Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-06-14
RIOT IN ST. LOUIS.
LIST OF CASUALTIES AS RESULT OF
STRIKE GROWS.

| -Four Men Are Killed and Several Others
Badly Wounded as Result of Collision
With Oficers-Governor stephens May
Call Out State Troops.
ST. LOUIS, June 11.-Sunday was one
of the most eventful and bloody since
the great strike on the St. Louis Transit
| system began, more than one month
ago. There were numerous encounters
between strikers and other riotous indi-
viduals and the authorities, resulting in
four deaths and the wounding of five
or more persons, mostly strikers. One
of the latter will die. The dead
ED BURKHARDT, liz ed until nearly mid
night when he died from the effects of
his wounds.
G. THOMAS EDWARD, striking conductor,
shot in breast by deputy sheriff, died on
way to hospital
GEORGE RINE, striking motorman, shot
in abdomen by deputy sheriff, died at city
hospital.
stantly killed while standing in his trout
yard by deputy sheriff.
The wounded:
otSsSA
line, shot in right hand and arm; serious.
August Smith, shot in right arm
Charles Ludwig, shot in hand
Ed Barry, motorman on the Laclede
avenue line, was hit on the head with 4
brick and badly injured. James Nc
CURE and John McElroy received scalp
wounds at the hands of strike sympa-
thizers.
About $50 striking employees of the
Transit company who were returning
from labor parade in East st. Louis
We're marching along the sidewalk on
the south side of Washington avenue,
opposite the posse barracks. They were
i'll jocular mood and as near as can be
learned had no intention of making any
trouble. Just as they were passing the.
barracks a car of the Park avenue
division was going west. A number of
the men broke from the line and rushed
for the car with the intention, it is
said, of boarding it and taking ride.
Another statement was made that it
was the intention of the strikers to as
sault the motorman and conductor,
whose car was without the usual police
guard. However that may be, the
trouble started here. A brick was
thrown through the car window and
shot was fired by somebody not known.
At the first intimation of trouble men,
bers of the sheriff posse swarmed from
the building and surrounded the crowd
of strikers about the car, calling on
them to disperse. Other shots were
fired and then some of the deputies
turned loose their repeating shotguns,
loaded with buckshot. AS far as can
learned only four of the men in the
strikers ranks were hit. Not deputy
was wounded even.
At the time of the trouble company F,
composed of some of the most promi-
nent citizens that have been summoned
for duty on the posse comitatus, was on
duty at the barracks. Headed by Lieu.
tenant Colonel Lavender, formerly of
the First Missouri volunteers, they
grabbed guns and rushed for the street
where they behaved with distinction.
Among them were w. P. Kenneth, ex-
president of the Merchants exchange;
John +. Lee, prominent lawyer; ex-
Judge Chester H. Krum, Hon. Charles
Maggie, prominent lawyer and former
candidate on the Republican ticket for
mayor, and ex-Judge John H. Overall.
Colonel Lavender, in command of
the posse comitatus, when asked to tell
his story of his experience, said:
''The strikers when they came back
from East st. Louis were very demon
strative as they passed the barracks and
attacked car at Sixth street, trying to
drag off the crew. 1 ordered the men
out at once and when the deputies ar
rived Oh the scene one of the strikers
fired directly at my men. Before that
bricks had been thrown at the car. Fir
ing began at once i'll desultory way
and four men were seen to fall. The
crowd dispersed almost Immediately
and so far as know there was no fur
ther trouble
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT