Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-03-07
IS GROWING SERIOUS
The Miners Strike Is Assurn-
 ing Grave Proportions.
A RESORT MADE TO DYNAMITE

Plot to LJECh Wyant and to NH the
 Troops With the Deadly Explosive.
 One round Witl Cartridge and
 Other Arrests Ess8eotod.
 CHARLESTON, ". Va, March 1-Goy McCorlis received a telegram from Major Banks, cSsamaading at Eagle, stating that man had bon arrested at Montgomery with 8 dynamite curt ridge on his person The man was brought to this Gaty He said ho vas engaged in t4e attack on Wyauts tipple had attended all the meatiHg5 and knew all the captains From his confession the following stary is ob- tained;
 Sunday nighb the governor received inceudiary stat6faents from d man purz porting to be a6t{ng as mayor of Mont gomery. They. were to the effect that the military posse of the sheriff had n0 right ta accompany 'tse sheriff within the corporate limits of tHe town ot Montgomery. This course would uHt= hfv the power of the sheriff of the county and no notice was ta6en of the statement. Things have developed to show that there was q deep seaied plan arranged to vi6lase the law.
 T8e aathorisiss have gotten into tHe whole business and now know its true inwardneas Iha riot at Acme was carefully pla4Led and was only fra8- trated by tho action of the authorities. The strikers took t0 Acme - large dy- namite cartridges to blow ua LAe worss and aes roy tho store, the.r perPosa be- ing to loot it. At their meett5ss Suu- day. sunday ni8lt and OH Saturday ths arrangement Was with the eaaHiyane8 of egssaia people to arsass Y yai5s, lring btn ta Montgomery and turH him oV-F @ the mob 8f miners His life woult rot h4ve beou worth penny.
 In addition t@ tai D a Gsaearlly and horri rla outrage 0as 1o tc perretrated when the soldiers ta7Ho accompanying the sheeif ia zsz#ang his arrests for their mRrder The dynamite cart ridges distributed, already fused with percussion caps, were to DeIshted with lighted cigars a3sf .thrown a4ong the troops md posse, maiming and killing the members thereof. Ems plan was carried out. Dynamite cartridges wer9 distri 5afed, one Of which is ia tho pos session ef Che governor TheY were to bring HYaHJ to tbls place, where his life vas to be taken and thea tbe riot was to be made down the railroad.
 As it happeus !, however oaly 3 small part of th5s Prosr iume Was ear. ried out Wyant W4s arrested by the warrant sworn 0atsbefore Esquire Aaz kins whose soR Nas engase3 and was one af the ringleaders m tAe strike aaa for whom q warrant has been issued for murder Eat when the four con stables, one Of f.VIQm had said that he would bring Wyaag d6wE to oMonteom- cry or kill him, sttsaInpted ta take Wy ant to Montgeln9ry, he resisted and called upon tic nrsl1sarY. for protection. The eonstabies attempted ta take him and one of theFe wss arrested for mur. der and the soldiers then toak Wyant to Fayetteville.
 Itswas ascertataea that the road was picketed by the yae0 TEo had been in this strike and ,n t had not heenfoT the protection of tI1s asiitary his fife would have been taksA The suthouties have gone to the &Ssss eg. the whole mat ter, They hays asesrtainsa that the original facts I sre absut Fae
 There is,a vssst staeal' of excitement and since the &Astarily outrageous at tempy te kill by dynamite the soldiers and posse accompanying the sheriff in making the ar2sst there is adeePseated feeling of indjgG stioA both at the man who actually engaged in this and at the auttoritie- and citizens of Mont gomery, who have been aiding and abetGHB in these eutrages. Vigorous measures have been taken 10 arrest the men engaged in thisdastarGIy business, and the principal leaders in this dread- ful attempt will he arrested.