Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-10-13

Alton detective, stood guard at a switch
to see it was not tempered with
The special train passed the station
and signal shots were fired from the
south end of the train announcing the
specials arrival Immediately shots
We're fired from the moving train and
outside and the battle was on. A few
moments after the train had passed the
switch, where kiley was stationed, anG
while he was talking with two citizens,
| he threw up his arms and dropped dead
with a bullet through his brain. He was
the first man killed. The train contin-
ued TO the stockade, the miners firing
into it all along the route and the negro
passengers returning the fire The mo-
ment the train reached the stockade the
miners opened desperate fire with
winchesters, revolyers and firearms of
all descriptions. The negroes on the
train answered with a steady fire. The
miners and the train were enyeloped in
cloud of smoke and the shooting
sounded like continuous volley.
Engineer Burt Tigar received bullet
in the arm and dropped from his seat.
His fireman seized the throttle, pulled
it open, and with jerk the train was
under speed, carrying load of wounded
negro passengers to Springfield. How
many were wounded is not known. The
train stopped at the stockade but two
minutes. Its departure did not cause
the firing to cease. The tower Of the
stockade was filed with sharpshooters,
armed with winchesters and they kept
up steady fire into the crowd of union
miners. Eyewitnesses say the dead
miners were killed after the train had
departed.
The supply and provision store of the
Chicago Vlrden Coal company is known
as the Climax Trading company. with
superintendent ]. f. Eyster in charge.
He was sitting III his store when his
telephone rang, and he was instructed
from the stockade to secure physicians
and hurry them to the place. Eyster
jumped Tito his delivery wagon, and,
securing two doctors, rushed them to
the mines. He returned to his store,
climbed out of his wagon and was just
entering the door when the cry was
raised that Manager Fred Lukens Of the
mines was with him. With rush a
throng of Infatuated miners pressed to-
ward the store. Eyster ran behind a
counter with a revolver in each hand.
The miners pressed hard after, and, as
Eyster sprang upstairs, he and the min
ers began shooting simultaneously.
He ran to the top Of the building and
jumped behind the chimney, while the
miners ran into the street ana opened
fire on him again. Chips flew from the
brick chimney, and Eyster ran from
cover across to the roof Of another store,
firing into the street below as he ran.
From there he crossed to the roof of the
bank of Virden, where he reloaded his
reyo1yers. Blood was flowing from a
wound In his side, but, with logged de-
termination, against terrible odds he
continued his flight Jumping to the
roof of the Rae s. Gosh drug store,
he halted behind projection from the
roof OF the building he had just left,
ana emptled both his six chambered
revolvers.
Then springlng from cover Eyster
dashed ahead amid the rain of bullets
to the roof of the Steed building, the
upper story of which is known as
Miners hall. He either fell or jumped
through the skylight and landed in the
arms of a crowd Of miners, who seized
and carried him down stairs to the
street Other hands seized the almost
unconscious man and he was dragged
into the middle of the street. Local
policemen drove back the crowd and
carried Eyster to the city square across
the street and laid him on the grass.
Eyster was motionless and supposedly
dead. The police left him lying and
attempted to disperSe the crowd.
In a few minutes Eyster was seen to
raise his hand and wipe tho blood from
his face. Two men sprang at him, and,
with the ferocity of tigers, began jump
ing on his body and striking him on the
head with stones. With yell the
angry crowd charged into the square to
kill Eyster. The police, charged in
body and fought their way to the CEN
ter of the mob, where they took stand
over the PROSTATE, battered, bleeding
man. A carrier was procured and BY
ster was taken to the Buckles hotel. He
had been shot through the groin and is
terribly battered about the head. The
physician states that he has barely
chance for recovery.
Battery B of Galesburg, His, under
Captain Craig numbering 1850 men, ar
rived from Pana.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. 13.-The spe-
cial train on the Chicago and Alton
which brought the Alabama negroes
from Virden last night had eight woun-
ded men-all deputies except one, who
was colored miner, who was taken to
the Springfield city hospital Of these
one man died, William w. Carroll
deputy sheriff.
John NJ Hunter of Pontiac, the presi-
dent Of the Illinois district of the
United Mine Workers of America, lie
at the Collins House in a critical condl-
ton. Mr.. Hunter got on the train
which bore the colored miners to this
city and engaged in conversation with