The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15
A CONFLICT AVERTED
In the Omaha Police Commission
Controversy,
THE SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE.

The Contesting Bodies Come Together ard
Decide to Prevent "A Resort to Arms by
Final Appeal, Though Both Claim to
be Legal.
OMAHA, Aug. 15.--All probability of re
sort to arms to settle the municipal mud
die over the rival police commissions Is
now very remote, but for two hours yes
terday 1t looked very much as though n
serious collision was inevitable. The side
walks and streets surrounding the city
hall were crowded with people, and the
Interior of the building was crowded with
sheriffs and officers. The American Pro
tective association commission convened
at 10 a. m. in this city, amid considerable
excitement, The members were encour-
aged with cheers from 200 A. p. AS pres
emit They were expected TO at once place
rival police force on the streets of the
city, attempt to GUST Chief of Police White
and storm the city jail.
This was the schedule as given by the
A. p. A.'s pretending to be on the inside.
The situation was intensified by the re-
port from Kansas City that the A. p. A.
councils had 5000 armed men ready to
send to Omaha to maintain the A. p. A.
commission. At the same time the old
commission was in the mayors office,
ready to issue orders to repel any force
necessary to maintain it's position
After u brief conference the A. p. A.
committee concluded to confer with the
old board before resorting to arms. The
conference was the result of aletter which
Mayor Bemis sent to The A. p. A. board
Thursday night, asking the members to
meet the old board and endeavor to reach
a peaceable settlement of the controversy.
The members of the new board replied
| that they had decided to meet Mayor
Bemis and his colleagues, and the mayor
replied that they were ready. The two
boards remained closeted for an hour or
more. When the door was opened it was
announced that an agreement had been
reached. Mayor Bemis then sent a tele-
/ gram, signed by himself as chairman of
the old board, and by w, j. Broatch as
chairman of the new board, to Governor
Holcomb and A. S. Churchill, attorney
general:
eff the supreme court will meet at an
early date all the members of the two
boards of fire and police commissioners
will unite in a request for an early hear
ing. Can you get the court to fix "a short
datep Answer"
This telegram was sent to each of the
Justices of the supreme court;
IAN parties agree to submit the police
matter to supreme court if early hearing
can be had.
This was also signed by the chairman
of each board. They wanted it understood
that neither board had made any eonces
sion Each side stood as it stood before
and in that respect there was no chang,
in the situation. They had simply agreed
that the best interest of all concerned
would be served by submitting the case tt
the court, When Mr.. KandCrvoort wa
asked whether members would proceed t.
organize a police force in opposition tt
that controlled by the old board, he wOult
not answer directly, but stated tha
neither board was going to be very stric
on the other while the matter was pend
ing before the supreme court.
Chief Justice Novel, Of the suprem
court, announced late last night that
special session of the court would be hell
this afternoon to settle the case.