The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-11
ANOTHER OUTBREAK IN PANA
SEVEN. PERSONS SHOT TO DEATH
 AND NINE WOUNDED.

There to Maintain Order-Threo Wo
 men Among the Victims-A Negro Ac
 cused of Starting the Riot.
 Pana, H.. April 10.-A deadly riot, the
 most serious disturbance that has oc-
 cured here since the union miners in-
 stituted strike in April, 1898, was en-
 acted to-day, resulting in seven persons
 being shot to death and nine wounded
 as follows:
 The dead: Frank Coburn, citizen;
 Xavier Lecocq, Frenchman, union
 miner; three negro men, one negro wo-
 man.
 The wounded: Frank Landsworth,
 shot in head; Mrs. Henriet, shot in left
 arm; Will Kuhn, laundryman, shot in
 legs and hand; Cyrus Strickler, shot in
 back; Albert Vickers, shot in hand;
 Gimlin, shot in right arm; Henry Stew
 ens negro. shot in neck; Vass Profit,
 shot in foot; Carrie Felix, shot in
 breast.
 The situation quieted down at night
 fall and no more trouble was looked for.
 Adjutant General Reece Colonel A. E.
 Culver and three companies of infantry
 arrived at o'clock this evening on spe-
 cial trains and perfect order was main
 tained throughout the town from that
 time on. The troops now here are Com
 pany H, from Decatur, under Captain
 Castle; Company G, Springfield, under
 First Lieutenant Bauman, and Com pany B, from Taylorville, under Captain B. Prish. The soldiers immediately be- gan patrolling the streets throughout the entire town. Miners stood about in groups talking, but there was no out ward manifestation of excitement, all though it was evident that great indig nation existed especially among the townspeople over the shooting of the citizens and women.
 Henry Stevens, a negro miner, who has long been considered leader among his associates, is declared to have been the direct cause ofthe riot It is said he was also the leader of the riot that occurred last September. Stevens has long cherished hatred for Sheriff Dow ney and has openly made threats that he would kill him on sight. Yesterday he was on the street with revolver saying he was looking for Downey. He continued this search and Downey came upon him in Locust street. The sheriff commanded Stevens to deliver the revol- yer and told him he was under arrest for 1oI ems without word instantly leveled his weapon and fired at the sheriff. The bullet went wild. The sheriff immedi- ately opened fire on the negro. Deputy Sheriff Cheney hearing the shooting rushed to join Sheriff Downey. Stevens took to his heels and succeeded in gain ing Penwell's general store in Locust street, the principal thoroughfare, two blocks distant and took his stand in the entrance. He hesitated there an instant and then stepped to the pavement, lev elled his revolver down the street to- ward his approaching pursuer and fired. The bullet missed the deputy and struck Xavier Lecocq, F'renchman, who was standing in the entrance of a nearby saloon, hitting him squarely in the fore head, killing him instantly. Stevens then turned and ran into the Penwell store and sought refuge behind coun- ter. By this time the streets were rap idly filling with men, all of whom bore weapons.
 Deputy Cheney dashed into the store by Deputy Joseph Mullen and several citizens A fusilade of bullets was poured into the store and Stevens emptied his revolver at his assailants from behind the counter. The infuriat- ed crowd at the door continued the fire, and Stevens, seeing that death was in evitable if he remained behind the made desperate dash from his cover to a stairway in the rear of the store He fell pierced by six bullets be- fore he had gone ten feet. One of the bullets had gone through his neck, an- other through his back and the other wounds were of minor nature. The firing stopped instantly and Deputy Cheney ran to the side of the wounded i negro and placed him under arrest. Stevens, with blood pouring down his clothing, walked with his captor to physicians house, where he was given | medical attention. He was then taken 10 jail
 Meanwhile the riot was raging in the street. As soon as the first shots had been fired the whistle of the electric ight plant was blown as a signal for he citizens, the majority of whom had ong ago been sworn as deputies to urn out armed and ready to fight. At he same time the negro miners of the oana and Penwell mines, which are To- ,ated about four blocks distant from he Penwell store, which is in the cen CT of the town, rushed out and opened ire on the thronged streets. The news hat Stevens had been shot and arrest d aroused them to a pitch of fury. They shot at any living mark in sight md as a result among their victims are hree women (two of whom are white) and one negro woman dead.
 It was reported tonight that sever- Il miners were dead and dying in the ields near mine No. of the Pana coal company having been hit by stray bull cts. but owing to darkness it's has been mpossible to ascertain the facts re- .arding the report. This impression is trengthened by the fact that dead ,egro miner was found after nightfall n the road near shaft No. 2. The firing n that district was general and it is probable that a search in the morning will result in other bodies being discov- red. Coroner T. l.. Bradley arrived rom TayIorville al o'clock tonight,