The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-02

TOLUCA, H., April 24-Rloting broke
out here at $3.50 o'clock tonight and the
first blood was shed owing to the refusal
of several miners TO quit work. Three
men were wounded before the deputies
could reach the scene of the trouble.
The fighting lasted not more than two
minutes. Several pistols were fired
without other effect than to attract
| crowd of miners who had been carousing
in the neighboring saloons and dance
halls.
The wounded are:
F. Garibaldi, Italian. miner, jaw
smashed.
Martini, Frank, italian miner. badly
cut about the head and face and skull
| injured.
Peik, Dimetri, Polish miner, face cut
| and head bruised.
Two more Italians. known to have
been badly injured, were carried into
the woods by their friends, and have
not been found.
Martini Sipek and Garibaldi were car
ried into a saloon, where their wounds
were dressed. The doctors ay the men
will recover. Their wounds were the
result of the general club play INDUCED
| in by band of striking miners from vii
| lagos near by. They encountered few
men, who declared that they would not
| work. Hard words led to harder blows
and serious trouble was averted only
through the fact that belligerents were
| on the outskirts of the town. The at
, tacking party followed and after a brief
search the deputies gave up the attempt
| to locate them.
TOLUCA, Ills. April 27.-The miners
who halted for a rest at Big Sandy last
night broke camp at 4 a. m. today. arriv-
| ing at Toluca at a. m. with the blare
of brass bands and drum corps. There
were nearly 4,50O of them. AS they filed
into town they were met by the citizens.
Although footsore and weary, they had
not lost any enthusiasm. Most of the
! colored miners that work here left for
other places last night to avoid skir-
mish and are not likely to return until
| the army leaves town.
AS soon as the men arrived they as
sembled on the commons near Superin-
| tendent Duggan's house, but adjourned
| again to await the arrival Of the army
from Streator and Kangley. This wing
| arrived later, having marched all the
way from Streator.
A few minutes previous to their ar
| rival ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gill, President
J. A. Crawford and Vice-President James
W. Murray arrived on a special train
! from Joliet. y conference took place be-
| tween the men and Charles J. DeVlin in
| the latters private car The miners Of
| ficers wanted Mr.. Devlin to address the
miners, but he declined. saying that he
| had not invited them here and conse-
| quently had no desire to address them.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman O'Connor of Spring Valley and
was addressed by Messrs. Gill, Crawford
| ard Murray, who counseled peace and
urged the army to leave and told all the
| Toluca miners to decide for themselves.
| Finally this was agreed upon, and Mr..
/ Devlin at once arranged for a special
| train to take the army home.
| When Northumberland Gill was in
| troduced to the assemblage Of 1000
miners he opened his address by reading
| kilograms he had received from Sheriff
| LenZ, and also the replies he had sent
in answer to them, giving it as his opin-
| ion that the ordering out of the militia
was unnecessary He said he knew that
| the situation was not as serious as the
| sheriff had represented it to be and fur
| ther stated that he had every confidence
| in the miners not making hostile dem
| onstration.
| Continuing, he said: ''You are all well
| aware of my mission here. 1 came here
| personally to view the situation and
| have found YOU as I thought Won were
| peaceably assembled and not of a dis
| position to destroy property or to take
life, as 1 was informed by the sheriff of
| this county in dispatches last night 1
| do not believe those kilograms emanated
| from him originally, but that he was
| misinformed and the facts terribly ex-
| aggerated to him. L have come here
| today to declare peace and to plead with
/ you not to attempt any violence or
| destruction of property. When refused
| to send the state troops, had every
confidence that you would not, and now
1 hope you will reciprocate my friendly
| feeling toward you by upholding the
! dignity and institution of the state by
quietly going home and allowing the
miners of this place to settle their own
| affairs in a way that is acceptable TO
| them. If you persist in remaining here
and make any attempt at hostilities, IS
the acting executive of this state, 1 can
do nothing but my duty, and you all
know what that is.
| ''I ask you as American citizens to up-
! hold the supremacy and dignity of the
! state. ] came here to plead with you
to do so and trust you will. l was not
justified in sending troops here p,.til
| there was riotous proceeding, and I
would not have done so. / believe your
visit here is based upon just grounds,
| and 1 can see nothing you have done that
| will cast reflection upon you. Confer
| with the Toluca men II you wish, and
| use moral suasion TO get their assistance
| to your cause. If they will help you. re-
| turn to your homes peaceably. If they
| will not return in the same manner any
/ way. But if you attempt to use force
my only duty is to call out The militia
and protect the people of this place
| against your invasion. This is your Cp-
| portunity TO prove to the public that
| you can peaceably march through the
| country and assemble for things that
are most laudable and commendable,
| and | sincerely hope you viii take ad-
vantage Of it."
| j. A. Crawford, president Of the united
| mine workers OF Illinois. next addressed