Evening journal., 1898-10-14
THE MINERS STRIKE ST
Another Attempt to Land
Negroes at Virden.
TRAIN ORDERED AWAY BY TROOPS.
Companies of Sons of Veterans Nus
tered Into state Service = Sol
diers Sent From Chicago-Re-
viscd List of the Dead.


diers Sent From ChIcago-Re-
vised List of the Dead.
vIRDEN, Ills, oct. 1.-THE intense
excitement on Wednesday prior to
the arrival of the negro train was
equaled last night when II became
known that a special train, consisting
OF one box car, three apparently empty
coaches and n caboose that passed
through here at 5:25 last evening bore
two carloads of negroes, taken through
here TO Springfield Wednesday. The
train went south and by a 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.
When the train stopped az the stock
ade Captain Fevior, who was IN COM
mand. then shouted, Don't allow any
one 20 disembark from that traini"
The gate was opened and a file OF
soldiers rushed out on the double
quick with fixed bayonets and lined up.
alongside OF the train. General Man
ager Lukens made formal request
that their employees be allowed 10 land
and enter the stockade. Captain Fee
vior declined to grant this Then Mr..
Lukens put IL I'm the form OF a demand,
but the officer replied that he was un-
der orders from Governor Tanner to
prevent the disembarklng OF any ne
gro miners at the works and be would
have 10 carry out those instructions
General Manager Lukens protested IN
vain, and the train pulled out, headed
south.
BY this time the advance guard Of
strikers gathered at the depot had adj
vanced up the track to within 100 yards
OF the stockade The presence of arm
cd bluecoats IN the lookout boxes evil
IDENTIFY halted them, as they remained
there until the train passed. when they
greeted It with waving hats and cheers
for Governor Tanner, who they believ-
ed had been instrumental in starting
the blacks on their homeward journey.
Coroner Hart impaneled a jury Of six
yesterday and began the inquest The
following are the jurymen: Justice Of
the Peace A. ]. Roberts, chairman; Lin
coin owens, retired farmer; L. w. Sill
loway. clerk; ID. II. Warwick, farmer:
John Good, farmer; J. ID. Foley mem
Der Of executive committee of union
miners. Six union miners were ex-
amined. They were unanimous In tes-
tifying that the first shots were fired
from the train while the train was about
100 feet south Of the station. They
claim their men did not return the fire
into the train until the train reached
the stockade. They testified that their
men shot into the air until the train
came 20 q stop. Yesterday afternoon an
the arms and ammunition OF the Chi
cago-Virden Coal company were con-
flscated by Captain Fervior, command
ing the state militia. There were 125
Springfield rifles and $500 rounds OF am
munition.
A meeting OF the executive committee
CT the strikers was held late yesterday
afternoon. Chairman John Belgar as
serted that not man among the Thiel
agency and Pinkerton detectives sta
TONED within the stoclyade had been
sworn In as a deputy sheriff. He fol-
lowed this statement by declaring that
all OF them could be held as accessories
on a charge Of murder
He stated that there were 20 men in
eide the stockade when the train bear
ing the negroes stopped at the shaft
Wednesday 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, and conse-
quontly Sheriff Davenport had refused
20 swear them in. The matter was dis
cussed, and a decision made TO employ
counsel and lay the matter before the
grand jury.
The union miners yesterday afternoon
received their semiweekly allowance
OF So from the union. state Secretary
w. ID. Ryan and two soldiers were sta
toned before the entrance Of the hall.
and the miners were admitted FIVE at a
time. II took almost the entire after
noon TO disburse the money. but there
were no disturbances among the crowd
OF waiting miners.
The following is revised list Of the
dead:
Ernest Kitterly. miner, Mount Olive;
Ellis Smith, miner, Mount Olive: ed
Walsh, miner Springfield: William
Blue. miner Springfield; Ernest KEN
Ter, miner, Mount Olive; A. n. Bren-
nan. miner. Girard; Frank Bryen. min
er, Springfield; Ed Green. miner. Mount
Olive, died in hospital at Springfield: Err
nest Long, miner, Mount Olive. died In
hospital at Springfield; ELI X. Kelly, a
detective, Chicago; w. A. Carroll. guard
on train, died IN hospital at Springfield:
Al w. Morgan, guard. Chicago. killed
In stockade; Thomas Preston. guard,
Chicago, killed az stockade; William
Harmon. miner Girard. died at SPRING
field last night.
The number Of injured viii not much
exceed the first estimate of 20. OF these
few are In a critical condition.
sons of Veterans Mustered In.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, oct. 18-Assist-
ant Adjutant General Ewert has mus
tered into the Illinois national guard
four companies Of the Sons OF Veterans
regiment for service at Virden. Adiu.
tant General Reaon rot,,,,,,a f,.,,. va.