Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-11
RI0TINC AGAIN
In ILLINOIS
Five Persons Killed and Eight
Wounded
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE
Negroes Armed with Rides Endeav.
orto Prevent Families FromsRe-
moving Household Effects and Re.
moving 10 Town and PrecIpitate
FightinS-An Armed Negro's Des~
pcratO Decd-Governor orders Gus
Troops.
tBy Telegraph to virglnia-Pllot.,

(By Telegraph to virginia-Pllot)
Pana, ILL.,, April 1O.-In a riot which
broke out at 1890 a. nj. on the main
streets in front Of the telegraph office
between white and black miners,
in which deputy sheriffs took
part. five men and one wo-
man were killed. Eight persons
were wounded several so ceriously that
they will probably die. The killed are:
Xavier L. Roog, Frenchman, union
miner.
Frank Coburn. white. son of ex-sher-
III Coburn.
Three unknown negro miners and one
negro woman.
Wounded:
William Kuhn. proprietor OF the
Klonc!ko Steam Laundry, shot through
both legs.
Albert vickers white miner, shot In
right arm.
Cyrus Strcklee. groceryman.
George Gillen. farmer of Rosemund,
left arm shot Off.
Clara Felix, servant at the Harrison
Hotel. shot in back, condition serious.
Mrs. Henrlet, wife OF a union miner.
right arm shot off.
Frank Handsworth. delivery boy,
shot in head, will die.
Henry Stephens. negro miner. shot
through body six times. likely to die.
ORIGIN OF THE RIOT.
The trouble resultinsA In to-day's riot
began last night when one hundred dep
uty marshals were called out into the
FIatham and Penwell mining district to
protect several families of negroes who
We're endeavoring to load household eff
1ects. preparatory to leaving for Iowa,
and were being prevented by negro
guards armed with rifles furnished by
the Pana Coal Company, who claimed
the goods the negroes were moving
were company property. The deputies
guarded the negroes while they loadd
their goods in wagons. conveyed them
to the railroad cars and packed them
for shipment. The negroes. their wives
ana children were then marched to
Union Miners Hall. where they were
fed and cared for by white union min
ers. and given protection by a guard of
80 deputy sherlffs, 1t being feared that
negroes who did not wish them to leave
Pann would interfere and attempt for
chilly to prevent their departure.
THE FIRST FIGHTING.
During the night. while deputies were
guarding the negroes in the Penwell
district, they were fired upon by un-
known persons, supposed to have been .
negroes and private guards MT the PEN
well mine, and fully 200 shots were ex-
changed. The firing greatly terrorized
the residents OF that section of the city
who appealed to Chief Deputy Cheny
for protection. Deputy Cheney there
upon sent n special detail OF deputies
armed with Springfield rifles. who pa
trolled all the streets and succeeded in
restoring quiet before daybreak.
Several negroes were arrested, charg-
ed with melting riot and to-day's riot
Ing began while they We're on trial.
ATTEMPT TO KILL. SHERIFF.
The attempted arrest Of Henry Steph-
ems. negro miner precipitated the riot
this morning. Stephens is leader
among the negro ron-union miners. He
had been psradlng the streets armed
with revolvers defying arrest and
claiming that no deputy sheriff could
arrest him Sheriff Dawney, Chief Den.
uty Cheney and a number of special
deputies were walking down Locust
street. when stephens esped Downey,
and drawing revolver. approached
from the rear and fired directly at the
sheriff but the ball missed IT'S intended
victim The officers Immediately drew
their revolvers and opened fire ON
stephens. who ran down Locust street
shooting at every person he met.
DESPERATE CAUGHT AT LAST.
The fleeing negro having emptied his
revolver, closely pursued by a large
force of deputies. ran'into a department.
store. The officers pursued him the en-
tire length of the store up the rear
stairs OF the building where he only
surrendered after six bullets had pierre
ed his body re was noe killed. how
ever. and was taken to Jail. Several
shooting ARRAYS followed the Stephen
arrest. but at 3 o'clock the trouble
seemed TO be over
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Springfield. ILL.,, April 10.-Three
companies of the Fifth Illinois Infant
ry have been ordered TO Pana by Gov
ernor Tanner.