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Show ARMISTICE IN THE POOLROOM WAR Citizens of Madison Will Tell Their Troubles to a Grand Jury None of Injured Will Die. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20. A meeting was held today by the Business Men's Improvement Im-provement lc-agup of Madison, 111.', and It was decided to continue the war on the poolroom. Resolutions condemning the action of the police In defending nnd assisting the poolroom gamblers nnd "provoking hostilities" -were adopted. A decision was reached to lay the entire en-tire matter, before tho grand Jury and to also take It up directly with the Attorney-General of Illinois with the purpose pur-pose of putting a stop, In a legal way, to the ofilclal connivance under which the proolroom has been run. The gamblers declare that operation at the poolroom will be continued today, while tho citizens are equally determined- that the poolroom muBt be closed. The four members of the citizens' poBse who were arrested on a charge of breach of the peace have been released or. bond. 1 I None of the six men wounded will die ' from the'r wounds, it is thought. The polioe began today to disarm all members mem-bers of the posse whom they could find. It was stated by members of the posse that the police were even entering tho i houses of tho posse members and con- uucunt, uicir searcn lor arms mere. It Is declared that, if necessary, the citizens would find the means to arm themselves again. |