Evening star., 1901-11-18
TROOPS START FOR MINES
TROUBLE OVER STRIKE NEAR MADI.
SONVILLE, Ky.
One Man Killed and Several Others
Wounded Yexterday-Prompt Ac-
tion of the Authorities.

MADISONV1LLE,, KY, November 49,
Two companies of state troops have been
ordered out in connection with the labor
troubles. The Madisonville company is
doing patrol duty in the outskirts of the
town and the Hopkinsville company of the
Kentucky State Guard, under command of
Capt. H. Thomas and Second Lieutenant
Robert D. Bellamy, reached here last night
There were only thirty of the men present,
as orders reached HepkinsvnIe but a short
time before train time. The company has
an enlisted strength <of seventy men and
those who could not be found last night will
follow in the morning in command of First
Lieutenant George w. Phelps.
Adjutant General Murray issued state
ment last night in which he declares he is
determined that lawfessness shall be sup
pressed. A detail of twenty men has STAR
ed for the Providence mine. AS the train
last night having the troops aboard passed
the Nortonville camp. located in the woods
near the railroad, camp fires could be ob-
served and the scene was one of hustle
Several shots Were fred, but not at the
train. AT the Madisonville camp the strik-
ers are astir. searchlight recently placed
on top of coal tipple near Madisonv.lle
was thrown on the camp. About $50 men
were there, handling their arms, and walk
ing about between their tents.
The Man Who Was Killed.
The man who was killed in the battle at
Providence Sunday morning, Garrett Civ
ems, was a negro who lived here Bud
Couch, mortally wounded, is also a negro,
and both were union men in the attacking
party. Three of the wounded were negro
non-union men. who were guarding the
mine. There is a report today that two
wounded men We're taken to Morgantown
and one to Sabree, and that they are all
dead. having been shot while attacking
the mines.
This report lacks verification, though it
tack suffered heavily from the fight
In the battle of ye4t efy1ay morning ut
least one thousand shots were fired, while
In the battle of a week ago half that num-
Der were fired. Early this morning a por-
ton of the MadisonyIlle Company and some
OF the Hopkinsville Company went to Provi-
dence, under the command of Captain
Thomas. The town Is now under guard by
the soldiers. A deplorable state of af-
fairs exists not only at Providence, but all
over Hopkins county, and at Empire, in
Christian county. More troops are expected.
Fighting at Kentucky Mines.
A dispatch from Madisonville, KY, yes
terday says: Mining troubles in this dis
trtct brought more bioodsiied this morning.
James Smith, negro striker, is dead;
George Crouch. another striker, is fatally
and Nathan Bush all guards, are wounded,
but none Of them 'danEeraa
The trouble occufTE6 d the mines of the
Providence Coai CompaEy, seventeen miles
from here, where. an attack began at an
early hour. The attacking party. some
seventy-fiye or eighty Strong first fired on
the engine house, and in few minutes the
company's stables were surrounded. Sew
eral animals We're killed or disabled. BY
this time THE guards were becoming active
and the e1attackers formed in a semi-circle
over the brow of the hill. From this point
they poured a weH-directed fire upon the
houses occupied by non-union employees and
their families.
Details of the Rattle.
Men aroused by the crash Of bullets rush
ed to the small timber piles, arranged for
use in such an emergency, and from behind
these returned the fire. The attacking party,
sending volley after volley into this quar-
ter, kept up a steady fire on the tipple, en-
gine room, stable and other buildings of
the company, while the guards were doing
an hoIr and half. when the assailants
withdrew. leaving Smith dead and Crouch
shot through the field. How many
wounded they took with them is not known
but the leader was seen to fall and it is
believed some Of the party who went to the
rescue were hit.
County Judge Hall, at Providence, started
an investigations. An inquest was held the
coroner's verdict being that the negro came
to his death at the; hands of the guards
while defending life and property, and they
were therefore justiffable... The news of the
shooting spread like wiidf1re. It was not
long before the news reached Adjutant
General MurraY,s who at once commenced
an investigation, opening communication
with the governor.