The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-12
SUNDAY
Was a Bloody Day for Saint
Louis.

began, more than one month ago. IheTe
were numerous encounters between strik-
ers and other riotous individuals and the
constituted authorities resulting in three
deahts and the wounding of five or more
persons, mostly strikers. One of the
latter will die.
THE DEAD
c. EDWARD THOMAS, striking con-
ductor on the Chouteau avenue line; shot
in the breast by deputy sheriff; died on
way to hispital.
GEORGE RINE, striking motorman on
Delmar avenue line; shot in abdomen by
deputy sheriff. died at city hospital.
WOUNDED.
Ed. BurRhardt, striking conductor on
die.
Oscar Marvin, conductor on the Lee av-
enue line; shot in right hand and arm;
serious
Chas Ludwig, shot in hand; not serious.
The day was quiet until this afternoon,
when the police were taken off a number
of the street car lines for the purpose of
giving them a rest and testing the ability
Of the Transit company to operate with
out friction. Cars were in operation dur
ing the day on all the lines of the Tran
sit company except the Southwestern.
Tonight cars were run under police pro-
lection until midnight on the Park avenue
Olive street, Lindell division and Laclede
avenue lines.
The most serious trouble broke out be-
tween six ard seven o'clock in front of
the six story store building on Washing
d.
tn street, occupied by the sheriff's posse
comitatus as a barracks and headquart-
ers. Several hundred striking street car
men had gone to East st. Louis earlier
in the day to attend a picnic given for
their benefit at Wolff's grove. Toward
evening they began returning home, sing
ly, in groups, of two or three, and others
in companies of hundreds of more. No
serious trouble occurred until one Of these
companies composed OF nearly $50 street
car men in uniform and headed by
drum corps, came west on Washington
avenue. In their caps, some of them had
cards bearing these words:
"Union or nothing; liberty or death"
The men were marching along the side
walk on the south side of Washington az
pOoSC
were in a jocular mood and as near as
can be learned, had no intention of MAX
ing any trouble. Just as they were pass
ing the barracks, a car at the Park aven-
ue division was going west. number
of the men broke from the line and rush
ed for the car with the intention, it is
said Of boarding it and taking a ride. An
other statement was made that it was tn
intention of the strikers to assault the
motorman and conductor, whose car was
without the usual police guard. Howecer
that may be, the trouble started here
A brick was thrown through the car win
dow and a shot was fired by somebody
not known.
At the first intimation of trouble mem
bers of the sheriff's posse swarmed from
the building and surrounded the crowd
of strikers about the car, calling on them
to disperse. Other shots were fired, then
some deputies turned loose their repeating
shot guns loaded with buckshot. AS far
as can be learned only four men in the
strikers ranks were hit. Not a deputy
was wounded even.
c. Edward Thomas a striking conduc-
tor on the Chouteau avenue line, was
picked up and placed in an ambulance af-
ter the fight was over. He was shot in the
breast, the heavy load of buckshot tear
ing a hole that soon let out his life's
blood and caused death while on the way
to the city hospital.
ST LOUIS, JUNE 1.-THE Sabbath's
scenes Of disorder and bloodshed were fol-
flowed today by compartive quiet through
OUT Last NIGHTS riot the
all absorbing topic, especially among the
police force and the officers and men of
the sheriff's posse comitatus They dis
cussed it in all it's bearings, the unan-
imous opinion being expressed that the
posse men did their full duty and no
more.
The strikers and their sympathizers, ma
turally, viewed the occurrence in light
diametrically opposinte to that of the
sheriff's posse the officials of the former
making the claim that the mon were shot
down in cold blood.
Cars were operated until midnight to-
night on the following lines: Laclede
avenue Market street, Oliv street, Wash
ington avenue, Compton Heights, and
Park avenue. Up to late hour no re-
port of didsorder had been received by
the chief of police. The vigilance of the
police department was not relaxed in the
least as compared with the preceding
days of the strike. If anything their eff
forts were redoubled in maintaining peace
and order, as in some quarters it was
feared that the lawless element of the
community might possibly take measures
IN even I'm Vesterday's score when three