The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06
TROOPS AT CANNELBURG.
Adj.-Gen. Robbins COnfers with the
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Adj.-Gen. Robbins Confers with the
COmmittee-NO Denominations.
CANNELBURG, Ind, Jnue ESPECIAL.
-Adjt.-Gen. Robbins and his command
arrived at this place at 6 o'clock and
found but twenty-siX miners at the sta
ton. The beautiful Sabbath morning
was quiet and peaceful and the miners,
to all appearances, bore the same relG-
ton To the world. The only indication
Of any serious uprising was the dis
mantled coal train along the side-track.
The approach TO the little village was
met with no resistance. The train car
rying the troops rested at Mitchell until
after O'Clock and the run was made
slowly ana guardedly. Every precau-
tion was taken to avoid any possible
obstruction that the miners and their
sympathiZers might put in the way.
The farther away from the seat of the
disturbance the less sympathy there was
Tor the strikers, except from a few ar
dent union men and agitators. The lat
ter could see wrong in the action of
the men in ditching the cars and wreck
ing the property Of the company, which
acted merely in the capacity of an agent
IN transporting the coal from one point
TO another in different states. The mill
tia expected no serious trouble on its
arrival at Cannelsburg and its eXpecta-
ttons We're realized fully. There could
have been no other situation. The min
ers were fully apprised Of the fact that
the troops had been ordered to their
settlement. Governor Matthews, in re-
sponse to telegram from d committee
Of the strikers, notified them that their
message had come too late and that
troops had been called out and would
be sent to aid In upholdiHg the law and
preserving the peace.
HIiS notice from "a rFrac
hcient To disperse any gathering of the
size that could be mustered at this
point. Its effect was marvellous.
The troops disembarked at a point
about 300 yards from the station. From
the cars could be seen a half-dOzen or
more men Hitting backward and forward
across the track anxious to see the forces
that had been sent TO quell the disturb
ance which they claimed did not exist
They did not have long to wait Adjt-
Gen. Robbins and Sheriff Leming were
the first to alight and were ioined bv
Maj. Rockwell. Deputy Sheriff Rayhlll
and Attorney Charles Gardner. Superin-
tendent Mcmahon Of the b. & O. South
western also accompanied this party
Col. Ross, in command of the regiment
aLghted with company 1 Of Greencastle
as an escort to the acknowledgement and
the sheriff. The party passed up the
railroad track and halted 100 yards south
or the station. Sheriff Leming and the
adjutant-general ascended an embank-
ment and looked over the fields TO the
east, where in the grove the miners had
gathered. quarter of q mile ba ok
from the railroad a small party Of men
could be seen standing among the trees
vanguard Of boys ran hastily toward
them and informed them Of the numbers
Of troops that had arrived The strikers
however. soon saw for themselves the
numbers as company after company
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Small Crowd of Miners.
Here in the grove. seated on a log, were
twenty men, with half-dozen more lying
about on the ground or seated in easy
attitudes. Many Of them were whiting
nervously ana occasionally they looked
up and viewed the approach Of the three
battaliOns. As the troops tame nearer
and nearer the heads Of the strikers were
bowed lower and lower. and but few Of
them looked up and noticed Sheriff
Leming as he spoke to the crowd and
drew from his pockets the orders of the
court and the beach warrants issued by
Judge Heffron sor a half-dozen Of the
leaders Of the insurrection who We're
specifically mentioned, and a half-hun-
dred more mentioned collectively
AS the sheriff continued to read the
men grew more courag geous and an oc-
castonal smirk was seen on some Of the
faces and remarks were frequent about
the soldiers as the companies novel up
into position. one by one.
Company NJ, Third regiment, Capt Por-
ter; company G, Second regiment, An
derson, Capt. Burr, were the second and
third companies TO draw up, and the last
was the gatling gun squad of the Indi-
annapolis light artillery. The men seemed
10 show little fear of the infantry, though
the boys bore a soldierly appearance. but
II was the gatling gun that worried them.
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nlidable looking weapon and the sturdy
fellows in charge of il.
Sheriff Leming occupied fully fifteen
minutes IN reading the warrants, and at
the conclusion the men showed the same
indifference as during the reading They
knew what 1t meant and needed no coach
ing. The sheTiff's reading was not a bril-
liant elOcutiOnary effort. The only portion
that was really attentiyely listened to
was the names Of the men specifically
wanted. These men had strangely i'm
agined that II was possible they were
wanted, for not single person on whom
service was wanted was in the party.
Adjt.-Gen. Robbins asked for the com
mittee which had wired the governor and
three men, headed by G.. w. Purcell.
vice-presIdent Of district No. IL, United
mine workers OF America, stepped for
ward. The party then retired to a spot
In the grove and held a conference, last
ing ten minutes.
The miners. with a rough show of hos
pitality, made proffers Of food TO the troops
In good natured way. I'VE are used
to starving said one, but you are well
come to bread, which is the best we get''
On a huge stump a half dozen loaves OF
bread and a side Of bacon had been set
out.
IF the governor had sent bread in
stead OF troops" said G.. W. Purcell, "it
would have done more good. The acts
that have been committed are those of
men in want" This was after the con-
ference with the acknowledgement. His
talk with that official was much the same
as 10 the newspaper men, with whom he
talked freely as to the cause OF the dis
turbance. He assured the officers that