The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-14


Virden Coal company. They are:
Ernest Kitterly, Mount Olive; Ellis
Smith, Mount Olive; Ernest Keutner,
Mount Olive; Ed. Wetz, springield;
William Blue, Springfield.
Disarm the Guards.
When Adjt. Gen. Reece went to the
stockade and demanded the surren-
der of the arms of the guards, who
have occupied that place for several
weeks, the request was quickly COM
piled with. At ten o'clock Capt. Craig.
with a squad of 16 men and wagon,
marched to the stockade and took
possession of the Winchesters which
had previously been packed in boxes,
and brought them to army headquar.
ters The company's mines are now
patrolled by soldiers under Capt,
Craig's command. There are about 40
of the infantry on picket duty inside
the inclosure, and no one is allowed
to approach within 90 feet of the high
/ board fence which encircles the com.
pany's property.
First Shots Were Signals.
st. Louis, Oct. ia special to the
Post-Disratch from Virden, ILL.,, says:
M. Turner, one of the guards sta
toned in the yards south of the tow1
to announce the approach of the train
carrying the negroes, says he fired
the first shot Wednesday as a signal
to the main body of miners near the
depot. The miners had agreed, he
says, that ten shots in rapid success
sion should be the signal that the train
was approaching. Turner says he
fired the shots, shooting in the air, and
that the men on the train answered
with q volley into the crowd, where
upon the firing became general.
Men are swarming into Virden upo1
every train and highway. The mos
| of them are miners, but those whe
came into the town are unarmed.
The company's store, where the as
sault upon Eyster occurred, is con
stantly surrounded by great thronf
of people. Every pane of glass in tn,
windows and the red paint OF th'
building is thiclNly covered with th'
white fliclsings of bullet marks. Th
wagon in which Eyster drove from tn,
stockade is riddled with bullets ant
buckshot.
Pitinble Scenes at Morgue.
Many of the scenes at the impro
vised morgue at ONeill's house ar
most pitiable. All the men ther
had families, and members Of thcs
have come from their homes. Thei
grief is heartrending, intensifying tn
desperation and rage Of the miners.
Angry at Mine Operators.
The citizens of Virden are bitter Il
their condemnation of the governo
for not preventing the terrible doing
of Wednesday, and their rage over th
action of the mine operators arme
men on the train grows more fierce wit.
every hour. Their sympathies ar
wholly with the miners.
The Casualties.
The following is the full list of casr
alties.
DEAD-Edward Walsh. miner, Spring
fed; Frank Bilyen, miner. Springfield; A
bert Smith, miner, Mount Olive: Josep
Kitterly. miner Mount Olive; Erne!
Kautner, miner, Mount Olive; A. II. Bral
naman, miner, Girard; ED Green, mine
Mount Olive; Ernest Long, miner, Mour
Olive; William w. Carroll. deputy: b. /
Kiely. deputy detective, Chicago; Thome
Preston. deputy. Chicago; A. w. Morgal
deputy. Chicago.
WOUNDED-Ans Ankel. miner, Moui
, Olive; Gustav Wiesiep, miner, Mount Oliv
Ed Upton, miner. Springfed; Thoms
Jenning, miner. Springfield Joseph Haine
miner, Girard; Joseph Punk, miner, Girart
| George Punk, Glrard, shot in stomac
dangerously; Joseph Shrimp, miner, Moul
Olive; John Swan, miner, Virden; JOSEF
/, Reicker, miner. Virden; Albert Smit
: miner. Mount Olive; Bart Tigar, enginee
Chicago & Alton. shot in arm; j. Il. Ely
ster. superintendent company's store, sh
and beaten. dangerous; w. A. Clarkso
guard Leavenworth, Kan. fatally: Irv
Ryan. negro, shot in head: William Messe
, deputy, st. Louis, shot in head: JAM
4 Palmer. deputy. ST. Louis, shot in head al
= arm; Patrick McNair, deputy, Virde
I. Henry Grigstell. deputy; o. j. Snyde
deputy; James Sickles, deputy, Chicag
: Thomas Wilder. deputy. Chicago; Thom,
4 Mcintyre, deputy, Chicago: j. w Moona
deputy, ST. Louis; +. j. Hanan, deput
]. Ill. Smith, deputy, Chicago. sas
: VIII Harmon. miner. Girard, and JOSEF