The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
A REIaN or TERROR.
Established by Foreigners at spring Va
ley, III.

Established by Foreigners at Spring VAL
ley. IN.
PRINCETON. ILL.,, July 1O.-The general
merchandise store OF the White Breast
Fuel company at Ladd was thoroughly
looted Saturday night by mob of 200
alien miners from Spring Valley. The
mob was composed of Lithuanians,
Poles, Belgians and Italians, being OF
the same class that has caused the dep
relations at Spring Valley, and most
of them the same men.
Deputies save seatonvilIo.
Following the destruction OF com
pany stores at Spring Valley and Ladd
the miners had in mind the looting of
the company store at Seatonville. For
this purpose division left Spring Val
ley and Ladd i'm small groups, and
by o'clock Sunday evening had
amassed force of several hundred
on the bluffs near Sceatonville. In the
meantime sheriff Cox returned 10
Princeton and eighty men were Sc
lected and deputized They were
also furnished with rifles and am
munition that the governor had
furnished and started in wagons for
Seatonville The miners learning the
strength OF the deputies retreated TO
Spring Valley The Deputies then
pressed on and reached Spring Valley
after midnight.
In Possession OF Spring Valley.
At Spring Valley the striking miners
has had possession of the city. sunday
morning a meeting was held on the
Rock Island tracks east Of town at
which the non English-speaking men
predominatcd IL was resolsed 20 eff
fectually stop traffic on the railroads
passing through Spring Valley, and
the meeting broke up for the purpose
OF carrying out the resolution
Seeking Places OF safety.
Over the east half of the county a
reign OF terror has set in and woman
and children have been leaving the
towns in that section in large num-
bers. Valuable property of all kinds
Is being secreted. Al Seatonville sun
day night, a village, of 200 people,
there were scarcely enough women In
the town 20 prepare supper for the
deputies.
In Possession OF Spring valley.
SPRINGFIELD, H., July 9.-Sheritf
Cook, OF Bureau county, telegraphed
Gov. Altgeld giving a statement Of the
situation at Spring Valley, and asking
that troops be sent 20 aid him in re-
storing quiet. A similar dispatch was
received from Sheriff Taylor, Of
La Sale county, who said he
needed troops 10 help him defend the
cities of Peru and La Sale, threatened
with invasion by the mob. The gov
ernor issued orders for companies A
and OF the Sixth infantry to proceed
at once TO Spring Valley and cooperate
with the shcriffs Of Bureau and La
Sale counties in suppressing violence
and restoring order.
A Conflict at Spring valley.
LADD, Ill, July i2.-The striking
miners came i'm contact with United
States regular troops at Spring Val
ley Tuesday evening. Two strikers
were killed and two rioters and three
deputy sheriffs wounded. As the train
bringing the soldiers pulled into town
Il was greeted with shower OF stones
from the mob. The troops landed az
the station. The miners outnumbered
the soldiers ten 10 one and the former
began 20 fiji the air with dying stones
The captain ordered his company 20
shoot AS soon AZ the volley was fired
the rioters took 20 their heels and
soon disappeared in the timber.