Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-27

element Of disorder and defiance.
| Further public assemblages wher'
political address may be made will moi
be allowed until quiet is restored an(
the saloons of the city will be closeG
for tho present"
Sheriff Pleads for Militia.
Sheriff o. L. Bruner, of Rock Islan'
county, today telegraphed Governo
Charles 8. Deneen for regiment o
soldiers to use in placing the city o
Rock Island under martial law as a re
| suit Of last nights fatal riot and
threatened repetil fn Of mob violence
| tonight.
The sheriffs action was taken afte
Mayor III. M. Schriver and the othel
| municipal commissioners had held {
| long conference with leading citizens o
| all political Affiliations.
Martial regulations" said Sheriff
Bruner, rs the only thing that viii
check the rising tide of violence. With
out soldiers in sufficient force and un
der rigid orders to put down the frs
attempt to renew last nights attack OF
tho police, results tonight will be ex.
tremely grave. am not an alarms
| but the situation now is beyond III
! militia fear will not be enough"
All Theatsrs Closed.
Tho Brown-P Papas wrestling mattel
to have been held in Rock Island to.
morrow night has been postponed OF
account of the riots. All theaters ant
places Of amusement are closed.
Speakers Ineite Mob.
The mob gathered following ad-
dresses by two sympa thizers with
John Looney. publisher of the News
a weekly paper, last Saturday. The
paper printed an attack on Mayor
shriver. Police officers were jeered
when they admonished the crowds to
disperse and go to their homes peace
! fully.
Several hundred were in the mob
that surrounded police headquarters
where two of the leaders of the rioters
were detained.
Bricks were thrown and windows
Of the police station were smashed
Then followed several shots f,o::: the
crowd. It was then that mayor
Schriver, who was directing the po-
lice squad, ordered the officers to
charge the mob.
DiseIaims Responsibility.
H. NJ McCauskin, candidate for dis
trict attorney, at whose meeting the
crowd formed to 60 to the newspaper
office Monday night disclaimed re-
sponsibility for the action of the mob
that attacked the police station last
night.
The crowd had vowed that they
would also stone the fire department
last night because members of the fire
department had aided In dispensing
Monday nights crowd by turning the
hose on the people. but the fatal re-
suit Of the attack on the police pre-
vented this.
As soon as the mob had been pushed
back by the deadly volley from the
police station, the sheriff decided that
militia would be necessary to preserve
order and he wired to Governor De-
neen. In the meantime the sherifi
swore in rs many deputies Al hescould
and the police called out all members
Of the department to clear the streets.
John Looney, editor of the weekly
paper that angered Mayor Schriver,
is now in a hospital recovering from
Injuries sustained during his fight
with the mayor.
Cleaning Up Town.
Mayor j. NJ. Schriver began cam
paign to clean up the city of undesir-
able persons, so he announced, but
his enemies declared that he wanted to
oust his political enemies. MutterinSs
Of discomfort have been growing louder
for several days. The other day the
editor Of weekly newspaper scathins-
ly denounced Mayor Schriver. and the
mayor ordered that the issue Of the
paper be suppressed.
Announcement Of the publication
was made at mass meeting of OPP
ponents of the mayor, and after the
meeting, large crowd went to the
paper. The mayors opponents had
Schriver had physically chastised the
editor Of the paper for previous edi-
torial aspersions.
Beat Back Crowd.
The police ordered the crowd from
in front Of the newspaper office and
beat back the people with clubs.
Many arrests were made and a small
riot ensued. Yesterday. the body Of
Frank B. Potts. of Winona Junction.
Wis, was found in a hallway. It
was reported that he had been killed
in the riot. Feeling is high and a mass
meeting was called for last night. Petit
tions for the recall Of Mayor Schriver
and Commissioner Hart were circulated
at the meeting. A crowd gathered af-
ter the meeting. swearing vengance
for the attacks made on the crowd at
the newspaper Office. Some of the riot
ers declared that the police had mur-
dered Potts. altho physicians last night
that the man probably died
of apoplexy.
Petition for Recall.
Petitions for the recall of Mayor H.
NJ. Schriver and Commissioner Archi-
bald Hart were circulated at mass
here last night. There were few
signers. A meeting Of business men
during the day passed resolutions
pledging support to the city admin
istration.
Mayor Schriver has taken steps to
give the city a moral cleaning. Pop
ular feeling runs high between sup
porters and opponents of the mayors
policy. The streets were thronged last
night, but there was no resumption Of
the previous nights rioting.
An autopsy on the body Of Frank
3. Potts. of Winona. Wis, at first
thought to be victim OF Monday
nights disorders. showed symptoms of
apoplexy.