The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30

LA SALE, ILL.,, May PA mob of
| 1000 coal strikers. none Of them English
! speaking, raided the shaft of the La
Sale county carbon coal company here
this evening and in a conflict with the
sheriff and his deputies, five strikers,
Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Sheriffs Tom
Hoolihan and John Dwyer were pain
| fully wounded.
The mob closed in on the officers and a
hand-to-hand fight ensued. Three men
were arrested, but one of them was re-
leased on the men threatening to tear
down the Jail and burn the city hall. The
situation is alarming and the governor
has been telegraphed to with a request
for state aid.
The fight occurred this evening when
a great crowd of miners began to con-
gregate about the shafts. Sheriff Tay
lor warned them that they must keep
back, but the mob. with a wild shout.
rushed forward, throwing a volley of
bricks and stones at the deputies. Sher-
if Taylor gave the order to fire in the
! air and the mob scattered, but seeing
| the deputies fire at blank space. they
rushed in again this 'time firing revol-
vers. accompanied by another shower Of
rocks. and for little while there was
a hand to hand battle between deputies
and strikers.
In the melee Sheriff Taylor was
knocked down and badly beaten and
kicked He has a severe cash on his
forehead and is badly bruised. Deputy
Sherifrs John Dwyer and Thomas Hooli-
han were both wounded by bullets fired
by the strikers. Dwyer was shot in the
thigh and Hoolihan has bullet in his
groin.
The injuries of the latter are quite seri-
Gus and may result fatally.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 25.-Gov-
ernor AItgeld has been in telegraphic
communication all evening with the coun-
| ty and municipal officials at Centralia,
LaSaIle and other points where strikers
were 1ioting during the day, and shortly
be called out
Sheriff Taylor of La Sale county wired
at IL o'clock the situation was very seri-
Gus. that his force Of deputies was unable
to cope with the rioters and that mob
surrounded the hotel in which he was
! lying wounded.
Sheriff Helm of Centralia sent a report
| similar in character. Orders are now
| being telegraphed for five companies of
the Fourth infantry to report at Cen
! tralia and four companies of the Seventh
| to report at La Sale in the morning.
Adjt.-Gen. Orendorff will go to La Sale
and Assistant Adjt.-Gen. Boyle to Cen
| tralia.
LA SALE. Ill. May %. 2 a. m.-Word
has just been received that Spring Val
| ley has organized, armed and sent to
La Sale. in response to a call from the
strikers here, 500 men. They are now
on the march, and are expected in the
| morning. They come to liberate the
prisoners taken IN the riot.
1t was said that the sheriff's life would
be taken, and he was removed to OF
tawa in a closed carriage late last night.
LA SALE. H., May 26.-This city is
in state of excitement tonight and
there will be little sleep. The citizens
| are greatly alarmed over a report that
has just come from Spring Valley to the
effect that that place is greatly excited.
| over dozen of it's miners being cap
tured by the militia here this afternoon.
The report says they are organizing for
the march and swearing vengeance on
the soldiers 1t is pretty generally be-
lieved here that il the 500 French anarch-
lists from Spring Valley come here the
militia will have to do some service, as
they are just desperate and ignorant
enough to make a dogged resistance.
Gen. Orendorff received a telegram to-
night stating that mob Of 80 striking
miners has captured a passenger train on
the Illinois Valley and northern branch
of the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy
railroad at Ladda, Bureau county, and at
the point of revolvers had compelled the
conductor to carry them to La Sale. BY
a ruse the train crew made the men be-
lieve they had arrive at La Sale when
Peru was reached and they got off there
a mile east of this city.
After a conference between Sheriff
Taylor and the military staff it was de-
cided to head rlle members off In Peru
and five companies of militia were or
dered to fall in. The march was conf
menced with the wounded sheriff riding
with several deputies in a closed car
riage ahead, behind the advance guards,
Col. Bennett in command. The troops
were divided and sent along Second and
Third-sts. and the visiting mob was en-
countered 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 under
stand and started to run in all directions.
The troops were sent in pursuit and al
though there were several hand-to-hand
encounters, nothing serious occurred.
Only one shot was fired, and that
by a crazed Belgian named Feron.
The bullet whizzed past Capt
Smiths head and lodged i'm a tree close
by. He had no second chance to shoot.
In an instant a corporal had knocked the
weapon from the infuriated mans hand
and he was under arrest. Feron then be-
gan crying and when he had been dragged
over to the guard line he knelt down i'm
the dust, threw off his hat and began