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Show All Quiet on the Street Cars. St. Louis. Oct. 12. The situation in the street car strike is unchanged. The strikers assembled quietly at Turner's Hall this morning to await developments. The cars are running on all the lines under the escort of the police. No disturbances have occurred. oc-curred. Some of the drivers and conductors who were frightened off by the riots have returned re-turned to work, and no serious trouble is apprehended for the present. The meeting of the business men to discuss dis-cuss the street-car strike this morning was quite exciting. A report of the sub-committee made and submitted Saturday, was rejected. John Perry, banker, expressed himself opposed to reognizing the Knights of labor, which he described as an irrespon sible body of men. L. B. Ripley, iron mer chant, said the way to act was to take the rioters by the throat and make them respect re-spect the majesty of the law. Ripley's speech was greeted with cheers. A new committee was appointed, which returned a resolution calling on the Mayor to protect life and property. After some discussion the resolution was adopted, and a committee appointed to wait on Mayor Francis with it, During the meeting, John R. Lionberger stated for the street -car proprietors that they had no grievances, and wanted no arbitration ar-bitration by the business men or any one else. The committee then went to seek the Mayor and lay the resolutions before him. |
