The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-13
Company of Sixty G.. A. RS Under
General A. G. Peterson, Will
Volunteer To-Day.
NAGEL'S MEN ARE IN UNIFORM.
Rough Rider Outfits Distinguish
Them i'm a Marked Manner From
the Others-List of New
Deputies Sworn In.


lity reisned.
Deputies were busted In the discharge OF
routine duties. and the opening Of new
street railway lines engrossed the atten-
tion OF the officers.
General a. G. Peterson has organized a
company OF G. A. r. veterans which will
volunteer for posse duty to-day. There are
sixty men in the company. They will meet
this morning n; the barracks to take for
NAL oath as deputies. elect officers and ten
der themselves 10 Colonel Cavender for
duty.
Company No. .. under the command or
Captain Charles Nagel. all volunteers. was
the cynosure OF every eye yesterday at the
barracks.
The men appeared in uniform. consistinG
OF Rough Rider peaked hats. blue flannel
shirts. bandana handkerchief around the
neck. brown khaki trousers and yellow leg
gings Revolver straps were provided iof
every man. which hung over his left shoul-
der with n revolver pocket hanging under
the armpit.
Captain NageI said:
I'VE determined to uniform our men
principally for the purpose of identification.
In our duty II is very important that we
from other citizens. This could not be
done without some sort of uniform. For
this reason our men decided to adopt Il
regulation dress"
Inspecting the Men.
No serious encounters between deputies
and strikers were reported, and throughout
the dag only two drunken fdlers were ar
rested in the neighborhood of the barracks
These two men were ordered by Deputy
hn
way and Washington avenue. 10 move on.
They refused to do and were arreste'i,
taken TO the barracks and locked up. Iney
will be discharged when sober.
The Headquarters Of Inspector General
Joseph l.. Hanley We're removed yesterday
from the Sheriff's Office to the barracks
Major Hanley has his staff Captains
Ben F. Horn, Ralph S. Buck and James e.
Harney.
In discussing the progress OF his work
I've are making inspections every day
ard night We have forty-two inspectors
at work. According TO their reports. the
% cSndtSn Of I'm the .maTds msn Is v;siant The entire
force As in A No. condition and ready Tor
any emergency. =,
In the riot sunday IN an encounter win a
striker one of the bones of his right hand
was broken. The fracture was not discoV,
cred until yesterday. when II was reduced
and the hand bandaged. Sumner refused
to permit his index finger TO be bound up
That's my trigger finger. he declared
"and must have 1t free.
sheriff Pohlman Indicn cnant.
Sheriff Pohllnan was at the barracks sew
eral times In the afternoon. The Sherin
was inceased at the report that he had
summoned Pinkertons. transit employees
and professional thugs on the posse.
"It is n lie." he declared, with much
v hemence. "and is circulated for no other
pose than TO foment trouble. The people
ard papers who circulate such reports
ought to be arrested for melting riot.
have nobody this posse who is not eiti-
zen o. St Louis. and the most of them are
taxpayers and represent the very best ele-
ment Of our citizens. Politics Is at the bot
tom of all this trouble. Democrats and Re
publicaDs alike are In IL. Ziegenhein Is as
deep in the mud the others. l have no
choice In this matter. The law requires
me to do what l have done ard IL the lead
ing authorities o. State and city would give
me earnest corporation. law and order
would soon be re-sstablished. I want
to say onc- and for all there are no thugs.
Pinkertcns or transit employees on my posse.
Every man Is a citizen OF ST. Louis and
most of them are leading business men,"
Captain Lewis T. Tune. who has charge
Of the recruiting department also emphat-
ically denies that any Pi3kertons or transit
employees are on the posse. He said that
and that all men who were unwilling to do
ply with all orders were Immediately dis
charged.
Deputies Sworn In.
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