Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-29
A Double Breasted Cyclone Strikes
tha st. Clair Mining Camp,
Two Hundred Women Bear
Arms TO Battle for Their
Husb ands.
Toe Sher!ff's Posse Fut to
Fight and the Pits Cleared.
The State Militia Called Ont to
supprsss tae Home Gu ards"


Spccih btspNcn TO IuE BEN,
Sr LOUIS, Msy % Iaform,tion !
from the mtuiug disrict o. St. . afr |
county, Ilinois, Is that work wss to
DO resun9d 80 day at Rose Hill nine,
near weat B;ii0vil'e, but whsn ths
men were abuui to oomneuce, al D |
o'clock, band of l5) womln, wivea /,
ard daughters # ;ns strikers, maroh
Ing two ab esat and arn@d with stous
clubs, appeared on the eo,no ani af:ec
some alteration they oompsited tbs
mon 80 desisG and work was not
started. Tne eaet fl !, posse WAS driven
back by the women. The latter are
now III possession Of tho mlnu
Militia are noa assembls I'D IL east ST.
Lauis snd desaphment will ptobahi.
be cent [ r. IS, HI to restore order
and psoteo; the men who desi=o to
work.
After completing their work AZ
Rcse Hill snu leaving guard there
to see that tno mauda'e waa carried
out, tho womon marched Co II yineia's
mine NJ three miles from Belle
vile, on the L2u!.villo & Nashville
railroad, and neing reinforcsa by u
largo number OF strikers, drove out
the msn working there. 1t Ia repor5.
ed thsY tore up tha RAILROAD swi!ci aad
ths pate nsd 10 burn the surf ics work
Of tha mine, but Of this nothing 1;
definitely known ahe mob as this
tpuint Is said to be increasing .areae-
Ing rapidly, and nov numbers several
hundcsd, incIu .ing abouS one lCudSed
women, who are the most auGiauage.
able of the crowd and sra beyond
control of the avii Aatnoritias.
The saer fl na, tslsgrapheu Cover
nor Hsm!lson for II l,.a,y aid, AID it
Ia u darstood hsre that Soms Gf tho
militia at East St Louis will be- seut
out as soon a, special r siu can be
made up Il Ia rot kno va ss this
writing that sny sc usl yiolsncs WAS
done by the women or the large body
of msn who stood behind them, but
1t is known work In tho miles was
stopped, aad some Very ugy threats
made reg irdi0g ths conssqience Of
any a5senpt TO resume
At M,r,sia, soms fitGaen miles BE-
yond Bsilsviile, n crowd Of miners
appeared in the m rniDg and de-
manded th,t wo'k shouio ceaee.
Dsputy Sheriff II g and, who was
present with \ civil. posse, told the %
ths. any iutorfsranos IN th~is part
with tho working of the uaine wauid
simply result In bringing out the mil
i.ary force who would arrest all dis.
turosrs, and advised tn IN TO retire.
This they considered god aiVics sad
withdse Y, leaving tba msne IN peaco'
able possession of the mon who wefe
working IL.
At 5:45 .. m. n trai1 b,sripg troops
arrived at the mine The vonasn
were on the buff aheFs the company q
buildings arc ioc,ced. The men,
about 160 In lumber, w1ra On the
south sias of the railroad track. Thsy
ali carried canes Of various thckusss.
Deputy Sheritfs Anthony ard Rag
laod were on the ground, Anthony ia
charge. AS tho train halted
Colonel Anthony appeared on ths
platform If the Car, AaJhony
jlmped upon tho platform, and with
stretched arms shouted to ths strik.
ers, some of whom had started to
run when they SAW tho soldiers halt,
81 arrest you ali In the mans Of tn.
law" Tae answer was a pistol shot
from the ranks Of the strikers. Il
paaaed over the head Of Capt, Fahn
s,cck, of the Ed ~ardsviIls company,
and struck oar, breaking q window
OBJ. Barkley answered, 1t Is report
ed, with his revolver NJ com
mand was given to fife, but as i!
the coloDels shot was a signal, the
breech leaders rang out again and
again. The mob f.d down tho rail
road embank,nepC and through the
weeds, and took ditch 10 feet wide
like deer. One man was seoh 70 stsg
ger and fall, and lay with tis arm
outstrs ched on the farther bsuk u
the ditch. He was shot clesc throust
the hssd. Hs had not been ioeptti I
when tho reporterleFt ths ground, HI,
he is known to hs from @ ssyyille
One of the party that has BOAR
securing the d,atr CT for week. TIL
militia started In pursuit. aad found {
msn psmsd Sprv IN the soods wound d
ed in the leg. Egh5een strikers wer
captured and sent into Bel!eyllle un
der guard, They were pursusd nnde
the statute sgainst riotous copdurt
During the engagement bat Que mill
tia man was injured, Henry Tauerer
of E1wardsville, com pauy II, recaiv
Ing a very slight fish wound l.
the shoulder from the pistol Bhot
Only two revolvers were found on III
prisoners; one had two shells ez
ploded, the other only one. At
O'Clock, Col. Birkley ordered V ride
and rsylorviiie troops to East S
Louis, leaving ths Ell ~ardsville CON
psny on guard. Tle women be,am
very turbulent after the engage
ment and were removed b
an ezcort of militia withor
trouble. Tle greatest excttemeu
prevaila In Belleville, aad after pal
aiding tho streets to the tap 9f drnr
tn night, q mass meeting Of nearl
200 miners was held st tho coul
house, az which the speakers d.
nounced the ao.iln of the m,lt Ia.
Kans and Coui ms.