The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-12-13
BILIOUS BEVIER.
Threats Made by Strikers to Erect
Publications for Defense.
Citizens Getting Tired of Excitement
and Wanta Settlement.
The Militia Warmly Welcomed by. the
Whole Community.
kdjutant General Jameson's Views on
the Situation.

KANSAS Cry, Dec. 12.-Last nights
excitement at Bevier, Missouri. the
scene of the mine troubles was
brought about by threats of John At
kinson, chairman of the strikers
committee, who is also leader in the
State Labor Confederation, who
stated that the strikers would erect
Notifications in BevieF to-day and that
they had one and one half car loads OF
timber coming on the road now to
build them with. Officials decline to
say what the militia Will do in case
of an attempt being made by the
strikers to erect Notifications.
People of BeVier who are in sympa-
thy with the coal officers, and large
majority of other citizens there who
sympathiZe with the unemployed,
think the military good thing for Be
Vler. but some thoughtlesS boys and
some other individuals call the militia
set of kids and make fun of the sol
dieIs in different ways. The militia,
so far, have acquitted themselves very
creditably in Bevier. While some of
them are young men, there is no cause
to make light of them. Public senti-
ment in Macon county is becoming
stronger in its demands that the Be-
vier differences be settled, and it is
time that the whole people of Bevier-
| including those who sympathize with
the strikers, should take some effective
steps to settle the differences which
| have caused serious trouble there. At
kinson has powerful influence over
the miners in Beveier who are Knights
of Labor.
The soldiers say they are there for
| business and ara ready to take what
ever happens. There are only forty-five
of them and Adjutant General Jami-
son made an order yesterday that TWEEN
| ty of them should go home to-day, but
in case of trouble the order would be
rescinded. If an outbreak occurs more
soldiers will be ordered to Bevier. Su-
perintendent Rogers at Hillyer's and
| Sterrett's mines, one mile west of Ma
con, after making a thorough
| investigation of the reported
attempt to blow up the air compressor
| at the mine says there was no fuse nor
| dynamite found about the latter mines
and he is satisfied that no attempt
was made to destroy any property
there. He also says parties who
burned Hurd's house were not miners.
Adjutant General j. G. Jameson
said:
II hope the worst is over, but there
/ is no telling. While l was there no
disturbance took place with the exceD-
ton of Saturday nights fire, which !
at first believed 10 be an accident, and
no disturbance took place. L do not be-
| lieve the militia were ever so warmly
welcomed into any community as were
our boys on their arrival there. Moth
| ing was too good for them. The citi-
zens seemed to think their presence
brought q feeling of security where
unrest had been for days and weeks.
[ do not anticipate an out
| break as long as the soldiers
is there and there is no Immediate
probability of its being ordered home.
| at least twenty men will be left to
guard the town for an indefinite length
OF time"
You say you think the fire Satur-
day was an incendiary one?" Il do
| now. At first [ thought differently
and do not care to say what has led me
to change my mind. That is where
| the chief danger les"