The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-14
Idle Men at Virden Are Excited
and Determined.
COMPANY WILL NOT YIELD
No Progress Made Towards a Perman-
ent Peace at the Mines-The Militia
Have Had a Restraining
Influence.

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but aside from the restraining infiu-
ence OF the militia no progress has been
made toward permanent peace. The
idle miners were excitable and deter
mined. while the Chicago -virden Coal
company has shown no sign OF a pur-
pose to abandon its plan of operating
its mines with imported negroes. Yes
terday's shooting has resulted in IA
deaths so far, as follows:
ERNEST KITTERLY, miner. Mt.
Olive.
ELLIS SMITH. miner. Mt. Olive.
EDW. REETZ. miner. Springfield.
WILLIAM BLUE. miner Springfield.
ERNEST KEMLER. miner. Mt.
Olive.
A. II. BRENNAMAN. miner. Girard.
FRANK BILYEN. miner. SPRING
field.
ED. GREEN. miner, Mt. Olive. died
in hospital at Springfield yesterday.
| ERNEST LONG. MINER Mt. olive,
died in hospital at Springfield to-day.
| ID. ii. KILEY, chief detective, Chi
| cago.
A. w. CARROLL. guard on train.
died in hospital at Springfield yester-
! day.
AL. w. MORGAN. guard. Chicago.
killed IN stockade
| THOMAS PRESTON. guard. Chi
| cago; killed at stockade last night.
| WILLIAM HARMON. miner Girard:
died at Springfield tonight.
The number of injured will not ex-
ceed last nights estimate of 20. OF
| these few are in critical condition.
| The coroner's inquest brought out no
evidence of Importance to-day. After
the examination of about 30 miners the
hearing was adjourned until to-mor-
row.
The town is as quiet as a country
churchyard to-day. Two Gatling guns
OF the Galesburg battery on the pub
lie square and bluecaped infantrymen
at each corner in the business district,
are about the only evidences of yes
terday's riot outside of the O'Neil cot
tage. In the front yard OF this humble
home stand five black covered collins.
on each of which is a simple plate en-
graved with the words AT Rest" I'm
der :he lids are the mortal remains of
five victims Of yesterdays battle at the
stockade of the Chicago-Virden Coal
company.
Coroner Hart has impanelled jury
and will endeavor to place the respon-
sibility for the shooting. Colonel Nc
Knight of the governors staff. accom-
panied by Adtutant General Rees, at
midnight visited the stockade of the
Chicago-Nirden Coal company and
served formal notice on Manager Lu-
kens that the soldiers would to-day dis
arm all the inmates. Colonel Mcknight
expresses the opinion that there will
be no further outbreak on the part of
either the union miners or the guards
at the stockade
While martial law has not vet been
declared, the town is virtually under
control OF state troops under Captain
Craig of Battery B. First artillery.
Men are swarming into Virden on ev-
cry train and highway to-day Most of
them are miners. but those who came
into town are unarmed. Scenes at the
improvised morgue at the O'Neil house
are most pitiable. All the dead men
there had families and members of
these have come from their homes. The
grief is heartrending, fntensifying the
desperation and rage OF the miners. The
citizens OF Virden are bitter in con-
demnation OF the governor for not pre-
venting the terrible doings of yesterday
and rage over the action of the mine
operators and armed men on the train
grows more fierce every hour. Their
sympathies are wholly with the miners
Twenty-three men were wounded, a
number Of whom are in a serious con-
dNion. Eleven of these are miners, the
remainder being made up OF deputies,
guards. mine company employees. etc.
sibility for yesterdays battle. claiming
over a thousand miners began firing on
a train carrying negroes. After the
train pulled out the miners turned their
attention to the stockade
meeting OF the executive committee
of the strikers was held late this after |
noon. Chairman John Blegar asserted |
that not man among the Thiel and |
Pinkerton detectives stationed within |
4 10 hlngka1a L.,
deputy sheriff. He followed this state |
ment by declaring that all of them |
could be held as accessories on a charge |
or murder. The matter was discussed 1
and a decision made 20 employ counsel |
and lay the matter before the grand |
Jury.
The union miners this afternoon re- |
ceived their semi-weekly allowance Of /
81 from the union. State Secretary W. !
ID. Ryan and two soldiers Were sta
sioned before the entrance Of the hall |
and the miners were admitted five at a |
:ime. 1t took almost the entire after |
noon to disburse the money but there /
were no disturbances among the crowd |
Of waiting miners
The excitement of yesterday prior TO /
the arrival Of the negro train was 4
tonight when IL became |
known that a special train. consisting /
u one box car. three apparently empty 4
coaches and caboose that passed /
through here at s:25 this evening bore /
two carloads OF negroes taken through \
here to Springfield yesterday. The train /
went south and by a clever ruse, sue \
,eeded in passing through virden quiet
" and without interference. A big /
'rowd Of miners was at the station. but
The militia held them in check
when the train stopped AT the stock
ade. Captain FEWER. who was in COM
nand. then shouted:
Don't allow any one to disembark
rom that traini"
The gate was opened and file Of
soldiers rushed out on the double quick
With fixed bayonets and lined up along
iide of the train. General Manager
-ukens made a formal request that
heir employees be allowed to land and
inter the stockade. Captain FEWER de-
lined to grant this. Then Manager
-ukens put IL In the form of a demand.