Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-28

wounded were hurried to hospitals.
Owing TO the fears OF another outbreak
no effort was made for sorae time 10
identify the dead, and the names OF the
wounded were kept secret. The more |
bold of the rioters who had been STIR
rcd to the demonstration against the
police by TWO speeches in the public |
square condemning the officers ;thd the
mayor for attacking a crowd IN front
of the Office Of Il weekly paper on Mon
day night. went from the ponce s.a-
ton. leaving their fallen companions.
and attempted to break into hard
ware store to procure arms. The po-
lice we're ahead of them and the rioters
were driven further from the re,.tci OF
the city.
Troops Asked For.
The mayor and Sheriff Bruncr at
once set about collecting deputy Of
ficers and appealed to Governor
Denee.a for troops. All available me1
We're sworn in to help the police. Sher-
ifr Brnner got the governor out Of bed
with q rush message asking for the
militia An order from. Springfield SOON
arrived, ordering the mobilization of
the local company of militia. and re-
cues, that the sheriff keep the COVER
nor advised OF the situation, especially
the possible need for more troops.
AS soon as the word came the troops
were hurried out of bed by telephone
and mounted messengers. and the state
soldiers were soon under arms.
Meantime the crowd. defeated in the
effort 10 wres.k vengeance upon the po-
)lice. started for the fire department sta
ton. whose company on Monday night
dispersed a crowd from the front of the
newspaper office of John f4ooney. whose
editorial attacks on Mayor Schreiver
precipiated the present outbreak
against the city administration
Mayors Statement.
Mayor Sch-iver issued tn" following
statement from his office in the city
lar after a conference with the other
city commissioners:
We are devotng our time now to
an attempt. to restore order. 4 feared
trouble last night. and yesterday talked
with various citizens rs to the best and
wisest course to pursue. did not want
Ito interfere with free speech. but was
anxious to prevent disturbances and
| violence.
II had pleasant talk with r.. T..
Gardner. editor of the Tri-Gity Labor
Review, who, ns l thought, Was to be
| the only speaker last might and assured
him of the desire of the city admins
| tration that he be allowed to make his
4 speech unmolested and urged him to
| refrain from inf1ammatory uttcrances.
| II told him to go ahead with his
plans for the recall. II Ne saw fit and
TO say what he pleased about my ad-
mjnistrntion or official acts, but to keep
| within rational lines In what he had to
say.
| .tsardner informed ms that he had
| no intention or desire to create n dis
| turbancc and he would caution his
| hearers not to do violence. From what
am told now, he kept his word. IT
was nothing that he said that aroused
Il r%t fnv
THE police were particularly careful
last night to do nothing that would
| start trouble. They stood bravely all
kinds of taunts and ridicule on the
| street. submitted themselves to assaults
with brick bats and rocks. and finally.
| when three Of them were driven to the
river bank without resistance on their
part. they finally found refuge in the
| police station.
Police Station Scenes.
When the mob came down to the
| police station the police did not open
fire until they found they were trapped
and then they Aired several volleys over
| the heads Of the crowd after Commits
sioner Hart had gone out in front of
thu. station and urged the mob in kind
ly terms to dispense. He was met with
teers and taunts and fusillade OF
| brick bats.
\ The shots We're fired into the crowd
only after most of the windows In the
Il city hall and station had been broken
and number OF the policemen inside
l had been hit with bricks and stones
THE whole trouble from it's inception
may be traced to the fact that en-
forced the law against disorderly sa
looms and chop suey joints. That is
what brought forth the attack upon
4 me by the Looney paper and the sum
of the entire disturbance.
I'VE are not going to quit now until
VIC restore order and rid the city OF
the elements of disorder and defiance
Further public assemblages where
political addresses may be made. will
not be allowed until quiet Is restored
and the saloons of the city will be
closed for the present"
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