Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-10-20
A LULL IN THE STORM.
Ne Progress Made Toward Permsn sna
Peace-killed and Wounded in
the Fight at yirdea.

Out, aSlue from the restraining lnnu-
ence of the militia, no progress has
been made toward permanent peace.
The idle miners are eXcitable and de-
termined, while the Chicago irden
Coal Co. has shown no sign of a pur-
pose to abandon its plan of operating
its mines with imported negroes. Yes
terday's shooting has resulted in IL
deaths so far.
The number of injured will not
much exceed last nights estimate of
20. Of these, few are in a critical con-
dition.
No Evidence OF Importance Brought Out
The coroner's inquest brought out
no evidence of Importance to-day.
After the examination of about 80
miners the hearing was adjourned I'M
| til tomorrow.
Tho PInkertons Accessories to Murder.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the strikers was held late this
afternoon. Chairman John Belgar as
serted that not a man among the
ThiGl agency and Pinkerton detec-
tive8 stationed within the stockade
had been sworn as 4 deputy sheriff
He followed this statement by declar
ing that all of them could be held az
accessories on a charge of murder.
He stated there were 90 men inside
the stOckade when the train bearing
the negroes stopped at the shaft yes
! terday noon, and that so Pinkerton
and Thiel men, acting as guards, were
| on the train. He said none of these
men are residents of the state. ana
consequently Sheriff Davenport had
refused to swear them in.
The matter was discussed and a de.
cision made to employ counsel and lay
the matter before the grand jury.
Union Miners Receive Their semi-WeekI,
Allowance.
The union miners this afternoon re-
ceived their semi-weekly allowance of
two dollars from the union. State
Secretary w. d. Ryan and two sol
diers were stationed before the en-
trance of the hall, and the miners
! were admitted five at q time. 1t took
almost the entire afternoon to dis
burse the money, but there We're nc
disturbances among the crowd of wait
ing miners.
Excitement Again Runs High.
The excitement of yesterday, prior
to the arrival of the negro train, wa:
equalled tonight when it became
known that a special train consisting
of one box car, three apparently emp.
ty coaches and caboose that passed
through here at 5:25 this evening
bore two carloads of negroes taken
through here to Springfield yester-
day. The train went south and, by
clever ruse, succeeded in passing
through Virden quietly and without
interference. A big crowd of miners
was at the station, but the militia
held them in check.
No Negroes Allowed to Leave the Train.
When the train stopped at the
stockade, Capt. FEWER, who was in
command, shouted: Don't allow
anyone to disembark from that
train"
The gate was opened and file of
soldiers rushed out on the double
quick, with fixed bayonets, and lined
up alongside of the train. General
Manager Lukens made formal re-
quest that their employees be allowed
to land and enter the stockade. Capt.
FEWER declined to grant this.
Then Mr.. Lukens put it in the form
of demand, but the officer replied
that he was under orders from Gov.
Tanner to prevent the disembarking
of any negro miners at the works,
and he would have t ocarry out those
instructions. General Manager Luz
kens, protested in vain. and the train
pulled out, headed south.
The Strikers Gathered at the Depot.
BY this time the advance guard of
strikers gathered at the depot and adj
vanced up the the track to within 1OC
yards of the stockade. The presence
of armed bluecOats in the lookout
boxes evidently halted them, as they
remained there until the train passed,
when they greeted it with waving
hats and cheers for Gov. Tanner, who,
they believed, had been instrumental
in starting the blacks on their home
ward journey.
After the departure of the train Mr..
Lukens made this statement:
Statement of Mr.. Lukens.
From my personal knowledge I
can say that no shots were fired from
the train carrying the negro miners
until at least 500 shots had been fired
into it, and several of the guard
wounded.
The strikers commenced firing on
the train just after it had passed the
depot, and kept it up as long as the
train was within gunshot. When the
train stopped at the gate our guards
were there to assist in unloading the
cars. But few shots were fired by
them, most of the defense firing being
done by the train guards.
when the special train carrying
the blacks arrived this afternoon at
the mine, the troops, under orders
from Gov. Tanner, refused to let them
get off the train, and they were COM
PEELED to go through.