Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27
TBLEGRAPHIC.
An ARMY OF MINERS
Tbor,,nts Of Strikers Marching on a
Village.
SERIOUS TROUBLE ANTICIPATED.


srptya VALLEY, Ills, April 20
~ industrial army Of miners ltlt
90 fhis afternoon Tor Tolu0s, where
sS5 men are working In the mines
N.stly 1000 men moved from this
-,,v and other mines simultaneously,
F,sd TX movies is commander In chief
- tbe forces. He Issued an order 10
a.. eject that no one would be allowed
=, carry arms. The sheriff OF Mar.
hal o.unty, with nity deputies Is At
Tolucn awaiting the Spring Valley
M, little village Of roluoa, situated
In tbe heart Of the prniries Of Marshal
county, liz wide awake this (Ffidnyl
manning. An army Of nearly 900
roal miners from Spring Valley, La.
cHville, Ladd, Lenionvillc, La sale,
Peru and Odlrsby have gone Into camp
All am. at what In known as the Big
sandy, our and half mlles north VI
this place.
The situatlon IN regarded ~ serious,
and, anticipating trouble, the coal
contrary ordered the mines shut down
Yesterday afternoon, but II IL thought
after the coal minora' army leaves and
ifthe men are willing 10 10 10 work,
spRiSuEiELD, ILL.,, April 28.-Act.
ing.u1vernor GIL, at ten O'Clock
tonight, received the following tele.
gram from Sheriff Jensen OF Marshal
county, sent from rolucG "rhruo
thousand strikers from Spring Valley,
la sale and Peru here. / anticipate
trouble, anu possibly bloodshci. Feel.
lug unable 10 meet them, | respectfully
call su you for i've or six full COM
panlus OF militia. Send thom IRON
Chicago or Joliet. Santa Re will have
slrclal train waiting for them at this
tolut. Try 10 get them hero by 3
O'clock II possible. Answer quick"
Governor GIN telegraphou that he
dld not think he was warranted In call.
ing out the militia. Us he understood
tue miners we're not armed aud were
not likely 10 become riOtOus, but that
he would leave tonight Tor the scene "
the anticipated trouble anu personally
look into the matter. He left on the
midnight train, accompanied by A.
sistaut Adlutaut General Boyle. AdIu.
tsut General Orendori was notified NJ
Kansns CITY, No.
FRATERNAL GREETINGS.
CoLtMBUs, o., April President
Mcbride received today from the
gunefalmastef workman Of the knights
Of Labor ffaternal greeting and guar.
anleeing tbs fullest possible aid In the
struggle for Justice anu equity.
The Virginia miners nj Beechwood
telvgfaphcd President Mcbride that
twenty.ore mines, employing 5000
men, are idle.
RionMosD, NO., April 26.--In u
mass meeting ono thousand miner,
employed ia this section decided "a
obey the order OF tue United Milne
Workers. association aud strike.
BRAZIL, Ind, April .0.-lt IL mp.
parent now that the miners OF the
block coal fields Of Indiana will ioin
the general otrike In tue other coal
producing states. The biiumiuous
miners have formed mobs 10 induce
them TO come out, anu as n result
Crawford mines Nos. 2 and o closed
today, and the men OF Nos. ., o and
Of the Brazil Block company came 0ul
tonight Several Others were visited
and Il IN said there will not bo a min,
N the whole block district In operation
tomorrow.
BUFFALO, April 26.-Flve boats are
tied up along tho Buffalo docks fOl
want Of coal, though only i've day.
have elapsed since the great strike ol
acit coal miners were begun.