The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-08-01
Governor LeweIIing has Given
Orders for the Militia to
be Ready on Call.
The Negro Miners from the
South on the Ground-The
Strikers SuIlen and
Reticent-Trouble
Ahead.

situation in the Cherokee district !:
regarded as so serious by Governor
Lewelling and his advisers, that eleven
companies of militia have been ordered
to hold themselves in readiness To move
on three hours notice.
The companies selected belong To
the brigades of Brigadier General W
H. Sears of Lawrence and Brigadiei
General Hettinger of Wichita.
There are five of the former
and six of the latter. These orders
were telegraphed by Adjutant Gen.
eral Artz, by direction of Lieutenant
GovernOr Daniels, after a conference
of three hours with Governor Lew
cling.
After hearing the lieutenant gov
ernor's report of the situation last
night. the governor conceded tina:
troops would probably be needed and
he turned the command over to Dan
iels, who is major general of the state
militia.
While this step has been taken
Governor Lewelling hesitates about
ordering the troops to move, and In
order TO be more fully advised, has
sent his private secretary to Weir City
with orders to report from time to
time by telegraph.
Lieutenant Governor Danielsstated
to a reporter this morning that he re-
garded the situation as very critical and
it might break out into violence and
bloodshed at any time.
THE IMPORTED NEGRO MINERS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 25.-The
Stars special from Weir City says :
Just before day break this morning
a train OF six cars backed into the ell
closure around shaft number OF
Keith and Perry mine near Scammon
and 347 negroes from Alabama and
COloraG, ><were unloaded inside the
stockade Of these 81 were women
Many of the men claim to have come
on the representations of operators
that they were to work at Columbus
and not in the strike pits.
There were over 500 men and
women on the train from Birmingham
but half of them went to Litchfeld
where they were taken into the stock
AIDES of the Kansas and Texas Coal
company.
They are of all ages and some never
worked in the mines before.
All the Alabama negroes are armed,
most of them carrying new Winches.
ter rifles.
At Weir City they live in tents
within the stockade.
Soon after arriving they were put
through course Of drilling and up to
noon had not begun work.
The ColorOdo men who are in the
minority, talk of leaving tonight. al
ready being dissatisfied with the pros
poets.
The arrival of the negroes surprised
many miners. Although angry, they
say very little. The prevailing opin-
ion on all sides is there will be serious
trouble tomorrow or Thursday.
WALTERS ARRESTED.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 25.-The
Stars Fort Scott special says: Deputy
United States Marshal Hurlburt last
night served a writ of commitment
upon the strike leader, Walters,
charging him with violating the in
junction of the United States court by
making incendiary speech as reported
Saturday. Walters was not locked
up, but ordered to appear before the
court next week.
This morning a Santa Fe train
bearing several hundred negroes from
the South arrived at the city and was
transferred to the Joplin branch. The
engineer refused to pull them to Pitts
burg for fear of his life Another
engineer was summoned and landed
the negroes behind the stockades with.
out any trouble.
MISSOURI MINERS TO GO OUT.
KANSAS CRY, July 25.-The Stars
Weir City special says: A secret
meeting attended by 200 miners, was
held at noon. O'Donnell asserts posi-
lively that all Missouri miners 90 out
August LIST.
KANSAS Cry, NO.. July 26.-The
Stars Topeka, Kan, special says:
Dispatches received by Governor
Lewelling indicate more peaceful
condition of things in the Cherokee
strike district, and he is now hopeful
that he will not be called upon to send
the troops to the scene Of the strike.
At Weir City to-day one hundred