The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-17

police arrived the damage was done.
The crowd desired to wait and see the
fun when the mail car returned. The
officers beat some of the leaders over
the head with their clubs, but fusil-
lade of stones was the reply. Then
they drew their reyolyers and fred into
the crowd, but no one was hit. It is
likely that the officers did not care to
wound anyone. The volley caused the
crowd to scatter hurriedly and the
wrecking crew was sent out to repair
the damage. Wednesday the federal
grand jury will consider the complaints
that the United States mail is being in
terfered with by the strikers.
A Quiet Sunday.
Sunday, the sixth day of the street
railway strike, was especially quiet and
devoid of interest. Not wheel on any
of the lines, except the mail cars, were
turned in the city. In consequence of
the decision of Chief of Police Camp
bell to give the men of the force, who
had had but little time for rest during
the past five days, a chance to re-
cuperate for the coming week, the man
agement of the two street railway COM
panies, who feared to run cars without
police protection, decided to make no
attempt to keep their lines open. AS
result, the turbulent scenes that last
week marked the reopening of the diff
ferent lines were not experienced, and
the day passed off without any serious
trouble. The only police on duty were
stationed at the different powerhouses
and car sheds. Both the Suburban and
St. Louis Transit companies will OPP
crate as many of their lines to-day as
the police department will afford pro-
lection for. The owners of vehicles of
every description had the streets to
themselves Sunday. But for them the
streets would have been deserted.
A Word from the Governor.
Gov. Lon V. Stephens. accompanied
by Attorney General Crow, came down
from Jefferson City Sunday evening
and made the Planters hotel his head
quarters. The governor gave out
communication that he had sent to
the president of the board of police
commissioners and the chief of police.
1t is dated at Jefferson City, Mo-, May
10, and declares that existing condi-
tons must be terminated. Gov. Ste
phens says it is his duty to see that
peace and order are preserved in Mis-
souri, to the end that the ordinary
business and affairs of life may be at
tended to by citizens with safety and
convenience to themselves. He will
perform his whole duty as he sees it
in this matter, and all peace officers
must perform theirs. He says lie will
not hesitate if he deems ii necessary
to use promptly the full power of the
state to restore and preserve order
and peace in st. Louis. He says that
if the regular police force is not suffi-
cient to restore peace and suppress
disorder, the law gives the board of
police commissioners authority to add
sufficient men TO meet any emergency,
and he demands that this power be ex-
ercised promptly.
The governors letter ends by saying
that to the end that public peace and
order may be restored and maintained
the commissioners are directed to use
Immediately the full power given by
law, and if the power is inadequate,
which he is loath to believe, he will ex-
ercise his full authority to assist them.
Gov. Stephens was asked if the state
ment in his communication to the eff
feet that he would use the full power
of the state to restore and preserve or
der meant that he would call out the
militia. He declined to make any ex-
PLANTATION of the communication, say
ing it spoke for itself.