Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
WANTSGUnSANDLEkD.
Sheriff at Decatur, Ills, Proposes
p to Resist the Marching
3 Mine Strikers.
corrEES Is WEARY OF BRADLEY.

And He and His Army Are Ordered Away
ON Pain Of Being Driven on Today
Strike Leader Run Out OF Camp for Al
Legged Treason-The Siege Of Mantle
The Injunction Freely Used in the Pitts
burg District Against the Strikers, Who
Are DefAnt-Crisis 1t Hand,
Springfield. Ills, Aug. 13.-Late last
night Adjutant General Reece received
. telegram from Sheriff Nicholson, of
Decatur. asking for 100 rifles and am
munition, with which to arm his depu-
ties, fifty Of whom have been sworn in
and are now in the Decatur court house.
b. b. Ray, who is representing the gov
ernor in Decatur, has refused to ask
for them. A State Register special from
Mantle states that the Mantle miners
held a meeting there last night and by
vote OF As to rs decided to strike.
Trouble Is Not Over at Coneen.
st. Louis. Aug. IA special to The
Republic from Coffeen. Ills, says:
Frank Campbell, who was until wednes-
day the trusted lieutenant Of General
Bradley, was forced to flee for his life
from the strikers camp west Of town
last evening. He was pursued by an
angry mob Of Slavs, who charged him
with having sold Bradley and his men
out to the Coffeen Coal and Copper
company. Campbell declares that he
acted In good faith and that he did
not sell his comrades out. In accordance
with the agreement entered into
Wednesday night. Superintendent Mills
ordered the freight stopped at the
strikers camp yesterday morning. but
the campers hooted the crew and told
them to move on. They said that they
were going to storm the town. Not a
man got aboard. The strikers are still
defiant. Last night Sheriff Randle
posted q proclamation ordering the
strikers to disperse from their camp and
leave the county.
He . Hot Time Here Today, Perhaps.
The members of the board Of SUPER
visors, under whose orders the sheriff
issued the proclamation, drove to camp
yesterday afternoon. Chairman Cars
tens informed the strikers that they
are violating the law, are a menace to
q peaceable community, and are sub
5ect to arrest. Bradley again made an
effort to secure the consent of Sheriff
Randle and Mayor Traylor to make
demonstration in the streets Of Cot
feen. He offered any sort Of concession
the officers might name, but both were
obdurate. The supervisors held a con-
ference with the sheriff and mayor and
1t was decided to give the strikers time
to peaceably dispense before dispers-
Ing them, and the sheriff's proclamation
ordering them to dispense was written.
II the camp Is not broken by tomorrow
and the crusaders are not on the move
the sheriff declares he will charge them
with q force Of 200 armed men and
sweep the grove with bayonets.
Marion Looking for q Raid.
Marion, Ills, Aug. 13.-Yesterday the
first indications Of trouble among the min
ers developed in this county In the coun-
ty there are quite a number of mines
running on full time to the entire salts
faction Of the mine owners and miners.
Indications now point to serious diff
culties on account Of a large body of
marching miners in camp at johnson
City, five miles north of Marion. They
camesthere Wednesday night and have
succeeded in obtaining a walkout of the
miners at that place. Their next point
Is this city. The feeling Of the miners
here is decidedly in favor Of no strike.