Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-28
REGIMENT OF GUARD.
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trouble last night, ana yesterday
talked with various. citixeAs - to the
best and wiseet course to pursue.
did not want to interfere with free
speech. but WAS anxious to prevent
disturbances and violence.
II had . pheasant talk with r. =.
Gardner, sditor 81 the Trf-City Labor
Review, who, % thought, was to
be the only speaker last night. and
assured him Of the desire Of tho city
administration that he BE- allowed to
make his speech. unnnolested. and
urged him to refrain from inflam.
matory utterances.
~ told him to 10 ahead with his
PLANS for the recall II he saw ut aud
10 nay what he pleassd about my ad-
ministration or official duty, but to
keep within rational lines lin what he
had to ray. VI
r "aardnsr informed me that he had
no intention or desire to create Z dis
turbance and that he would caution
his hearers not to do violenc0. From
what am told now, he kept his word.
Il was nothing that he said that
aroused the mob spirit - far as !
know.
'.The police were particularly care
fnl last night to do nothing that would
start trouble. They stood brAvely all
kinds OF taunts and ridicule on the
streets. Submitting themselves to %.
saults with brickbAts and rocks, and
finally, when three sof them were
driven to the river hAnh. without re.
sistance on their part, they finally
found refuge In tho police station.
The Assault On the pelsos Ssaston.
when the mob came down to the
police station the police did not open
fire until they found they were trap
ped and then they fired several vol
loys over the heads Of the crowd after
Com missioned Hart had gone out IN
front OF the station and urged the mob
in kindly terms to disperse. y He was
met with jeers and tauIfts and
fusillade Of brickbats. Il
"The shots were fired into the
crowd only after most Of the windows
N the city hall and police station had
been broken and number o. the
policemen inside had been hit with
bricks and stones. #
aThe whole troubis from IL incep.
ton may be- traced to the fect that. !
enforced the law against disoTderly
saloons and chop Su0y t6ints. That hat
4 what brought forth the attack upon
me " the Looney paper and It 70 at
the bottom Of the SntiS0 disturbance.
eve are not going to quit now until
- restore order and rid the city OF
the elements Of disorder ana defiance.
further public assemblAses, where
nolitical addressed may be made, VIII
not & BE allowed until quiet = restored
and the saloons OF the city VIII be
closed for the present.
sheriff Bruner last night got the gov.
amor out OF bed with rush message
asking for militia. An order from
sprin9 neld soon arrived. ordering the
mobilixation OF the local company OF
militia. and q request that the sheriff
kesp the governor advised Of the situa-
ton. especially the possible need for
more troops.
AZ soon @ the word came the troops
were hurried ont Of bed by telephone
and mounted messengers and the state
soldiers were soon under arms.
Meantime the crowd, defeated in the
effort to wreck vengeance on the police
started for the IRE department station,
whose company on Monday night dis
persed crowd from the front OF the
newspaper once of John Looney,
whose editorial attacks ON Mayor
schriyer precipitated the present out
break against the city administration.
Mob In Panic. .s
It was while the more adventure
some were on the way to the IRE sta
ton that word was passed around that
the troops were coming. Several even
yelled that they could see the CLEAN
OF bayonets. although the soldiers had
not yet left the armory: The fright be-
came 4 panic and the streets soon were
deserted. Every street was patroled
the remainder OF the night for fear OF
possible outbreaks.
Mayor Jim. 1chriever recently be-
gan 3 campaign to clear the city OF
undesirable persons. 20 he announced,
but hts enemies declared that he warlt-
ed to Dust his political enemies. Nut.
terfngs OF discomfort have been grow
ing louder for several days. The other
day the editor Of weekly newspaper
scathingly denounced Mayor Schreiver
and the mayor ordered that the issue
Of the paper be suppressed.
Announcement OF the publication
was made 1t . mass meeting Of op-
ponents Of the mayor and after the
meeting . large crowd went to the