The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-08
ARRESTING STRIKERS
County Officials Finally Show a
Disposition to Do Their Duty.
Deputy Briggs, of Sullivan, Arrests
Three Men at Alum Cave on the Charge
of Stealing and Burning Coal Cars.
AN ALLEGED DYNAMlTER
Ransom Kemp, a Miner, Taken
Into Custody at Shelburn.
Supposed to Be the Leader Of the Garg
that Attempted to Blow Up a
Train Load Of Militia.
TRUE STORY OF THE FIGHT
Stones Thrown at the Guards on
Duty at Farmersburg.
Soldiers Did Not Shoot Until One Was
Hit ON the Head, and then the
Miners Returned the Fire.
Soldiers Did Not Shoot Until One Was
Hit on the Head. and then the
Miners Returned the Fire.
MILITIA STONED LAST NIGHT
Several Of the Mob that Killed
Engineer Barr in Jail.
One Is Reported to Have Confessed
Warrants Issued for Many of the
RiOters-Inquest Not Concluded.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBURN, Ind, June THE chief
event of interest to-day in Camp Mckee
as the soldiers have named this village,
was the arrest of Ransom Kemp, who is
believed to be the leader of the party that
placed dynamite on the track at Ebenezef
Graveyard Monday afternoon.
About O'Clock this afternoon a miner
drove in from the country, hitched his team
to fence and came within a hundred
feet of the guard line to take a peep at
the soldiers. Superintendent Corbett of
the Evansville & Terre Haute railway,
caught a glimpse of the man about the
same time one of the deputy sheriffs spied
the newcomer, and in a few minutes Kemp
was on his way 10 the guardhouse under
escort OF a file of soldiers. He has been
away from town several days. and came
back, thinking, doubtless. that he had
not been recognized in the scrimmage at
the rural cemetery. Superintendent Cor
bett had been on one of the front cars of
the militia train that escaped demolition
and he positively recognized Kemp as one
of the fugftves. He had also been seen BIZ
Mr.. Corbett around an anvil that had been
fired to warn the rioters of the mflitia's
approach.
of age. and has been identified prominently
with the strike as an agitator and leader
The restraining order of Judge Briggs was
read TO him last Saturday. 1t was his
sister who carried a revolver under her
apron the first day the troops arrived
here, and from whom the weapon was
taken By order of General Mckee. She is
a tall, spare woman, and has no little fire
in her eyes. Later in the afternoon she
went to the guardhouse to see her brother
but he had been taken TO Sullivan.
The deputy sheriffs who have supplanted
the nerveless Mills showed much activity
to-day, Briggs proving by his activity that
perhaps he hastily judged the first
day of his service He went to the vicin-
ity OF Alum. Cave and arrested three of
the crowd that stole the coal cars on Mon
day and burned them. Two of these men
were arrested at the Cave, despite the fact
that the militia was nine miles away.
They have been identified by railroad men
who were on the captured train, and it is
not improbable that the charge of attempt
ed murder will be placed against one or
more of them, a shot was fired through
the window Of the cab at the engineer.
Most of the miners have left the vicinity
of the wild cave region, the trip of the
militia having had a wholesome effect in
that part of the county. Last night there
was strawberry festival at Clay City.
and the village band at that place went
over to the cave TO advertise the attrac-
ton. Just before the settlement was reached
the band opened up with lively march.
and the miners at the cave set out helter
skelter across the country. thinking the
soldiers were coming. The cave was 'un-
represented at the strawberry festival that
night.
The movements of the miners, who are in
small bodies, are somewhat strategical. not
TO say mysterious. Although a train was
stopped by them at Clay City yesterday,
Superintendent Corbett, of the railroad, re-
ceived message here saying that there
was not a miner TO be found at that point
to-day by the railway employees, who were
engaged in reloading the coal that was
dumped on the track.
The movement of trains on the main
line. from Terre Haute to vincennes,
to-day. has met with no interference and
at o'clock train of twenty-five cars of
coal passed north through the troubled dis
trict soldiers being stationed in squads
at every mile. General Mckee has been
having large portion of the county
secured all day. Troops are scattered nine
miles along the track, and small squads
have been making investigations back in
| the country three miles or more on each
| side Of the track.
| General Mckee refrains from expressing
| himself as 10 the advisability of establish
| ing martial law, but those near him say
| that he is not much in favor of such a
| course, as he believes the deputy sheriffs
| are now working in the right direction.
Forty witnesses. including Superintendent
| Corbett, were summoned here to-day to
| appear before the special session of the
| grand jury at Sullivan tomorrow.
| The Indianapolis troops are in good
| health, only one case of sickness being
| reported Bert Bruce, of Company A, has
| a slight attack OF tonsilitis, due to the
march through the rain Tuesday. Five
| members of this company left Indianap-
| oils for Shelburn to-day, and this will pu,
| the entire company strength in the field.
| 1t has the largest number Of men on duty.
| The Light Infantry, Company A. the artil-
| lery and the two colored companies from
| the capital are winning admiration by
! reason of their soldierly bearing and strict