The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-21
JAILEDFORCDNTEMPT
Three Union Miners Sentenced
by Judge Allen for Violating
an Injunction.
ISSUE OF THE oARTERV1LLE FIGHT.

Culprits Had Hand IN the Attack ON the
Train When q Woman Was Killed-Tes-
timony In the Case-Alibi Fail to Work
Situation at Carterville Simply That of
Lul1 While the Troops Are There
Nineteen Prisoners Discharged.
Springfield, Ills, Sept. 20.-Judge
Allen, in the United States circuit
court yesterday afternoon, sentenced
Lindolph Beitz, alias windy" white,
and William Canseler and James Gal
loway, both colored, to serve six
months In the Sangamon county Jail
for contempt of court Beitz, Can
seller and Galloway are union miners
formerly employed at the st. Louis
and Big Muddy Coal company's mine
at Carterville, and are ring-leaders of
the strikers. Shortly after the mine
went into the hands of Receiver Bos-
worth Judge Allen issued an injunc-
ton restraining all persons from inter-
fering with the management of the
property.
Cautioned to "Do His Duty"
Galloway was charged with tele-
the train-load of negroes was on it's
way from Pana to Carterville to work
in the mines, and eautioning him to
"do his duty" The train was fred
upon and one negro woman was killed.
Beitz claimed on the witness stand
that he did not receive the telephone
message, and attempted to prove an
alibi. Several witnesses swore that he
was digging a we'll in the southwest
ern part of Carterville, three-Quarters
Of a mile from the scene Of the riot.
None would state, however. that he
could not have received the message.
without their knowledge. Galloway
did not go on the stand and made no
denial of sending the message. Miss
Ada Bellamy, of Carbonate, operator
in the long distance telephone Office,
was a witness. She stated that she
called up CartePville for Galloway and
heard him talking to man who he
called Windy, Beitz's alias. The OPP
orator in the telephone Office at Car
terville, Miss BERTHE McNeal, testified
to having sent messenger after Beitz.
She did not know whether or not Bette
swore that he heard Bette telephOning.
The Case Against CanseIer.
Canseler was, charged with intimi-
dating non-union miners. Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Hutchings, wives of colored
miners from Tennessee, swore that
they had heard Canseler telling the
non-union men what might happen If
they remained. She said about thirty
miners did leave, however, af- er hear
ing that Canseler said their blood was
sure to flow if they remained there.
Mrs. Hutchings heard Canseler telling
his brothers, who are non-union miners,
that they would be killed If they re-
NAMED at Carterville and worked in
the mines. Canseler did not deny the
charges, but said he was simply warn
ing them and not trying to intimidate
them.
Two Other Cases Continued.
The cases of Roy Bowman and Zeke
Morgan, two of the striking union
miners at Carterville who are charged
with assaulting General Manager
Brush, of the st. Louis and Big Muddy
Coal company, with intent to kill him,
were to have come up for trial today
before Judge Allen, of the United
States court, for alleged contempt of
court by violating his injunction, but
by agreement they were continued
until next month, when they will be
tried at Cairo.