The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-06-07
Rioting Kept up in Connection
With the st. Louis Street
Railway Trouble.
BOY ONLOOKER WAS FATALLY SHOT
An Explosion of Dynamite Shattered
the Cable Conduit and Switches
But Injured No One.
Six Hundred Special Deputies Were
Assigned to Duty and Three
Hundre~ Held In Reserve
Subpoenaeing Kept Up.

SubpOenhe1ng Ncpt I'd.
St. Louis, June 1.-The order of the
police commissioners on the sheriff of
st. Louis county to swear in 1000
special deputies was followed by an
other order to swear in 1,500 addi-
tioual men, making 1850 in all, for
the purpose of aiding the police de-
partment 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
denced by Sheriff Pohlman's state
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 scurrying along
to get physicians certificate that he
is suffering from some chronic disease
which UNITS him for duty.
Albert Koenig. u union man. emp
tied the contents of a shotgun into
the body of Police Officer Crane and
was himself instantly killed by bull
let from the revolver of Officer Maher
on Broadway, near the Southern cleo
trio power house, late last night.
ST. Louis, June 2.-As regards riot
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-
full since the employees went out, only
hot aIl tn hn CT nf
casualties, that of Officer Crane, who
died OF wounds received the day be-
fore.
Former Gov. VIM. 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
dithculty 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
ly 500 men have been secured. Wher
1000 men have been sworn in the
force will be organized as a regiment
and if the $500 called for are sworn
in, two regiments will be organized
Men of known military qualifications
have been selected to drill and com
maud the various companies.
st. Louis, June A riot of small
proportion. during the progress OF
which boy was fatally shot and 6
dynamite explosion marred what
would have otherwise been an un
eventful Sabbath. AS a car on tn,
Tower Grove line of the st. Loui.
Transit Co. was passing the corner o:
18th and Calhoun streets a crowd o.
strike sympathizers began throwing
rocks at it. An unknown man leaned
from one of the windows of the cal
and fired a shot from a revolver 20
ward the unruly crowd. The bulle
sped over the heads of the mob anC
found lodgment in the breast of Peter
Frank, a 16-year-old boy who was sit
ting in the doorway of his father:
house. an interested spectator of the
demonstration. A detachment of po
lice dispersed the rioters and carried
young Frank to the city hospital
Physicians say the wound is fatal.
At late hour in the afternoon az
explosion OF dynamite shattered tht
cable conduits and switches on the
Olive street line at the intersection OF
Maryland and Boyle avenues. No one
was injured, but traffic on that enc
of ..4e line had to be suspended
There is no clew to the perpetrators
More than the usual quota of police
was furnished for the protection o.
passengers and crews, and as a result
the number of cars on the variou:
lines of the Transit Co. was material
ly increased. Cars on the following
lines We're operated: Delmar avenue
Page avenue, Spalding avenue, Comp
ton Heights, Chouteau avenue, Cali
fornia avenue, Tower Grove, Crane
avenue, Easton avenue, Cass avenue
Olive street, broadway, Fourth street
Sixth street, Northern Central ant
Union lines.
All $3.50 o'clock in the morning tn,
nucleus of the first regiment of spe
cial deputies forming Sheriff Pohl
mans posse comitatus, consisting O
10 companies of GO men each, armed
with riot shotguns, were assigned tC
active service in preserving order il
the continuance of the street ca
strike. Their duties consisted in pa
trolling the streets, doing guard dut,
at the various power houses and ca
sheds. The present intention of tn
police commissioners is not to detail
any of this force to ride upon tn,
street cars. Such of the posse as ar
not doing patrol duty at the powe
houses, car sheds and other point
where danger is imminent will be hel,
in reserve at the station houses.
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