Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-05
St. Louis Business Men Send Petition
to Gov. Stephens.
NJ IRE RIOTIN G IN The CITY
Street Car With Guards Aboard
Blown Up Today.
THEY FIRE ON THE MOB

ST. LOUIS, June "a committee of fifty
prominent business men of this city have
sent a communication to Gov. Stephens
asking him to order out the militia to re-
store order in St. Louis.
A special car carrying Company H of the
posse comitatus from the barracks on
Washington avenue over the Chouteau
avenue line to the car sheds at Jefferson
avenue and Lasalie street ran over ex-
plosives on the track at 18th and Washing
ton avenue and at I'D street and Chouteau
avenue early today. There We're two cx-
plosions, the second lifting the car three
feet in the air and throwing the occupants
from their seats. The floor was blown up
ard the roof damaged.
Fifty-four men were on the car. Two of
them, D. F. Fleischman and Sam Schwartz
burger, were slightly injured. The explo-
sion aroused the nefghborhood. and in a
few minutes about 1900 people were on the
scene. They commenced to jeer at the dep
uties, and soon the air was thick with
stones and other missiles. Several revolver
shots were also fired at the car. Then the
deputies charged the crowd. firing in the
air as they advanced. The crowd dispersed
Women Appeal for Protection.
St. Louis women will present a petition
to Gov. Stephens of Missouri beseeching
him to put an end to the attacks made
upon women by street railway strike SYM
pathizers. The petition was prepared to-
day by a number of prominent women. 1t
will be placed in all Of the downtown
stores today in hopes of getting $1,000 sign
ers.
The police yesterday arrested Mrs. Emma
Thompson in connection with the assault
upon Christine Thierl. whose name, it has
been learned, is Susie Henzel. She tod the
police she gave wrong name because of
the shame of having her name known in
connection with such affair. She is
seriously i'll as the result Of the treatment.
Mrs. Thompson was identified by her as
ore Of the mob who led the attack. but this
Mrs. Thompson denies 1t developed dur
ing the day that third young woman was
attacked yesterday in the southern part of
the city by mob disguised as strike SYM
pathizers. In her case the men used their
fists in brutal fashion and tore her cloth
ing into shreds. National President Mahon
of the Street Railway Employees Union is
sued a statement condemning the attacks
on women.
Chief Camphel'seSfatem
Chief of Police Campbell said: Such oc-
currences will not be tolerated.. In an
order to the police force he says:
Too many defenseless women have been
beaten and stripped of their clothing, and
if arrests and court prosecutions do
good guns will be freely useu. Nothing is
too severe for brute who deliberately
beats and tears the clothing from woman
for riding in a transit car or any other kind
of vehicle, strike or no strike.
Special deputy sheriffs. members of the
posse comitatus on guard today at all
cor sheds and power houses. 1t will be
several days, however, before the full COM
plcment of $3.50 deputies is secured.
All the lines in operation yesterday are
running cars today, but it is noticeable that
those which pass through the disturbed dis
tricts contain few passengers.