The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-13

the center of the mob, where they took
stand over the PROSTATE. battered,
bleeding man. "A carrier was /ocured.
ana Eyster was taken to the Buckles
motel, He had been shot through the
Sroin, and is terribly battered up about
the head. The physicians say that he
has barely a chance for recovery.
Ine uead miners were removed from
the vicinity of the stockade to hotels
and livery stables, and the wounded
miners were taken on litters to the
station and taken to Springfield tonight
OF the o'clock train.
INSIDE THE sTOCKADE.
An Associated Press reporter secured
adinittance to the stockade late to-
night. The list of dead and wounded
inside the stockade follows:
Dead: A. w. Morgan, Chicago.
Wounded: H. GritgeshelI, shot in
shoulder; o. ]. Snyder, shot in face and
legs; James Sickles, Chicago, shot in
leg; Frank Wilder, Chicago, shot in
arm; Thomas McIntee, Chicago. shot
in leg.
Two doctors were at work with the
wounded and communication with them
was prohibited.
The stockade surrounds about 20
acres of ground in a square and is made
of pine boards an inch thick. set edge
to edge about II feet high. On each of
the four sides about midway, is a small
watch tower, containing a guard armed
with Winchester. There are three
entrances, which are closely guarded
by half a dozen armed sentries day and
night. The fight today occurred at the
east entrance There are about 80 big,
strong men, stationed inside the stock
ade tonight, each keeping watch
through a loophole. The four towers
have been destroyed
Manager LukenS remained at his desk
in the Office all night issuing orders TO
MS men. Manager LukenS said tonight:
The blood of every man shed here
is On the governors head. He is abso-
luteIy outside OF the law ard has no
justification whatever in refusing. 10
send troops. His public statement that
the miners had the same right to fight
Tor his property, which was his labor.
as the mine owner did to protect his
property, inspired the men to the ac-
tion which they took today in firing
upon the train as soon as it came into
our town.
WOUNDED REACH SPRINGFIELD
Springfield, Ills. Oct. 12.3The sneeial
train on the Chicago & Alton which
brought the Alabama negroes from Viz /
Den had eight wounded men, all depu-
ties except one, who was a colored
miner, who We're taken to the Spring
held city hospital. OF these, one man
died tonight, William C. Carroll, a dep
uty snerlff. He was shot three times,
one bullet passing through his neck
from the right side; another passing
INTO the temple in the right side and
the third entered the brain over the
eye, crushing the skull Another train.
which arrived at 8 o'clock tonight.
brought up six wounded men. who
are at st. Johns hospital. Those at |
Springfield hospital are:
William Clarkson, an inmate of the !!
0ld Soldiers Home, at LeaVenWorth. |
Kan, deputy; skull crushed; will die
II. n. Kyger Of Bloomington, engineer
on train; shot through arm.
William MaSser Of st. Louis, deputy:
shot through head, shoulder and hands:
viii probably recover.
James Palmer, deputy: shot in left
SIDE Of face, arm and side; will recover.
Palmer has just been mustered out of
the Third Nebraska regiment He re-
uses TO give his home
Patrick Mack, of Virden, empIoved
oy the operators of the Chica ago-Virden
shaft; bullet went through his thigh. {
will recover.
Ernest Ryan, a colored miner from (,
Alabama; bullet went through his head.
will recover.
John A. Hunter of Pontiac, the pres
dent of the Illinois district of the
jnited Mine Workers of America. lies
Il the Collins house in q critical condi-
lon- Mr.. Hunter got on the train
when bore the coiored miners to this {
lty this afternoon and engaged in con-
'ersation with two of the colored min
rs Some of the deputy sheriffs saw
iunter ana When the train was be- s
Ween North Grand avenue and North {
mart, and was going at the rate of Is
liles an hour, it is estimated, the dep
tles attacked Hunter and pushed him t
Il the train. A man who happened
long later IN Il buggy saw Hunter ly- s
lg near the track in an unconscious
and placed him in his buggy !
nd took him TO the Collins House. He I
still unconscious
Governor Tanner tonight wired the 7
ar department, asking if the Fifth Il I
nols infantry could not be placed at /
IS disposal Tor use at Virden. Colonel /
ulver, the commander OF the Fifth, S
as rendered his services and those OF I
he regiment TO the governor. t
GUARD KILLED BY MILITIA. i
A detail of militia at 10:30 tonight p
lied eX-Lieutenant of Police Tom r
reston of Chicago at the stockade. He t
as standing outside the stockade as
lard. The military gave the by P
anoIhS miners the command to halt y
I'd Preston stepped back to the gate. n
ne militia fired and he was shot in !,
e stomach. He was carried into the y
nee in the stockade, where he ex- E,t E
red. b
Battery D of Galesburg, Ills, under II
lptain Craig, numbering 100 men, ar . {,
we'd here tonight from Pana. u u
Tonight Ed Green of Mt. Olive. .,
lion miner, died Of injuries received -
today's shooting. This makes to- - -
of eight dead I'd
Adjutant General j. c. Reece came o.
pm Springfield with the militia to- ::
ght. He said that ex-Lieutenant :,
eston was not killed by the militia. .
said that when the guard at the =.
'ckade had lodged into the entrance ~
the militia order of Hands up." a X
volver Shot was fired from the dark 80
SIS and Preston fell mortally wound 81
General Reece said that the militia "
not fire shot and Preston was IT.
led with a revolver by some one un- bs
own. W Ds