The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-13
PLACES ARE
VACANT IS
STATE RULING
26 PatroImen in Sympathetic
Strike Return.
MAN KILLED; WOMAN HURT
Guard Says Youth Tried to
Take His Gun Away.

BOSTON, Sept l3.-The striking
policcmen's request to be taken back
on the force regardless OF their union
affiliations was rejected by Governor
Coolidge at a conference today with
leaders of the policemen's union and
OF the central labor union.
The governor supported the stand
OF Police Commissioner Edwin u Cur.
It's, who declared the strikers posi-.
tions vacant and said he would recruit
a new force largely from the ranks OF
former service men.
This action was announced almost
at the same time that a serious and
peculiar shooting affair was taxing
place a, the corner OF Boylston and
fremont streets A youth named Gus.
tave Cast, aged 20, OF Dorchester,
after an argument with a state
guardsman was shot and killed by the
guard and the bullet, passing through
his body, hi, woman.
According to the guardsman, Gaist
attempted TO take. his rifle away IRON
him.
President McInnes OF the police.
mems union declared that the striking
patrolmen had surrendered.
While the conference was in session
Commissioner Curtis issued q state.
ment declaring he had been advised
by the state attorney general that the
places Of the strikers automatically
became vacant when they deserted"
James McCourt, a bystander. was
accidentally shot in the ankle during
an attack on q volunteer policeman
in the South End district this morn
ing. Robert p. Nolan. = volunteer
fired the shot. Two men were ar.
rested charged with assault
The sympathetic action OF fifty.
three policemen OF the Metropolitan
park force who refused to serve in
Boston Wednesday night los, some Of
lis strength with the return 10 duty
of ,wen,y-six OF the officers ard their
acceptable OF assignments to duty in
the city.
| Governors Statement.
Governor Coolidge after the confer.
, ence gave out the following state.
mcnt
Al a conference with labor leaders
reld al their request, details were pre-
sen,ed TO Me OF the conditions under
which the policemen IN Boston per-
formed the duties OF their offices. The
telegram OF President Compers was
discussed told the committee that
the matter suggested III the telegram
was entirely in the hands Of the 20.
lice commissioner. The question OF
whether the men who had not reported
for duty were still policemen was =
question OF law and fact on which |
should be guided by the opinion Of The
attorney general
Il undertook to transmit their re.
quest for a conference between Presi.
dent ODonnell OF the central Labor
union, Organizer Mccarthy and Presi-
dent McInnes to the commissions OF
police"
Shooting Causes Panic.
The shooting today caused q panic.
Thousands OF men and women rsurging
through the subway entrance OF The
Common seurried wildly for safety.
According to state guard officers
Cast objected when he was told by
40 infantryman of the Twelfth reSi-
ment to move on. lie is said to have
become involved in an argument das-
ing which he attempted to wrest the
rifle from the soldiers grasp. IN
guardsman called for the corpora
OF the guard who came running acroeI
from the direction Of the HOte
Touraine and Cast took to his heel,
making for the Common. The guards,
man called once to him to halt ant
when he did not took aim and sho
him ~ ne was within ten fec, OF thu
curb Of the Common side OF Tremoat
street.
Mrs. Jacques. standing on the sids.
walk on the opposite side Of The street
near the Little building. was hit -
the knee and was carried into . near
bv drug store for emergency ffesr
insnt. She was later removed to M
Hay Market relief hospitsj.