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Show WALKING IN ST. LOUIS The Policemen Are Riding in the Street-Cars and the Public Generally Gen-erally Prefer the Sidewalk. The Knights of Labor Take a Hand, and Demand Living Wages for ! ? Drivers and Conductors. Sixteen Honrs' Work, and a Family to Support on 81.50 a Day. ! Condition of the Street-Car Strike. St. Louis, Oct. 10. This morning'B deveU opmenta in the street-car strike were much more quiet than was expected, after the. tumultuous proceedings of yesterday. There was no riotiiig or trouble during the night, " although a double platoon of police-was in wa'ling all night at the station.. This morning morn-ing the business men's committee appointed to arbitrage between the strikers and the street-car VieeiJeB GS net at the Merchants' Club at 9 ?clook. At 90 o'clock they were met by a committee of five men from the Knights of Labor. . THE KNIGHTS OF LABOB COMMITTEE ' - Stated that no street car strike had been ordered until the men tried in every way to meet the street oar president and failed. If the street ear officials had met themen,there would have been no strike. The committee went on to say that the men would adhere to the demands they made, especially demanding de-manding the twelve-hour role and the payment pay-ment of twenty cents an hour for extra work. They further stated that the Knights of Labor took no account of the earnings of any road or street railway, or otherwise, but they demanded . ' ; , . LIVING WAGES FOB ALL EMPLOYES Under all circumstances. The committee submitted a table showing the wages paid on all street-car lines in the town. It showed the men worked an average of 16 hours per day, and drivers. were paid an average of $1.53 per day, and conductors $1.75, and they now demand twelve hours for a day's work, and that conductors be paid $2 and drivers $1.75. The committee then took recess. The lines are all running at noon. Most of the striking lines having about two-thirds of the usual number of ears in operation, eaoh being manned by two policemen. There has been no rioting yet to-day. The Mayor and Police Board held a called meeting at noon to-day to swear in 5C) special policemen, police-men, who were ordered to report this morning. morn-ing. While the mayor was talking, Charles Green; President of the People's Railway, came m and reported that A MOB HAD GATHEBED At his barn on Park Avenue, and that drivers were being intimidated. Chief of Police Harrigan immediately telephoned to run the cars through no matter how many policemen it required. A number of special policemen were sworn in and sent out on duty. The inquest on the body of John Harvey, striker, shot and killed by Policeman Han-nan, Han-nan, yesterday, will begin to morrow. |