The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-12
CAR STRIKE TAME

Compared With the outrages Sun
day-Troops Not Called out-Ten
Fatalities to Date-aompers May
Take a Hand.
ST. LOUIS, NO.. June 1.-THE NTH
week Of the street car strike opened
tamely, when compared with yesteF-
days reign of terror,
with one exception al the street car
lines were In operation. Each cur car
rled the usual guard OF police officers.
on some lines, running through the
unruly districts, the number was dou-
bled. Squads and companies Of the
sherlf's posse men were on duty at all
the power houses and car sheds OF the
Transit company and at the barracks
on Washington avenue, where yester-
days shooting ARRAY took place.
Governor Stephens. who is in Ieffer-
son City, had up to II o'clock, taken no
action in regard to calling out the mill
tia.
Everything is in readiness, however
for the calling of this force into active
service, and the $500 men composing 1t
can be moblllzed in short time.
Troops Not Needed Just Yet.
Chief of Police Campbell, who, on
Saturday, expressed the opinion that
the state troops should be called out.
bos changed his mind. He said to-
day:
"I don't think / would recommend
that the state troops be called upon
just yet. The developments Of yester-
day, l think, show that we are able to
handle the situation. There were a
great many people shot and several
killed. deeply deplore the necessity
for such action. but 1t only shows that
our force is equal to almost any Occa-
sion. A meeting Of the police board
will be held to-day, to consider the ad-
visibility of calling on the governor for
the militia, but I shall not recommend
1t until matters grow worse"
Much Hard Feeling Exists e
There is considerable hard feeling as
the result Of yesterdays shooting In
front Of the posse barracks. The depu-
ties are blamed for what some call
their unwarranted action in shooting
the striking street car men, while the
men in the procession are censured
for their bravado, Chief Campbell says
ne recognized among the twenty strik-
ers arrested several to whom he gave a
friendly warning earlier in the day to
be peaceable. Sheriff Pohlman justi-
ffes the action of his deputies, who, he
says. did their duty.
Edward Burkhardt, the striking con-
ductor, who was reported to have died
last midnight from his wounds, is still
alive, but cannot survive.
Another Name to the List.
One name has been added to the list
of those wounded yesterday. Jack
White. one of the striking street car
men who was in the Washington ave-
nue. procession. was found to-day, at
his home, suffering from a severe buck
shot wound.
President W. D. Mahon, of the Ma
tlonal Association OF Amalgamated
Street Railway Employees. who is man
aging the strike, has wired Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. at Washington.
that the street car men returning
from a picnic peaceably and unarm-
ed were fred upon by sherlff's posse
and shot down like dogs. The outrage
at Hazelton melts into InsignIfcnnce In
comparison. This outrage should be
denounced in no uncertain terms by the
organized wage-earners OF America"
A recapltulation OF the strike, which
has now been on one month and three
days. shows ten fatalities and at least
fifty persons wounded.
Statement by President Mahon.
President Mahon made statement
regarding yesterdays shooting. in
which he said:
81 denounce It in the most unqualified
terms, Investigation shows that not
one shot was fired by the railway men.
This outrage will be resented by or
ganlzed labor. not alone in St. Louis,
but throughout America. We will
stand by our demands all the more
since this affair, and contest the stFug-
gle to the bitter end"
A circular has been issued by a
number of labor leaders for mass
meeting to be held tonight, It calls on
"all good and law-nbIding citizens to
protest against the atrocIous crimes
and outragcs committed in the name Of
the law by armed men styling them
selves deputy sherlffs"
Coroner Lloyd will hold inquests to-
morrow over the remains of the victims
of yesterdays shooting, to determine
the responsibility.
To Ferret Out the Havana Scandal.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June lin