The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-27
INVADED BY STRIKERS.
Three Thousand in Toluca Deter
mined ON Intimidating Local
W0rkmen.

ToLUcA, ILL.,, April e. 1S94.-This village
5000 strikers whose avowed purpose
was the intimidation of the miners
of this place who refused to join in
the general strike ordered by the
United Mine Workers Union. The invaders
were armed with pistols, clubs and knives,
and made a formidable appearance, but as
the mines had all be ordered closed, they
found nothing to do but to swagger around
the town. The leaders say they will stay
here for two or three days at least and see
that the mines remain closed
The villagers were early again this
morning, and it was with much fear and
trepidation that they waited to see
army that was coming to besiege the place
was reported late last night as being
encamped at the Big Sandy, about five miles
north of this place, and consisted of 200
men from La Sale, 200 from Oglesby, 1.700
from Spring Valley, and squads from several
other places. They were accompanied by
brass bands, drum and fife corps and a num-
ber of commissary wagons filed with pro-
visions. The army was in charge of
Frederick Knowles.
The miners had orders to march at four
o'clock this morning, but it was some time
after that hour when everything was in
readiness for a start. The men formed in
fairly good order and the tramp to this vii
lage began.
The mob reached Toluca shortly after six
o'clock. A halt was made on the
outskirts of the town and breakfast
was served to the men. It is the
intention of the leaders to call
a mass meeting here, when the Toluca
miners will be appealed to to strike and
bolp ba oo,,ca Mo uof, Truicf hoe boon ocIyod
to order the saloons closed, and he will prob
ably comply.
Acting Governor Gill and j. w. Crawford,
President of the Illinois Mine Workers
Association, arrived here at half-past eight
o'clock this morning. At private con-
Devlin Coal Company, protection was
promised him by the Governor, and, if the
men desire to work, they will be allowed to
do so, even if the militia have to be called
out to protect them.
No trouble is expected today, because of
the closing of the mines.
$4,000 Men Involved.
COLUMBUS, April 81, 1s94-The following
estimate of the number of miners now out
on the strike, given out by President Nc
Bride this morning, show that the miners
are gaining strength Alabama, 5000,
Tennessee and Kentucky, 5000; Indiana;
5000; Ohio, 10000; West Virginia, 4,500;
Illinois, $4,000; Iowa, 1900; Indian Terri
tory, 1900; Missouri, 4,5O0; Pennsylvania,
$4,000; Colorado, 1,500; Michigan, 300;
total, 1000.
In this estimate President Mcbride
does not include the accessions in the Indi-
ana block field, and in Illinois, indi-
Gated in the morning dispatches. The prin-
cipal addition is made in Pennsylvania,
where he estimates that 65,000 men
are now idle. ]. A. Crawford telegraphs
from Illinois that mot wheel is moving
from St. Louis to Cairo" and from this
President Mcbride predicts that Illinois
will be out solidly by the first Of May
That 200 men want to work at Benwood,
w. Va, yesterday, he does not regard as
significant. They mine coal only for steel
plant there. Still they would try to prevent
the local settlements. On the whole Presi-
dent Mcbride thought the situation today
very encouraging to the miners.
The Militia ordered Out.
CHICAGO, April 81, 1S94.-Acting Cover
nor Gill at eleven o'clock this morning or
dered the First Regiment Illinois National
Guard to the scene of the trouble
at Toluca. The order was sent
to Brigadier General Wheeler, who at
once forwarded it to Colonel Turner of the
First Regiment. Messeges were at once de-
livered to all the captains of the regiment,
and the soldiers win be moving within an
hour A train of ten coaches is standing at
the Santez Fe regiment depot awaiting the
mill lac fro pfr
at one o'clock.
Year Idle, Now Strike.
WoNsocKET, R. l., April q, 1S94.-Work
was recently resumed In No. 2 woolen mill
at Waterford, after nearly years idleness,
on contract with the Riverside Company Of
Providence, whose mills had been stopped by