Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-13
Tnn Drrurirs DIsAnMrD.
%. chul. President Of tho ylrdsn Miner
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TIM DIftriiS DisARMtD.
~. Chui. President OF tho Nifdsn Miner.'
tnion. rails.
81. Louis. oct ia dispatch o. the
Post Dispatch from Nlrdcr. 49,, anyH3
81 Turner. nnc " the guards ata-
tl1ncd w she yards south w The town
% announce the approach VI The irain
cirfylnE thr negroes says be- nr.d ihl
first shots yesterday as signal O. thc
main body ~ miners near The dlpIt
The miners had agreed. he f.li. tHt
ten shots lu rapid succession should DO
thc signal fhat the train was nppr1a h
ms. Turner says he nrUd In he air,
and the mon on the train anrw rcd
with a. vo'iry into the crowd. wheruup-
on The nrlnE became g'naral
Mon are HWufnur iat1 NIrd upon
every train and hIFh way today m st
0. no m miner. but h1Hc who camo
ITO the town arr unarmtd.
Tn company store. whore the nH-
nuit upan EyHtsr occurred Il c3n-
sanity urrourdrd by q great thrurs
uf people. Every pane Of glass in the
Windows ls broken and the piiut on
ite building o. thickiy covered with
Che white nicknHH ~ bullet marks.
The wagon in which Oyster drove from
she Htockadc j. riddlod with bullets and
hIri shot.
The scenes NJ the iulproviaed morFuc
az Oxen HIufs arp most pItthic. Al
iho dead men thrrc had families ard
members 90 these have come FROM their
homes Their Erisf N hunrifrud.ng.
iricnslfyiHg the desperation and rags q
thr miners.
The citizens ~ vlrden arr bitter In
their condemnation " the gIvprnor flr
not preventing The terrible doinEs ~
ycr,crdly and their aEe over the. ac-
ton % ihe mne operators armed men
un the train rnrWH more fierce every
hour. Thclr aympaihies aro wholly
with the miners.
Chpi., Charles Forvior. commanding
company 70. sons " veterans " Elrln.
~. IL To- charge NJ the stock ID bulk by
thu ChlcaFo-Virdrn Coai O..
with part o. hll men h. entered she
aiocknde az Hm. api dlsirmcd the
detectives frsm ~. Louis and the 1rli
deputies employed by the operators.
They 1ncrd ~ objections % Capt
FsiNlrrs command 10 lay down their
arms. Soldiers wrh nxed hayHuets
uatfulled tho Hinckadr, and ths drtcc.
iIvrs ana deputy nh'rIffs, diHirmrl and
without overOuliH, walked around and
uhiysfrd
10 che Pog-plsratch reporter q. W.
tukrnH HlIdt "rhr trouble OF yeHter.
day was noi ~ our making The nirik-
ttl Hlurly surrounded the afhckids.
on the caa, side and south slide there
must have been az least 1000 miners.
They Wrrr On an orchard ana were
hNhrr Than We. and they opened nrr.
The fact that We only had one man
Killed ana n.N slightly wounded I Olu-
elder miracle. Thars were Thousands
upln thousands ~ shots fired. Tho
strikers began she nrnr when the train
arrived, For q luug time their shots
were directed al The train. After IL
IA
We returned the shots. I dopi1rc the
matter az much as any uue never
expected such a thing would occur
when We brauEht the negroes here
In View u she result. Mr Lukens. "
BE- was asked, "D1 you Intend % i'm.
Ior other negroes when the soldiers
u do Hut feel disposed 70 answer
that question. All she stories about
~ having portfolios ana shooting out
~ me tower are absolutely false" con-
oludld Mr., Lukens
Mr. Lukena asked capt, Feivars per-
mission g. 80 up town % have a COM
tulinii1n with Adit uen. Reese The
IermiHs.1n was accorded ard ION
mllluam n were detailed 10 escort him.
MI Luklns knew N che bitter feeling
the miners had Tor him and al the last
minute decided chat 10 would NOT he
wise for him 90 attempt the trip In
stead, ne scnf a request COR Gen. Reese
20 vlak him az the stockads
IA chm. president OF the Virdcn
Miners Union. IN only % years OF are
ana he does not look AZ N he could
hold an Infatuated hand OF 800 deter.
mined men back from wrenklng what
they considered a rlghtful vengeance.
~ this was what De ala "wednesday
afternoon.
\ number OF strike leaders we're adj
Nocnilng the stormlnE ~ tho stuclgldo
after their companions had been Killed
and wounded. 4 mol was already coi.
Letting when chill appeared among
them, lie WAS cool ana collected IIe
told thcn that n they procipitlted M
battle this time they would lose all
they had gained. They had attained
their object " Keeping OUT the cllored
miners. though the cost was fearful.
There wore fully 700 strange miners
IN town yesterday" sald chill "Thoy
we're around the stuckade.
''rhe men were mainly around tho
north switch as We expected the train
10 stop Fhere Tho deputies on M
train bogaln the hrIng,and we could only
return 10.
~ am sorry about that Eyster affair
They used him TOO roughly. nut, then
he was the man who was stationed In
the tower az tho atOckade and KILLED
most OF our men. when they saw him
they could not RESTRAIN themselvas
Sheriff Davenport IN largely 20 blame.
lilo sided with the operators and pavi
ihom 200 state rifles 20 iight citizens of
tho state with We tried our best "a
get HIN 20 stop the train ana let rs
have pcaceahle conference with the
! negroes, but he refused an peace over
lures and ana 1unt as Lukens wanted
him %. Jgueas All truuhle IL over tenn
purarily. on course, II after the Soldiers
leave they attempt To Import other me-
grnes l cannot be h.ld Responsible"
EYsTER AN INNOCENT VICTIM
st. louis. Oct. IA special 10 the
Post-D snatch from Nirden says.
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