The leader., 1898-10-19
BLOODY Miners BATTLE.
An Attempt to Place Imported Ne
gro Laborers in the Mines
Brings On the Conflict.
TRAIN IS ATTACKED BY ARMED MINERS.
Ten Men Are killed and More Than
Tvic. nj. Many BADLY Wounded
Town Is Now Comparatively Quiet
How the Battle Commenced-En-
ripeer Of Train Is Wounded.

yirden, ILL.,, Oct. II. - The little town
OF Virden is comparatively quiet after
a day of riot and bioodshed, the long
expected clash occurring between the
union miners and imported negroes.
At 12:4e o'clock Wednesday afternoon
a Chicago G. Alton special train bearing
200 negro miners from the south ar
rived at the stockade around the Chi
cago-Virden Coal company's mines. and
Immediately a terrific fire began from
the union miners.
The dead miners were removed
from the vicinity of the stockade TO
hotels and livery stables, and the
wounded miners were taken on Filters
to the station and then to Springfield.
Corrected. List of Dead.
Virden. H., Oct. 1.-THE following
Is a correct list Of the dead up 10 mid
night, including those who were shot
down and three who have since died
from injuries:
DEAD-Ed Welsh. Springfield: Frank
Bilyen, Springfield: Ellis Smith Mount
olive. Ernest Kemer, Mount Olive: -
s., u
d. II. Kiley. detective Chicago; A. w. Nor
gan, detective, Chicago: Thomas Preston,
detective, Chicago: Joe Guitterle. Mount
olive; William NJ. Carroll. detective. Chi
cago; Ernest Long. Girard; William Her
man, Girard.
WOUNDED-J. F. Eyster, manager Gil
max Trading company, Virden. probably
fatally; Ansk Ankel. Mount Olive; Gustav
Witrlsiep. Mount Olive; Ed Upton. Spring
field; Thomas Jennings. Springfield: Joe
Eaines, Girard: Joe RUM, Girard: George
RUM, Girard: George Baston. Mount
olive; George Suprich, Mount owe; Her
bert Tygar. G. & A. engineer; Ii. Gulgesell:
o. j. Snyder. ST. Louis; = Nacke. St
Louis James Sckles. Chicago; Frank
Wilder, Chicago; j. w. Moonan. St. Louis;
Thomas McEntee, Chicago; p. J. Hanan,
St Louis; j II Smith. ST. Louis: John SIN
negan. Mount olive; Russell Warren. Cen
tralia.
The Train Arrives.
For the past two weeks rumors have
reached Nirden daily that a train hav.
ing negroes from Alabama would
reach the city. and the c. & A. depot
has been surrounded day and night by
vigilan; miners determincdly awaiting
their arrival. Wednesday the c. d A.
limited, due TO pass here at ten O'Clock,
shot through en- route to Chicago an
hour late, displaying flags on the
rear, indicating that special was fol-
| lowing. Imme diately the word was
spread and dense crowd of miners lined
the station platform, while another
crowd collected at the entrance of the
stockade, a half mile north Of the sta
| ticn. ID. b. Kiley, c. & \. detective.
stood guard at a switch at the south
end of the station platform to see it
was not tempered with. At 1910 the
| special train passed the station and
| signal shots were fired from the south
| end of the train announcing the spe-
calls arrival.
The battle begins.
| Immediately shots were fired from
| the moving train and outside, and the
battle was on. A few moments after
the train had passed the switch where
| Kiley was stationed, while he wa.
talking with two citizens, he threw VI
his arms and dropped dead with bul
| let through his brain. He was the frs
| man killed. The train continued tC
| the stockade, the miners firing into i,
| all along the route and the negro pas
| sengers returning the fire. The mo
| ment the train reached the stockadt
| the miners opened a desperate fire
| with Winchesters, revolvers and fire
arms of all descriptions. The negroe:
| on the train answered with steady
| fire, and TIE carnage of ba tie reigned
| The miners and the train were envel
oped in d cloud of smoke and the shoot
| ing sounded like continuous voiley
| Engineer Burt Tigar received bullet
in the arm and Dropped from his seat
| His fireman seized the throttle, pulled
| it open and with a jerk the train was
under speed, carrying load of wound
ed negro passengers to Springfield
situation at tao StOckade.
The stockade surrounds about &c
acres of ground in a square and is
made Of pine boards an inch thick, set
on edge to edge, about - feet high
On each of the four sides, about
midway, is a small watch tower con
tanning a guard armed with Win
chester. There are three entrances
which are closely guarded by half a
dozen armed sentres day and night.
The fight occurred at the east en-
trance
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