Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-10-13
THE ILLINOIS TRAGEDY.
Troops Occupy YiTden, and All
Is Quiet in Town,
List Of the Killed aud Wounded In
the ARRAY.
Pilliger Indians Holding POw-wow for
Peace or War.
PARIS STRIKE ABOUT ENDED.

Virden, ILL.,, oct. i3-The town Is quiet |
u day. Two Gatling guns VI the Gales |
burg battery on the public square and
lnfantrymen at each corner are about
the only evidence Of yesterdays riot out.
side Of ONe l's home, In the front yard
OF which stand live black-cOyeTed cCilius,
on each OF which Is a simple plate en-
gfgved AT Rast" Under the lids are
the mortal remains OF llye victims OF yes
teTday's battle at the stOekade OF the Chi
cagO ViTden Coal company. they are:
Ernest KitteTly. Mount olive; Ellis smith,
Mount Olive; Ernest Keutner, Mount
olive; I'D. Wetz, Springfield; William
Blue, Springfield.
Coroner hsrt has empaneed a jury,
and Will endeavor 20 place ths RESPONSE
bllity for the shooting. Olonel Mcknight,
OF the governors stall, accompanied oy
Adjutant General Reese. az midnight
visited the stOckade OF the Chicago Viz
den Coal company, and served formal
notice on Manager Lukens that soldiers
would visit the stockafe3 to-day and
dtarm all the inmates.
Col. Mcknight says no ON iectiOns were
offered 20 this proposition. tie expresses
the opinion that there will be no further
outbreak.
Adjutant General Reese expects troops
A. r, @, ID, First liluuOiscavalry aud four
companies Of the Sons OF Veterans from
Rockford, Dekalb, Oregon and McC0mhs,
TO day.
"General" Bradley, leader Of the dele.
gBtiO Ut sixty mineTa from Mount olive,
returned home 10 day with the remains
Of the dead Mount Olive miners Il
think this has been one Of the most
internal Outrages ever TerpetTat' on the
labOring public be enid. 'Our men
ware shot down Ike dogs Our men had
o;dsFs not TO shoot unless D ed upon.
do not expect further trouble vt Virden
for tha pre-, ent, hut cannot answer for
the future, for there Is day OF II exon
ing coming when laboIing men Will be
given bread instead OF bullets"
There Is feeling among the people oi
tie town not connected with tle mines
Il at the Virden miners are not reeIonsi
bic for the tragedy One citzan sald
that all the trouble had been caused by
outsiders
A striking incident is the fact that in
Yesterdays bloody work not single
Vrden miner was killed. and only one
slightly wounded,
WHAT LUKENs SAID.
Virden, Oct. l3.--CAptall Charles A,
Eeryier conn az ding company y, Sons
OF Veterans, ElglD, H., with part OF his
men, enter, d the stockads ht 5 "A. m. and
dlsaTmed thu detectives from 81. Louis
ana local deputies employed by the Op
orators. They offered no OH cliOHs.
Manager Lukens said: The trouble
yesterday was not our making. The
strikers simply surrounded the stock
Lde. There must have been at leas;
one thousand ineTs They opened
Gre. The fact that we only had one man
killed and six slightly wounded, | con-
eider a miracle. There were thousands
Cf shots fred. For time the shots were
directed at the train. After II pulled Oul
the strikers turned on us, We returned
the shots. never supposed such thing
would result when we brought the ne
gfOea here" Lnkens would not say
whether no would import other negrOg'
when the soldiers leave.
KILLED AND WOUNDED
Lukens gives the following official lis
OF the kil ed and wounded within The
stockadG: Killed: Al. Morgan, Tho na'
Preston, JhirGrr. Wounded: Jas. hlckles
FrAnk v ildrr, Thomas MrEntpe, j. "
NOOnAn, 7 II hAuuau, J w. Smith, Il
GutgeSall, from train y j. Snyder 70
cPiysd s4yen bu EshOt wounds, and hi'
condition Is serious
After careful investigation OF TN
list of casualties the'e remains Tel
Killed and twenty wOuuied
]. 4 EyHter, Superintendent OF IN
Cllmsx Trading company establishment
controlled by tho Chieagu-Nirden Goa
company, wa severely beaten in n
tcrimmsge yesterday.
Crowds began tO COngregate today II
the vicinity OF the public square. Tn
people, however, were kept moving b.
lie soldiers patrollIng streets
LIST OF CASUALTIES
Vtrfen, OFT. l3. - Following is the lis
e. casualties:
Dead: Miners-Edward Walsh. Fran
Bilyan, Albert smith. Joseph KitteTly
Ernest kastner A, h. Bennamin, Ed
Greene, Will Harmon, Joseph BastOD,
Dep0tie--D. H. KiCly, A, ", Morgan
Thrm Proset0n.
W ndpd: Miners Anse AnekeI
Gustaye Weisep. I'd Upton, Ihoma
Jrnniupa. Joseph hainrs, Joseph Pnni
George Punk, Joseph shrimp, John SwsI
JoseTh ReiCEeT, Albert Smith, Bar
Tiger. engineer; j, f. Eyster, superi1
teudent company store; W. A. ClarksOI
ElllOf llNlI" ~ H. ifEiNs
Deputies William Mpsser, James Pa
mpr, Patrick Miller, Henry Grlgstall, {
j Snyder, James Sickles, Thomas Nilli'
Thomas Mcintyre, j ", MoOnsn, 2,
Hanan, j. n. Smith.
MICRO ASSAULTED.
Springfield, oct l3 A colorad mine
clalming 20 be one Of those brought frOI
the south yesterday for NiTden, was A.
saulted at the depot here to day by whit
miners. lie was taken 20 the miner
union hall where he remained in the Gu
tOdy of the miners,
FIRED FIRST SHOT
yirden, Oct. l3-M. Turner, one Of ii
guards stationed at the yards south {
town to announce the approach OF II
train carrying negroes, says that he Ore
the first shots yesterday as a signal
the main body OF miners, They ha
agreed, he says, that ten shots in rap
succession shOuld be the signal OF trai
approaching. Turner says he fred int