The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-13
A MOB'S TERRIBLE WORK.
STRIKERS ATTACK NON
UNION MINERS.
MUCH BLOOD is SPILLED.
Seven KInsd and Many wounded A stray
Bullet TAKES OF a Detective. Mnitla
Called QUIT ause Lead nE Up
TO the Fearful Tragedy

Virden. Ills, oct t2.-The little town
Of Virden is comparatively quiet to-
night, after a day OF riot and bloodshed
the long expected clash between the
union miners and imported negroes At
II 40 o'clock this afternoon Chicago
& Alton special train bearing 200 neg
gro miners from the south arrived at
the stockade around the Chicago Vir-
den coal companys mines and imme-
diately terrific firing began. The lisr
at 10 o'clock tonight stands seven dead
anas eighteen wounded
THE DEAD
ED WELSH. Springfield
FRANK BILYEAU, Springfield
ALBERT SMITH, Mt Ollve
JOE KITTERLY, Mt. Olive.
ERNEST KEUTNER, Mt Olive,
A II. RRENEMAN, Girard.
ID. II. KILEY. Chicago x Alton detec-
tive.
WOUNDED.
ANSK ANKEL, Mt. olive
| GUSTAV WEVSIEP. Mt olive
ED UPTON, Springfield
| THOMAS JENNINGS. Springfield
| JOE HAINES, Girard. shot in leg
JOE RuNK, Girard, shot Ina stom-
n,h
WILLIAM HERMAN. Girard; shot
In hand.
JOE BAsToN, Mt olive; shot in
stomach
JOE sPELIM, Mt. olive; shot in
arm.
BART T1GAR, engineer c. < A.
| shot in arm.
| J. f. EYSTER, Supt. Climax trading
company; shot and beaten.
| 1t is said that six men were wounded
inside the stockade, but this has not
been verified, and those inside the
stockade refuse to communicate with
outsiders.
For the past two weeks rumors have
reached Virden daily that train hav-
ing negroes from Alabama would reach
the city, and the Chicago Il Alton de-
pot has been surrounded day and night
| by Vigilant miners determinedly await
Ing their arrival
FURTHER PARTICULARS
Today the Chicago q Alton limited,
due to pass here at 10 o'closk. shot
| through en- route TO Chicago an hour
late displaying flags on the rear indi-
eating that a special was following.
| Immediately the word was spread and
a dense crowd of miners lined the
station platform, while another crowd
collected at the entrance Of the stock
ade half a mile north of the station.
ID. B. Klley, a Chicago & Alton detec-
| tive. stood guard at the switch at the
south end OF the station platform To
see that it was not tampered with.
| At 1910 the special train passed the
| station and signal shots were fired
from the south end of the train. an
nouncing the specials arrival. Immedi-
ately shots were fired from the moving
train and ,.:side and the battle wa,
on. a lew lJnents ater the train nal
passed the - itch where <il.y was
| stationed, and while he was talking
with two citizens, he threw up his
arms and dropped dead with a bullet
| throught his brain. He was the first
man killed. The train continued to the
| stockade the miners firing into IL all
| along the route, and the negro pass
engers returning the fire The moment
the train reached the stockade the min
| ers opened a desperate fire with win
chesters, revolvers and fire arms OF all
descriptions The negroes on the train
| answered with a steady fire The min
! ers and the train were enveloped in a
cloud OF smoke and the shooting sound
ed like a continuous volley Engineer
Burt Tigar received a bullet in the arm
and dropped from his seat. His fire
man
SEIZED THE THROTTLE.
pulled it open and with a jerk the train
was under speed. carrying a load Of
wounded negro passengers TO Spring
field. How many We're wounded Is not
known. The train stopped at the stock
ade but two minutes. Its departure did
not cause the firing TO cease The tow
ct OF trs stockade was filled win
lsharp shooters armed with Winchesters
and they kept up steady fire into the
Icrowd Of union miners. Eye witnesses
say the dead miners were Killed after
the train had departed. IT is not
known how many men are stationed
behind the walls Of the stockade. but
an estimate Is placed at between 25 and
40. IL is claimed that six within the
stockade were wounded, but those in
side refuse 10 hold any communication
with the outside, and nothing definite
can be learned. Word was, however,
sent from the stockade to physicians
In town, that their services were need
ed. The supply and provision store OF
the Chicago Virden Coal company Is
! known as the Climax Trading company
with Supt. J. S. Eyster in charge At
2 o'clock. after the firing at the stock
ade had subsided, an attack without a
parallel In the history Of the trouble
! was made on Eyster in this store on
Main street, one block from the repOt.
which will probably cost him his life
: He was sitting in his store when his
> telephone rang and he was instructed
from the stOckade TO secure physicians
and hurry them 10 the place. EysteI
Jumped into his delivery wagon. and
securing two doctors. rushed them u
the mines. He returned 10 his store
climbed out OF his wagon and was just
entering the door when the cry Ras
raised TO kill him.
Fred Lukins, Of the miners. was will
him. With a rush, athrong Of infuri
ated miners pressed toward the store
Eyster ran behind a counter with
revolver in each hand. The miner
pressed hard after and Eyster ran al
| stairs he and tho r,afr,ara hao., eh.at