The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-23
Chief and All Members
of Police Force
Are Jailed.
MAYOR THREATENED
Resignation or Lynching
Ultimatum Given Him
and Councilman.
GIRLS STRIKE IS CAUSE
Phone Operators Walk Out
and Enlist Sympathy
of Crowds.
STATE TROOPS ARE ASKED
Robertson Asked to Send
Aid to Protect City
Immediately.
STATE TROOPS ARE ASKED

WNNNlAl 10 lNf Nhilh
DII MRIGHT. Okia.. sept. IA
Mayor y ". Nlcodcmus and
Councilmr-, ~. Baxter, who had
hcdl missing all day Monday. were
located earl, this morning and
placed In Jail with tie police for'r
ncmbcrs. The mob Inns issncd an
uitimaInm to the officials uhRt un-
less they tender their ry'HignntionS
hy 10 o'Cio,k TursIiny morning
they viii bc iyuchcd.
Prominent Officials hcrc have
tnkcn steps to have martial Law
declared. \ demand for state
trUop~ wnr made ON GOV. v. ". ~
itnhcrlsnl Tonight.
Members ~ the mayors family
were allowed tu leave tonight to
visit In another town.
Special Ia The world
pRt 'MHtGIIT okla, Sept az
The city II under mob rule tonight
Chicf of rollre Jack Ayers and al
mem bcrA of his force are imprisoned
In the city Jail. while threats have
been made tn lvnCh Mayor J. w
NIcodenius ana Councilman u. has-
ter unlets they Immediately resign
their offices az the result OF refusal
Of drmnnds made by Rirl employees
On the Pen Telephone company.
The members Of the police force
were seized by the mob whom lead
crH led crowd ~ several hundred
heavily armed business men and oil
field workers To- the city jail II re-
tuncd only few minutes 20 seize
fhe officers. disarm them and thcn
place them in cells ~ the city jaiL
"tcsign Your office before 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning or We Will lynch
YOU" WAS "a" ulIimatum sent 10
Chirf Ayers by mob leaders.
Mob Controls Ciy.
After tho police officials had been
rendered helpless the mob took en-
tire control uf the city. We want
Nl,odrmuS." was the cry sent mp hJ
the mob aH scores ot rifle and re-
coiyer Shots were fired In the air.
The mob marched to the mayor y
home but ne was gone. ~ Ii thought
there that learning of the mob
pluns he hurrlrdly departed
The FIRST show of vlolcnc" In con
ncction with the strike of the tsle-
phone girls occurred NJnday night
" nFn lfAthH NfNN ANNIhNN NfaAFNFhH -
tho vIndsNs OF the telephone COM
pnny's building This was followed
tiunday by cutting Of all company
wires In private homes women and
children assisted lu destroying Tho
property
Although iclrphnHlc rnmnunlcn-
tluu With fhc town iH Impossible" IN
formation received uNtf private wires
De- iu tho ,ffyu. that the irnuhl'
started when policemen dubbed
union picket Monday morning
Three young women operator
who. refused 90 STRIKE. are I"p'i ''
go hr prisoners lu the uf''r ~ me
mun vino refuse. iu De-. them inaNr
uf fo Def friends supply them with
food
Mas Meeting IN Street
After ,hr nr.f .n1w ~ mob Woe
I.uts sunday. q. fis fhuNEni Ih'
r.4hIr Nb. past Monday afternoon
H.V,t,r. fHp members 20 The bl
Worker union took up me cause "l
tho s.rlIIus operators A. mass
meeting attended ny more than 100"
..rr.rns held here tonight 30 was de-
..f,H fu force Tho hands ~ the ciN
officials who afforded police pro'rc-
r.n fu tn- telephone company.
After several nery speeches some
ur. no inr crowd yelled ''r.s go
and fHr wuh vas ON
Resign uffic. before 10 u',.o k
TUESDAY morning or D ir"
sign posted on fhr door ~ tlf' ciN
hall Tho poster b. addressed 10
N1fur Ni,uHemum Councilman Ety.
Tor a'.i Chi~f ~ police Ayers
Although hundreds ~ shots were"