New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-01
POSSE TO AID ST. LOUIS POLICE.
SHERIFF AUTHORIZED To SWEAR IN 2.5Oo
MEN. WHO WILL BE ARMED
WITH RIOT GUNS

st. Louis. May 3l--Up to a late hour tonight the
Police Department had not chroncled any dis
turbances of serious nature result of the
streetcar strike in of the day Public in
terest centres for the time being in yesterdays
der of the Police Commissioners the Sheriff of
St Louis County 20 swear in ZOO special deputies.
and In their order of to-day ordering the swearing
In OF $500 additional men. making $500 in all. for
the purpose OF preserving peace and order.
To a certain extent these orders have created
CONSERVATION among men In all walks of life as is
evidenced by Sheriff Pohman's statement that an
epidemic of sickness has suddenly broken out In
the city since the draft for the posse began Nearly
every man of any position. the Sheriff says. who
has been summoned to serve in the posse is sour
ryng about to get physicians certificate that he
is suffering from some chronic disease which units
him for duty
Many of those who demonstrated with the Sheriff
this morning veterans of several wars. They
complained that they had already served their
country. and thought it imposition place
them In the posse. Among the prominent citizens
summoned to serve In the posse comitatus
the following; William E. Fisse ex-Judge Circuit
Court; Charles II. Green. streetcar man; George
II. Plant, of the Plant Milling Company; A W.
Stewart. attorney for the Union Trust Company;
w. ID. Orthwein. member of the Merchants Ex-
change; John A Warren. stock broker D. t.
Byrne. real estate agent; Peyton Carr corporation
lawyer; Edgar Tilton William Stanard, son of ex-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS E. o. Stanard: Otto Tech-
man. wealthy malster; George s Johns Editor
OILS. pastor Of the Second Presbyterian Church and
General r. c. Farrar, United States Sub-Treasurer
at st. Louis
No male citizen between the ages of twenty-one
and siXty-fve is exempt unless engaged in police
or military service unless physical disability be
proved Snerin Pohman reported that the work
OF recruiting the first thousand deputies called
was advancing rapidly, and they believed he would
$500. -
The Police Board decided to-day 10 arm the posse
with riot guns. The weapon is a snort barrelied
repeating shotgun, about three and half feet long
The magazine has capacity for six Shells which
may be loaded with buckshot small shot The
purpose or the arm is to do much execution as
possible: The Police Board has 700 OF the guns
on hand. and steps have been taken TO distribute
them Immediately.
"A conference was held to-day between President
Halves, of the Police Board, former Governor WILL
lam j. Stone and Attorney-Cieneral Crow to devise
II possible some plan TO settle the strike before the
situation became more critical. Nothing was ac-
complished. however. but another meeting will be
held tomorrow. -
1t developed to-day that four persons were shot
In the streetcar troubles last night Thomas Kehoe
and Thomas Riley. both union motormen are seri-
ously wounded. 1t Is said Kehoe's injury NAV he
fataE hehoe was q member of the Sd United
States Cavalry in the Spanish American War and
saw active service in Cuba and Porto Rico T,ba
others wounded were Frederick Potter and Iobr
a. Davis. Potter was shot in the left hand and
arm. Ora Havill formerly a captain in the ON
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, is under arrest on the
charge OF shooting kehoe. He is employed "a
Waterman by the Transit Company 80