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

negro wounded. He received a gunshot wound
in the head and will probably die.
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every window In the train was broken. and
Twenty.seven'buiiets lodged in the engine cab.
Herbert kyReror Bloomington was In charge
Twenty miles from vlrlen." said ,IKygsr,
Investigator Lat. by the dem dbsIptiG wen showed 20 t e.,
tons 70 stoR, The ,J ti5S|t roS SnIIs, n e the the
s sF2SO'f ftgS sn Dropped xsS@ t Fsffiyfbe ottom o? y The c%niI
and lay there uqtnIone ofthc deputies ordered
open %s No. y thin" v we ! stopped at the, Virde4I
stockade about Ave minutes. continued at
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caboose. and my. fireman. Bert Anderson.
brP9 StTisk M Mc tTStS io oSs t n tS SttS deputies who has
been guarding the stockade around the Chi
caEo and Vlrden mine. came to Springfield on
had been ordered to open the stockade
gate when the train bearing the negroes
made a rush for the coaches The tusillade
then hIs t SSGsSn f HSi s MSsG al tSs Gs6ut 4 bullet Is th ,e
stockade. We're at the,tence when the train ar
rived and fully 1000 shots were fired. He says
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city. It is said that there were 100 men.
arrived here. OF those who disembarked here
about twenty were negro women and children.
and AMI a Mfil q be- sent tn to P tSsir bome q, p ESSSa a msnt tos
John M. Hunter. State President Of the
United Mine Workers. is confined to his room
injuries received this afternoon by being
boarded the train When Il started outcf Spring
field will, the intention OF prevailing on the ne
protection BY Springfield negroes. Hunter
says that when Operator York Of Chicago.
who was on the train: saw him OF, the platform
he directed two deputies to eject him.. Hunter
was kickedin the face and then pushed Off the
train while 1t was running at the rate OF ten
miles an hour.
GOV. TANNERS VIEWS OF THE CASE.
Gov. Tanner this evening made the following
"F. c. Loucks. President. and Mr. Lukens,
superintendent OF the Chicago and Virden Coal
their threat to land q trainioad' Of Imported
them to work In their mines at the point, OF the
bayonet and the muzzle Of the Wipchester.
tireiy, from the criminal classes2ex-convicts
who learned their trade while doing time. in
the pepitenti9ries OF, AIabama-after having
that the landing OF such imported labor would
precinitate a riot. and after had warned them
that II they brought this imported labor they
did so at their own peril and. under the cir,
cumstances. would be morally responsible. and
criminally liable for ANYTHING that might hap
As to what happened after the stopping OF
the train II b tGSa5 OF on6 the ts G9Si shaf sn ny te la-
phone Communications and rumors from those
coming from the scene, OF the conflict; From
the best l can gather, the very
moment the train stopped in front Of the coal
shaft. where the doors Of the stockade were
firing began. As to who fired. the first shot |
am at his time unable to determine; hut all
within n very few moments and the firing Dn-
came, general from. the guards. in the train.
called deputies. estimated at fifty Or sixty in
number. and responded to by the idle miners
lined up on either side of the track. The bat
tie lasted several minutes. at which time the
Reports vary as to the number OF killed and
wounded lea From 9 conserVatiys estimate t ate and
innate the number killed at somewhere from
nine to hfteen. and perhaps TWICE as many
the idle miners. who were on the outside: the
others were the hired guards. who were brought
along by the coal company. II not all OF them.
ever. no means OF learning their names or
Whereabouts, for the reason that they decline
nally liable for murder. as they bore no com:
mission from any officer in Illinois authorized
to deputIze them to act as deputy marshais, or
INSTANTLY upon learning Of the trouble / di:
rected Adit-Gen. Reece to order Capt. Craig Of
the Galesbury battery and one company OF the
PSna, to proceed at once By the quickest route ts
W lIo SCCHO vi tllo JIouplb L lCd Z ldltI
that Capt. Craig met with serious difficulty in
securing q train with coaches to- move his COM
mand. Then l directed the Acknowledgement
to advise him to load his troops upon freight
on the Baltimore and Ohio and procure
a train on the Alton to carry the command
to Virden: These arrangements are made and
Reece will accompany Capt. Craig. and 1 have
instructed Gen. Reece to select n camping
ground most suitable to the occasion. and to
quell the riot, maintain order, protect life and
properly, and 10 QlBarm all persons bearing
arms. making an inventory Of such arms. and
taking the name OF the individual owner. his
Post ONCE address. and such arms to be held
limits OF the city nor to march in a body.
These ayariciousm mine owners that have so
forgotten their duty to society as to bring
have gone far enough. 1say now to such and
all others that this is O thing OF the past that it
shall not be tolerated in Illinois while l am
officers Of this company, who preclpitated this
riot by bringing in this imported labor, are
guilty OF murder. and should be and | believe
will be indicted by the Grand Jury OF Macoupin
county and tried and convicted for this heinous
CHICAGO. Oct. 12.-word has been received
here that in obedience to the Governors
panies of infantry and three troops .9f cav
airy are en- route to Virden. and will reach
there early tomorrow morning. The Galesburg
battery and three Infantry companies have been
threatened there: They were ready to move
within an hour after receiving orders and made
the run to Springfield, forty-three miles. In hf-
~ty-three minutes. Troops A. b and G of Col.
the army are again Guardsmen. They will
leave Chicago at IL O'Clock tomorrow forenoon.
KILLED BY ELEVATED TRAIN.