The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06
A Soldier Faints.
DYNAMITE TO BE USED.
Four Pounds Found the Track of the
L. & T. II. Railroad.

L. & T. II. Railroad.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. June 4.-Spe-
cial-Four pounds Of dynamite was
placed on the track Of the Evansville &
Terre Haute railroad this afternoon by
striking miners.
The terrible explosive was placed on
the track in front of the train bearing
tha several companies of Indiana militia
in command of Gen. W. ]. Mckee. This
was at a point few miles south of
Farmersburg, between that station and
Shelburn. the first of the mining towns
Of the road. The militia has been in this
vicinity since Sunday morning and has
materially aided the company in moving
the coal which has been tied up by the
| strikers.
The power of might was too much for
the strikers and the uncouth, vicious
chaps concluded themselves to indulge in
some might It was in the shape Of
dynamite and the forerunner of what is
to come, unless the men are quickly
queIled. Had the dynamite exploded one
of the greatest casualties the state has
ever had might have occurred. It was
the sheerest good fortune as it was. Five
coaches and baggage car, the officers
| quarters and store room, were filed with
| the troops, numbering 800 in all All
| day the militia had been camped at Sui
Iivan. when orders were given to escort
a train load of coal past the several
mining camps.
The train bearing the militiamen moved
out from Sullivan at 3 o'clock and pro-
ceeded directly to Shelburn. 1t preceded
the coal train and pulled on the side
track at shelburn to allow the other train
to pass along.
The Miners SuIIen.
The militiamen left the train and were
marched under orders past the station to
a road where a crowd of 200 men and
| women were standing IN menaclng atti-
tude. An occasional slur against the sol
diers was all that could be heard. but the
| appearance Of the faces OF the strikers
was determined and they looked as
though something was in store for the
troops
The coal train went down the track
at fair rate of speed and no attempts
were made to draw the pins. At the
trestle work, just north of the road, run
ming along the station, the speed was
sIackened materially for fear that the
timbers might have been weakened. The
soldiers rather expected some develop
ments so quiet were the strikers, but
none anticipated such a dastardly at
tempt as was made. The coal train
safely passed the station, the troops en-
barxed again and followed a short dis
tance in the rear.
Hardly a mile had been traversed when
the report of a shot from an anvil was
heard in the distance. Fear was ex-
pressed that an obstruction had been put
in the way of the coal train and it had
! possibly been ditehed, but a second shot
gave an inkling OF the real cause. 1t
was an alarm to fellow miners in the dis
tance that train carrying coal was ap-
preaching.
Previously the regular mixed train had
been permitted to pass without molesta-
ton Both trains sped along toward
Terre Haute, but a sharp whistle of
alarm was sounded by Engineer Hyde of
the freight train. The militia train
moved rapidly forward and come to
standstill directly in the rear of the coal
train. An advance up the track showed
the reason for the alarm.
The Track Obstructed.
Across the rails and for a distance of
fifty feet heavy timbers were stretched
i'm all possible ways. No train could
have passed without being wrecked.
This was at Ebenezer graveyard, a
gruesome place for a hold-up,. but that
was just what was attempted. In am
bush in the heavy grass and thickly-