Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-06-07
MINERS COWED ONLY BY THE
MILITIA.
BIG BATTLE LOOKED FOR IN
COLORADO.
The Sheriff of an Ohio county Wires
Governor Mckinley for Help
Troops in Indiana Are Ordered out
Great Excitement PrevailS-A
Crisis Impending.

Colorado Springs, Col, June 1.-The
city is in a very excited state over the
prospects Of an early battle between the
miners ut Bull Hill and the sheriff 5
army now camped at Divide. Today
800 deputies left the city for Manitou,
where they boarded a Midland train
| for the camp and tonight 200 more
| went over the same route. The last
reinforcement vas accompanied by a
corps of surgeons and enough supplies
| to last several days. There are now
700 armed deputies at the Divide. The
march against the MIXERS camp will
not be made until the number is in
creased to 1000.
Oskaloosa, Ia, June 4.-MOre men
are at work in the NahaSka field today
than for two weeks and applications
for work have been made by others.
All the leaders are hungry today for
big rally soon, but it is not eX-
)ected to be a success. The presence
If the military knocks the enthusiasm
out of things.
Pana, Ill, June 4.-Three hundred
and thirty miners are at work today.
st. Joseph. Mo-, June 4.-Sheriff
Carson and deputies, accompanied by
United States deputy marsh ais, re
captured the train stolen by the Rich
mond miners at Agency. When the
posse reached Agency on 4 special
train they found but few, the balance
| having deserted when they heard Off
GERS We're coming. A dozen were cap
! tured
Columbus O., June 1.-THE miners
at Glouster, Ohio, say the railroad men
| themselves refused to haul any more
| coal mined by nOn-uniOn miners and
| told the sheriff of Athens county so,
but nevertheless he wired Governor
Mckinley for held.
Advices to the miners national head
quarters from uOzen places in Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Virginia, West Nir-
ginia, Illinois and Pennsylvania speak
Of standing firm.
| Brazil, Ind, June 4.-Governor Mat
| thews ordered company f, first regi-
ment, of this city, to go to Cannels-
burn and intercept the band of strik-
| ing miners, which is Interfering with
railroad property. The soldiers left
on the Vandalia for the scene of trouble
| at 3 o'clock. Not since the strike be-
| gan has the city been in such fervOr
| of excitement as it is in tonight. A
band of strikers, hearing that the Van
| dalia was preparing to move cars OF
| slack this evening, rushed to the cars
| and, as soon as the trainmen attached
an engine, ordered them to let the
cars alone The crowd was so great
| that the trainmen quickly obeyed.
This understood, the company at once
notified Governor Matthews of the ac-
ton of the strikers and it is believed
the governor will act Immediately.
Washington, Ind, June 1.-THE mil
| tia stationed here was ordered to
Brazil tonight and departed on a mid
| night train. Excitement is at fever
| heat.
Indianapolis, Ind, June 4.-Fifteen
Companies of state militia and a squad
ST artillerymen with a gattling gun
! have gone to CanneltOn and Shelburn
20 suppress the rioting Of the striking
| coal miners. The strikers are defiant
aud trouble is anticipated.
ltrumWa Ia, June At seems to
be pretty we'll settled here that the
coal strike in Iowa is practically over.
! The calling Of the militia at Evans and
MuchakinOck took the nerve out Of
the few miners who really wanted to
strike. The Mystic miners at Evans
| left for home today and declared that
unless Muchakinock and Evans miners
came out they would return to work
again.
! Leavenworth, Kan, June 1.-The
strike has been settled peaceably. A
conference between the miners and
business men this evening resulted in
| Il victory for the miners.
Chicago, June A HeraldS Peoria
| dispatch says: From a perfectly re-
! liable source comes the information
that the coal strike will be declared
off Tuesday next at Columbus"
Columbus, O., June 4.-President
! Mcbride, asked tonight if it was true
that a meeting of the miners national
executive committee had been called
to declare the strike off. He said that
it was possible that the strike might
be declared off. The committee has
that power but it is extremely improb-
able that it will do so. L am but
one member of the committee and can
not speak for it, but it is safe to say
that it will not declare the strike Off"