New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
MAN SHOT DOWN.;
|. W. W. SUSPECTED
Police Arrest Six When
Railroad Official Is
Attacked
IF JAILED, RED QUEEN
WILL SLUMBER STRIKE
Becky. Cheered by Big Funeral
Pledge. Says She'll Neither
Eat Nor Sleep.

81. Louis July 1s.-lntense excite
ment has been occasioned in tins CITY
through the shooting to-day of FellX L.
Anderson. a railroad official and assist
ant to President McChesney OF the 81
Louis Terminal Railroad Association.
The assailant. who escaped after the
shooting. il believed to have been
member of the Industrial Workers Of
the World. Acting upon that theory
the polce later raded the local nead-
ouarrers Of the 7. W. ". and arrested
six men. All the prisoners denied any
knowledge of the shooting. Mr.. Ander-
son is seriously wounded.
The assailant entered the offices o.
the Terminal association late this az
ternoon and demanded to see President
McChesney. Mr.. Anderson received th'
caller. roughly dressed man Of mid-
die age. and informed him that the
president was busy
"What can do for you? inquired
Mr. Anderson.
Instead of replying, the visitor sud-
denly drew revolver and fired at the
Questoncr. Mr.. Anderson fell and his
nssailant disappeared before the
startled clerks had sufficiently recov-
cred themselves to start in pursuit. A
bystander. however. recalled later thai
the stranger had shouted as he fired
"Aiy name is KING and am a railroad
man. You tried TO kill me-
The wounded railroad official was
taken to a hospital in an unconscious
condition. Examination disclosed tdat
the bullet had lodged near the lower
spinal column. after perforating the
left lung His condition is critical
4 description of his assaiant fur
nished to the police led to the conc!u-
sion on their part that the man Is an
agitator who has been speaking nightly
from the County Courthouse steps TO
street gatherings
Mine Guards Armed.
Belleclaire. Ohio. July lS.-Armed
Sheriff deputies have been posted to-
day about the mines IN Belmont Coun-
ty. where a strike is in progress. This
action was taken after threats had been
freely made BY 7. W. W. agitators that
they intended to dynamite the prop
critics. Considerable difficulty was en-
countered in securing deputies, as most
Of the citizens are in sympathy with
the strikers.
Five strikers we're arrested after they
haG attacked the caretakers OF the
49,
were lodged i'm the Belmont County
jail, and threats have been made TO
liberate them. The attitude OF the
strikers is mcnacing.
Fort Smith. Ark. July ls.-The
bodies of two mine guards were dis
covered to-day on the banks Of Prairie
Creek. where pitched battle was
fought last night between armed
guards and strikers. Other guards are
reported missing
The strikers are inhamed by the fail
ure Of the operators TO meet their de-
mands. II il reported that their fami-
lies are suffering actual privation and
that they are in a desperate mood.
These conditions are rendered more
serious by the pSesence OF |. W. W
agitators. who are organizing the strik-
ers and directing their efforts. Many
Of the miners are armed.
becky" otherwise known as Reba
Edclson. an anarchist agitator arrested
April 22 OF charge of disorderly con-
duet when she delivered speech de-
nouncing John ID. Rockefeller in front
Of the Franklin Statue in Park Row.
announced yesterday her determination
to enter on a "sleep and hunger" strike
in the event Of her senterce TO jail to-
morrow morning in the Tombs Police
Court.
Miss Edelson was convicted before
Magistrate Simms two months ago
and was ordered to furnish bond Of
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