Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11
CHINESE WILL NINE.
Celestials to Be Put II tho Place Oh
Striking Illinois MinerA
LABOR MEN PREDICT BL0eDSHE0.
An Army Of 5000 stafvlns Miners Con.
gsstsd at Coal City, Bfacsvilis, Carbon
Hill and Braidwood-An Appeal
10 Gov. Tanner.

CHICAGO, Nov. Interpretations foI
an armed siege are being made at the
General Wilmington Coal company's
mines in the Brsidwood district OF
northern Illinois Hundreds Of Chi
nese miners from Wyoming are being
imported to take the places OF men
who have been on strike since last
June. 1t is course that promises
either rioting and bloodshed or aquick
settlement Of the differences between
the strikers and mine operators. A
stout wooden stockade will surround
the Carbon Hill shafts and guards
armed with rifles and revolvers will be
ready TO repel rioters. Barrels OF Cat
ling guns will glimmer at portfolios in
the Enclosure wall and the gunners
will have orders to make them do
deadly work in case OF an invasion by
the people who will resent the impor-
tation.
Places Of $500 white employees Of the
company, who have been on strike
since July 4, are to be taken by the
labor that knows no unions and recks
not Of strikes. Within "a hours the
first batch OF 200 Cinnamon, which has
been secretly shipped, is expected TO
arrive at Carbon Hill, in the heart Of
the district, where the process Of at
tempting to crush the strike will be
commenced. Others will be brought
as quickly as practicable, and within
few weeks the complementof 800, with
which 1t Is intended TO pursue opera
tions until Chinese mine labor has been
tested in new field, will be on the
ground. Contractor Woo Cow admits
that he is hiring Chinese miners by the
hundreds from Lue Chez Chi, the great
Wyoming labor contractor.
Labor men predict reign OF riot and
bloodshed In the Braidwood district II
the Chinese come. An army Of 5000
starving miners Is congested at Coal
City, Braceville, Carbon Hill and Braid
wood, within o few miles Of the mines
where II Is proposed to put the coolies
at work this week. They are reported
to be already In state Of frenzy over
the projected celestial invasion and
ready to use any measure TO prevent
their places being filed. They have
conducted the strike peaceably for
four months in the expectation that
the Illinois coal companies would
come to terms. The dispelling Of
their hopes is calculated to cause
an outbreak such as has not been
experienced in labor troubles for
20 years.
A delegation Of miners officials,
headed by President Cartwright Of
the Springfield sub.district, waited on
Gov. Tanner yesterday in regard to
the rumored importation Of large
body OF Chinese miners into the Braid.
wood field. The governor expressed
his sympathy with the white miners,
and said that while he could not re.
strict the importation Of the Chinese
miners, he would not permit them to
enter the state bearing arms, nor
would he permit the presence at the
mines Of the reported large bodies Of
armed ex.Chicago policemen as guards
to the Chinese,
State Secretary W. d. Ryan, Of the |
Miners federation, states that If the
Chinese are imported and set to work
in the northern coal field bloodshed
will surely result and riot be insti-
gated over the importation. The
action Of the operators, Mr.. Ryan
holds, II the Chinese are imported and
set to work, will incite the strikers to
open rebellion and warfare will result
II Gov. Tanner refuses TO interfere
Secretary Ryan says the matter will
be carried to President Mckinley,