The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-06
c((0RED MINERS SHOT.
A Train on the Illinois Central Read
Loaded with Negroes Attacked
by a Crowd of Strikers.
FIRE A VOLLEY INTO THE CROWDED CARS
One Woman Is Shot Through the
Heart-Men Were on Their Way to
the Brush Mine Near CarteryiIle-
Intense Excitement Prevails and
Bloody Riots Are Expected.

Murphysboro, ILL.,, July AT nine
o'clock Friday morning Conductor Will
liam Bryan's train, on the Johnson City
branch Of the Illinois Central, bearing
AZ negro miners from Pana, was shot
into by crowd of miners al Lawder, in
Williamson county. One negro woman
was killed by bullet through her
heart. The negroes were brought by
Sam T. Brush. superintendent of the
st. Louis and Big Muddy mines, near
Carterville, to work in his mine, where
there is now a strike. The miners, so
in number, were armed with rifles and
were hidden in the grass behind the
country depot. When the train stopped
the leader, who was an Italian, got on
the platform and commanded the ne
groes to get out. Conductor Bryan in
terfered, but was stopped by re-
volver in his face. The train began
to move and the miners poured in
whitening fire. Conductor Bryan
yelled to the negroes to throw them
selves on the floor All escaped serious
wounds save the woman, who was killed
instantly. Half mile further and the
negroes were unladen and placed under
charge of guards. They were then
marched to the mine. Intense excite
ment prevails in the Carterville coal
field and bloody riots are expected, as
the feeling has been intense for weeks.
Scene of other Conflicts.
The mines operated by Mr. Brush
no nf M
and the men have felt bitterly his con-
duct and disposition toward them. lie
has persistently refused to recognize
the United Mineworkers of America
or any other organized body of his
employees. He has treated his men only
as individuals. For years the battle
has ragged over his mine and the union
has fought him necessarily. In 1896
serious riot occurred which required
the presence of company NJ, of Marion,
and company {, of Carbonate, to put
down. Since then the men have been
more embittered, as he succeeded in
working his shaft with nonunion help.
victims Take Revenge.
Marion, H., July 1.-An attack upon
negro miners DclHS lliipOi 'Su " aaNS
the places of strikers at the Carterville
mines when bullets flew thick and fast,
was avenged by the victims of the dead
ly assault, when they set fire to Union
City, IA settlement of the striking min
ers. The flames spread to every part of
the town, and it was almost entirely de-
stroyed, leaving 100 families homeless.
Troops i'm Control.
st. Louis, July "a special to the Re-
public from Centerville, H., says that
had it not been for the militia patrolling
the streets Sunday strangers would
hardly guess that the little city was in
the midst of a struggle between capital
and labor. Both sides in the trouble
between the union miners and the non
union men lay on their arms and there
were no disturbances. The presence
of troops quieted matters and allayed
fears of riotous outbreaks.
Much Shooting.
Carterville, Ill.,, July 3.-The saloons
in the city have been closed by order OF
the mayor Over 80 of the miners en-
ployed at the Brush colliery left the
shaft Saturday and joined the strikers,
many of them coming to this city. More
than 800 shots were exchanged Satur-
day morning between the opposing
sides, but with no bloodshed.