The record-union., 1898-10-14
Yesterday Passed Without Any
Outbreak of Violence.
Fourteen Deaths the Result of Wednesdays
Shooting.
The Idle Miners Still Excitable and
Determined. While the Coal
Company Shows No Signs of
Purpose to Abandon Its Plan OF
Operating the Mines With I'm
ported Negroes.

VIRDEN QlD, Oct. 13.-The day
passed without any outbreak of vio-
lence, but, aside from the restraining
influence of the militia, no progress has
been made toward permanent peace.
The idle miners We're excitable and de-
termined, while the Chicago Vlrlen
Coal Company has shown no sign OF a
purpose to abandon its plan of oper-
ating it's mines with imported negroes.
Yesterdays shooting has resulted IN
fourteen deaths so far, as follows
Ernest Kitterly, miner, of Mount Oh
i've; Ellis Smith, miner, of Mount Oh
i've; Edward Wash, miner, of Spring
field; William Blue, miner, of Spring
field; Ernest Kemler, miner, of Mount
Olive; A. H. Brennaman, miner, of
Girard; Frank Bilyen, miner, OF
Springfield; Ed. Green, miner, of Mount
Olive, died in hospital at Springfield
yesterday; Ernest Long, miner, Mount
Olive. died in hospital at Springfield
to-day; D. H. Kiley, chief detective,
Chicago; A. w. Carroll, guard on train,
died in hospital at Springfield yester-
day; A w. Morgan, guard, Chicago,
killed at stockade last night; William
Hurmon, miner, Of Girard, died at
Springfield tonight
The number of injured will exceed
last nights estimate of twenty. OF
these a few are in a critical condition.
The Coroner's inquest brought no ev-
idence of Importance to-day. After the
examination of about thirty miners,
the hearing was adjourned until to-
morrow.
Two Calling guns of the Galesburg
Battery on the public square aid a
blue-capped infantryman at each cor
ner OF the business district are about
the only evidences of yesterdays riot
outside of the O'NeiI home, a, story and
half cottage In the front yard of this
humble home stand five black-cOvered
collins, on each of which is a simple
plate engraved with the words: AT
rest"
Under the lids are the mortal re-
mains Of five victims of yesterdays
battle at the stockade of the Chicago
Virden Coal Company. They are:
Ernest Kitterly, Mount Olive: Ellis
Smith, Mount Olive; Ernest Keutner.
Mount Olive; Ed. Wetz, Springfield;
William Blue, Springfield.
Coroner Hart has impaneled a jury
and will endeavor to place the
responsibility for the shooting.
Colonel Mcknight of the Governors
staff accompanied by Adjutant Cen
eral Rose, at midnight visited the
stockade of the ChicagoVirden Coal
Company and served formal notice on
Manager Lukens, who has been inside
the stockade throughout the trouble,
that the soldiers would visit the stock
ade to-day and disarm all inmates.
Colonel Mcknight expresses the opin-
ion that there will be no further out
break on the part of either the union
miners or guards at the stockade.
Colonel Mcknight drove over from
his home at Girard last night on the
way he passed numerous squads Of
miners returning to their homes in
Girard, Mount Olive and neighboring
towns Most of them 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 taken to
the public square, where they command
thrown out and the remainder OF the
soldiers were quartered In the Opera
house
Two hundred miners who have been
sleeping in the Miners Union Hall for
several weeks were somewhat surprised
on coming from their quarters at day
break to find soldiers on picket duty at
the door Each man was met with
Hold up your hands" The request
was good naturally assented to. Each
man was thoroughly searched, but
fruitlessly, for firearms. Among the
crowd were several negroes. and from
outward appearances there apparently
existed the best of feeling between the
white and black union miners.
General Bradley, leader of a dele
CATION of sixty miners from Mount
Olive. returned home to-day with the
remains of the dead Mount Olive min
ers. 4 believe this has been one of
the most internal outrages ever perpe-
trated on a 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 1t came
TO a crisis and not to shoot unless
AIRED upon. Instead of arbitrating the
question / leave for home with pag-
gage car of dead men. / do not ex-
pect any further trouble in Virden Tor
the present, but l cannot answer Tor
the future, for there is a day OF reck-
oning coming when the laboring man
will be given bread instead of bullets.
There is a feeling among the people
of the town not connected with the
mines that the Virden miners are not
responsible for yesterdays tragedy.
One citizen declared that all the trouble
had been caused by outsiders who come
here and melted the local strikers here
to acts Of violence. A striking incident
that bears out this statement is the
fact that in yesterdays bloody work
not a single Virden miner was killed,
and only one slightly injured.
Small knots of people were gathered
on every corner to-day discussing the
effects of yesterdays sad affair. and all
anxiously awaiting the arrival of Col
onel Young's brigade.
Mayor H. Noll of Virden. harness
maker by occupation, said to-day: Il
felt greatly relieved when the soldiers