Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-28
MORE TROOPS OUT.
Gov. AltgeId Forced to Send
Them to Minonk.
THE TOWN IN THE HANDS OF AMoB
Coal Trains on the Illinois Central
Not Permitted to Pass-Arms
for Elmwood.

The Skirmish ut Peru with the Mob-AbOut
| Sixty Captured and the balance Dispersed
| "A Badly Frightened Rioter-Dynamite
| Carried by Some Of Them-Tclegrams to
the Governor-Invading Indiana Miners
Go Back Homc-Railways Getting O1t
| of Coal.
LASALLE. Ills, May Estate Saturday
night several loud reports were heard at
the point where the striking miners were
encamped; it was evidently dynamite and
this fact, rs well as the desire to know
what the reports meant, caused great I'M
easiness. 1t is now learned that the re-
ports were signals for the massing of the
foreign miners at Spring Valley TO be in
readiness to march on I.aSaile. there was
considerable excitement at Camp Mat
thiessen, and visitors were carefully
scrutinized, but all is quiet now. 1t is
known, however. that the camrades of the
men arrested by the troops are very angry
and have been organizing an armed mob
to avenge the wrongs whicr. they claim
are being done to their fellow miners by
the detention by the sher.,r
The Troops Ready for Trouble.
Colonel Bennett and his command are
well prepared for trouble, and rs an extra
precaution the pickets are doubled. The
men under arrest have many sympathizers
in LaSalle and Peru who will no doubt
take part in any concerted action on the
prospect of securing their release. So far
as this city is concerned it Is the universal
opinion that the leaders will use every pre-
caution to keep the foreigners from COM
uniting depredations, so long as the militia
is here. Six Of the prisoners taken by the
troops ut the instance of the sheriff, and
who were carrying concealed weapons ut
the time they captured the train at Ladd,
were sent out of camp and lodged in the
county Jail at Ottawa, where they will be
given preliminary examination.
Minonk in the Hands of a Mob.
Word was received from Minonk that RI
otous miners had taken possession of the
town and stopped trains on the Illinois
Central railroad which the railway Off
Gals were obliged to abandon; also that
the sheriff of Woodford county had tele-
Graphed to Governor Altgeid for troops.
being unable to control the mob. The tel
egram told the governor that "a mob of
800 miners Is obstructing the coal traffic
on the Illinois Central. / and the mayor
OF Minonk have done our best to dispense
them, but are unable to without blood
shed, that is sure. The strikers are de
termined and armed. / call ION you for
militia. l have deputies, but no arms ex-
cept revolvers. 1t is no use in you telling
me to try to disperse them again without
assistance. for / cannot without blood
she'd" This was signed by the sheriff:
The Governor Orders the Troops.
The governor telegraphed to know how
many deputies were actually on duty and
was informed there were plenty of depu-
ties but no arms; that the mob had seized
and was then in possession of an Illinois
Central train. The governor had Just sent
the last of the arms to Elmwood, so he or
dered the Peoria. Canton and Delaware
companies Of national guard to Minonk
ut once.