Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-14
FOURTEEN DEATHS.
That is Number Resulting from
Illinois Race-Riot
PEACE NOT YET IN SIGHT,
Miners Still Excited and Company De-
termined 10 Use the Negroes.
I,iPORTATIONS TAKEN BACK
Carried Through virdcn without
Knowledge of Strikers, and So
without Interference-Not Allowed
by Troops to stop at stockade.

VIRDEN. ILL, October 13.-The day
passed without another outbreak of Wo-
lence, but aside from the restraining in
fiuence of the militia, no particular ef-
fort has been made toward permanent
peace. Battery b arrived this morning
from Pana. The idle miners are excit-
able. and determined, while the Virdsn-
Chicago Coal Company has shown no
sign of a purpose to abandon it's plan of
operating its mines without imported
negroes.
Yesterdays shooting has resulted In
fourteen deaths so far, as follows: Ern-
est Kittrely, miner, Mount Olive; Ellis
Smith, MINER Mount Olive; Ed. Welsh,
miner, Springfield; William Blue, miner,
Springfield; Ernest Kemler, miner, Mount
Olive; A. II. Brennan, miner. Glrard;
Frank Bilyen, miner, Springfield; Ed.
Green miner, Mount Olive, died in hos
pital at Springfield yesterday; Ernest
Long, miner, Mount Olive, died In hos
pltal at Springfield to-day; Eli III. Kelly,
a detective, Chicago; w. A. Carroll, guard
on train, died in hospital at Springfield
yesterday; Al. w. Morgan, guard. Chi
cago. killed in stockade; Thomas Preston,
guard, Chicago, killed at stockade last
night; William Harmon. miner, Girard,
died at Springfield tonight.
NUMBER OF INJURED, 20.
The number of injured will not much
exceed last nights estimate Of twenty
OF these few are in a critical condi-
tion.
The Coroners jury brought out no evil
dence OF Importance. After the examlna-
ton of about thirty miners the sitting
was adjourned until tomorrow.
MEETING OF STRIKERS.
A meeting Of the Executive Commit
tee of the strikers was held late this
evening. Chairman John Belgar asserted
that not p man among the Thiel agency
and Pinkerton detectives stationed within
the stockade had been sworn In as
deputy sheriff He followed this state
ment with a declaration that all of them
could be held as accessories on charge
of murder. He stated that there were
twenty men inside the stockade when the
train bearing the negroes stopped az
the shaft yesterday noon, and that ntty
Pinkerton and Thiel men, acting as
guards, were on the train. He said none
of these men are residents OF the State,
and. consequently, Sheriff Davenport had
refused to swear them in. The matter
was discussed, and n decision made to
employ counsel and lay the matter before
| the grand jury.
NEGROES TAKEN BACK.
The excitement of yesterday, prior TO the
arrival Of the negro train, was equalled
| tonight when 1t became known tnat a
special train, consisting OF one box-car,
| three apparently empty coaches, and
| caboose. that passed through here at 5:3o
| this evening, bore two carloads or the
negroes taken through here 10 Sprinsneiu
| Yesterday The train went south, ana by
| n clever ruse succeeded in passing through
Virden quietly and without interference.
| A big crowd of miners was at the sta
| tion. hut the militia held them iii check.
| NEGROES NOT ALLOWED TO STOP.
| When the train stopped at the stockade,
! Captain FEWER, who was in command
| there. shouted: Don't allow any one TO
| disembark from that train" The gate
| was opened and file of soldiers rushed
| out on the double-quick, with fixed bayo-
| nets. and lined up alongside or the tram
| Ceneral-Manager Lukens made a formal
reouest that their employees be allowed
! "a land and enter the stockade. Captain
| FEWER declined to grant this. Then Mr.
| Iulxens nut IL in the form OF a demand
| hut the officer replied that he was under
| orders from Governor Tanner to prevent
| tho disembarking OF any negro miners al
| the works. and he would have 70 carry
out these instructions. General-Managei
| Iukens protested In vain. and the train
pulled out, headed South.
STRIKERS CHEER TANNER.
Rv this time thes advance guard OF
strikers gathered at the depot had ad-
vanced ND the track to within 100 yards
NJ the stockade. The presence OF armet
hIuacoats I'm the lookout boxes evidently
halted them. az they remained there unu
the train passed, when they greeted II
!. with waving hats and cheers for Governor
}. Tanner who. they believed, had been In
! strumental in starting the blacks on theil
homeward journey.
L. After the departure OF the train Mana
ger I.ukens made this statement: fron
nv own personal understanding l car
sav that no shots were fred from th'
1 train carrying iir HfhAo -
least 800 shots had been fired into II, an'
several OF the guards were wounded. rh'
strikers commenced firing upon the tran
inst after II had passed the depot. an'
jxept IN up as long as the train was withl'
gunshot. When the train stopped at tn
eate our guards were there TO assist II
unloading the cars. but few shots wer'
fred by them, most OF the defence nrlnl
| being done by the train guards
MILITIA REINFoRCEMENTs.
Ar 1890 o'clock tonight a special trail
arrived. bearing Troops and c, dis
mounted cavalry. from Chicago, and thre
companies OF Sons of Veterans.
Colonel Young stated that he had m
definite orders other than TO reinforce In
soldiers alrtadv here.
SONS OF VETERANS ON GUARD.
ST. LOUIS. MO-, October ia specia
L IN the Post-Dispatch from Virden says
; captain Charles A. FEWER, commandin'
Company b, Sons of Veterans, OF Eigir
IN is In charge OF the stockade puilt o
the Chicago -virden Coal Company. WI.
: mart OF his men he entered the stockaa
to'dav and disarmed the Thiel detective
from ST. Louis and the lcsal deputies en-
n,oved by the operators The men withl
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