The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-11
MORE BLOOD
SPILLED BY
THE STRIKERS.
Three Deaths Resulted, and Five
Persons Were Seriously Wound
ed In the st. Louis Trouble.
TROOPS TO BE CALLED OUT.
Governor Stephens Decides to Inter
fere to Prevent Further Trouble.
May Call the Legislature.

Governor stephens Decides 70 Inter-
fere to Prevent Further Trouble.
May Call the Legislature.
ST. LOUIS. June 1o.-The day ended
has been one OF the most eventful and
bloody since the great strike on the st.
Louis Transit lines began more than
one month ago. There were numerous
encounters between strikers and other
individuals and the constituted author
tiles resulting in three deaths and the
woundlng of five or more persons, most
ly strikers. One of the latter VIII die,
The dead:
c. 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 abdomen BY
deputy sheriff, died at hospital.
Fred Boehm, aged citizen, shot and
instantly killed while standing in his
front yard. by deputy sberlfr.
The wounded:
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 right arm and
breast, not serious.
Charles Ludwig, shot in hand. not
serious.
Police Taken or Car.
The day was quiet until this after
noon, when the police were taken OF a
number of street car lines for the pur-
pose of giving them a 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
the southwestern.
Tonight cars were run under police
protection until midnight on the Park
avenue, Olive street, LIndell division
and Laclede avenue line.
win Call Out Troops.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, June TO-
Governor stephens salh'thIs evening
that everything is being put in readI-
ness Of calling Gus the national guard
OF Missouri to queIl disorder in st.
Louis consequent to the street railway
strike. but he will not issue the call ex-
cept as last resort.
1t win cost, he said. 5000 to land $500
men In st. Louis and as much per day
to maintain them, and as there is no
appropriation for that purpose he does
not know how the legislature would
view a deficiency of 100000 for main
tanning stroops in st. Louis. 1t might,
he said, require an extra sesslOn Of the
legislature to appropriate the money.
The most serious trouble with sew
eral hundred strikers broke ou:
between und o'clock In front Of the
six story store building on Washington
avenue between Broadway and Sixth
streets, occupied by the sherift's posse
comltatus us barracks and headQuar-
ters. Several hundred striking street
car men had gone to East st Louis
earlier in the day to attend picnic
given for their benefit at VOLTS Grove.
Toward evening they began returning
home slngly, In groups Of two or three,
and others in companies OF n hundred
or more No serious trouble occurred
until one of these companies, composed
Of nearly 15O 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
worlds Union or nothing; liberty or
DEATH"
Were in a Jocular Mood.
The men were Jnnrching along the
sidewalk on the south side Of Washing
ton avenue, opposite the posse barracks
They were in u Jocuiar mood and as
near as can be learned, had no intention
Of making any trouble. Just aN they
were passing the barracks. a car Of the
Park avenue division was going west
A number OF the men broke from the
line and rushed for the cnr with the In
tention, It is said, OF boarding 1t and
taking n ride Another statement was
made that It was the intention Of the
strikers to assault the motorman and
conductor whose car was without the
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