The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-06-14
TEN PERSONS DEAD.
i""' ~ the Number of Fatalities
slncc the 50. Louis street Car
Strike Began.

~. Louis, June 12.--After the In
mutt OF Sunday the strike situation
calmcd down, and Monday fonn,
everything quiet and all the stree
car INES in operation, with the cx
cepiion OF one. Each car carried tn,
usual guard OF police officers. Squad.
ana companies Of the sherifT's poss,
were stationed on duty at all tn,
! power houses and ear sheds of In,
transit Co.. and al the posse bar
racks ON Washington avenue i'm front
of where Sundays fatal encounter
took place.
Up TO II o'clock no action had been
! taken by Coy. Stephens lyho-ia-~i.
-,-..'------'s'r, -,rr,- 11-opftSs Of the strike.
fAcrNihIng is in readiness. however.
for the calling of this force into ac-
tive service, and the $500 men com
posing IT can bc modified as soon
as GOV. Stephens issues The call.
Chief Of Police Campbell. who ON
saturday expressed an opinion that
the state troops should he called out.
SAID Monday: II don't think the
state troops should be called upon
just yet. The developments of sun
day show that We are able TO han
Ole the situation. Our force is equal
to almost any occaSion 4 meeting of
the police board VIII he held at the
-Four Courts Monday to consider the
adNisibility Of calling on the govern
or for the militia. but | shall not
recommend it until matters grow
worse"
Much feeling is expressed regard
ing the shooting Sunday in front of
the posse barracks. On one hand the
deputies are blamed for what is term
ed their unWarrantcd action i'm shoot
ing the striking street ear men. while
ON the other hand the men who were
in the procession are ccnSured for not
remaining away from the vicinity of
the barracks, and thus avoiding a
possible clash. Chief of Police Camp
bell says he recognized among the
20 strikers arrested several men to
whom he gave friendly warning ear
lier in the day TO be pcaceable.
Sheriff Pohlman .iustifies the action
Of his deputies. He declares they
were given guns for the very purpose
for which they were used, if the
necessity should arise. Adit. Gen.
Bell is still in the city awaiting the
governors orders.
Edward Burkhardt, the striking
who was reported to have
lied at midnight Sunday night as
he result OF his wounds. is still alive
,ut sinking. The physicians at the |
'ity hospital say he can not survive.
One additional name has been added |
o the list of those wounded Sunday. /
lack White. one of the striking street /
ar men who was in the Washington
venue procession, received severe |
,uckshot wound in the back from a
Ieputy Shcrifl's gun.
The strike has been in progress 30 |
lays. Since the first day there have
he strikers or their sympathiIers on
ne SIDE and the authorities on the
thcr. These encounters have re-
ultcd in ten fatalities and the wound
lg of at least 30 persons. The ia
alities are as follows:
Frank Liebricht. bystander. shot
lay ); Martin Xika, bystander, shot
lay 81; Duncan X. McRae, emer-
d oh
larry Potts, union motorman, shot
lay %; Alfred Koenig, shot in fight
18th police officers May 81; Dennis
rane, policeman shot May 81; Ar
lur j. Buncc. strike sympathizer,
not May q; Fred Bochnc. shot June
}; George Rine. striking motorman,
lot June 10; {. Ed Thomas, striking
)nductor, shot June 10.
Late Sunday night the following
'legram was sent TO President Sam
Il GOmpcrs, of the American Fed I
alton of Labor. by President w. ID. {
ahon. Of the National Association 6
Amalgamated Street Railway En- {
oys. who is managing the strike: '
"Strcct car men returning from a
cnic this evening Sunday, march
. behind band Of music, peace U
,ly and unarmcd, were fred upon by
sheriir's posse and shot down like '
,gs. The outrage at Hazelton melts 6
to inSignficance in comparison.
lis outrage should he denounced in
uncertain terms by the organized
age earners Of America"
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