Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-13
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ra chm. rr,sldcn, Of tho v'rdsa Minsrs'
Union. fsihs.

rur Drrurtrs DisARMED.
IA. rhii. President OF the Nirdsn Minsrr'
Union. rsihs.
81. Louis. oct. IA dispatch % the
poni Dispatch from Widen, W.. says
NJ. Turner, me u the guards sta
toned IN che yNirds south " The town
10 announce the approach " ne train
carrying the negroes, says ne hftd the
first shots yesterday as signal " thc
main body ~ miners ncar ihe d,plt,
The miners had agreed. he SD, tfi
TN shots In rapid SUGGESTION should be
tho alrnai fhat the train was approach
ing. Turner says he nred In the air,
and the men on the train annworcd
With = voiioy into tho crowd. whorcup-
on the nrlug became gtueraL
Mon are swrfInnx i1tn Nlrdrn upon
every train and hirh way soday' ~ X
OF N m miner. but those who came
iftn the town arc uuarmcd.
The oouspapy's store, where thi as
s,uit updn Eysisr occurred. Il con-
sanity rurriundcd by a great thrung
" people. Every pane OF glass IN the
windows IL broken ana the paint on
the building ~ thlckly covered Win
the white nlcirnEa u bullet MARKS.
The wagon IN which Eyaier drove from
shc siockadc II rd1led with bullets ana
bIcfshut.
The scenes NJ the islprovised morgue
AZ O'Ssli n Iune are most pltltblc. All
the dead men there had families and
members % these have come from thrlr
homes. Their grief II hcarifcndnE.
intenslfying the desperation and rags %
the miuUrH.
The citizens of virdcn are bitter In
their condemnation Of the g1vern0r Tor
not preventing the terrible dolngn Of
yesterday and thclr rage over the. ac-
NII1 nd
IN the train ErfwH more ncrcc every
hour. Thcir fympaihie- are wholly
with the mlnera.
cnpt.. Charles Fervier. commanding
/ company n. Sons Of Veterans Of Elgln.
I H.. IL In charge ~ the stuckide bulk by
/ the chlcaFo-Nirden Cnai Co.
with part Of his men h. entered the
stockrde a. \ am. api dlsarmed IN.
! detectives from ~. Louis and the i1cai
deputies employed by the operators.
l They ofvr'd no affections % Capt
/ FffNder's command t1 lay down their
arms. Soldiers w'sh fxed bhy1ncin
| rairolled the siookade, ana the detcc-
/ lives and deputy ahcHffa, disarmci and
/ without ovoroouia, walked around and
uhlyefcd.
10 she ost-Dlspatch reporter o. W.
| LukrnH fnldi THE trouble Of ycrter-
day was not NJ our making. Tho atrik-
err simply surrounded the ntnck1de
/ On the east side and south side therl
must have been az least 1000 miners
They were IN an orchard and were
| hNhrr than We, and they opened IRE,
The fact that We only had one man
killed ana ak slightly wounded con.
slider a miracle. There were Thousands
uplu Thousands ~ shots fired. The
strikers began she frinF when the train
arrived. For long time their shots
were directed at the train. After II
I fuilfN attd flta airllaFa IurnaN -, ~
We returned the shots. / dopiorr tn,
matter az much a. any one. . never
expected such thing would occur
when we brought the negroes here
In View Of the result Mr.. Lukene.
he was asked, 40 you Intend 10 im-
ron other negroes when the soldier'
u do npt feel disposed TO answer
that question. All she stories aioul
~ having porllr,lcs and shooting oui
u the tower are absolutely false" con
oludld AFR. Lukens.
Mr., Lukena asked capt FciVsra per,
nilsson % 80 up town b have con,
fultaiion with Adjt Gen, Reese TN,
Iermifsipn was accorded ard tor
miliuamln were detailed TO escort him
Mr., Luklns knew Of she bitter feellnl
the miners had Tor him and az the las
minute decided thnt n would not NJ
wise for him 20 attempt the trip. In
stead, he sene a request FOR Gen. Reeal
10 vlak him nt the stncksde.
IA chm, president 81 the Vlrdei
Miners Union, IL only % years Of an
ana he does not look as u he cluli
hold an Infatuated band OF 1890 deter
mined men back frnn wreaklnR VIVA
! they considered rlghtful vengeance
Yet this was what De- did Wcinesdal
afternoon.
A nugnber OF strike leaders were ad
voonting the stormlng " the si0cknd
after their companions had been klilc|
and wounded. A mol was ALREADY col
Letting when Chill appeared anon
them. He was c0pl und collected, n
T told them that n they precipltated N
haisle this time ihey Would lose a.
! their object ~ keeping OUT the c1lore
miners, though the cost was fearful.
There were FUZZY soO strange miner
, In town yesterday" said Chill THE
D we're around the aiockadc,
Q "rhe men were mainly around m
I north swNch a. We oxpeoted the tral
. to stop there. The deputies on IN
o train begaln the hrng.and we could onl
Q ~ am sorry about that Eystor anal
= They used him too roughly, hut, thei
he was the man who was stationed !
= the tower az the stookade and kille
mist OF our men. when they saw hlf
q they could not RESTRAIN themselves
% Sheriff Davenport II largely TO blanl
n lie sided With the operators and gav
y them 900 state rifles 20 ilght citizens q
a tho state with, We tried our best
4 eel him 10 stop the train ana let VI
h have a paacUable conference with IN
a negroes. but he refused an peace over
< lures and did just a. Lukcns wnnte
q him 10. Jgneas all tfnuble u over ten
}. porarlly. OF course, II after the soldier
= leave they attempt to Import other ne
d grUes cannot be he'd responsible"
EYsTER AN INNOCENT VICTIM
g st. Louis oct. ia speclel TO N
(. Post Dispatch from Virden raysi
!. Nii'