The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-01
AN EPIDEMIC OF SICKNESS.
FOLLOWS ORDER FOR A POSSE OF
ST. LOUIS CITIZENS.

sheriff Ordered to Call Out 1880 Men
to Preserve the Peace, but Few
Are willing to Serve-SOme of st.
Louis Most Prominent Citizens
Were Called On-They VIII BE
Armed With Riot GUNS and Plenty
of Ammunition.
St, Louis, May S1.-Public interest in
the strike situation centers for the time
being in yesterdays order to the Police
Commissioners on the sheriff of ST. Louis
county to swear in 1000 special deputies
and in their order of to-day, ordering the
swearing-in of 1900 additional men, max
ing $500 in ALL for the purpose of pre-
serving peace and order.
To a certain extent, these orders have
created CONSERVATION among men in all
walks of life as is evidenced by Sheriff
Pohlmann's statement THAI an epidemic
of sickness had suddenly broken out in
the city since the draft for the posse be
gan. Nearly every man of any position,
the sheriff says, who has been summoned
to serve in the posse is scurrying about
10 get a physicians certificate that he
which units him for duty.
Many of those who demonstrated with
the sheriff this morning were veterans of
several wars They complained that they
had already served their country, and
thought it an imposition to place them in
the posse. Among the prominent citizens
summoned to serve in the posse comitatus
are the following:
William e, Fisse, ex-judge of the Circuit
Court; Charles H. Green, street car mag
nate; George H. Plant of the Plant Mil
ing Company; A. W. Stewart, attorney
for Union Trust Company; w. d. Ortiz
vein, member of the Merchants Ex-
change; John A. Warren, stock broker;
d. T. Byrne real estate agent; Peyton
Carr, corporation lawyer; Edgar Tllton,
Will Stanard, son of ex-Lieut Gov. Stan
ard; Otto Teichman, wealthy malster;
George S. Johns, editor of the Post-Dis-
PATCH Rev. DR.. S. ]. Nichols, pastor of
the Second Presbyterian Church; Gen. B.
G. Farrar, United States sub-treasurer at
st. Louis.
No male citizen between the ages of q
and 65 is exempt, unless engaged in po-
lice or military service, or unless physi-
cal disability be proven.
Sheriff Pohlmann reported that the
| work of recruiting the first thousand dep
uties called for was progressing rapidly,
! and he believed he would have no trouble
| in gathering in the full quota of $500.
| The police board decided to-day to arm
| the posse with riot guns. The weapon
is a short-barreled repeating shotgun
about three and a half feet long. The
magazine has a capacity for six shells
/ which may be loaded with buckshot OF
| small shot. The purpose of the arm Is
| to do as much execution as possible.
-Four persons were shot during the street
| car troubles last night. Thomas Kehoe
| and Thomas Riley, both union motormen
| are seriously wounded. 1t is said Kehoe's
| injury may be fatal.
| Others wounded were Frederick Pctte,
and John A. Davis. Potter was shot ir
| the left hand and arm.
| Ora HaYill a Transit Company watch
| man, and formerly d captain in the Ninth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, is under ar
rest, on the charge of shooting Kehoe.
A committee of South ST. Louisans, ap
pointed to represent a business meeting
held to-day, called on the chief of polio
and President Whitaker of the Transi
Company and presented an ultimatIm Il
the effect that unlesss the police or III
company disarmed its employees the com
mittee would take the work of doing SO il
its own hands. They said they propose,
to protect their wives and children, ie
the result be what il would