Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-11
SHOT IN ST. LOUIS
RIOTS ON SUNDAY
Three Dead, One Fatally Hurt, and
Nine Others Wounded,
so CASUALTIES UP TO DATE.
III Feeling Displayed - strikers Say
ShOodag was Not Justified, aud
Officers Say IL VAS

Omeers Say IL was,
St. Louis, Mo. June 11.-Monday
opened quiet after yesterdays reign
Of terror. With one exception all the
street car lines are In operation today.
Up to II o'clock no action had been
taken by Gov stephens, who is in JEFF
ferson City, In regard TO calling out the
militia.
Chief Of Police Campbell who last
week expressed an opinion that the
State troops should be called out, now
says: u would not recommend that the
State troops be called upon just yet
The developments Of yesterday ] think
show that we are able to handle the
situation"
A revised list Of yesterdays casual
ties follows;
Dead.
George Ryne, former conductor shot.
Edward Thomas, former conductor
shot
Fred Bohne. shot through solid gate
near his home by a deputy who was
pursuing disturbers.
Fatally injured
A. H. Bufkhardt, former conductor,
shot In head. doctors say cannot live.
Wounded
oscar Barvin, former motorman, shot
In left hand, amputation necessary.
Joseph Mullhall, conductor shot IN
right hand.
August Schmidt and August Ludwig,
shot Ia ri.ht arm while In their third
story WINDOW.
Albert Babcock, deputy, shot in thigh
and left foot. shots seem to have been
fired from an upper window.
Daniel Westenburg, shot in left leg,
accidentally.
Il. J. Ross, conductor shot IN left leg,
John NJ. White, former conductor.
shot I'm lower part Of the back.
Jos. Kuhl, skull fractured by a depu-
~.
Edward Berry. motorman, struck in
the face by a rock; nose mashed.
FEELING is BAD.
There Is considerable hard feeling as
the result Of yesterdays shooting In
front OF the posse barracks. Sheriff
Pnhlman iustiies. the action Of his
deputies
The following telegram was sent to
President Samuel Gompers Of the
American Federation of Labor by
President W. ID. Mahon of the National
Association of Amalgamated Street
Railway employees
Street car men returning from pic
mic this morning Sunday marching
behind a band OF music. peaceably and
unarmed. were fired upon by sheriff's
posse and shot down like dogs The
outrage at Hazelton melts into insig
nifcance in comparison. This outrage |
should be denounced in no uncertain |
terms by the organized wage-earners |
Of America
President Mahon made the following |
statement today: 'rhe shooting down /
OF our men like dogs was an outrage |
unparalleled IN the history OF the labor /
world. The Hazelton and the bull-pen /
outrases Of Idaho pale into insignid- |
canoe when compared TO Il. lnvostiga- |
ton shows that not one shot was fired |
By the railway men. nor did they have /
any firearms to shoot with.
This outrage VIII be resented by or
ganlzed labor, not alone IN st. Louis,
but throughout America. We viii |
stand by our demands all the more
since this affair and contest the strug-
gle 10 the bitter end"
The following circular OF invitation /
to a mass meeting to be held tonight.
has been issued by number OF labor
leaders: we the undersigned citizens
Of ST. Louis call on all good aud law
abiding citizens to join In mass meet
ing tonight at the West End Coliseum
90 protest against the atrocious crimes
and outrages committed IA the name
OF the law by armed men styling them
selves deputy sheriffs'
Coroner LLOYD win hold inquests TO-
morrow over the remains Of the victims
of yesterdays shooting 10 determine
the responsibility.
TEN KILLED, FIFTY HURT, UP TO |
DATE
It is Just one month and three days
since the strike began There have
been numerous encounters which have
resulted IN ten fatalities and the
woundsing of at least fifty per-
sons. The fatalities are as follows.
Frank Liehrlcht, bystander, shot May
sth.
Martin zika. bystander shot May
2lst.
Duncan X. McRae emergency police
man. shot on car May 23rd.
Harry Potts, union motorman, shot
May 25th.
Alfred Koenlg, shot In fight with DO
lice officers May 31st.
Dennis Crane, policeman, shot May
3lst
Arthur ]. Bunce, strike sympathlzer.
shot May 9th
Fred Bohnc, shot June 10.
George Ryne, striking conductor shot
June 10.
G. Ed Thomas. striking conductor.
.hot June 10.