Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-13

x-rpDtrN I'LL October H-lhe Ht'i0
-, virden is C nparatively quiet
to.rirbt after a day of riot ana Diooo-
- resulting from the long-expec'eu
-. ,.,,rean the union miners ana I'M
- Dooroes At 1910 o'clock this after
poon a Chicago and Alton spVoia'
81, hearing 200 negro miners from me r.
co,th arrived at the stockade arou"'
c,,icaeo-Yirden Coal Company
'''o o,d Immediately the fighting De-
n Al 10 o'clock tonight the hs'
s"s So. so,,en dead and thirteen wounded
J-Wod-Ed. Welsh, Springfield; FRANK
-, Springfield; Albert Smith Mount
C,r.. Joe Kutterly, Mount Olive' ErileS'
1..,,rer Mount Olive; A. II. Brenenah'
l..-s~d. d. II. Kfey, a Chicago ana Al'on
detective. 80 Dto,n,
nh. wounded-Ansk Ankle Monh'
-, cretave Giuseppe. Mount olivei
ma linton. Springfield Thomas ppm
s..,u.eald. Thomas Jennings ana JOE
,li'-l.. cirard. shot in leg; Joe kuhh'
c,r.rd shot in arm; George kuhk, uii "iu
Shot in stomach; william i1eri il''.
...rsrd shot in hand; Joe Bastoh' MUM
C,,... sbot in stomach; Joe Sprim' Mouh'
C,,..- snot in arm; Bart Tigar' engineer
,,,.icago and Alton road, shot III arm o
=, r,,s.or superintendent Climax Iradihs
compauv. shot and beaten
POSSIBLY MORE WOUNDED
=. g.. said that six men were WOUNDED
,-.,ao tho stockade, but this has not peer
...-ieo5 and those inside the stocKao'
-. -, communicate with outsiders
~ tho mast two weeks rumors nave
reached Virden that train with hes'oe'
groro Alabama would reach the CITY, dn'
,bo chicago and Alton depot mas Deer
..,.ro,D1ed day and night by miners
awaiting their arrival - uu,itoa
To-dav the Chicago and Alton iimi'eu
5,, 20 mass through here at 10 O'CLOCK
I'm route for Chicago, was an houI i",,
and displayed flags on the rear ehu i,'u'
,,,ino that a special was following lH''
...a,stolv the word was spread, ana
5apse crowd Of miners lined the s'''iOl
,.,tform while another crowd coheo'e'
AZ the entrance of the stocKaue'
mile north of the station. d. H. hii0''
chicago and Alton detective, stood guar
~ switch at the south end OF the STA
,to, rlstform TO see that it was not tam
Ie.ed with.
THE BATTLE ON.
At 12:ao the special train passed the 81"
lion and signal shots were hred rom III
south end Of the train announcing l's "'
rival rmmediately shots were hred iron
She moving train and outside ana IN
,.,.io ,,.,s ON A few moments after TN
tr,i, had passed the switch where hlle!
was stationed. and while ne was '"iNi''
with two citizens ne threw up ms arm
and drooned dead. with a bullet through
his brain. He was the first man killeo'
Th, ,r,in continued TO the stockade' IN
miners firing into il all along the rou'
and the negro passengers returning IN
IRE.
STEADY FIRING.
Tho moment the train reached the STOCK
sae the miners opened desperate lit
with Winchesters. revolvers and nre
arms Of an descriptions. The negroes o
the train answered with a steady fr'
Ihc miners ana the JoiH WIZ N"'NN
10 cloud Of smoke. and the shooun
sounded like continuous voiley. III
gireer Tigar received bullet in the arr
and cropped from his seat. His frema
seized the throttle. pulled 1t open an
with a jerk the train was under spee'
carrying "a load OF wounded negroes.
FIGHT Al sTOCKADE.
The train stopped at the stockade b'
TWO minutes Its departure did not caus
the fighting 10 cease The tower OF tn
s,ockade was filled with sharpsAootors
armed with Winchesters. and they KEEP
up a steady fire into the crowd OF uniol
miners. Eye-witnesses say the dea
miners were Killed after the train na
departed.
1t IL not known low many men are s'a
toned behind the walls Of the stockad'
hut am estimate places them at betwee
twenty-five and forty. IL Is eiaimeo Una
six within the stockade were wo'naeo