The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-15
Many Runlors
Afloat.
TROUBLE NOT OVER
Warrants Are Sworn Out
Against the Managers.

Virden. Ill, Oct. IA new CULVER of
excitement swept over this town hour
ly throughout the afternoon.
From o'clock till nightfall, rumor
followed rumor, and not even the best
informed had any idea as to what
would develop during the night. Ru-
mors that another trainload of ne
groes was on its way here, kept the
excitement at high tension. but the
militia are in complete possession of
the stockade, and are closely guarding
the railroad property.
The coroners jury heard a large
number of witnesses today, but it did
not conclude it's work. Warrants were
sworn out today before a local magis-
trate, by an officer of the Miners I'M
ion, charging President Louczs, Mana
ger Lukins and others with "conspi-
| racy to murder" but on the advice of
the military officers in charge here,
| they were not served
This action, however, caused Col
Young to refuse to allow several guards
who had been employed by the coal
company to depart for their homes in
| Chicago, as he thought they might be
from St Louis, who came up on the
train carrying the blacks, Wednesday,
and who were more or less seriously
wounded. We're allowed to leave for
home after a consultation participated
| in by Col. Young, Manager Lukins, Cor
oner Hart. Police Magistrate Roberts
and Attorney Patton. Three Of the
men were SO badly injured that it was
| necessary to carry them to the train
General a Y1l T nit ,oF
cago-Virden Coal Company today made
the following statement in regard to the
wages paid by his company and the
demands Of the strikers
Under the old scale of wages prior
to the summer of 1897, the pay at our
mines was rs cents per ton mine run,
and fairly good miners could and did
earn S2.25 per day of 10 hours, free Of all
/ expenses The pay rolls show an aver
| age of 1928 per day net for every miner
| In the mine, with a range of $1.f0 to
| S4.56 per day. The price Of powder
has been reduced so cents a l1eg since
| then, which makes material increase
in the miners wages. At the price
miners are demanding, 10 cents per
ton, an average miner can make from
So to 81 per day, and a good work
man would have no difficulty in earn
ing Sc per day. We have had men In
our Virden mine working at S. cents
per ton, screened COAL which equals
about 2S cents per ton at mine run,
make over Sc per day. The charge that
the Chicago Virden Coal Co. is OPP
pressing its miners and is not willing
to pay its employees living wages, is
perfectly absurd, and is not entertained
for a moment by people who are ia
miliar with the situation. The miners
are fighting to get all they possibly
can for their labor. We do not object
to the men making good wages, the
more the better. All we desire is an
opportunity to get our coal dug at a
price that will allow US to enter the
market and sell our coal without loss
to ourselves, and this is impossible at
the rate Of pay demanded by the
union workmen.
THE state has taken absolute pos
session Of our property, and has prac-
tically prohibited US from operating
our Mines"
Sheriff Davenport, who left virden
during the battle on Wednesday. re-
turned from Carlinville today He was
summoned here to appear before the
coronor's jury to give testimony beais-
ing on the riot.