The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11
TROUBLE CAME SUDDENLY
VICTIMS WE'RE RETURNING FROM
A PICNIC AND WE'RE IN
JOCULAR MOOD
BRICK THROWN AT THE CAR
shertff's Posse swarmed From a
Building and Turned Loose Their
Repeating Shotguns Load
ed With BuckshOt

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 10-The day just
ended has been the most eventful and
bloody since the great strike on the ST.
Louis Transit company, which began
more than a month ago. There were nu-
merous encounters between strikers and
other individuals, and the constituted au-
thorities, resulting in three deaths and
the wounding of five or more persons,
mostly strikers. One of the latter will
die. The dead:
EDWARD THOMAS, striking conduc-
tor on the Chouteau avenue line; shot
in the breast by deputy sheriff, died on
, way to hospital.
GEORGE RINE, striking motorman on
Delmar avenue line, shot in the abdomen
by deputy sheriff; died at hospital
FRED BOEHM, aged citizen, shot and
instantly killed while standing in his
front yard by deputy sheriff
The wounded are:
Ed Burkhart, striking conductor on
Delmar avenue line; shot in head; may
die.
Oscar Marvin, conductor on the Lee
avenue line, shot in right hand and arm;
serious.
August Smith shot in the right arm and
breast; not serious.
Charles Ludwig, shot in hand; not Sc
rious.
Ed Barry, motorman, on Laclede ave-
nue. line, hit on head with brick and bad
ly injured.
James MCGUIRE and John NJ. EIroy,
severe scalp wounds received in trouble
with strike sympathizers
POLICE TAKEN OFF.
The day was quiet until this afternoon,
when the police were taken off number
of street car lines for the purpose of CIV
ing them a rest and to test the ability OF
the transit company to operate without
friction. Cars were In operation today
on all the lines OF the transit COM
pany except the Southwestern. Tonight
cars were run under police protection
until midnight on the Park avenue, Olive
street, LindeH division and Laciede ave
nue. lines. sae ea,
The most serious trouble broke out be-
tween and Z o'clock in front of the six
story store building on Washington ave-
nue., between Broadway and Sixth streets.
occupied by the sheriff's posse comitatus
as a barracks and headquarters. Sever al
hundred striking street car men had gone
to East st. Louis earlier in the day to at
tend a picnic given for their benefit at
Wolff's Grove. Toward evening they be-
gan returning home singly, in groups Of
two or three and others in companies OF
100 or more. No serious trouble oc-
Cured until one of these companies, COM
posed of nearly $50 street car men in uni
form and headed by a drum corps, march
ed west on Washington In their caps
some of them had cards bearing these
words: Union or nothing; liberty or
DEATH"
NO TROUBLE INTENDED.
The men were marching along the side
walk on the south side of Washington
avenue, opposite the posse barracks.
They were in a jocular mood and as near
as can be learned had no intention of
making any trouble. Just as they were
passing the barracks a car of the Park
avenue division was gCing west. A num-
ber of r.en broke from the line and
rushed for the car with the intention, it
is said, Of boarding it and taking a ride.
Another statement made was thar il was
the intention of the strikers to assault
the motorman and conductor whose car
was without the usual police guard.
However that may be, the trouble start
ed here. A brick was thrown through
the car window and a shot was fired by
somebody not known.
At the first intimahon of trouble mem
ber5 of the sheriff's posse swarmed from
the building and surrounded the crowd of
strikers about the car. calling upon them
to disperse. Other shots we're fired and
then some of the deputies turned loose
their repeating shotguns loaded with
buckshot. AS far as can be learned only
four of the men in the strikers ranks
were hit. Not a deputy was wounded
even.
Edward Thomas, a striking conductor
on the Chouteau avenue line, was picked
up and placed in an ambulance after the
fight was over. He was shot in the
breast, the heavy load of buckshOt tear
ing a hole that caused his death while
on the way to the city hospital