Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31

La Sale, H., May 26.-This city is
in state of excitement tonight and
there will be but little sleep. The
citizens are greatly alarmed over the
report that has just come from Spring
Valley to the effect that the place is
greatly excited over a dozen Of its
miners being captured by the militia
here this afternoon.
The reports say that they have or
ganized for march and are swearing
vengeance on the soldiers. 1t is pref
ty generally believed that if 500 French
anarchists from Spring Valley have
decided to come here the militia
will have to do some service, as they
are just desperate and ignorant enough
to make a logged resistance.
At IL o'clock number of shots were
fired in the vicinity of union shaft
The Ladd miners who were routed by
the militia this afternoon are encamp-
ed across the river and by some the
shots are thought to be signals.
About the miliua'S camp all is quiet,
but everything is in readiness for an
enga cement.
About o'clock this evening General
Orendorff received telegram stat
ing that a mob of 300 striking miners
had captured a passenger train on the
Illinois Valley & Northern branch Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road at Ladd, and compelled the con-
ductOr to carry them
1t was decided to head the miners
off in Peru, and five companies Of mil
tia were ordered to fall in. The mob
was encountered near the Peru line.
An order was given for the miners to
throw up their hands, but, being
strangers to the English language,
they did not understand and started to
run in all directions. The troops We're
sent in pursuit and although there
were several hand to hand encount-
ers nothing serious occurred.
The officers and men We're soon
again in conflict with the rioters who
were trying to evade arrest It was a
great excitement in the little city in
which it occurred, many people run
ming terror stricken from their homes.
When all rioters who could be found
were captured, an order to march was
given. The line of march was to
Peru. The prisoners were compelled
to march handS-up in single file until
after they were searched.
In Peru another halt was made and
a thorough search of the mems cloth
ing was made by the officers. All
kinds of weapons were found upon
them. Some had revOlverS, others
knives, but the most startling diScoy-
cry was Of dynamite. On three men
were found bombs, any one of which
would annihiliate 4 regiment if in
compact formation.
The prisoners were marched back to
this city.
THREE KILLED.
Cripple Greek, Col, May 26.-The
first clash of arms between the stril1-
ing miners of the Cripple Creek dis
Tict and the deputy sheriffs occurred
today. William Rabideau, a deputy,
an unknown deputy and Hiram Crow
ley were killed and Dynamite
Shorty" and two other miners We're
wounded.
Six miners were taken prisoners by
deputies. Six deputies were captured
by the miners during the fight, but it
is thought they have been released.
Cripple Creek, Col, May 26.-Every
known newspaper representative has
been ordered away from Ba tile Noun
tain and Bull Hill and told not to re-
turn again at the peril of his life. P.
J. Donahue, of the Denver News, was
slow to obey, and several guns were
leYeled at his head.
The order has gone forth that not
a line of information shall go out from
here if it can be prevented.
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Denver, Col, May Ex-Governor
Waite has ordered out the state mil
tia for the purpose of suppressing the
trouble at Cripple Creek. Several COM
panieS are no their way.
TO DISPENSE DEPUTIES.
Denver, Colo, May 26.-At a Late
hour this evening Governor Waite is
sued a proclamation ordering the arm
ed deputies to disperse.
ALTGELD ACTS.
Springfield, H., May 26.-Gov. Alt
geld tonight ordered four companies
of the state militia to go to Pana to
suppress the riots Of striking miners.
A telegram from Pana to the gov
ernor received at 11:30 p. m. says:
Everything is quiet. No trouble
is expected unless the mob from Indi-
ana gets here, which is improbable"
MINER KILLED.
Pittsburg, Pa, May pa fight to-
day between the miners and strikers
at Imperial Station resulted in the Kill
ling of a miner named Jacob Sephe and
the wounding of another striker.
Springfield, Ill, May 2S.-A confer
ence Of the mine operators of central
and southern Illinois and the members
of the executive board of the United
Mine Workers of Illinois was held
here today.