The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-16
PREPARED TO RESIST
Conflict in Omaha Seems to be
Inevitable.
NEW MEN ARE PUT ON EACH BEAT
Old Board Has TIL Ten O'Clock to vacats
the Premises--When the Old ORcer
Arrests tho New Omcer then
will the Fun Begin.

Omaha, Neb, Aug. 14-No demon
stration has been made today in the
police row, but the plans are all matur-
ed for the A. P. A. board to to attempt
to enforce its authority at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. With this object in
view the A. P. A. board has served
notice on the old board that, having
duly qualified and been recognized and
having assumed the duties of office,
Wednesday, Aug. IA, at 10 O'Clock, is
named as a suitable time to receive
from the old board the records, prop
erty and rooms that properly belong to
new board as the lawful board of fire
and police commissioners"
In the meantime the old commission
will not change its course but goes on
reinforcing the city Jail. and preparing
to resist any assault of the new board.
This is taken as certain evidence that
conflict will result, since the old board
will not surrender.
One plan Of the A. P. A. board is this:
The new board will organize a new po-
lice force and put new men on every
beat in the city. The old officers will
arrest them and take them before Po-
lice Judge Berka who is an A. p. A.,who
will at once release them, holding that
the new men are the real officers instead
OF being men who are impersona ting
officers. AS soon as the A. P. A. men
are released they will bring heavy dam
age suits against the officers making
the arrests, including their bondsmen
in the suits. Individual conflicts are
likely to occur when one policeman ar
rests another.
HOW 1T LOOKS LATER.
Tonight it is quite evident that Oma-
ha is on the verge of a crisis as a result
of the police row and the indica tons
point to a serious conflict at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow when the A. P. A. commits
sion will attempt to take forcible posses
sion of the city property. The police
commission now in authority replied
declared that while they deplore the pro
liability of a conflict they were legally
conducting the affairs of the police de-
partment of Omaha and that if the A.
p. A. commission disputes their authori
ty they have recourse in the courts to
get possession. The fire and police force
members all received letters today to
visit the office of the A. P. A. board to-
morrow and recognize their authority
or be discharged. A few members of the
force will probably do so but the ma
jority will ignore the letters and act
to recognize any authority but that
esta blished by the state law.
While everything on the surface may
seem quiet tonight there is a strong I'M
dercurrent of excitement and it is be-
lieved that crisis is at hand in the con-
flict between the contending factions.
There is a feeling, however, that the
new board will not carry out it's threat
of putting a new force on duty tomor-
row. 1t is not improba BILE that if the
plan is completed, conflict between
the old and new officers will ensue In
the event of any disturbance the char
ter constitutes the mayor of the city,
chief in control of the police, his au-
thority overriding that of the police com
missioners. Both forces will, there
fore, be under the mayors control Eff
forts are being made tonight by the
best element of the city to bring about
a peaceable terminat ton of the quarrel
and it is not improbable that they will