Evening journal., 1894-06-05
DynnmIte on the TrnoIl.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 5.-Four
pounds Of dynamite We're placed on the
track of the Evansville and Terre Haute
railroad by striking miners. The oxplo-
siye was placed ON the track in front Of
the train bearing the several companies Of
the Indiana militia, in command Of Gen
eril W. j. Mckee. This was at point a
few miles south of Farmersburg, between
this station and Shelburn, the first of the
mining towns of the road.
The militia has been in the vicinity
since Sunday morning and has materially
aided the company in moving the coal
which has been tied up by the strikers.
The power of might was too much for the
strikers, and they concluded themselves
20 indulge i'm some fight
This was in the shape of dynamite and
the forerunner of what is to come unless
the men are quickly quellcd Had the
dynamite been exploded one Of the great
est casualties the STATE has ever had might
have occurred. lt was sheer good fortune
as 1t was. Five coaches and "a baggage
car, the officers quarters and stOreroom,
were filed with the troops, numbering
300 in all. All day tie militia had been
camped at Sullivan, when orders were
given to escort a trainload of coal past
the several mining camps
strikers In Ambush.
The train bearing the militiamen moved
out from Sullivan and proceeded directly
TO Shelbmn Ii preceded the coal train
and pulled on the side track at ShelDurn
t. allow the other train u pass along
Tho militiamen left the train and were
marched under orders past the station to
a road where a crowd OF 200 mcn and
women were standing in menacing atti-
tudo.
An occasional slur against the soldiers
was all that could be heard, but the ap-
pcarance Of the faces Of the strikers was
determined and looked as though some
thing was in store for the troops. The
coal train went down the track at fair
rate Of speed. and no attempts were made
to draw the pins
At the trestlc work just north Of the
road running along the station the speed
was slackened materially for fear that the
timbers might have been weakened. The
soldiers expected some developments 50
quiet were the strikers, but none antici-
pated such a dastaidly attempt ~ wa
made. The coal train safely passed the
station. The troops embarked again and
FOLLOWED a short distance in the rear
Hardly a mile had been traversed when
was expressed that harm had been put in
the way Of the coal train and it had pos
sibly been ditchCd but a second shot gave
an inkling of the real cause 1t was an
alarm t. fellow miners in the distance
that train carrying coal was approach
ing. The militia train moved rapidly for
ward and drew TO a stlndstill directly in
the rear of the coal train.
An investigation showed the reason for
alarm Across the rails for distance of
30 feet heavy timbers were stretched in all
possible ways. In ambush in the heavy
grass and thickly studded timber were
body of 200 miners. It was their purpose
to capture the coal train The disembark-
ment Of the troops was Immediately BE-
gun, and General Mckee ordered the
troors to cndeavor to surround the miners,
but tn, maneuver failed as tho miners
scattered In all directions. The wrcckage
on the trJcI was removed, and the coal
train was sent on.
-Four dynamite bombs wcro found near
Shclburn and forced of the track by the
trains without exploding. A coal train
was captured by the miners and run to
Alum cave, where the strikers have a
stronghold. The militia slopt on their
I arms near Farmorsburg last night