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Show 8T. LOUIS fllOTB. Govarnor auphaaa ft Illam for That tvChaapl-ollllalana. Illota of striking street car men atll continue at SL IOult, and are beyond control of the police. Since the trouble trou-ble began threo persona have been ihot and killed, tlxtcen wounded by bullet, and thirty-one otherwise Injured. In-jured. Governor Stephens, In a published pub-lished Interview, blimet polltlclint for tla lawlessness. He says: "I am tatltfled the trouble along the street car lines and the whole spirit ol anarchy which I And prevails so largely large-ly In the city of Ht Loult at preient Is being fomented and extended by a certain cer-tain coterie of Democratic politicians, who hope by their court to In tome miuner make galnt In tho approaching approach-ing party primaries. Till element It ending tpeaken to meetings held to exprete lympathy far the ttrlkeri all over the city, and If notcounacllngdlt-order, notcounacllngdlt-order, It It nt least materially -inoour-aging It "Thete peraoni are rctpontible for the many eOlglei of myself and the police po-lice authorities which I find dangling from poles and trolly lines. It It at a retult of their movementi that I have received many letlen threatening rny llfn ahnntil f rnnltniin n An mr dulv and provide officer! to keep the peace. "I deilra you to say further that If, at governor of Mlttourl, with all tha power vested In that ofllcer for the purpose, I can put an end to the disgraceful dis-graceful t ma) say abominable condition con-dition that prevails In St. Loult, I shall employ every Iota of that power. Tho first step would naturally be to call on the sheriff for astlstancei the lerondlocall on the military of the atate, I thall not hesitate to perform per-form either duty, if, after further con ferenco with the duly delegated au thorltlea In the city, I thall coma to tho conclutlon that oilier and latter meaut cannot rcitore tho city to order. or-der. "The cars are not running at night; they should be. The can are not running run-ning on a number of the lines, and are not running In full compltmanton any of them: thlt cannot be allowed to continue. con-tinue. Tho ihootlng down of Innocent cltlzeni, the itonlng of can, the cutting cut-ting of wlret, tho loading of lines with efllglei, riot and disorder of every unlawful un-lawful kind mutt ceate." |
