St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-15
RESORT TO COURT.
OMAHA,S FIGHTING FACTIONS
CONCLUDE TO AWAIT A DE-
CISI0N.
AN EXCITING FORENOON
CROWDS IN THE STREETS EX-
PECTING A SANCTUARY
COMBAT.
FOR A TRUCE.
Kansas Cityts A. p. A. Promises to
Send an Army to Join in the
Conflict.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 14.-A11 prob
ability Of resort to force to settle
the municipal muddle over the rival
police commissioners is now very re-
mote, but for two hours this morning
it looked very much as though a Sc
riouS collision was inevitable. The
sidewalks and streets surrounding
the city hall were crowded with peO--
pie, and the interior of the building
was crowded with sheriffs and Off
GERS. The A. P. a. commission con-
vened at 10 a. m, amid considerable
excitement. The members were en-
couraged with cheers from 200 A. P.
AS present. They were expected to
at once place a rival police force on
the streets, attempt to oust Chief of
Police White and storm the city Jail.
This was the schedule as given out
by the A. P. A. s pretending to be on
the inside. The situation was in
tensified by the report from Kansas
City that the a. P. A. councils had
5000 armed men ready to send to
Omaha to maintain the a. P. A. COM
committee was in the mayors office
ready to issue orders and repel any
force necessary to maintain its po-
sition. After a brief conference the
A P. A. committee concluded to
confer with the old board before re-
sorting to arms. The conference was
the result of letter which Mayor
Z - I 1rr~
night, asking the members to meet
the old board and endeavor to reach
a peaceable settlement of the con-
troversy. The members of the new
board replied that they had decided
to meet Mayor Bemis and his col
leagues, and the mayor replied that
they were ready.
PEACE CONCLUDED.
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 telegram,
signed by himself as chairman Of the
old board, and by W. ]. Broatch, as
chairman of the new board, to Gov.
Holcomb and A. S. Churchill, attor-
ney general, as follows: "If the SUI
preme court will meet at an early
date, all the members of the two
boards of fire and police commission
ers will unite in a request for an
early hearing. Will you get the
court to fix a short date? Answer
This telegram was sent to each of
the justices of the supreme court;
''All parties agree to submit police
matters 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
concessions. Each side stood as it
had before, and in that respect there
was no change in the situation. They
had simply agreed that the best
course for the interests of all con-
cerned was to Immediately submit
the controversy to the supreme court
and they had united to that end
Members of the new board were re-
ticent in regard TO what their next
procedure would be. When Mr.. Van
dervooTt was asked whether mem
bers would proceed to organize a po-
lice force in opposition to that con-
trolled by the old board, he would
not answer directly, but stated that
neither board was going to be very
strict on the other while the mat
ter was pending before the supreme
court.
Chief Justice Novel, of the state
supreme court, announced late this
evening that a special session of the
court will be held tomorrow to set
tie the case.
KANSAS CITY WOULD HELP.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 1.-THE
Star this afternoon publishes a story
to the effect that several thousand
A. P A members in Kansas City
are watching the controversy in
Omaha with great interest. 1t leaked
out today that at meeting of the
advisory board of Jackson county,
held last night, resolutions were
adopted offering substantial aid to
their Nebraska friends. One of the
most reliable members of the order
told a Star reporter today that if
the Omaha police commissioners
wanted 5000 to 10000 men they could
get them in Kansas City in less than
twenty-four hours.
DO you mean that you are going
up there with Winchesters to raise
a war;" was asked.
You don't think we would go
empty handed, just to look on, do
you?" was the reply.