The bee., 1901-10-24


meeting fred on by retreating raid
ers.
July 4.-Scott Penrod, Of st. Charles,
mobbed by union men at Central
City. District President Woods, of
the United Mine Workers, said to be
in the party. Penrod almost killed
but escaped and walked home by
night.
July-Home Of a man whose two sons
are in employ of the Reinecke
Coal Co. fired into at Madlsonville at
night.
July Slight between union and nom
union men at Morton's Gap in which
Tom Rooney, an agitator, and Gabe
Stokes, non-union man, are
wounded.
July 24.-County Judge Hall instructs
Sheriff Hankins to appoint deputies
TO temporarily protect the mining
property and the lives of the 1000
employed miners Of Hopkins county.
July 27.-House at Monarch mines
fred into by man on horseback at
night.
Aug 5.-Attempted assassination Of
Manager /. Bailey of the Reinecke
Coal Co., and family at o'clock in
the morning. Twelve shots fired at
his residence, three passing through
the room in which his seven-year-old
daughter was sleeping. $500 reward
offered by Mr.. Bailey.
Aug.-Mr. Bailey increases reward Of
fer to $500 for each participant in
the shooting into his residence.
Judge Hall offers 5000 for arrest and
conviction Of any one engaged in the
numerous raids. =. .Madisonville City
Council offers 5000 reward for arrest
and conviction of each of parties
who shot into Mr.. BaiIey's residence.
Aug. 20 --Ambuscade of officers posse
/. at st. Charles by union men behind
railroad dump in weed field, and bat
tie in which several men are wound
ed. Officers were going to execute
warrants for arrest of seyeral union
men.
Aug. 29.-Large body OF armed union
mei. have been in camp at Norton
Vile for several days. Citizens and
even officers have been stopped on
the highways at night by strange
men armed with Winchesters and
their business closely inquired into.
Aug. 31.-While in camp at Norton
vile, union men received shipments
of guns and they were seen TO go
through military drills. AS many as
800 were there at times.
Sept. 3.-Nortonville camp moved to
Burton's Grove, Madisonville. Po-
liceman held up near this camp and
ordered to keep away.
Sept. 4.-Twenty-five rifle shots fired
into tipple of Carbondale Coal Co.
Attacking party chased by two men.
Two trestles burned with kerosene
on spur tracks leading to the Car
bondale and Crabtree mines from the
main line of Illinois Central Road.
Sept. Strain wrecked on Carbon
dale track derailing coal cars and
preventing working of miners to-mor-
row.
Sept. 10.-Non-union miners home at
Barnsley pierced by sixteen Win
chester rifle bullets fired by three
men at night at 35 yards distant. Re
ward offered by the st. Bernard
Coal Co.
Sept. 13.-Madisonville people alarmed
by 80 union men armed with rifles
marching from camp through Main
street to President Woods office
Sept 14.-Union men picketed the APP
proaches to Reinecke mine and
warned men if they went to work
Monday there would be serious
trouble. Negro agitator made speech
in Madisonville saloon predicting
boodshed Miners coming out OF
Morton's Gap mines at night shot
at from adjacent HILL
Sept. Neutrality-suspicious. preparing
to protect Reinecke miners to-mor-
row morning: Extra deputies and
policemen summoned. County Judge
Hall called for help from Darlington
late tonight and special train took
twenty web armed men from here
to Reinecke mines about midnight.
Sept 16.-Union men did not stir from
camp in the face Of special prepara-
tions made for their reception.