Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14

says that no objections were offered t.
this proposition. He anticipated NJ
trouple at that point, and he expresses
his opinion that there will be no fur
ther outbreak on the part of either thu
union miners or guards at the stockade
Colonel Mcknight said that he drove
over from his home at Girard. On the
way he passed numerous squads OF
miners returning to their homes ir
Girard, Mount Olive and neighboring
towns. The parties numbered from hall
| dozen to 20 or 30, and in most cases
the men were we'll armed.
While martial law has not yet been
declared. the town is virtually under
control Of the state troops under Cap
tain Craig of Battery B, First Illinois
artillery. Upon arrival of the soldiers
from Pana two Calling guns were TAX
en- to the public square, where they
command the business section. Guards
were thrown out, and the remainder of
the soldiers were quartered in the opera
house.
Adjutant General Reese expects
Troops A, b, c and d of the First Illi-
nois cavalry and four companies Of
Sons of Veterans from Rockford, De
Kalb, Oregon and Macomb. On their
arrival the special guards in the stock
AIDE will be disarmed, and the soldiers
will take possession.
Two hundred Of the striking miners
who have been sleeping in the miners
union hall for several weeks were
somewhat surprised on coming from
their quarters to find soldiers on picket
duty at the door. Each man was met
with, Hold up your hands!" The re-
quest was good naturally assented to-,
however Each man was thoroughly
searched fruitlessly for firearms.
Among the crowds were several ne
groes. and from outward appearances
there apparently existed the best Of
feeling between the white and black
union miners.
Drndley's Views.
General Bradley, a unique charac-
ter among the mine workers and lead
err of a delegation of 60 miners from
Mount Olive, has returned home with
the remains Of the dead Mount Olive
miners
II think this has been one of the most
internal outrages ever perpetrated on
laboring public" he said. "Our men
were shot down like dogs. Our men had
orders to talk the matter over with the
mine people when it came to a crisis
and not to shoot unless fired upon. In
stead of arbitrating the question 1
leave for home with a baggage car of
dead men. I do not expect any further
trouble in Virden for the present, but I
cannot answer for the future, for there
is day Of reckoning coming, when the
laboring man will be given bread in
stead Of bullets"
There is feeling among the people of
the town who, are not connected with the |
mines that the Virden miners are not |
for the tragedy. One citi-
zen expressed his views in a very en-
phatic manner saying that all the
trouble had been caused by outsiders,
who came here and induced the local
strikers to acts of violence. A striking
incident that bears out this statement
IS the fact that in the bloody work not
a single Vjrden miner was killed and
only one slightly injured.
There was a report on the streets ear
~ that 100 negroes at Pana had been
killed last night and one of the shafts
The report came from SPRING
ield and proved untrue, Pana report
ng everything tranquil there The strik-
RS here but lily concealed their happi-
less at the first news, and there were
many regrets and expressions of hatred
When the story proved false.