The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-14
AWED BY BAYONETS
QUIET DAY AT THE SCENE OF
WEDNESDAYS RIOT AT VIR-
DEN, ILLINOIS
GOV. TANNER is CHEERED

Gives Troops Orders to Not Permit
Imported Negro Miners to he
Landed at the stockade of the
ChtcagO-Virden Coal COmpany-
COrOner's Jury InvesdgatinE-
Corrected List Of the Dead.
VIRDEN, Ill, Oct. 1S.-The day
passed without another outbreak of
violence, but aside from the restraining
influences of the militia, no progress
has been made toward permanent
peace. The idle miners are excitable
and determined, while the Chicago
Flrden Coal company has shown no
sign of purpose to abandon its plan
OF operating its mines with imported
negroes. Yesterdays shooting has re-
suited in fourteen deaths so far, as
follows:
ERNEST IlITTERLY, miner, of Mount
Olive.
ELLIS SMITH; miner OF Mount Olive.
ED WELSH, miner, OF Springfield.
WIN. BLUE, miner, of Springfield.
ERNEST KEMLER, miner, Of Mount
Olive.
FRANK BILICU, miner, Springfield.
ED GREEN, miner, Mount Olive, died In
hospital at Springfield yesterday
ERNEST LONG miner Mount Olive, died
IN hospital at Springfield today.
d. H. KILLEY, G. & A. detective, Chi
cago.
A W. CARROLL, guard on train, died in
Springfield hospital yesterday
A. W. MORGAN, guard, Chicago. killed in
stockade.
THOMAS PRESTON. guard, Chicago, killed
at stockade last night
WILLIAM HARMON, minor Of Giarrard
died at Springfield tonight.
The number of injured will not much
exceed last nights estimate Of twenty.
or these a few are in a critical condi-
ticn.
The coroner's inquest today brought
out no evidence of Importance. After
the examination of about thirty miners
the sitting was adjourned until tomor-
row.
MINERS CONFER.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the strikers was held late this
afternoon. Chairman John Belger as
serted that not man OF the Thiel
and Pinkerton detective agencies.
stationed within the stockades, had
beer sworn in as a deputy sheriff. He
followed this statement by saying that
all OF them could be held as accessories
on a charge Of murder. He stated there
were twenty men In the stockade when
the train bringing the negroes stopped
at the shaft, yesterday noon, and that
fifty PinkertOn and Thiel men. acting
as guards, were on the train. He said
that none Of these men are residents
Of the state, and consequently Sheriff
Davenport had refused to swear them
in.
This matter was discussed and a de-
c1slon made to employ counsel and lay
the matter before the grand jury.
The union miners this afternoon re-
ceived their serni-weekly allowance Of
81 from the union. State Secretary w.
D. Ryan and two soldiers were station
ed before the entrance of the hall and
the miners were admitted five at a time
1t took almost the entire afternoon to
disburse the money, but there were no
disturbances among the crowd of wait
ing miners.
The excitement of yesterday, prior to
the arrival Of the negro train, was
eQualed tonight when it became known
that special train consisting Of one
box car, three apparently empty
coaches and a cabOose, that had passed
through here at 5:25 o'clock this even
ing, bore two carloads Of negroes. taken
through here to Springfield yesterday
The train went south, and by a clever
rIlse succeeded in passing through
Virden quietly and without interfer-
ence.. A big crowd Of miners was at
the station, but the militia held them
in check. When the train stopped at
the stockade, Capt. Fevier, who was
in command, shouted:
Don't allow any one to disembark
from that train"
- The gate was opened and a file of
soldiers rushed out on the double quick
with fixed bayonets and lined up along
side the train. General Manager LUX
ems made formal request that the
employees be allowed to land and enter
the stockade. Capt FEWER declined to
grant this Then Mr.. Lukens put It in
the form of a demand, but the officer
replied that he was under orders from
wv AS"AAA4SA ~ PACHCAAI IIl0 OlSGDQ-
barkation Of any negro miners at the
works, and he would have to carry out
these instructions. General Manager
Lukens protested in vain, and the train
pulled out, headed south
CHEERS FOR TANNER.
BY this time the advance guard OF
strikers gathered at the depot had ad-
Vanced up the track to within 100 yards
Of the stockade. The presence of
armed bluecoats In the lookout boxes
evidently halted them, as they re-
mained there until the train passed
when they greeted it with waving hats
and cheers for Gov. Tanner, whom
they believed to have been inJtru-
mental In starting the blacks on their
way homeward. After the departure
of the train Mr.. Lukens made this
statement:
From my own personal knowledge
I can say that no shots were fired from
the train yesterday carrying the negro
miners until at least 500 had been fired
into 1t and several Of the guards were
wounded. The strikers commenced fir
ing on the train just after it had passed
the depot, and kept 1t up as long as
the train was within gunshot. When
the train stopped at the gate our
Guards were there RI oss;at - -.