Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-07
POSSE is ON DUTY.
Nine Hundred Special Deputies at
Work In st. Louis.
MANY RUMORS OF A SETTLEMENT
HUT che strike Continues with some
Fatalities and Much HiOting- BOY
Killed and Girl NIobbed sunday
Another Dynamite Explosion.

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st. Louis, June 5.--The week past
has been full OF rumors Of seattle
ment OF the strike difficulties but the
trouble seems TO be as much compll'
cated as ever. A riot OF small pro-
portions, during the progress of which
u boy WIS fatally shot, and Il dynam'
ite explosion married what would have
otherwise been an uneyentful Sab
bath.
As q cur on the Tower Grove line
of the ST. Louis Transit Company WA
passing the corner of Twelfth and Cal
huon streets a crowd OF strike sym
pathizers began throwing rocks at It,
An unknown man leaned from one
OF the windows and fred shot
from n revolver toward the unruly
crowd. The bullet sped over the heads
OF the mob and found Judgment in
the brenst of Peter Frank, l6-year'
old boy who was sitting in the door
way of his fathers house, an inter-
ested spectator In the demonstration,
A detachment Of police dispersed the
rioters and carried Frank to the city
hospital, The physicians say the
wound will prove fatal.
At late hour an explosion OF dy'
Mantle shattered the cable conduit
and switches on the Olive street line
at the intersection of Maryland and
Boyle avenues. No one was injured,
but traffic on that end OF the line had
10 be suspended, There Is no clue to
the perpetrators,
More than the usual quota of po.
lice was furnished for the protection
of passengers and crews, and, as a
result, the number Of cars on the var.
ious lines Of the TRANSIT Company
was materially increased.
The nucleus Of the first regiment Of
special deputies forming Sheriff Phol
mans posse comitatus consisting OF
ten companies OF sixty men each,
armed with riot shotguns, have been
assigned to active service in presery-
ing order IN the continuance OF the
street car strike. Their duties consist
in patroling the streets, and doing
guard duty ut the various power
houses and car sheds. The present
intention of the police commissioners
is not to detail any Of this force 10
ride upon the street cars, Such Of
the posse MS are not doing patrol du-
ty at the power houses, car sheds or
other points where danger was immi-
nent will be held in reserve at the
station houses,
The work of subpoenuing citizens
continues unnterrupledly. Sunday
was, in consequence, Il day of unrest
for the responsible business man who
had so far escnpedt the dreaded subpoe.
ma, and he was unable to enjoy the
Sabbath In the bosom Of his family
in peace and contentment.
There were 92S additional deputies
sworn in Saturday and about 200 Sun.
day, which with the 4Gj already sworn
in, gives the sheriff total force Of
900 men to assign to active duty in re-
spouse to the call issued by President
Halves, Of the police board.
Christine There, is years old, was
set upon by crowd of about 1900
men, simply because she had ridden
on car OF the st. Louis Transit Com
pany. She was on the way to spend
the day with her mother. The dis
lance was too far to walk and gel
back to her employers by night, SC
she took street ear. When she alight.
ed at Ninth street and Geyer avenue
at p. m. from n eur she was APP
preached by young man who called
her "scab." Others joined in the
chorus, a young man tore off her
Jacket and another her hat, She was
struck by the fists Of men and bruised
about the face and body A pocket.
book which she carried in her hand
was snotched away and the money
taken.
Piece by piece her clothing was
torn away, while she appealed for en-,
trance at the nearest house. The oc-
cupants Of the house were afraid the
mob would teOr down the building and
refused her admittunce. She succeed,
ed in reaching an alley and ran down
Il, followed by the hooting men.
There was little window leadingin-
to cellar. She broke the glass and
jumped in and covered in corner
in the darkness, Finally her perse.
cutors went away. Then she called
for help and received It, finally being
taken to her employers in Delmar
boulevard
At 1916 South Twelfth street an
other accident occurred. Stella Bro
derrick got off car only to be as
sailed and hooted by a mob. Her
Jacket was torn from her by men. She
ran down an alley and into the home
OF Mrs Folke. The mob surrounded
the house and began throwing stones
through the windows. Mrs Folke
got out a revolver and opened fire on
the mob from her front window and
The men scattered. ....