The age-herald., 1900-06-01
EPIDEMIC BREAKS
 OUT IN ST. LOUIS Citizens Unable to Serve in the
 Sheriff'S Posse. CERTIFICATES IN DEMAND Many Prominent Citizens Who Are Needed to Fight Rioters Become
 Suddenly III and Doctors are
 Busy Making Out Papers
CERTIFICATES IN DEMAND

St. Louis, May 31.-Up to 9:30 o'clock to- night the police department had not chron- icled any disturbance of a serious nature as a result of the street car strike during the day Inquiries over the telephone to the various sub-stations elicited the reply that the day had been an uneventful one in so far as casuties were concerned.
 Public interest centers for the time be- ing in yesterdays order of the police com missoners on the sheriff of St. Louis coun- ty to swear in 1000 special deputies, and in their order of today, ordering the swear ing in of 1500 additional men, making 2,5O0 in all for the purpose of aiding the police department in preserving peace and order.
 To certain extent these orders have created consternation among men in all walks of life, as is evidenced by Sheriff Pohlmans statement that an epidemic of sickness has suddenly broken out in the city since the draft of the posse began. Nearly everysnan of any position, the sheriff says, who has been summoned to serve in the posse are scurrying about to get physicians certificate that he is suf- fering from some chronic disease, which units him for duty. Many of those who remonstrated with the sheriff this morn- ing were veterans of several wars. They complained that they had already served their country and thought it an imposition to place them in the posse, and suggested | that thege were hundreds of younger and | Just as good citizens who might better per- form serWcn.
 t Proh. ,nent Cit'zens Served Among the proi.sinent citizens summoned to serve in the posse are the following: William E. Fisse eX-judge circuit court; Charles H. Green, street car magnate; George H. Plant of the Plant Milling com pany; A. w. Stewart attorney for the Union Trust company; w. D. Orthwein member Merchants Exchange; John A. Warren, stock broker; D. T. Byrne real estate agent; Peyton Carr, corporation lawyer; Edgar Triton, Will Standard, son of Lieutenant Governor E. O. Standard; Otto Teichwan, wealthy matter; George s. Johns, editor Post-Dispatch; Rev. Dr. A. J. Nichols, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church; General G. B. Ferear United States sub-treasurer at St Louis.
 No male between the age of 21 and 65 is exempt unless engaged in police or mili- tary service or unless physical disability be proven.
 Sheriff Pohman reported that the work of recruiting the first thousand deputies called for was progressing rapidly and they believed he would have no trouble in gathering in the full quota of 2 300.
 The police board decided today to arm the posse with riot guns. The weapon Is a short barrelled repeating shot gun about three and half feet long. The mag azine has a capacity of six shells, which may be loaded with buckshot or small shot
 The purpose of the arms is to do as much execution as possible. The police board has zoo of the guns on hand, and steps hoo tp1-a fnanr fftaf1l nh ately.
 A conference was held today between President Hawes of the police board form CT Governor William J. Stone and Attorney General Crow, the object being to make a supreme effort to devise some plan to set tie the strike before the situation became more critical. Nothing was accomplished, however. but another meeting will be held tomorrow.
 committee of South St Louisans ap- pointed to represent a business meeting held today called on the chief of police and President Whitaker of the Transit com pany and presented an ultimatum to the eeffct that unless the police or the com pany disarmed its employees the committee would take the work of doing so in its own hands. They said they proposed to pro- tect their wives and children, let the re- suit be what it would.
 It developed today that four persons were shot during the street car troubles last night.
 Albert Koenig, a union man, emptied the contents of shotgun into the body of Police Officer Crane and was himself in stantly killed by a bullet from the re- volver of Officer Maher on Broadway, near the Southern Electric Power house late to- night. Koenig was walking back and forth in front of the power house with a shotgun on his shoulder and when the officer grap- pied with him in an effort to disarm him, the man pulled the trigger. Crane is at ba A1eyiaD Rrothers' hOgpital in a dying the neighborhood where the tragedy oc- cured.
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