The morning call., 1894-06-07
. BLOODY BATTLES.
Fierce Encounters With
. Strikers.
CAPTURE OF A COAL MINE.
During the Fight Several Are
Killed and Wounded.
TRAINS STILL BEING STOPPED.
Westbound VandaIia Freightcars
BIockaded and Trainmen Bru-
tally Assassinated.
CAPTURE OF A COAL MINE.
TRAINS STILL BEING STOPPED.

.PEKIN. H., June 6.-There was
bloody battle at Little's coal mine, five
miles down the Illinois River, to-day.
Word was received here that 500 miners
from the west of the river were about to
attack the mine.
Sheriff Frederick Swore in a posse and
set out for the scene. The strikers had
assembled at BentOuville, and crossed the
Illinois on ferries. There were about 400
men, aud some women. The Sheriff remoD-
strated with the mob i'll vain. The leader
of the strikers. with a revolver in each
hand, cried; Follow me-" and the crowd
cheered.
The two Littles and their sons and
colored man retreated TO the lower shaft
and opened fire on the attacking party.
The ire was returned, and several shots
were fired into the shaft. Little hOisted
white flag, but the fire did not cease.
The shaft was set on fire, ana as it was
feared that the powder-hOuse would be
also fred the crowd retreated.
The killed are: Jack jackson (cOlOred),
miner. and Edward Bloom, one of the
str kers.
The wounded are: Edward Porter and
Peter Little. of the besieged party. the
former shot IN the breast, probably fatally,
the latter in tile arm.
half dozen were slightly hurt There
are number of miners in the shaft who it
is feared are suffOcated. Among them are
Gus and Fred Moritz and John Rockey.
The Sheriff and posse have returned from
the scene unable to cope with the mob.
BRAZIL, Ind, June 6.-This afternoon a
crowd of angry miners blockaded No.
Nandalia westbOund freight train east Of
here and stoned the trainmeD. The engi-
Geer, William Bars, was struck on the
head by heavy stone and instantly killed
Brakeman 4. j. Horseman was hit on the
back and badly hurt. The strikers con-
tinued throwing stones until every window
in the caboOse and engine was broken.
:. The excitement is intense. Officers are
in hot pursuit Of the strikers. The dead
engineer and injured brakeman live in
. TeTrs Haute.
Early in the day a crowd of strikers
stoVped the mixed train carrying freight
and passengers between this place and
" Clay City, on the Evansville and Terre
Haute road. The train was hauling sew
@eral cars of coal taken from a sdetrack
near Clay City. and was bound for Chi
cago. The miners had been diligently
guarding the coal, and quickly organized a
crowd of several hundred to stop the train.
The train carried the United States mail,
and 1t was thought the miners would per-
. NIT the train to come TO this city when
aware Of that fact, but they were unruly
and refused to allow the train TO move.
The coal was sidetracked.
a lot of men who had buckets Of oil
saturated the woodwork and applied a
match. The besieged men were forced to
desert their place of shelter and make a
run for life. William Dickson, a colored
man, was shot through the shoulder and
probably fatally injured. Peter Little
head had an eye shot away, and the engi-
neer was probably fatally wounded. A
negro miner employed by the Littles had
a hand snot off.
The fire spread to the powder-house, a
short distance from the other building gs
and it exploded with a frightful roar
After this the mob retired 10 its boats
crossed the river and scattered among the
ravines and hills.
The early reports that a number Of men
were in the Little Shaft when the build
ings were destroyed appear to have been
unfounded.
CLAY CITY, Ind, June 6.-United States
Marshal Hawkins arrived here late this
evening in response to Instructions from
Judge Baker, and is procuring the names
of all the miners who assisted in holding
up the mixed train carrying coal and the
United States mail to-day. After procur-
ing the names of several OF the leaders
Marshal Hawkins left on a special train
- for Brazil. at 8 80 P. NJ. force OF miners
were at work unloading the seven cars of
ceal on the sdetraeks. 1t is rumored sew
erai companies OF militia are marching
here Excitement is increasing, and there
is q belief that tomorrow there will be
bloodshed
PITTsBURG, June 6-The first deter
Iained effort of the coal operators in the
.PjtSburg district to break the strike
was made at several places to-day. At
Manown the Youghiogheny Gas and Coal
Company put in their mines 100 deputies,
%. heavily armed, TO protect the non-union
men who went to work. An outbreak is
:eXpected in the morning, the strikers
claiming they will have at least 1000 men
on hand at daybreak. They have been
thrown into the widest excitement by the
arrival of imported men and deputies.
:.';MACkEEsPoRT, June 6-At 80 o'clock
to-day 5000 strikers carrying pit.lamps,
iett Tor Duquesne to burn the tippes.
Ihey threaten to cut all barges on the river
as they march down. Mayor Andre Issued
: another proclamation at o'clock, COM
mandlng all the unemployed to stop con-
gTegatlng on the streets under penalty of
arrest, and ordering all saloons and whole.
sale liquor houses to close until further
orders. The situation is most critical. The
strikers cannon command the bridges and
Srailroads, and the men will fire upon anv
deputies brought in sight.
When the mob reached Duquesne it had
increased to 5000 strikers ana sympathizers,
With yells they attacked the Duouesne
Tube Works, drove all the men out of the
plant, drew the fires ard ran the hot metal
from the furnaces out on the floors. The
reasons the strikers give for their action is
that the works were using scab coal. AZ
the strikers left one of the men threw a
plank in front of the train. nearly derail-
ing it. They left the mill on run and
started back over the hills, gong to the
pits in Mfflin Township.
WASHINGTON, Ind. June 6.-The