The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-08
Guarded by Special Police, Armed
with Riot shotguns, and
Not Interfered With.
POSSE coM1TATUs GROWING
NEARLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED CITF-
ZENs ARMED AND ON DUTY.
Dynamite Under Car Tracks-Threat-
ching Letters Received by the
Governor of Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, June Cars were run on
one line of the ST. LOUIS Transit system
tonight for the first time since the strike
was declared, almost month ago. In many
quarters it was feared trouble would occur
as soon as darkness fell, but at 10 o'clock
tonight the chief of police had received no
intelligence of the gathering of crowds
along the line operated, and no fracas of
any character had been reported. The line
selected to make the test is what is known
as the Lindell division, running from the
car sheds, at Fairfax and Taylor avenues,
to the Eads bridge, about four miles. Every
car carried police guard, and, in addi-
ton, the thoroughfares along the entire
route were patrolled by police officers and
companies of the posse comitatus, the lat
ter armed with riot shotguns.
Aside from the running of night cars on
the Lindell line the past twenty-four hours
have brought out practically new de-
velopments in the strike situation.
Another conference looking to a settle
ment of the strike was held, this after
noon. between Judge HI. s. Priest, who is
now conducting the strike negotiations for
the Transit Company, and Ex-Governor
William j. Stone. counsel for the strikers.
Nothing was accomplished so far as could
be learned. Neither of the attorneys would
discuss the situation, and they refused to
say whether or not anything calculated to
settle the strike had been accomplished at
the conference. 1t is just one month. lack
ing day, that 1925 employees of the COM
pany struck to secure recognition Of their
union and an adjustment of other griev-
does not seem to be in sight. The Transit
Company has agreed to recognize the union
and to allow its employees to belong to it,
but insists on retaining all the men who
have taken the place of strikers. Last week
the company agreed to take back one thou
sand men at once, eight hundred within
thirty days and the others as fast as va
cancies occurred. The strikers insisted that
all or none be taken back and here the
matter rests. Additional nonunion men are
daily coming to town to run the cars, and
the company now claims so many places
have been filled that they can only provide
positions for less than one thousand of the
old employees.
Sheriff Pohlmann's posse comitatus had
grown to 1,277 men this afternoon. The
number is deemed sufficient by the sheriff
to operate number of lines after dark.
The work of swearing in deputies is being
Twenty-Five sticks of dynamite were I'M
earthed by the police and detective depart
ments to-day Five sticks were found
buried under the Easton-avenue car tracks,
at Easton and Vandeventer avenue, and
twenty additional sticks were found in an
abandoned shed at Broadway and Gascon-
ade street in the immediate neighborhood
of the power house of the Southern cleo
trio. The dynamite found on the Easton-
avenue tracks had been made into bombs
and placed Immediately under the rail. Had
a car passed over il at the time the con-
veyance probably would have been blown
TO atoms.
Since the strike began numerous stories
of sensational character have been sent
out by irresponsible persons. story to the
effect that Maude Thomas. seventeen years
old, astride mule. led five thousand strik-
ers to the Carondelet power house. last
night, with the object of destroying the
building. is wholly without foundation.
The police have made several arrests in
connection with the recent assaults on
women. Among those arrested are three
young girls, who have confessed that they
took part in the assault on Miss Pauline
Hesser at Tenth and Geyer avenue.
August May, George Schneider and Will
liam Dreyer are charged, in federal war
rant. issued to-day, with obstructing
United States mail cars. The prisoners were
held for the grand jury in bonds of $1,5Oo
each.