The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-06-08

1crmlned u angnenf their forces ana n.
tnrncd % West H9IlevIIlo ~ ohn1 purposs
Afssr nsrsh.llIss Their fsrcss ~ ia
about seventy,fve and the{ started q n
Wagons tor sas scsns q sonaIss Ihs
siis 4 ~ railroei track ana clos . 4, %
steep hill some forty let IN height On
valley kcme one hundred and 1ffy FEET IL
Width, and this valley = Incloeed BY : hill
which extends n : semi-circle. This hill
4 about seyenty-1lve feet IN heiGht, slopes
track iof grsaf distance. nov approach.
ing and now reccding from a. he hill--or
hills, for there are many Of them-aro very
thickIy wooded. and Tho locality q quite Z
piceuesque one. The women marched up
= 1es @ sa :sa e n R,,s mouth q &c
the mine. Az this juncturs L vas noticed
for The ilrst time that The striking miners
were conKregatinx In numbers on the rail-
road track IN front Of the mine. and were
coming y squads from over the hill ON the
south. Most q them remained on tbe bill
the track The women and the strikers on
the track held : consultation. and when
Mr.. keinecke appeared q the demand Of
the women they were prepared 20 demand
that which The strikers desired % have DE-.
manded. Ar. ReInecke asked them what
e@x SH1s *t&A8 them <11t - -.
struck for: The women replied that
they wanted the new miners, Or = scabs."
- they called them. % come up
out Of the mines and have a6aIk with the
strikers. This Ar. keinecke refused %
They now resolved 70 take possession Of
The mine and the engine-house, from which
the cars in the shaft were operated. They
were proceeding % move In that direction,
but Mr.. Reinecke was too quick for them.
He had ordered the engineer % close tho
opening q The shsfs and then % close the
promptly Thus thirty i've new miners were
shut dp IN che mine, 1so feet below the sur.
face.
About O'Clock in the afternoon Mr.. Rein.
ecke asked Deputy Sheriff Anthony II be
was not % have the protection promised BY
the Sheriff. Mr.. Anthony concluded 20 60
e belleyille and report the situation 70
Sheriff that the mine Vas beSieged BY
band Of women and between 40 and 800
strikers. who were stationed all about the
locality. The Sheriff resolved 70 ask Gov
ernor Hamilton for militia. He had done
80 before, but the Governor responded that
until some overt act had been committed he
would NOT order the militia about Bellevflle.
The situation at the Reinecke Mine was. in
the Sheri6's telegram. explained 70 the
Governor. and he this time replied that
three companies 81 militia had been or
dered 70 the keinecke Mine, 20 be used IN
der tne Snerin's orders and directions:
thony was on the south side Of the track
and Deputy Sheriff kaeiand on the north
side. The strikers all. with the exception
Of few. stepped 70 the north side or the
track and on the side upon which the sol
dlers were aiiSnfing. deputy Anthony
espyinx zen; heeSe a. ne kot On, ap,
Notified him that the militia had come Up
under command % Col barkIcy and the
TWO started towards them when Ioi- BARK
ley had gotten on just as they started
several 81 the strikers commenced making
insulting remarks and threatening the sol
diers' besides making violent urmonstra-
tions- Then Anthony ordered them 70 be
quiet ana commanded item ~ rne name q
the County Of 81 Clair and state OF lili-
nois % ouer no violence just nf this
striker presented pistol at Anthony and
tfen. Reese AMI discharged q. The bullet
Anthony pulled his revolver. BIT almost
simultaneously with the saot fired at An.
tn0ny and zen h<eSe There were several
pistol shots nred ny rle s'rikers a. rne
soldiers who were aiixtinE from the cars,
ana also into ne car windows there yet
nsprswy sssspins ~ heins Bill s ene 4 having
hi coat cut b. bullet. When Anthony
pulled h. pistol and the strikers Kept UP the
nre: ne nrri himself. and called upon the
strikers - halt AMI dtslsr- TINS was not
done. some q them having already com
menced - pour over the plain p the
hill Anthony called upon the soldiers
70 nre- - me pistol shooting by the
strikers 49, being kept NJ. This All hap
pened N very short space 81 Time IN r.
sponse 70 tne deputys command tne r.
DER q ready. aiu- nre.' was given and
voIiry ~ mr.ketry was sent after the str1k-
ers- Inc plain WAS Killed. with them. rum
nn3 ~ preak-neck speeu ior tne nil. ne-
hind which they desired - Ket Tor protec-
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