The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13

ing guard had been greatly increased, IN
numbers. Before the passing Of the limited
only . few seconds, when every minor was
rifles. others carried horse pistols. while still
others had nothing but rovolvers.
the street leading down the railroad to 1.-THE
north, Not a mar made an attempt to come
SpC21 The sJ g,sg5t0T hat Vg 1S to this fSp tiTS i T fnSo sSFs
would be landed at the station, and
That the strikers would have oS an opp Sn6
ask them not 10 90 to work. In this they
were mistaken; in fact; the miners we're mis-
firing upon the train. The men had been eau.
were to,nre IN the air as the train passed as u
Il W"s Just ii;sS (. NJ when the train APP
Of a mile from the town a stop was made. This
Was VERY r. brieI' as rt the ,6 guards h on ir the south Tbs
throttis, vfde omen and the train dew past the
sectional Egb 4 hIsh IA Kate SS StdsP 81 the s,0,ton firing
cs6ooso new past tho depot, four men
armed guards, All four were standing in
y were t SIso IL %s ri sms on sns every p HEiaoT F y the
train; upon the %caboose platform and In the
the train were drawn down tightly. Inside the
cars no one was to be seen.
cars rsf became SSGT ' appa TeS g isst as the hers station ion plat lat
form was passed. Then the sharp fusillade
began; The he irln ne or lasted Ndro PGr SI69 ybt twenty sny
s u sSf at to k kiIf. Nf TheIr S easSgution. However:
lives had It not been for the bullets from the
stocSedo where Manager Lukens was sta
II was here that the first man. H. Kiley, was
killed He was not q, striker, but an employee
With, four other men to guard The switches.
People upon the platform at the ct time NE declare e
s shhet t thsy f inside n the st aRREsSdF IN the window In
rif Ths s5s f RIisy idl + DH Tbe Of bs Th anie s%Gk thd 5rG Sncf {
empioyed by William Kane. chief Of detectives
Of the Alton; His homs is in Chicago: ,,s,,nu
the station to a place near the switch leading
into the stockade. The engineer reversed hts
ing for ten minutes. and during this time the
shooting continued, The engineer Of the train
man iesped. upon the seat box. He jerked
open the throttle OF the engine. and with q
out Of virden. They disappeared quickly, but
the battle. continued. Lukens's guards. firing
from the tower Of d the The stoG6ade' proved stot to be
previously had not been assaulted; Lukens's
guards had been allowed to enter there with
'n TRes Sc s RTG1sdis dRi EdGR not fire upon the miners
IIluI "tTG LudAluk llo IublOut u upO
the visiting men from other places. who occu-
pied a Positti99a ma az open Il field ED across the sot track C
Virden miner Is numbered among the dead
The ,Virden miners were in line on the west side
men Dn1G cam STssk in the the f sefidSe opposite aite the GSu mine we're
SHgtsiders; sc one man man was a. ~ fh WHILE bne,a lying 6a be-
before striking him In the head;
During all the time the battle was going on
people swarmed up and down the railroad
while the bullets whistled overhead. The
rifles used by the men in the stockade were
from the stoeEade had narrow escapes.
and and i are CARRYING rcar tho as Sl,s souvenir sRnrs t rife ball balls
.sse 4 iGSeea d near o dNf fhdps ss'S IS . Thfti SP stsrH MsG of
SS%pSnfE,s II s VA. 1 4 ~IIs aT sSs tE ISnt T TisS :
pair Of leldGlasses from his mine. j:
q: Thompson stood in the tower of
nins. wstohi GiSvI tRe' i E R' With lrG felde ESssas
E ,Ia g, a ball sId f a}1sa b the t.c stC %itE ebo struck srIGk
said that in all over 800 shots were fired,
tie which resulted in the loss OF SO many lives.
Turner was one Of the guards for the miners
fnd S Seen st inseraete a tn tos si s1nsh t ssa Mait tins: m ae
at the station as soon as the train. came In. ten
sho e t ed se s,sjn ssn the }1 aPp sO;d T Of see men n dred
this was followed BY the required numbsr Of
The train dashed by. and the first thing KNEW
the deputies were firing into the men and the
miners mine aD, were ie replying. The shots we fired
Chief Of Detectives Cain of the Alton. who
pulled in. saw as much Of the battle. as It was
Were drsS south of here Just as the train wa;
Ton, Burke. who had charge Of the ,delega-
tionG from GmniI spFtibn s n1b which sdfd b suffered Tss ns 50 Sc
pecting a battle when the first shots were fred
uptown. He supposed the coal company was
troops sent to Vfrden. and he did not realize
that they were already prepared for action;
escape. LuSens is still inside the. "Bbuli" pen.S
and no one is admitted. He has but little to
TO learn the exact situation on the inside
fb.t the . h hiF S1o board fence dukens says \
ssse o Rss 81 ki nIs E oatrish Ai Sed that RhErs sT men Ss G are
Injured, Many .rumors have been circulated
99GnEeernihE The df2tnGs ins Il g Of OF the hs,i stocEaae;
L1kens teieeraphed to Jacob Franklin Eys-
Company's general store, after the shooting had
subsided. to come as quickly as possible with
two physicians out in a buggy and was returning
when the mIaeTs saw him and. thinking it was
panyis store on dead run, The miners were
hot, upon the trail and Eyster dashed into the
SRaWFsR and q ri tRSk p Te5%GsG P to 5G de Of t oTt DdH antb e
thetminers who had congregated in the streets
S SsT E955Isd i9 With bg sbaR Ssd b IifS b. The building
VIZ NN'NN "ANf o''NN uhN nv DNiio'
's# TORTURED BY THE STRIKERS.
zEyster was seen on top. of the building. He
refused to come down, and was finally shot
from the third story OF, an, adjacent building.
Eyster has been Lukens's right-hand man. and
the hatred was almost as strong against him as
against Lukens, He was hauled down and was
shot through the stomach while on the street.
He was then taken into the park opposite the
store and there tortured until no begged for
mercy on Bonded knees. Over one hundred
men walked upon him and kicked him in the
face. head and stomach. He was later picked up
from the grass and removed to a nearby house.
where the attending physicians say he cannot
recover. The, miners assert that II the physl-
clans hold out hopes for his recovery they will
take him out and make sure. Of the fob. Eyster
r. single. His relatives live in Pennsylvania.
p By 3 o'clock In the afternoon the town was
comparatiyely quiet. All firearms had dlsap-
peared, and there was no moro shooting among
the miners. Several times during the after
noonthe crack OF a rifle at the stockade could
be plainly heard, but no other fatalities resulted. /
As quickly as possible after the excitement
had aDated messages We're sent TO Spring
field asking that physicians be sent here
on the frat train Nine Springfield doc
left wore Kent busy dressing the wounds