Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-19
SOLDIERS ON GUARD
At Cartervi|Ie, ILL.,, After tie
Recent Miners Riots.
Non-Union CoIored Miners Threaten
to Avenge Dead Comrades.
Eighteen Uhion Miners Arrested and Will Be
Charged With Murder.

CarterVille, Ill, Sept. 1S-Soldiers
are patrOlling the streets and guarding
the mine property against attack as a
result of the battle in which seven
colored non union miners We're killed
and two We're wounded. Although all
is apparently quiet, it is feared that a
further outbreak may come at any mo-
ment. So FAR no arrests Of those who
participated in the shooting have been
made.
No arrests have been made and
much difficulty is anticipated in dis
covering the identity of the whole
number who did the killing. O. j. Page
Of Metropolis and Postmaster James
Landen were within 20 feet of the scene
of the riots which began, they state,
when one Of the colored non-union
miners fired a shot A revised list Of
the dead negroes follows:
Sidney Cummings, Henry Brainen.
Rev. =. J. Floyd. John Black, Ustead
Bradleu. all of Jellico. Tenn.
Missing: Sam Browning and jim
Hayes.
. Every one of the dead men had from
one to five bullet holes in his head.
Tho funerals took place. this after
noon. Mayor Zimmerman took charge
&c the bodies and had them prepared
for burial.
At Greenville. the village inhabited
by nOn-unon colored miners, news of
the shooting created great anger. The
negroes We're determined on vengeance
and endeaVored to obtain rifles from
the companys magazine to make an
attack on the town. They We're held in
check, but may vet break from the
company's control. If they 40. SUN
days affair Will be a minor incident.
Lieut.. LuWden. with 4 detail Of sol
ditrs, arrived at Marion, The county
scat. at noon, today. i'll charge Of Is
union miners whom he captured after
midnight on the highway north of
Carterville. They We're all armed with
guns and well supplied with ammuni-
ton. When captured they We're in
wagons and said they We're returning
from Carterville to their homes at Her
rim. a mining town 10 miles northwest
| from here. They were charged with
| having been a part OF the armed mob
| WHICH gathered around Brushs mine.
| last night before the troops arrived.
| States Attorney Fowler has filed a
complaint for purder against them.
There is little change in the situation
| here, tonight. but what little there is
is for the better. Four men who were
seriously wounded are expected to re
cover. The coroner's jury is still in
session and will not adjourn before to-
morrow Until that time it is expected
that no arrests will take place.
Mayor Zimmerman came out in a
signed statement. today. in which he
says that Gov. Tanner sent a personal
| Representative to him and told him
| that. if the better class of citizens
would sign an agreement to the effect
that they would guarantee that there
would be no more loss of life or riot
ing, the governor would remove the
4 troops Mayor Zimmerman told this
representative that the governor sent
the troops here without consulting the
citizens of CarterVille: that he could
remove them the same way, but that
as long as the negroes remained at the
Brush mines just so long might he eX-
pect to hear of trouble.
The residence of John Murphy. a
farmer living near here. was burglar
lied, today by parties wearing the uni
| form of the militia. Col. Bennett or
dered an investigation and one Of the
| guilty parties is under arrest Com
| pany F of Mount Vernon. 40 strong ar
rived. today Co. 3 of Newton, is eX
pected to arrive, tonight or tomorrow
| morning No further trouble may be
expected so long as the militia are
| here