The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14

representing the minors. The COM
snittee promised obedience to the law
An tho future and deplored the injury
don. to railroad property, which they
said was brought about by persons
having no authority. There were
over 80 miners hanging around the
station and switch all day, the tele-
gram stated. Upon receiving the in
formation that the troops were coming
the ma jOrity of them left and the re-
,maindcr di persed after the arrival of
the militia.
The Sheriff and detachment Of the
militia started to hunt down the ring
leuders, and the comran7's train crew
began repairing the tracks. The few
strikers who remained were behaving
sspicndidlv the Adjutant stated. Two
.hondred and thirty militiamen march
ed from Sullivan to Shelburn. All is
reported quiet there. Fourteen COM
.yanies are now in the mining region.
! AT Washington the State troops
marched into t'ark's station 500 strong
with = Calling gun, to find that only
sifty miners had taycd to face the mu-
sic. The militia was drawn up in
Ene along the edge of the woods
AND Sheriff Lening then ad
for riOtous conspiracy and placed
three OF the leaders, squire summers,
Dick Gate, and John Flynn, under ar
rest. AS soon as tho troops were in
line the railroad men at once repaired
the track and the loaded cars were
t sken on west. The 1000 miners who
were reported en- route to Clark's sta
'ticH did rot materialize. neither had
they collected ut any point along the
baltimore and Ohio Southwestern.
The certainty that the officers intend
od to enforce the law seemed to quell
tho rebelliOus feoiing among the mon.
The miners say that q, soon as the
erooFs are withdrawn they will again
stop all coal cars, but anticipating this
two companies will be stationed Mt
Ciarks until all fear of trouble is past.
It is apparent tonight that the back
bone OF the st. Ike has been broken.
The militia have done the work. The
Washington miners dos erted their ccl-
I.cas . \ here and the Cannelburg min
,erS are too few to do anything
but submit tonight. TIE militia met
NO resistance.
N n-r~ Sulienly See Cara Move.
Su1livan-The State militia arrived
In Sullivan from the southern part of
tho State, in all numbering ZOO They
stopped over here and waited until the
t,ainmen could get an engine to ts';e
.he coal out of Shclburn, then as soon
q the trainmen came they boarded
their spccia, train, bound for the Shell
burn district. Sheriff Mills, in COM
',nand, stopped the tain south of the
depot, got his soldiers all ready. then
made u march and surrounded the
train. No demonstrations were made
by the few miners who were pres
sent One old lady with pistol
under her apron, who marched out
ready for action with tho militia, was
caught and scu.tled with bv Sheriff
Mills until he scored the gun. The
miners had each car branded "scab
coal The miners made threats that
, his did not mean much to them and
shat the Evansville and Terre Haute
should not ship coal ualess they kept
standing army at Shelburl all The
time. and claimed that no more coal
should pass through t! ere until this
was setti d. Several hundred people
gathered to see the battle between the
miners and the militia After the
militia had finished their work they
came back to Sullivan and went into
camp at the fair grounds, with only
one man in tho hospital.
III nc.s Attempt TO Wreck Cars.
brazil. A desperate effort was made
30 wreck freight train No. -. sup
posed to be hauling coal. just east of
here. The Eandalia found two ,up-
ling pins wcdged in s. itch frog. but
luckily the train was running slow.
aud was stopped quickly afSec striking
the plus. The engineer Gsims that if
he had been running at the usual rate
the entire freight would have been
diiehed. The work was undoubtedly
that of str!aerA