The herald., 1898-10-14
Liable to Burst Forth Fiercely at
Any Moment
THE MINERS BITTERLY DETERMINED
The ChicagoVirden Company Unaeraby Fixed in Its P-
pose to Run the Mines With Imported Laborers
Troops on Guard

train began the firing. We eo~ld only re-
turn It.
IT am sorry about that Eyster affair.
They handled him too roughly. But then
he was the man who was stationed in the
tower at the stockade and killed most Of
our men. When they saw him they could
not restrain themselves Sheriff Daven.
port is largely to blame. He sided with
the operators and gave them 200 State
rifles to fight citizens of the State with.
1--WE tried our best to get him to stop
| the train and let us have q peaceful con.
ference with the negroes, but he refused
all peace overtures and did just as Lukens
wanted him to. l guess all trouble Is over
temporarily. OF course, If after the
soldiers leave they attempt to import other
negroes. cannot be held responsible.
The Miners Meet
A meeting Of the executive committee Of
the strikers was held this afternoon. Chair
man John Belgar asserted that not a man
'among the Th!el and Pinkerton detectives
stationed within the stockade had been
sworn In as deputy sheriff. He followed
this statement by declaring that all Of them
could be held as accessories on a charge Of
murder.
The matter was discussed and . decision
made to employ counsel and lay the mat
ter before the grand jury.
The union miners this afternoon received
their semi-weekIy allowance Of g from the
union.
Portentous Quiet
VIRDEN, ILL.,, Oct. 1S1The town IL a.
quiet as country church-yard today. Two
Calling guns of the Galesburg Battery on
the public square and blue-capped in
fantryman at each corner Of the business
district are about the only evidence of yes
terday's riot, outside Of the O'Neil home,
a story and half cottage. In the front
yard Of this humble home stand FIVE black
covered coffins. on each of which is q SIM
pie plate engraved with the words: "At
rest"
Under the lids are the mortal remains Of
five victims Of yesterdays battle at the
stockade Of the Chicago-Virden Coal Conn
pany. They are:
ERNEST KITTERLY, Mount Olive
ELLIS SMITH, Mount Olive.
ERNEST KEUTNER, Mount Olive.
ED WETz, Springfield.
Al WILLIAM BLUE. Springfield.
Col Mcknight, Of the Governors stan,
accompanied by Acknowledgement Rose,
at midnight visited the stockade Of the
Chicago -Virden Coal Company and served
formal notice on Manager Lukens that the
> soldiers would visit the stockade today
and d!sarm all inmates. Col. Mcknight
expresses the opinion that there will be no
further outbreak on the part Of either the
Col. Mcknight drove over from his home
at Girard last night. On the way he passed
numerous squads of miners returning to
their homes In Girard, Mount Olive and
ne:ghboring towns Most of the men were
Iwell arranged.
|clared the town is virtually under the con-
troll Of the State troops. under Captain
Craig, Of Battery B, First Illinois Artil-
lery.
Upon arrival of the soldiers from Pans
two Gatling guns were taken to the public
Isquare, where they command the business
section. Guards were thrown out and the
remainder of the soldiers were quartered
( In the opera house.
Ad1utant-General Rose expects troops A.
and D Of the First Illinois Cavalry and
four companies of Sons of Veterans, from
, Rockford. DekaEb. Oregon and MacComb
today
Two hundred miners who have been
sleeping in the Miners Union Hall for sew
eral weeks were somewhat surprised on
coming from their quarters at daybreak to
find soldiers on picket duty at tho door.
Each man was met with Hold up your
: hands, The request was good-naturedly
assented to. Each man was Thoroughly
searched. but fruitlessly for firearms.
Among the crowds were several negroes,
and from outward appearances there ap-
parently existed the best Of feeling be.
= tween the white and black miners.
An Internal Outrage
General Bradley, leader Of a delega-
,, ton of sixty miners from Mount Olive.
returned home today with the remains Of
; the dead Mount Olive miners.
Il think this has been ono of the most
Internal outrages ever penetrated on a
, laboring public" he said. "Our men wero
, shot down like dogs. Our men had orders
: to talk the matter over with the mine peo-
. | pie wher IT came to a crisis and not to shoot
unless fired upon. Instead Of arbitratine
the question, leave for home with bag
, gage-car Of dead men.
II do not expect any further trouble In
q Virden for the present, but cannot an.
swer for the future for there Is a day OF
reckoning coming when the laboring men
. will be given bread instead Of bullets"
, There Is a feeling among the people Of
? the town not connected with the mines
that the Virden miners are not responsible
for yesterdays tragedy. One citizen de-
. clared that all the trouble had been caused
] be outsiders who came here and melted
the local strikers to acts of violence.
" striking incident that bears out this state-
ment is the fact that in yesterdays bloody
: work not single Virden miner was killed.
and only one slightly injured
:. Small knots of people are gathered on
every corner discussing the effects Of yes
terday's sad affair and all anxiously await
ing the arrival Of Colonel Young's brigade.
The Mayor Relieved
III Mayor H. Nofl of Virden, harnessmaker
by occupation, soid today, II felt great
i ly relieved when the soldiers unloadea
J here. The town Is now in their hands and
anticipate no further trouble. Yesterday
had seven special police sworn to hetp
r protect life and property, but this handfui
1 Of men were Of no avail. The miners made
, It warm for Sheriff Davenport, and he LETT
. town. friends taking him four miles to
I Girard, and later he was taken on to hin
e home in Carlinville. where he IL now. A
soon as he left I felt the weight Of re-
t sponsibi1ity rested on me. The town hae
> resumed It's normal condition today.
cannot closely estimate the number Of
j miners here yesterday, but Judge there
: were between 1900 and 1000. Great numbers
Of these have gone and the worst IL tin-
doubtedly over. The business houses, a.
J you see. ere open today and there 10 llt4lA