The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
A BLOODY BATTLE
Between White Strikers and Cci-
ored Goa! Miners.
LABOR TROUBLES CLIMAX.
Railroad Fireman's Presence OF
Mind Saved Many Lives. A
Superintendent's Desper-
ate Fight. Complete
Story.


union miners and imported negroes at
Eirden, H., took place last Wednes-
day. "Wednesday afternoon q Chicago
and Alton special train, bearing POO
Negro miners from the south, arrived
at the stockade around the Chicago
Alton Coal company's mines, and i'm
mediately the firing began At l2:40
the special train passed the station and
signal shots were fred from the south
end Of the train announcing its arrival.
THE BATTLE on.
D. H. Kiley, . Chicago and Alton
detective, stood guard at switch at
the south end Of the station platform
to see that it was not tampered with.
Immediately shots were fred from the
moving train and outside and the bat
tie was on. A few moments after the
train had passed the switch where
kiley was stationed. and while he was
talking with two citizens, he threw up
his arms and dropped dead with bull
let through his brain. He was the first
man killed. The train continued to
the ssockade, the miners firing into it
all along the route and the negro pas
sengers returning the fire. The moment
che train reached the stockade the mi
ners opened a desperate fire with Win
chesters, revolvers and firearms of all
descriptions. The negroes on the train
answered with steady fire. The min
ers and the train were inveloped IN a
cloud Of smoke and the shooting sound
ed like continuous volley.
Engineer Tigar received bullet in
the arm and dropped from his seat.
Eis fireman seized the throttle, pulled
it open and With jerk the train was
under speed carrying load of wound
ed negro passengers to Springfield.
How many were wounded is not known.
The train stopped at the stockade but
two minutes. It's departure did not
cause the firing to cease. The tower
Of the stociade was filed with sharp
shooters armed with Winchesters and
they kept up steady FIRE into the
crowd OF union miners. Eye witnesses
say the miners were killed after the
train had departed. 1t is not known
how many men are stationed behind
the walls Of the stockade, but sn esti-
mate places them between 25 and 10.
1t is claimed that six within the stock
ade were wounded, but those inside re-
fused to hold any communication with
tie outside and nothing authentic can
be learned. Word was, however, sent
from the stockade to physicians in
town that their services we're needed.
The following is list Of the dead
and wounded:
DEAD.
Wednesdays shooting has resulted in
a deaths SO far as follows:
Ed. Welsh, Springfield.
Frank Bilyeu, Springfield.
Albert Smith, Mt. Olive.
Joe Kitterly, Mt. Olive.
Ernest Kcutner, Mt. Olive.
4. II. Breneman, Girard.
Ernest Kettle-, miner, Mount Olive.
Ellis Smith, miner, Mount Olive.
William Blue, miner, Springfield.
Ernest Kemler, miner, Mount Olive.
Ed. Green, miner, Mount Olive, died
in hospital at Springfield Wednesday.
Ernest Long, miner, Mount Olive,
died in hospital at Springfield Thurs
day.
William Harmon, miner, of Girard,
did at Springfield Thursday night.
Eli Il. Kelly, detective, Chicago.
W. a Carroll, guard on train, died
in hospital at Springfield Thursday.
Thomas Preston, guard, Chicago,
killed at stockade Thursday night.
The number Of injured will not much
exceed Thursday nights estimate Of 20.
Of these few are in critical condi-
tion.
THE WOUNDED.