Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-08
STRIKES STILL ON.
CONDITION AND DOINGS OF
THE IDLE MEN.
Call Down by the state Troops. Grip
pie Checkers Prepared for Siege, but
Their Trouble Is Settled.

the coal fields of this state assumed n
serious aspect and there was splendid
outlook for bloodshed. At Camel
burg, Daviess county, 200 striking
miners compelled Il. & o. trainmen to
| side track 40 cars of coal consigned to
| st. Louis. They then derailed three
cars, upset one and tore up the track
of the switch on each side of the cars
! Sheriff Leming served injunction
papers upon them, but no attention
was paid to him. lie then telegraphed
the governor for the troops. The
chief executive at once ordered the
Acknowledgement to call out Is COM
panies of militia and squad of artil.
lerymen with n Calling gun. The
news of the governors ordering out
| the militia was received with defiance.
| The strikers were armed, and supplied
with giant powder, with which they
threatened to blow up any train which
attempts to bring soldiers into their
midst.
When the troops arrived at Camel
burg there was no demonstration
against them and it took but short
time to see that their bluff had been
called. Adjt. Gen. Robbins and Col.
Ross held conference with the officers
| of the miners union and /. n. Cassiday
and George w. Purcell of the state
executive board pledged their support
of the law and their purpose to influ-
ence all miners adjacent to prevent
any further interference with the
movement of trains.
While most of the trouble had been
at Cannelburg there were some threat
ening signs at Washington and Sulli-
| L, & 1.
fore sent to each place TO quell the
turbulent spirits. At Sullivan the sol
dier boys formed in solid phalanx
about IA number of coal cars, which
were prominently labeled ''scab coal, -
while an engine was hitched on and
pulled them away, only TO be stalled
on n steep grade few miles away
! where the rails had been creased. The
troops went into temporary camp. At
Washington the state troops, 500 strong
with n Gattling gun, found but 80
miners TO oppose them. Sheriff Lem
ing then read warrants against the
miners for riotous conspiracy, and
placed three of the leaders under arrest.
| They were soon released on bail. The
only thing done by troops was to help
the trainmen get out the few loaded
vent them from stopping the coal trains
the state will have TO maintain stand
ing army at each point, as they will
begin the same tactics as soon as the
soldiers leave.
LATER Ind: Reports have
come in from Farmersburg that the
militia fred on the strikers and killed
four men. News has been received
that strikers are burning the bridges
behind the coal train. Herbert and
Sam Woolsey, coal operators, have
come in from Shelburn TO escape the
mob of miners that was after them
with rope.
Miners placed dynamite on the
tracks OF the Evansville a. Terre Haute
railroad near Farmersburg, with the
intention Of blowing up train carry
ing 800 troops The train displaced
the bombs without exploding them.
Cripple Creekors Ready for Fight.
Fully 1,SOO striking miners of the
Cripple Creek district in Colorado, find
ing that there was no prospect of a
settlement of their trouble, and well
knowing what the result would be if
they surrendered their control of the
mining territory which they had Sc
cured, completed their arrangements
for hot battle and long siege on
their strongholds, Bull Hill, Battle
Mountain and Globe Hill.
Sheriff Bowers had called upon Gov.
Waite for troops TO help dislodge the
miners, but the request was refused
point blank. The only thing to do
then was to begin operations against
them with his large force of armed
deputies, which he did in way which
left 10 doubt that he was going TO
fight. The deputies were armed and
provisioncd and all was in readiness
Tor an onslaught upon the miners.
The miners were strengthening
their defenses. They had secured sew
eral hundred kegs of water: mounted
scouts were sent out in all directions
to discover the deputies and prevent a
surprise; skirmishing parties were
placed to engage the deputies and fall
slowly back to the barricades; dyna-
mite mines, which can be exploded
from their fort, were planted on the
slope, the intention being TO explode
them in case they were forced up the
slope to their fort; from the fort the
last stand and fight to the end would
be made and here were cannon and
| l OIuDS 10 Ocdl Oub utdJH 10 Jne utDu'
ties. These preparations spread terror
to the settlements about the region and
women and children were sent tc
places of safety.
Thus all was in readiness
for the awful carnage when wore
was received that Gov Waite
had effected a settlement at Denver
He had held n conferences with the
operators and miners represented ano
an agreement was reached. After the
conference the governor issued n proc
lamation calling on the men to lay
down their arms The state militia il
to be called on 10 GO to Cripple Creel
and assist the sheriff in restoring order
Threats have been made to blow NJ
the Norfolk 81 Western bridge which
spans the Ohio river at a point eigh
miles from Huntington, w. Va, and 6
fight will ensue if the attempt is made
as the bridge is guarded by 100 armed
men.
Several bridges were burned at diff
ferent points on the Cleveland, LoraiI
a. Western railroad and trains canno
run. For three weeks this road ha,