The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-13
USED REPEATING GUNS.
Fired With Deadly Effect OH Crowd
of Street Car Strikers-FOur XIII.
ed and FOur WOunded-Strikers
Made Dash for Car Just I'm Front
of Barracks Used by Posse and
Were Surrounded.

oil barrVchS OSeu ny EOsse uhu
Were Surrounded.
st. Louis, June lO.-The day just ended has
been one of the most eveDtiul and bloody
since the great strike on the st. Louis Transit
lines began more than one month ago. There
we're numerous encounters between strikers
and other individuals and the constituted
authorities resulting in three deaths ana the
wounding OF tiye or more ,ns persons mostly
strikers One OF the latter Will Ole.
The dead: .
c. Edward Thomas, striking conductor on
the Chouteau avenue line: shot In breast by
deputy sheriff, died on way to hospital;
avenue line; shot in abdomen by deputy
sheriff, died at hospital.
Fred Boehm, citizen, shot and Instant
killed while standing in his front yard by
deputy sheriff. y
The wounded. e.
Ed Burk hart, striking conductor on Delmar
avenue line: shot In head, may die. u
Oscar Marvin, conductor on the Lee avenue
line; shot in right hand and arm, serious.
August Smith, shot in right arm aud breast,
not serious. .-. H..
Charles Ludwig, shot in hand. not serious.
The day was quiet, until this afternoon
when the police were taken of number OIL
street car lines for the purpose of giving them
q rest and to test the ability Of the Transit
company TO operate without friction. Cars
were In operation during the day time on all
the lines OF the Transit company except tne
police protection until midnight on the Park
avenue, Olive street, Llndell division and
Laciede avenue line.
The most serious trouble broke out between
8 and z O'Clock In front of the siX-story build
ing on Washington avenue between Broad.
way and Sixth streets, occupied by the
sheriff's posse comitatus as barracks and
street car men had gone to East St. Louis
earlier In the day to attend picnic given for
their benefit. Toward evening they began
returning home singly, In groops or two or
three. and others In companies OF hundred
or more. No serious trouble occurred until
one of these companies, composed OF nearly
$50 street car men in uniform and headed by
a drum corps, came west on washington. In
their cap, some mad cards bearing % theSe
words, Union or nothing; liberty or
DEATH"
walk on the south side OF Washington
avenue opposite the posse barracks. They
learned, had no Intention OF making any
trouble. Just as they were passing the bar
racks car OF the Pc: TX avenue division was
going west. A number OF the men broke
from the line and rushed TO the car with the
intention. 1t Is said, OF boarding II and taxi ne
a Tide Another staten ent was made that II
was the intention OF the strikers to assault
the motornan and conductor, whose car was
the trouble started here. A brick was
thrown through the car window and shot
was fired by somebody unknown.
At the first intimation Of trouble members
of the sheriff7s posse swarmed from the build
Ing and surrounded the crowd OF strikers
about the car, calling nnon them TO disperse
Other shots were fired and then some OF the
deputies turned loose their repeating shot
guns loaded with bucksh ot. AS far as can be
learned. only four OF the men In the strikers
ranks we're hit. Not deputT was wounded
even.
jefferson. City, Mo-. June lO.-Gov. Steph
ems said this evening that everything Is being
put In readiness for calling out the National
Guard of Missouri TO quell disorder in 81
Louis consequent to the street railway strike
hut he will not issue the call except az a last
resort.
1t will cost, he said, s. ,OOO to land $4,000 men
In st. Louis and as much per day 10 main
extra session Of the legislature 10 appropriate
the money.