The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

they drew their revolyers and fred into
the crowd, but no one was hit. It is
likely that the officers did not care to
wound e any one. esvolley caused the
e crowd to sca tier !hurriedly, and the
Ewrecking crew wns sent out to repair
the Mdamage. ednesday the federal
grand jury will consider the complaints
that the United States nail is being in
serf ! tered With n The strikers. I. {
a Quiet sunday ,5 =5:s5 .sa5
Sunday, the sixth day itof the street
railway strike, was especially quiet and
devoid ofinterest. Not q wheel on any
Of the lines, except the mail cars, were
turned IN the city. In consequence Of
the decision of Chief of Police Camp
bell to give the men Of the force. who
had had but little time for rest during
the past Ave days, a chance to re-
cuperate for the coming week, the man.
agement Of the two street railway COM
pan Paannses, who feared to run cars without
police protection, decidedtto make no
q tempt to keep their lines open. AS a
result, the turbulent scenes that last
week marked the reopenihg of the diff
ferent lines were not exper erienced, and
the day passed off without any serious
u trouble. The only police ON duty were
stationed at the different powerhouses
and car sheds. Both the Suburban antl
st. Louis. Transit companies will cp-
crate '.i as many, man OF their lin es to-day as
the police department will afford pro-
lection for. The owners of vehicles of
every: description had the streets to
themselves Sunday. But for them the
streets would have been deserted:
A Word from the Governor.
Gov. Lon v, Stephens, accompanied
by Attorney General Crow, came down
from Jefferson City Sunday. evening
and made the Planters hotel his head
quarters. The governor gave out a
communicationutha he. had sent ia
the president of the board of police
commissioners and the chief of police.
1t is dated at Jefferson City Mo-, May
IL, and declares that existlnt condi-
tlons must be terminated Gov. Ste.
phens says it is his duty to see that
peace and order are preserved in Mis-.
souri,, to the end that the ordinary
business and affairs of life NAV be at
tended to by citizens with safety and
convenience to- themselves; He will
perform his whole duty as he sees it
In, this matter, and all pea ce officers
must perform theirs. He say US he will
not hesitate If he deems it NECESSARY
to use promptly the full power Of the
state to restore and prese rye order
and peace in st. Louis. He says that
it the regular police force is not suffi-
cient to restore peace and suppress
disorder, the law gives tne> board OF
police commissioners authority to add
sufficient men to meet any emergency
and he demands that this power be ex.
ercised promptly.
The governors letter ends by saying
that to the end that public peace and
order may. be restored and maintained
the commissioners are directed to use
Immediately the full power given by
law, and if the power is Inadequate
which he is loath to believe, he will ex.
ercise his full authority to assist them
Calls for More Men.
In his room at the hotel, Gov
Stephens held conference with the
local police officials. Chief of Police
Campbell, at the close of the confer
ence with Gov. Stephens and Police
commissioners, issued the following:.
WANTED-2,500 0ARLE-BOD1ED MEN TO
serve as emergency policemen. Ex-police
officers and men having experience in po-
lice work preferred. These men who have
applications on file in the police department
are instructed to report for duty to fill
these positions. Their failure to report will
be considered withdrawal of their appli-
cations. Al applicants will report prompt
ly at ten O'Clock at the old city hall Off
GERS will be In charge of this recruiting Of
flee until the requisite number of men are
employed. =
Willing to Arbitrate.
General Manager Jenkins, of the
Suburban road, agrees to arbitrate the
differences between his company and
it's employees. He has authorized Pres
ident Harry 3. Hawes, of the police
board, to offer arbitration upon the
following terms: The striking en,-
ployes to select one arbitrator, the
employees not striking to select another
and the two to select third man, all
of whom shall constitute the board of
arbitration. This board. shall decide
whether he or the men violated the
agreement entered into April by him.
self and his employees. If the decision
&c IN 1;c favor oil o,,,n1o,o. L.