Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-10-15
THE PARTICULARS
 or THE FIGHT.
Miners Poured shot Into the Coaches and the Occupants Sent Bullets Back
 h Similar Manner.

yirden. Ills, Oct. 14-The long ex- pected clash between the union miners and imported negroes has occurred. A Chicago and Alton special train bearing 200 negro miners from the south arrived at the stockade around the Chicago Yirden Coal company's mines and inn mediately terrific firing began.
 The Chicago and Alton limited shot through en route to Chicago Wednesday at noon an hour late displaying flags on the rear, indicating that special was following Immediately the word was spread and a dense crowd of miners lined the the station platform, while an- other crowd collected at the entrance of the stockade a half mile north of the station D. B. Kiley, a Chicago and Alton detective, stood guard at 2 switch at the south end of the station platform to see that 1t was not tampered with.
 At P: 10 o'clock the special train passed the station and signal shots were fired from the south end of the train an nouncing the specials arrival Imme- diately shots were fired from the nov ing train and outside and the battle was on.
 4 few moments after the train had passed the switch where Riley was sta toned, and while he was talking with two citizens, he threw up his arms and dropped dead with bullet through his brain. He was the first man killed. The train continued to the stockade the miners firing into it all along the route and the negro passengers returning the fire The moment the train reached the stockade the miners opened a desperate fire with Winchesters, revolvers and firearms of al descriptions. The ne- groes on the train answered wiGh a steady fire. The miners and the train were enveIoDed in a cloud of smoke, and the shooting sounded like a continuous volley.
 Engineer Burt Tigar received a bullet in the arm and dropped from his seat. The fireman seized the throttle, pulled 1t open, and with a jerk the train was under speed carrying a load of wounded negro passengers.
 The train stopped at the stockade but two minutes and left for Springfield Its departure did not cause the firing to cease. The tower Of the stockade was flied with sbarpsBoofers, armed with Winchesters and they kept up Q steady fire into the crowd Of union miners. Eyewitnesses say the dead miners were killed after the train departed It Is not known how many men were station ed behind the walls of the stocEade, but an estimate places 1t between 9 and 40 Word was sent from the stockade to the physicians of the town that their ser vices were needed. The supply and provision store of the Chicago Virden Coal company is known as the Climax Trading company, with Super -rendent J. F. Eyster in charge.
 At2 o'clock after the firing at the stockade had subsided an attack with out parallel in the history of the trouble was made on Eyster in his store on Main street, one block from the depot which will probably cost him his life. He was sitting in his store when his telephone rang and he was instructed from the stoekade to secure physicians and hurry them to the place. Eyster jumped into his delivery wagon and se- cured two doctors and rushed them to the mines. He returned to his store, climbed out of his wagon and was just entering the door when the cry was raised that Manager Fred Lukens of the mines, was with him. With rush a tbrong of infuriated miners pressed to- ward the store. Eyster ran behind a counter with a revolver in each hand The miners pressed hard after Eyster and he defended himself with logged determination. He is seriously shot and beat about the head. No hope for his life
 The dead miners were removed from the vicinity of the stoekade to the hotel ana livery stables and the wounded miners were taken on filters to the sta- tion and taken to Springfield
 The stockade surrounds about 20 acres of ground In a square and is made of pine boards an inch thick, set edge tc edge atout t3 feet hieh On each oi inc four 5es about midway is a small Wa5ch tower containing q guard armed with n Winchester. There are three en. trancos which are closely guarded by Aalf a 6ozen armed sentries day anc night The fight occurred at the east entrance.
 Tine list here, outside of the atookado stands;
 The 6ead are:
 Et Welsh. spripgfeid
 Frank Biiyeu, Seree1ieid albert Smish, Mon Olive. Toa E- -tffn4.lv NF.4g4F | ..y.a