The record-union., 1898-10-13


him and carried him down stairs to
the street. Other hands seized the al
most unconscious man, and he was
dragged into the middle of the street.
Local policemen drove back the crowd,
and carried Eyster to the city square
across the street and laid him on the
grass. Eyster was motionless and sup
posedly dead. In a few minutes he
was seen to raise his hand and wipe
the blood from his face. Two men
sprang at him, and, with the ferocity
of tigers, began jumping on his body
and striking him on the head With
stones.
With yell the angry crowd charged
into the square to kill Eyster The po-
lice charged in a body, and fought their
way to the center of the mob. where
they took a stand over the PROSTATE.
battered, bleeding man. A carrier was
procured, and Eyster was taken to the
Buckles Hotel He had been shot
through the groin, and is terribly bat
tered up about the head. The physicians
say he has barely a chance for recov-
cry.
Ihe dead miners were removed from
the vicinity of the stockade to hotels
and livery stables, and the wounded
miners were taken on litters to the sta
ton and taken to Springfield on the s
o'clock train
An Associated Press reporter secured
admlttance TO the stockade late to-
night. The list of dead and wounded
inside the stockade follows:
Dead: A. w. Morgan, Chicago.
Wounded: H. Gritgesel, shot in the
shoulder; o. j. Snyder, shot in the face
and legs; James Sickles, Chicago. shot
in the leg; Frank Wilder, Chicago. shot
IN the arm; Thomas McIntee, Chicago.
shot in the leg.
Two doctors We're at work with the
wounded, and communication with
them was prohibited.
The stockade surrounds about twen-
ty acres of ground in a square. and is
made of pine boards an inch thick. set
edge TO edge. about twelve feet high.
On each of the four sides. about mid
way IS a small watch tower contain
ing guard armed with Winchester
Ihere are three entrances. which are
closely guarded by half dozen armed
sentries day and night. The fight to-
day occurred at the east entrance
There are about thirty-five big. strong
men stationed inside the stockade to-
night, each keeping watch through a
loophole. The four towers have been
deserted
Manager Lukens remained at his desk
IN the office all night issuing orders to
his men. He said tonight: .sThe
blood of every man shed here is on the
Governors head He is absolutely out
side of the law, and has no iustifica-
ton whatever in refusing to send
troops. His public statement that tho
miner had the same right to fight for
ms property, which was his labor as
the mine owner did to protect his prop
erty, inspired the men to the action
which they took to-day in firing upon
slhe train as soon as it came into o1r.
town.
detail of militia at 1915 tonight
killed eX-Lieutenant of Police Tom
preston OF Chicago at the stockade
lie was standing outside the stockade
as guard. The militia gave the bv-
standing miners the command to halt
ana Preston stepped back to the gate.
Inc militia fired, and he was shot in
the stomach. He was carried into the
office Of the stockade. where he ex-
pired.
Battery D of Galesburg, ILL.,, under
captain Craig, numbering $50 men, ar
rived here tonight from Pana.
AN INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR
TANNER.
SPRINGFIELD QlL), Oct. 12.-In an
interview with Governor Tanner this
evening regarding the Virden riot he
said:
''T. G. Louck. President, and Mr..
Lukens, Superintendent of the Virden
Coal Company, at 1890 to-day made
good their threat to land a trainload
of imported laborers from the South.
and attempted to put them to work in
their mines at the point of the bayonet
and the muzzle of the Winchester, such
laborers being drawn largely, if not en-
tirely, from the criminal class. ex-con-
victs, who learned their trade while
doing time in the penitentiaries of Ala
bama, after having been fully advised
and having full knowledge that the
landing of such imported laborers
would precipitate riot.
81 had wired them that if they
brought these imported laborers they
did so at their own peril, and. in con-
sequence, would be morally responsible
and criminally liable for anything that
might happen. From the information
I can gather at this time the very
minute the train stopped in front of
the coal shaft where the doors of the
stockade We're thrown open for the
imported laborers to enter, the firing
began. The killed and wounded are
largely idle miners, who We're on the
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guards who were brought along by the
coal company. Most, if not all, of
them We're non-residents of Illinois.
There is no means of learning their
names or whereabouts, for the reason
that they declined to give them out,
knowing, perhaps, that they are crimi-
nally liable for murder. as they had no
permission from any officer in Illinois
authorizing or deputizing them to act
as Deputy Marshals. orr Deputy Sheriffs
Instantly on learning of the trouble I
directed Adjutant General Reece to
order Captain Craig of the Galesburg
Battery and one company of the Sons
of Veterans Regiment, now stationed
at Pana, to proceed at once by the
quickest route to the scene of the trou
bic. General Reece accompanied Cap
tam Craig, ditO l. IdNe lilSIl uCleQ den-
eral Reese to quell the riot and main
tain order, protect life and property, to
disarm all persons bearing arms and
not to allow imported laborers to un-
load from any train within the limits
of the city, nor to- march in a body.
''The avaricious mine owners, who
have so forgotten their duty to society
as to bring about this blot upon the
fair name of our State, have gone far
enough; yes, too far as they had fair