The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-13

y1RpEN, Ills, Oct 12.-The little
town of Yirden is comparatively quiet
tonight after a day of riot and blood
shed, the long expected clash between
the union miners and imported negroes.
Az 12AO o'clock this afternoon q Chicago
and Alton special train bearing 200 ne
20 miners from the south arrived at
the stOckade around the chlcago-virden
Coal Companys mines and Immediately
terrific firing began The list at 10
o'clock tonight stands seven dead and
eighteen wounded.
The dead: Ed welsh, Springfield;
Frank Bilyeu, Springfield; Albert Smith,
Mt olive; Joe Ritterly. Mt, Olive; Err
mes, Keutner, Mt. Olive; A. h. Breue-
man, Girard; D. H. Klley. Chicago and
Alton detective.
The wounded: Ansk Ankel, Mt Olive;
Gustav wevsiep. NE. Olive; Ed. Upton,
Springfield; Thomas Jennings, SPRING
field; Joe Halnes, olrard, shot in leg;
Joe Runk, Girard, shot in arm; George
Runk, Glrard, shot in stomach; William
Herman, GIrard, shot in hand; joe Bas-
ton, Mt. Olive, shot in stomach; Joe
shrlm, Mt. olive, shot in arm; Bart
Tigar. engineer C. & A., shot in arm;
]. F. Eyster. superintendent Climax
Trading Company, shot and beaten
1, Is said that six men were wounded
inside the etockade, but this mas not
been verified and those inside the stock
ade refuse to communicate with the
outsiders.
For the past two weeks, rumors have
reached vlrden daily that a train hav-
Ing negroes from Alabama would reach
the city and the Chicago and Alton de-
pot has beer. surrounded day aud night.
by vlgiIant miners determinedly await
ing their arrival.
To-day the Chicago and Alton limited
due to pass here at 10 o'clock, shot
through en- route to Chicago an hour
I,,s SI.nlavinr aaes ON. the rear indi-
eating that a epeclal was following. I'M
medlately the word was spread and a
dense crowd Of miners lined the station
pl,,sorm while another crowd collected
a, the entrance oe the stockade, half
mile north Of the station. D. B Kney,
a chicago and Alton detective, stood
guard At a switch 1t the south end OF
the station platform to see 1t was not
,snpered with
Tn. u.,,I. an
Al 12Io the speclal train passed the
s.atIon and .,pnal .bots were fred from
the sonth and Of the train announcing
the specIal,s arrival Immediately shots
were Ared from ,he moving train and
outside and the battle was on. A few
r,omenrs Ftsr the train had passed the
switch wb.rs 1cilev was stationed. and
while ne was taking with two citizens,
n. threw nm HE arms and dropped dead
with bu,ls. 4hroprh his brain. He was
the Ar,, man k,Iled The train con-
.Inusd IN +he stockade the miners firing
into Z, all alon1 the rnpte and the negro
pasgenrers returnInr the are The mo
nent the train reached the stockade.
the mIners opened a desperate fire with
wlncb.s,er, rpvo,vers and arearms OF
all dissertations The negroes on the
train answered with a steady FIRE. The
miners and the train were enyeloped in
a cloud of smoks and the shootlng
sounded like a continuous yolley. En-
glneer Burt rIrar received n bullet in
the arm ana dropped from his seat. His
fireman ,eizad the throttle. puried II
omen and with n isrk the train was un-
dor speed CARRYING n load Of wounded
negro possengsrs 10 snrInpse,d. How
many were wounded is moi known. The
train stonnsa a, tho ,,ockads bu. two
mIpu.ss +, donsrturs ara not cause
tbe ar,nr ~ cc,s. The tower or tho
g.ockade was sIlsd with sbarpshoo,erS
armed Win Uyrnobo.,sr, ana tbov keni
IN , us,dv A.. ir,o ,ho crr,,d az unlon
mlners F,ve.wI,nssss,s s,v TINT dead
miner, wers kl,,sd, o,,or ire trn,n had
depar,od II 6. M. rnorn nos, ,,nnv