The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-07
Sixteen Men Representing $500
Workers at Court House.
Demand Action in Order Te
Keep All on Job.
.SIGMAND IS PLACED IN JAN
Mill Owner Announces He Was
Fired at Noon Today. -
Other Arrests May FollOw-NO
Guns Allowed.

Sixteen Santa Fe railway shopmen
representing 4.500 men employed at
the shops. called this morning on
Tlnkham Veale. acting county attor-
ney, and demanded the immediate ia
suance of a warrant for E. w. Sig
mand. the non-union elevator SUPER
intendent who shot /. Keller and Bert
Mcintosh. union pickets. during =
! quarrel at the Ismert- Hincke mills
yesterday.
| The delegation left the court house
at noon today with a carbon copy OF
a warrant charging Sigmand with as
sauit with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill. F. A. Sanderson. Jr., who
acted as spokesman for the delegation.
swore to the complaint
KelIer's condition will remain crit
ical for several days. DIR. o. F. Mar
cote. attending physician. announced
today. The X-ray picture taken Tues
day showed the bullet had lodged an
inch to the right of the spine and near
the top of the right lung.
! Paralysis or lock-jaw may set in
within the next few days" said Doctor
Narcotic. AT this time. however.
4 there are no indications OF anything
| serious"
The bullet which entered McIntosh's
IOOI was eXITdCIeQ lOQay. Inc DutltI
which struck him in the leg went clear
thru. For the present no attempt will
be made to extract the bullet in KEEL
ler's back.
Pincc Slgmand in Jail.
While veale was issuing the war
rant, Bob Miller, undersheriff, went to
the mill and arrested Sigmand. He was
locked up in the county Jail as the
shopmen were leaving the court
house.
veaIe at first objected to issuing a
4 warrant at this time, declaring a num-
Der Of witnesses needed TO be inter-
viewed first and the issuance of a war;
rant at this time would interfere with
a plan to make wholesale arrests
planned by the county attorneys of
flee.
I'VE can't go back to the shops
| without a warrant" said one of the
delegation. We promised to come
up here and get a warrant in order to
keep 4.50O men from quitting work
and calling on you, or on Sigmand,"
Mil Fires Sigmand.
At this point. young, well dressed
stranger came into the room. He was
NJ. f. Ismert, of Kansas City.
Just minute, please. boys" he
said. My name is Ismert. I want
you to know that we've fired Sigmand
and have notified every man in our
employe that there will be no more
gun carrying in the mill or to and
ITOIn WOTk. wen nOk SldnQ lot II n
minute. Sigmand quits at noon today.
heard about this trouble and got
out of my sick bed 20 come up here
and straighten things out"
III that's the case" said Veaie.
there's danger of Sigmand getting
away. I'll issue the warrant"
Prior to Veale's decision Hugh Lar
inner. sheriff. sent Bob Miller, UNDER
sheriff. to the mill TO arrest Sigmand.
Wen bring him In again. said
; 4 7 4 -
enough for the county attorney to fs-
sue warrant. If a warrant isn't Is
sued we can't hold him.
4 Charge Gun-TotIng.
The delegation also complained that
non union men are carrSin guns.
County officials stated emphatically
that every charge OF this nature would
be Investigated, and il any noIl-union
man or union man Is found rryinR
a gun he will be prosecuted
The delegation first called at the
county attorneys office. Veale, was
at Otis Hungates office in the Craw-
ford building at Fifth and. jackson
streets. The delegation went TO Hum
gates office.
In a few minutes they were in the
sheriff's office. They told Bob Miller.
undersheriff. that Veale had told them
warrant had been issued and II was
up to the sheriff to arrest Sigmand.
Miller instantly called the clerk in
the county attorneys office and asked
* warrant had been issued. He was
told 1t had not been.
. Neale came in the sheriffs office n
. few minutes later. He denied stating
that a warrant had been issued but
said he told the men he had COM
plants ready and IL the sheriff de-
sired he could pick Sigmand up.
Larimer stated that he did that
| after the shooting and was told to
, release Slgmand awaiting an investi-
cation.
Members of the delegation assured
| county officials they were as anxious
: to gee union men punished for trough
house" methods as they were to sec
) quick action taken in putting Sig
mand in jail.
At the time the delegation called
Ncale stated he had three more dis
: interested witnesses to interview be-
fore issuing several warrants In con-
nection with the shooting and fighting
) between non-union and union em.
! ployes.
: To Guard Mills.
Ten men were sworn in today as
deputy sheriffs to guard property At
= the mills. 1t Is the custom at tho
sheriffs office to issue these commits
sions whenever an application is made
by anyone.
: I'VE are willing to supply any NUM-
ber OF commissions" said Sheriff Lari.
mer.
t Named Receiver of Public MoncyA
.