Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-20
BATTLE WITH MINERS
nj Killed and Twenty Wounded
lirden, I'LL, Yesterday Week.
LIS GUARDED BY DEPUTIES
|Bht to Take the Strikers
Places.
TRAIN ARRIVED, FUSlLADE BEGAN

1 TRAIN ARRIVED, FUSlLADE BEGAN
csn men were killed and 20 wounded
Afpntlict at Virden, ILL.,, yesterday
AZ }Qaused by the Chicago Virden
VI 20. bringing q trainload of
}1e from the South to take the
|648pf white miners, who were on
Hid Tor higher wages.
078fmtches from Virden state that il
difiicult to say who began the
&rkxed miners were drawn up along
hicago & Alton railroad when the
arrived. They engaged in a
Ef|6 with the negroes who were on
&krain, and hot firing continued
|3}hl minutes. ,0.
Tanner had previously refused
bd troops to Virden, saying he did
&nt to help the mine owners to
5H1te the mines with imported labor.
IA hearing of the fight, he ordered
~ bodies of troops to the scene.
x5rden is q town of about 1000
Nation, in Macoupin county, in
{ soentral western part of Illinois, 81
}ea southwest of Springfield, the
9Ital.
1yas SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS.
ILL.,, Oct. ID. = seen. -
adley, a unique character among
d Mime workers and leader of
ll6lA&ation of 60 miners from Mt.
3f6y Returned home today, with the
n&fns of the dead of Mt. Olive
i16tt} ~ think this has been one of
D An>6st internal outrages ever perpe-
ltS ION a laboring public" he said.
1l3 men were shot down like dogs.
|4 thad orders to talk the matter
with the mine people when it came
<X crisis, and not to shoot unless
{3 upon. Instead of arbitrating the
g1tion, I leave for home with a bag
M car of dead men. l do not expect
trouble in Virden for the
vent, but l cannot answer for the
HIre, for there is day of reckoning
ling, when the laboring man will be
IN bread instead of bullets. -
here is feeling among the people
<he town who are not connected with
i mines that the Virden miners are
N responsible for the tragedy. One
Men expressed his views in very
{phatic manner, saying that all the
5pble had been caused by outsiders,
NJ came here and induced the local
fikers to acts of violence. A striking
oident that bears out this statement
The fact that in yesterdays bloody
{y& not single Virden miner was
tI&d and only one was injured.
Mineral Manager F. w. Lukens said :
|0 trouble of yesterday was not OF
Making. The strikers simply SUR
7|3lded the stockade. On the east and
lth hides, there must have been at
Ss Al BOO miners. They were in an
cl3afI and were higher than we, and
ay dfened fire. Considering the fact
VI Xe only had two men killed and
\ nightly wounded, / think it a
liknIe. There were thousands upon
QHFnnds Of shots fired. The strikers
|i|ln the firing when the train bear
the miners arrived. In short
d{e, their shots were directed at the
k}n- After it pulled out, the strikers
fhcd on us. We returned the shots.
deplore the matter as much as any
IL | never supposed such a thing
opld result when we brought the
'&roes here
lDPERINTENDENT EYsTER IMPROVING.
Later The reports are that j. f.
Yster, superintendent of the Climax
aiding Co., the concern controlled by
p. Chicago-Virden Coal Co., who was
beaten in the scrimmage, has
*pved slightly. Mr.. Eyster is d
Der of the Knights of Pythias,
ands high in the Masonic Lodge.
Us spirited away from the Buckles
ssst4 during the night by Masons, anc
nsz idiDg at private residence. Il
0lhGught he will recover. Rumors IL
"a eject that he died last night were
roulated in order to deceive tn,
Tikers, as it was believed by his
lends that, should it. become know
lat3he still lives. there would be ,
}nherted action on the part of tn,
liners to finish their bloody work
is 81 years old, and wa,
prn in Pennsylvania. He came herr
ON Kansas City, where he had beer
1gaged in clerical work. Business
M speak very highly of him, but al
n unanimous in saying that he wa
4 rash, and would not have beef
Tested If he had needed the advic,
&Xhis friends. Some of the miners
LIN they were under the impression
<fwas Manager Lukens they, wer,
Nsing, and if Mr.. Eyster had no
Nm fight he would have beef
wed to escape unhurt.
tier a careful investigation, the lis
Mead and wounded stands at /,
5IId and 90 wounded.
MINERAL OIL EXPORTS.