The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-11

Confined
when as accurately as was possible under
the circumstances, / remember that
small boy marching besides The men threw
a rock at an approaching car. which had
not yet reached Sixth street. There was Il
revolver shot. hut / am positive that il did
not come from our side, our men were
unarmed.
Instantly after the shot was fired there
was a fusillaGe of shots from the deputies.
They swept the street from Fourth 20
Sixth. and from Sixth to Fourth. 1t is a
miracle that there were not fifty men shot.
l expected a bullet momentariiy.
After the firing We tried to get at our
men who were lying I'm the street. But
everywhere We explained that We wished
TO assist them We were driven away and
the men lay there suffering until the am
bulapce came.
The shooting was unprovoked. 1t was
one OF the most objectionable outrages ever
perpetrated in the United States. The
Hazelton riots do not compare with IT.
Posses Attorney Talks.
Attorney Ford Smith. legal adviser OF
Sheriff Pohlman. was asked last night what
constituted sufficient cause for Deputy
Sheriffs TO fire citizens. and IL he con-
sidered there was sufficient provocaion TO
Justify the shooting on Washington avenue
in front of the posse headquarters. AIT.
Smith answered.:
when Deputy Sheriffs are fired upon
as they We're In this case 1 thlnh tiiey "sfS
Justified in shooting.
T. F. Mccullough. a travelling salesman
for the Colgate Soap Company, who Is
stopping at the Southern Hotel. said:
II was coming east on a Delmar avenue
car when the riot occurred. When the fsrA
avenue car reached Sixth street crowd
of the strikers tried to board 1t. and tried
to drag the conductor OF. They mad al
most succeeded when one of their nnrnper
fired a shot. Almost instantly the posse
commenced firing and kept 1t up until the
strikers retreated.
There were two women and another man
in the car with NE. The women fled when
the trouble began. but the man remained
on the car. until the disturbance had sub
sided. / am positive the men were strlh-Fs
because they were marching with drum
CORPS ana their leaders carried Transparent
clos announcing the fact. and they wore
badges with the inscription, Liberty or
nothing-union or death.
Detectives Caudie ard Ziegler were sent
TO the scene of the riot and they both had
narrow escapes. Neither Of the detectives
were known to the guards, and when Cau-
die failed to halt when ordered the guaru
leveled his gun at him and pulled the
trigger The shell failed to explode or
otherwise he would most probably have
been killed.
Ziegier was surrounded by half dozen
5.nuties and driven into a corner at Broad
wiy and Washington avenue. f1naiiy ne
was recognized and permitted to pass.
Nnhon Denounces the Shooting.
Tine strikers and their leaders bitterly
danounce the shooting. W. ID. Aahon. na-
tional president of the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation of Stree. Railway Employees OF
America, was in the ranks with the men
and he witnessed the shooting. He accom-
nanfed them to their picnic at Wolfs Grove
in East ST. Louis. where he made speech
Mack Nissick. secretary OF the local union.
vas also in the ranks. All the members or
the Executive Committee of the union were
present when the shooting occurred pu1
tbav declined TO talk about the AFFAIR
~ hardly know what to say about the
matter" said Mr.. Mahon when he was
asked about the shooting. "We don't know
where we are The condition of things Is
Grange indeed when labor cannot organize
neaceabiy and march along without being
shot down by officers Of the law. The out
rap,ous shooting at HaZelton, Pa, peles
into insignificance beside this bloody deed
that was perpetrated on the streets OF 81.
Louis on peaceable and inonensive men
who were going about their business ana
,r,uhlinc- nobody. Our members were
oarchinC back from East St. Louis. where
they had been to a picnic given in their
honor by the railway employees OF East 81.
T o,lls at VOLTS Grove, on the CoiiinsVliie
road Not a man In the ranks was unuer
the influence of liquor nor have they been
since the strike was declared. The fact
tbat they have not been charged with
drunkenness by their opponents bears out
nv statement better than any evidence
might adduce.
"rhe men were marching peaceably, and
they were fred on by that crowd OF depu-
Ties whom Sheriff Pohlman employed under
.e .-it
many statements that reach my ears con-
cerning them are true. are the thugs that
are being brought into the city by the
transit company and sworn in as deputies
by Sheriff Pohlman. Several members OF
the posse with whom l have conversed
when they were off duty have assured me
that the rumors about some OF the posse
are not unfounded.
II was In the ranks with the men, ana L
declare that the shooting was entirely un-
provoked by any one In the ranks OF the
strikers, and that il was a cowardly out
rage The strike will never be settled by
bullets. On the contrary, such proceedings
will strengthen the cause of the strikers
and cause the liverty-loving people OF the
city TO rise in their wrath and demand
that these poor men who are struggling to
better their conditions be given their
rights"
II. +. Lauder's Version.
T E Lauder, who was captain Of the
Lindell division of the strikers as they
marched past the posse barracks Las. night.
gave his version of the shooting as follows:
THE men of the Lindell division met at
Walhalla Hall at noon yesterday and then
marched to Eads bridge. where the other
strikers We're awaiting their coming. The
whole body then marched across the bridge
and was met at the East st. Louis end by
the railway employees of East ST. Louis, who
escorted them 10 Wolf's Grove on the Coz
Iinsviie road. On our return we marched
across the bridge headed by three drum
corps. As We passed the barracks we were
greeted by five volieys which were fired
from the riot guns in the hands of the depu-
ties, who fired from the third floor windows
of the posse barracks.
Several of our men were wounded by the
hail of shot that was directed at them and
some of them fell to the ground. Burkhardt
fell badly wounded at the first volley. and
when / stopped to pick him up from the
street five deputies ran from the barracks
and fired into our ranks The men, seeing
that they were being shot Like dogs. scat
tered and ran helter-skelter seeking shelter
from the bullets.
II don't know what caused the shooting.
] am certain that none of our men pro-
voked it. l cannot understand 1t at all.
In view of the fact that the deputies fired
on our men from upper windows think