The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-30
At Shelburn Miners Laugh at Court Of
ficers and Threaten to Hang an
Official at Rosedele.
TROUBLE ON THE vANDALIA
Cripple Creek Gold District Still
i'm a State OF Anarchy.
Situation in the Coal Fields of Illinois,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Other States
Conferences of Operators.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, May 2s.-State
President Dunkerly. of the United Nine
Workers. to-day prevailed on the striking
miners at Lyford TO release the train OF
coal and this noon IT was taken on to Chi
cago. Dunkerly, after a consultation here
with United States Marshal Hawkins last
night, went TO Clinton. and with few OF
the cooler heads labored with the men until
they realized the seriousness of opposing
United States authority. At a meeting this
morning they voted by a good majority TO
release the coal. United States Marshal
Hawkins, with train crew and an engine,
arrived at Lyford at 10 O'Clock 1t took
about an hour to get the couplings in order
and then the train was pulled out onto the
main track and started north. The marshal
had lot of warrants for men charged with
violation of the interstate-commerce law.
but he did not find any of the accused ana
brought the warrants back TO this city.
Preparations were at once made to start
another train of the Kentucky COAL which
has been standing here for two weeks.
While the strikers consented TO release the
train this morning, there is danger that
they will be aggravated into a renewal OF
violence by seeing coal rushed through TO
the Chicago market. II the embargo can be
raised at Shelburn, on the Evansville &
Terre Haute road, a great deal Of coal
can be sent to Chicago from Kentucky over
the Evansville & Terre Haute and Chicago
& Eastern Illinois route. Judge Briggs, OF
the Sullivan Court, issued a restraining
order on the men at Shelburn. but the men
have not needed IL, and continue to hold
the COAL The miners leaders are apprehen-
sive that some Of them viii become dis
heartened by the shipment of outside coal
and begin drinking, in which event most
serious results are TO be expected as
matter of course.
The vandalia brought in sixty cars OF
coal, two trains, from Cincinnati, early this
morning. Trainmaster Burke, OF the Mich
igan division, made a trial trip with train
having one car OF Ii, this morning, but
was stopped at Rosedale. where the men
told him if he came back with more they
would hang him. All the freight train Is
standing there and it will not be moved
until the car of coal can be taken with 1T
General Manager Williams went to Rock
vile this afternoon, where he had a con-
ference with the authorities: He said to-
night that he had not fully determined
what course he would pursue: that he i'm
tended to operate the road, but just how
smoothly he would be able 10 do so he
could not say. The company needs coal at
Loaansport, which is the end of the north
and south runs, and where the locomotives
are coaled.
1t is most likely that the Evansville &c
Terre Haute company will apply TO Judge
Baker. tomorrow. for a restraining order
directed to the striking miners at Shelburn.
where a dozen cars OF Kentucky coal, on
it's way TO Chicago, have been captured.
Two writs from the Sullivan Circuit Court
have been issued, but the miners jeer at
them To-day. when Superintendent Cor
bett was there with the sheriff, the men
gave them five minutes to leave town.
Although this was done in the presence OF
the sheriff, the superintendent had to obey