The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-31
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The Wives =nd Daughters OF STRIKING
Miners on the Warmth

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ST. LOUIS, Nay 28Intormatlon from |
the mining districts in St-Ciair couzty, |
Illinois. is that work was 20 have been |
resumed today at the Rose Hill mine.
hear West Belleville, but when the men
were about TO commence work at S |
o'clock, = band of 100 women, wives and
daughters Of the strikers, marching two
abreast and armed with stout clubs, ap-
peared on the scene, and after some alter
cation, compelled the men TO desist, and
work was not started The sherifss
posse was driven back by the women,
ana the latter are now in possession of
the mine. The military are now Assem-.
bled in East ST. Louis and detachment
will probably be sent to Rose Hill to re
store order and protect the men who de-
sire TO work.
After completing their work at Rose
HILL and leaving guard there TO see
that the mandate was carried out, the
women marched TO Reinck's mine No. /,
three miles from BeIlevilie, on the
Louisville s. Nashville railroad, and be-
ing reinforced by large numbers of strik-
ers, drove out the men working there. 1t
is reported that they tore up Q railroad
/
lace work of the mine, but of this nolh-
ing definite is known. The mob at this
point Is said to be Increasing rapidly
and now numbers several hundred, In-
Guiding about 100 women, who are the
most unmanageable of the crowd, and
are beyond the control of the civil au-
thorities. The sheriff has talegraphed
Gov. Hamilton for military aid, and it
is understood here that some of the mil
itia at East st. Louis will be sent out as
soon as special tram can be made up.
II is not known at this writing that any
actual violence was done by the women
or the large body of men who stood be-
hind them, but it is known that work in
the mine was stopped and some very
ugly threats made regarding the conse-
| Quences of any attempt to resume.
A reporter who just returned gives the
following additional particulars: Sheriff
:Rapuget having satisfied Gov. Hamilton
| that the mob at the Reihck's mine was
beyond the control of any posse that
| could be raised in that vicinity, the ex-
ecutive telegraphed to Col Berkley, who
was at St. Louis with the EdwardsYlile.
TaylorYille and Virden companies of
militia waiting orders, to pro-
coed at once to the scene
of trouble. At 5:45 p. m. the trains
! DOdI1uk Tic sIOOpS 6IIlEcu ~ B.
The women were on the bluff, where
the company's building is located. The
men, about $50 in number, were on the
south side OF the railroad track. They
all carried canes of different thickness.
The deputy sheriffs, Anthony and Rag
land, were on the ground-Anthony in
charge. The train halted. Col. Berk-
ley appeared on the platform of a car.
Anthony jumped upon the platform, and
with Outstretched arms shouted to the
strikers, some of whom had started to
run when they saw the soldiers: "Haltl
arrest you all in the name of the law
ranks of the strikers. 1t passed over
} the head of Capt. FABIAN of the guards
and struck q Car, breaking a window
Col. Berkeley answered. it is reported, %
with his revolver. No command wae
given to fire, but the colonel's sho
was the signal. The breech- leaders
of the troops rang out again and again
The mob fed down the railroad EN-
bankment and through the woods anC
took ditch ten feet wide like deer
J One man was seen To stagger and fal
and lay with his arms outstretched OF
: the further bank of the ditch. He wa
: shot clear through the head. He wa
not identified when the reporter left tn
Il
Caseyville and one of the party that hav
been securing the district for week
! The militia started in pursuit and foun,
a man named Fry in the woods wound
ed in the leg. Eighteen strikers wer
s captured. During the engagement Bul
lene, a militiaman, was injured, an
/: Henry Thepr, of the EdWsrdsvilIe com
I pany, received very slight flesh woun
| In the shoulder. The Virden and Tay
! lorYille troops returned to East st. LOui
> The women became very turbulent sfte
: the engagement and were removed
; an escort of militia without trouble.
: ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 29-Tbe ma
|. killed at Reinike's mine last evenin
e has been Unidentified as Fred Hoffmeiste
I a glassblower from Pittsburg. He ha
u been at Belleville for two weeks. Tt
! glass blowers OF BelleVille are on a stFik
and some Of them were with the strikin
miners yesterday, which accounts fc
e Hotmelster's appearance at the Reink
q mine. The papers this morning pull
G lish lengthy accounts of the affair at th
= Rose Hill, Reineke and Marissa mine
g yesterday, but they contain no materi.
= facts not reported in these dispatche
The Edwardsville militia remain at tt
g Reineke mine but the VIrden an
: TRylorville companies have returne
. home. There seems to be no douh
= but that Deputy Sheriff Anthony ordere
the troops to fire on the mob, but NJ
until several pistol shots had been fire
by the strikers. Two of them aimed d
rectly at Anthony and General Rees
who were standing by the side of til
4 train consulting as to what should
= done. Greatly exaggerated stories I
the affair were circulated in Believil
last night. and no doubt many of thel
were sent over the country, giving
wrong impression of the magnitude an
seriousness of the trouble.
II ST. LOUIS. May ga special trol
) Belleville, I'LL, to the associated pre-
. says: Everything Is quiet here tn
Z morning. The inquest on the des
. strikers began at II O'Clock. Reinel
- mine, where last evenings untortuna
affair occurred, is working this morr
= ing, under the protection of the mIliti
This is q machine mine and does n
= employ regular miners and was runnin
= yesterday under an agreement mao
- with the miners some days ago. If an
:, further trouble occurs il will be at Il
: mines some distance from here, who
at this writing have not been hear
from. The sheriff reports all quiet
~ the pits IN this imm Mediate vicinity II
= streets of this city are crowded viii
y miners and citizens, discussing the inc
: dents of yesterday. The firing by Il
a militia is not generally viewed In a {
a vOfable light.
l. New Journalistic Deal at Leavenwort
d LEAyENwoRTH, May 28.-Frank
= Lynch, Esq, aged twenty three year
who has for the past nine years occuplC
) almost every position in the Times offic
b and for the past year has been its gener
Ie manager, has purchased the EveniI
le Press Republican paper owned by Ho
II A o. Alton, and also the Democrat
n Evening Standard, and will consollda
d. and run them in the name of I'll
he Democratic Standard" The stOckhol
t. ers are from among the Democrats
the city and are Frank T. Lynch, Z
= Carroll, John Harmon. 4. A. Hurd, Tho
y P. Fenlon, John r. Richards, Mai B.
le Nicely and FL. Q. Burnett. Mr.. Lyme
If is to be the manager. He knows a
p there is about the running of a dali
Of newspaper, and with only one mornin
IL Republican newspaper, the LeavenNorI