Show THE COLOR LINE I Bids Fair to Be Drawn Finely at St Louis ST LOUIS June 6Much indignation indigna-tion has been expressed bY the managers manag-ers and owners jf the leading hotels of St Louis today over a circular sent out by the business mens league l > garding the entertainment of negro delegates to the national convention conventon I was agreed by the league when i bid for the convention that the colored delegates would be treated the same a their white brothers The leading hotels however have taken care not to make any contracts with state delegations dele-gations that contained negroes for rooms Today the league officers learned learn-ed of this fact and sent out circular letters requesting the negro delegates Ito make complaint i any of them failed t be accommodated at any hotel ho-tel where they applied for rooms The hotels consider this as an incentive to the negroes to prosecute them for damages dam-ages and say they will hold the league responsible should any trouble arise |