Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-13
POSSE IS ON DUTY
Nine Hundred Special Deputies at
Work in st. Louis.
MANY RUMORS OF A SETTLEMENT
But the Strike Continues with Some
Fatalities and Much Rioting--Esoy i
Killed aud Girl Mobbed sunday
Another Dynamite Explosion.


st. Louis, June 5.-The week past
nas been full of rumors of settle
ment OF the strike difficulties but the
trouble seems to be as much compli-
ca.ea as ever. A riot of small pro-
portions, during the progress of which
q boy was fatally shot, and dynam-
re explosion married what would have
oeier"ise been an uneventful Sab
bath. -
AS car on the Tower Grove line
OF the ST. Louis Transit Company was
passing the corner of Twelfth and Cal
nuon streets crowd of strike sym-
pathizers began throwing rocks MT IT.
An unknown man leaned from one
OF the windows and fired shot
from revolver toward the unruly
crowd. The bullet sped over the heads
OF the mob and found Judgment in
the breast of Peter Frank, 16-year-
Old boy who was sitting in the door
way OF his fathers house, an inter-
ested spectator in the demonstration.
y detachment of police dispersed the
rioters and carried Frank to the city
hospital. The physicians say the
wound will prove fatal
At late hour an explosion of dy-
Mantle shattered the cable conduit
and switches on the Olive street line
at the intersection of Maryland and
Boyle avenues. No one was injured.
but traffic On that end of the line had
to be suspended. There is no clue to
the perpetrators.
More than the usual quota of DO
lice was furnished for the protection
of passengers and crews, and, as
result, the number of cars on the var
| ious lines of the Transit Company
was materially increased.
The nucleus of the first regiment of
Especial deputies forming Sheriff Phol-
mans posse comitatus, consisting of
ten companies of sixty men each,
armed with riot shotguns, have been
assigned to active service in presery-
ing order in the continuance of the
street car strike. Their duties consist
in patroling the streets, and doing
guard duty at the various power
houses and car sheds. The present
intention of the police commissioners
is not to detail any of this force to
ride upon the street cars. Such of
the posse as are not doing patrol du-
ty at the power houses, car sheds or
lcther points where danger was immi-
nent viii lie held i'm reserve at the
station houses.
The work of subpoenaing citizens
continues uninterruptedly. Sunday
was, in consequence, day of unrest
for the responsible business man who
had so far escaped the dreaded subpoe-
ma, and he was unable to enjoy the
sabbath in the bosom of his family
in peace and contentment.
There were 22S additional IDENTITIES
sworn in Saturday and about 200 Sun
day, which with the 465 already sworn
IN, gives the sheriff total force Of
300 men to assign to active duty i'm re-
Spouse to the call issued by President
liawes. of the police board.
Christine There, IS years old, was
set upon by crowd of about 1000
men, simply because she had ridden
on car of the st. Louis Transit Com
pany. She was on the way to spend
the day with her mother. The dis
lance was too far to walk and get
back to her employers by night. SO
she took street car. When she alight-
ed at Ninth street and Geyer avenue
at p. m. from a car she was an
preached by young man who called
her "scab." Others Joined in the
chorus. A young man tore off her
Jacket and another her hat. She was
struck by the fists of men and bruised
about the face and body. A pocket
book which she carried in her hand
was snatched away and the money
| taken.
Piece by piece her clothing was
torn away, while she appealed for en-
trance at the nearest house. The oc-
Icupants of the house were afraid the
mob would tear down the building and
refused her admittance. She succeed
ed IN reaching an alley and ran down
it, followed by the hooting men.
! There was little window leading In
to cellar. She broke the glass and
jumped in and covered in a corner
in the darkness. Finally her perse-
cutors went away. Then she called
for help and received it, finally beinr
taken to her employers i'm DeImar
boulevard.
AT 1916 South Twelfth street an
other accident occurred. Stella Bro
derrick got off car only to be as
sailed and hooted by mob. Her
jacket was torn from her by men. She
| ran down an alley and into the home
of Mrs. Folke. The mob surrounded
the house and began throwing stones
through the windows. Mrs. Folke
got out revolver and opened fire on
the mob from her front window and
he men scattered.
Easterly's New Paper.
Coffeyville, Kas, June Al. p. East
erly, formerly editor of the Eureka
Union, Populist, has purchased the
Montgomery County Democrat at Cof-
feyville and will run it as a free sill.
yer Democratic organ.
the German army and in the Union
army during the war. He was court
martialed for fighting duel in Sep
tember, 1864, over woman, and was
discharged from the service. During
he war he was a prominent staff Of
ficer, attached to the Missouri troops.
PLAGUE DEATH IN FRISCO.
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