The sun., 1893-07-26
ARMED NEGROES ON HAND.
A Lot or THIN hRRIvE AT WEIR Cr1T
WITH WINcHEsIERs.

| They Are There 60 Work in the Mines and
Have Gone TO Drilling Inside the Stock
| nde.-The strikers VIII Probably Attack
Them ir the Newcomers Don't Back Down
Eleven Compnnie- of Militia Ordered to
Prepare to Go TO the Cherokee District.
WEIR City. Kan. July 25.-Just before day
break this morning train OF six cara was
backed into the enclosures around shaft No. &
OF the Keith 4 Perry mine. near scammon. and
500 armed negroes from Alabama and Color
ado were unloaded inside the stockade. OF
these sixty seven were women. All but sixty
OF the mon were from Alabama. having been
gathered ut Birmingham Saturday night
and there provided with Winchcsters. The
men from Colorado say they are furnace
mon and know little or nothing Of
mining. Many OF them say they came
to Weir City on the understand ding that they
we're to work ut Colum bus and not In the strike
nit. and they talk OF leaving tonight. There
were over 500 mon and women on tho train
from Birmingham. but half OF them went to
Litchfleld, where they were taken into the
stockades OF the Kansas and Texas Coal Com
pany.
All OF tho Alabama negroes are armed m ost OF
them with new Winchester rifles though some
have army muskets. They are OF all nges. and
some have never worked In mines before
Here they will live In fonts within the stockake.
which is about ten feet high. They are drill
ing to- day. and up to o'clock had not begun
to work.
The arrival ofthe negroes surprised many Of
the miners. but they say very little. ?. II.
ODonncll. who acts for President Walters In
his absence. says there will be no trouble to-
day.
Tho miners met on the public square this
afternoon. and Fred Close. Gov. Leweling's
private secretary. addressed them. coun selling
peace. Sheriff Arnold has 100 deputies in and
around Weir City.
Tho guards around the Kansas and Texas
mine. No. A. say that they were fired on by
mon in the grass about midnight last night
and that several shots were exchanged. but
no one was injured.
John Perry is at Scammon and F. ]. Gran
dali is at Lit chfleld. AS these are the only
two mines to which negroes have been
shipped. 1t is believed that the two COM
panics have agreed to make them land at
these places. each company concentrating
everything on one mine.
Tho prevailing opinion is that there will be q
battle to- morrow or Thursday. 4 secret meet
ing was held at noon by tho miners. About
200 attended. O'Donnell asserts positively
that all Missouri miners will go out on Aug. !.
About forty men are working in the Kansas
anu IexdS snn1tS anu are not mOl0Steu. A
Litchied say that nothing was said to them
about a strike beinS in progress. nor did they
find 1t out until they had got several miles
away from Birmingham. There is great deal
OF dissatisfaction among them. and il they
would start back to-day. Tho majority of
them n"c here without money and must work
and save money to 60 back homo.
At Pittsburgh Can't; Casad Of Company f has
SnSn on tS.t H maS ssS " ss 5H
strkers will hold mass meptin9
IittSburSh to,morIow afternoon and evening.
N2Eh "A Allen VIII address them. 1nd resolutions
are to he worked in Crawford county mines the
miners will leave tho county. This. 1t is said;
the Cherokee county strikers will meet near
Scammon for n similar purpose.
A committee OF four appointed at the secret
meeting to-day nalled on the negroes inside
BY hsy
when they agreed to come here and already
wanted to 60 home:
garded as SO serious by Gov. Lewelling and
his advisors that eleven eompanies of militia
have been ordered to hold themselves in read
mess t. move on three hours notice.
The Iieutenant-Governor arrived from the
Immediately ciose,ed with Gov. LeweIIing to
whom he made full report The Governor
n
advised he last .niSht ser, i ]; tiess: his prl-
"
port from time to time by telegraph.
Lieut.. Gov. Daniels reported to the Governor
this afternoon:
1t would scom from tho assertions OF tho
leaders of the two parties that the matter
might he adjusted without much further detri-
ment to any interests The miners say they
are willing TO- resume work at a price per ton
reRula lated by tho pay they were getting before
the change In the law.
The operators have published that they are
willing to pay the "a me price per ton that they
were paving before tho change in the law
There Is no question about the rapid encroach.
ment Of capital upon the inherent rights Of
our laborers nor Is there any question that
this is the result OF our own apathy and
stupidity"