The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-12
MORE QUIET DAY IN ST. Louis.
Mayor zieEenheim Issues ProcIR-
nation Against Mobs.

Mayor zieEenheim Issues ProcIR-
nation Against Mobs.
st. Louis. June 11-Sunday eaes O.;
disorder and bloodsied were followed by
comparative quiet throughout the city.
Last nights riot was the all-absorbing
topic. The general opinion was that the
deputies had done their full duty, although
there was much regret that human lives
had b en- sacrificed in the affair The
strikers and their synspathizers. howeYer.
claimed that tie men were shot down in
cold blood
The general manager of the Transit
Company announced to-day that cars
would be operated until midnight tonight
on the LaClede avenue, Market street.
Olive street, Washington avenue and Park
avenue Ines. Up to 10 o'clock no reports
OF disorder had been received by the chief
OF police.
Mayors Proclamation.
In answer to letter directed BY the
chief of police this evening to Mayor.
Ziegenheim, the following proclamation
was issued by the latter:
Whereas, during the pendency of the
present railway Strike, and the crisis
through which the city is now passing.
IL - Ol the UlllOEL puOIC importance ll0t
al excitement be suppressed. ana that no
acts of any kind be done which may tend
10 produce or create excitement in public
places. such as THE assembling of crowds
or groups of persons upon the streets, the
discussion of the situation, boisterous Ian
suage or the discharge of firearms or hre
works.
Therefore, l, the undersigned, Mayor
of the city of St. Louis, do hereby pro-
claim and direct that all persons in the
city of ST. Louis refrain from gathering
in numbers en- the public streets or in
public places; that all persons, particu-
larly women and children. remain in
doors. as much as possible until the pres.
ent situation is relieved, that jeering ar
abusive language. or language calculated
to provoke a breach of the peace be not
INDUCED in.
And all persons are especially warned
against the discharge, within the city
limits of firearms of any kind, and
against the firing and exploding of bombs
torpedoes. or any species of fireworks.
"All minors are warned TO keep within
doors during the next three days. and par
ents are notified that all minors found
out of doors between one hour after sun
set and one hour before sunrise are sub
ject 80 arrest and imprisonment under the
provisions of the statutes of Missouri"
VIII BE Enforced.
President Harry b. Hawes of the police
board said tonight that the Mayors
proclamation would be r,gidly enforced.
Iuquests will be held on the victims of
Sundays riot by the coroner tomorrow
morning Statements made to-day by
witnesses We're as conflicting as those OF
Sunday evening. and difficulty Is entici-
pated in reaching a verdict which Will fix
the exact responsibility
President Mshon of the Street Railway
Union to gay sent a telegram to President
Gompers OF the American Federation Of
Labor. requesting cooperation and as
sstance, and declaring hat the fight in st.
Louis had gone beyond The limit OF ony
bate ever waged by organized labor in
the history of the country.
At a mass meeting Of strikers and sym
pathzers az The West End Coliseum to-
night the action OF the posse men in shoot
ing the strikers in Sundays riot was de-
nounced.
A committee of ten was appointed TO
prosecute the men who did the shooting.