttle farther down the street more pol ce met the rapidly growing mob and again attempted an arrest Aga n the str kers and their sympathizers affected a rescue Lashing the r ho ses to the utmost, the drivers n ade a final dash and reached the stable two blocks away be -fore theix pursuers mingling with a crowd of spectators arrived A score of persons were injured by br cks and stone but none seriously The police used their clubs freely during the not in an effort to retain possess on of their prisoners and eye witnesses declared later that the drivers "were fired on twice by men in the rowd Neither of the shots is said to have taken effect Officers of the teamsters union d s claiming all respons b 1 ty for the r ot Said it was. the work of irresponsible sympathizers Thev said they intended to conduct the strike without violence Between I'OO and liOO teamsters em ployed by the various transfer com panies of St Louis are idle as the re salt of the strike which brooght about a part al paralysis in the movement of freight into and out of this c ty Others Out of Work Approximately 1000 other employees of the transfe companies werp thrown out of work bv the strike These u elude warehouse employees clerks an I more than 100 girls employed n the transfer companies off ces The St Louis Transfer company which with, the ( olumb a Transfer com pany divi lea a large share of the tean ng business of St Lou s obta ned fed cral aid in mo ng the mails from East St Louia to fet Lo s The St Louis Transfer corupanj has a contract to ca ry ma 1 hetwepn the two c ties P es dentrTansey of the St Lou s dmpany appealed to the federal author t es and the Ln ted States d str ct attorn ev ga e instruct ons that s x government em ploVces should ross the r er n auto mob les and get the ma 1 Ten wagon loads we e moved before tonight 8 not broke out Though f e ght t aff c here was not completely paral ed the str ke pevfre lv affecte! sh pments as many of the freight houses a n Fast St Lon s an 1 the team ng h w he s m npor tant factor u th o en ent of tre ght hundred of wig loa Is be nsr ha led across the Fa h r r ever la pr D pall r th t o large t ans e com pan es The str ke esul pd f om he fa lure of n on off al and team owners to fa gn a new ontra t I 1 hp men subm tted a ne ontract h h h 1 dpd wage n pa es of f o n 1 0 to $6 a week A redu t on n he wo n a f m plpven to ten ho al was a Increase Refused Phe team owni h agp n rrpase. and the re o f ho r They agreed o a o si h ndd no k aol to make erta other ns wo k njr pond t nc George f Tanse p a pnt of the 8t I ou s T ansfp u a to dav ssued a staten Pnt n behalf of he earn owne a assor at sa ng tho en pljrs mdgph n nISt day even ng to Pt n o work- and f bp I n om k b that t ne hp nr o v pg n the emplo m n f n |