The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-06-05
THE STRIKE STILL ON.
RiOting Kept Up in Connection With
the Street Railway Troubles.
Six Hundred Special Deputies Were
Assigned TO Duty and Three
Hundre- Held in Reserve
SubpOenaeinE Kept Up.


ST Louis county TO swear in 1000
special deputies was followed by an
other Oroer 10 swear in 1900 addi-
1ional men, making $500 in all. for
the purpose of aiding the police de
par'ment in preserving peace and or
der. To a certain extent these orders
have created CONSERVATION among
men in all walks of life, as is evil
aenced by Sheriff Pohlman's stare
ment 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 scgrrying along
70 get physicians certificate that he
is suffering from some chronic disease
which units him for duty.
Albert Koenig, a union man. emp
tied the contents of a shotgun into
the body Of Police Officer Crane and
was himself instantly killed by a bal
Jet from the revolver Of Officer Maher
or broadway, near the Southern cleo
tric power house, late last night.
81 44O4lr~ gullE as INZ1IMS LlOL-
Gus demonstrations and shedding of
blood in connection with the strike
on the St. Louis Transit system, yes
terday was one of the most unevent-
ful since the employees went out, only
one name being added TO the list OF
casualties, that of Officer Crane, who
died OF wounds received the day be-
fore.
Former Gov. Wm. J. Stone is pre-
pairing the answer Of the street rail
way to the injunction proceedings in
stituted in the federal court some
time ago. Gov. Stone in the answer
contends that there is an adequate
remedy at law for a settlement of the
dimculty without embrOiling the fed
eral government in the matter, and
states further that there is no fed
eral statute authorizing such an in
junction as is prayed for in the Unit
ed States court.
The swearing IN of the posse conf
tatus is progressing smoothly. Near
" 500 men have been secured. When
1000 men have been sworn in the
force viii be organized as n regiment.
and If the $500 called for are sworn
in, two regiments viii be organized
Men Of known military qualifications
have been selected to drill and com
maad the various companies.
st. Louis. june A. riot of small
proportion, during the progress OF
which a boy was fatally shot and q
dynamite explosion married what
would have otherwise been an nm
eVentful Sabbath. As a car on the
Tower Grove line of the ST. Louis
Transit Co. was passing the corner OF
18th and Calhoun streets a crowd OF
strike sympathizers began throwing
rocks at IL. An unknown man leaned
from one of the windows of the car
and fired a shot from a revolver 20
ward the unruly crowd. The bullet
sped over the heads of the mob and
found lodgment in the breast of Peter
Frank, l6-year-old boy who was sit
ting in the doorway of his fathers
house. an interested spectator of the
demonstration. A detachment of DO
lice dispersed the rioters and carried
young Frank TO the city hospital
The physicians say the wound viii
prove fatal
At a late hour in the afternoon an
explosion of dynamite shattered the
cable eonduits and switches on the
Dlive street line at the intersection OF
Maryland and Boyle avenues. No one
was injured, but traffic on that end
of --.e line had 10 be suspended
There is no clew to the perpetrators
More than the usual quota of police
was furnished for the protection OF
passengers and crews, and as a result
the number of cars on the various
lines Of the Transit Co. was material
~ increased. Cars on the following
lines were operated: Delmar avenue.
Page avenue, Spalding avenue, Comp
ton Heights, Chouteau avenue, Cali
fOrIia avenue, Tower Grove, Grand
avenue, Easton avenue, Cass avenue
Olive street, Broadway, Fourth street
Sixth street, Northern Central and
Union lines.
At $3.50 o'clock in the morning the
nucleus of the first regiment of spe-
cial deputies forming Sheriff Pohl.
mans posse comitatus, consisting OF
10 companies of 60 men each, armed
with riot shOtguns, were assigned &c
active service in preserving order il
the continuance of the street car
strike. Their duties consisted in pa
trolling the streets, doing guard duty
at the various power houses and car
sheds. The present intention of the
police commissioners is not to detail
any of this force TO ride upon the
street ears. Such of the posse as are
not doing patrol duty at the power
houses, ear sheds and other points
where danger is imminent viii be held
IN reserve at the station houses.
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