The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-11


10 - left Of them, cannon in front of
thaR, and cannon behind them"
TkAU arc not cannon in the accepted
:ssage OF the term, but rApid-6re guns OF
thn latest pnttsrn, and a thrill Of safety
and satisfaet1on runs thros,Eh the eighty
odd boys In blue Of the Illiaois National
ouard on duty in Letters strIke-stricken
iowa OF zesSler. as they note the presence
q ne dearh-dealins riot amelio-stors.
Ths busle's wild alarm rang out two
weeks ago h CaIbopdale and Mount Yer
non, ana In response to the tocsin. fWo-
seefe miIitiamen and boys straeped their
kna0aacks to their backs and each With
= ride swung 10 the right shoulder, hfked
for VSaakiin County. Illinois, technicaily
m 4 state Of legal disorder; and unrest. :
one Of tie ons1panies reached the scene
If trouble b. night, and .after-Sa drive
ovag1and Of tn miles. eanle 70 ths vicinity
Of Gimp TurLer, where the striking
mixers have thsir headauar.ers. Whis-.
persd comsAnds IRON the. oMcsrs brought
the mon tumbiing from the dozen car.
ria0es which had transported them thus
far. Then With mufned tread and Silent
ly. but With rifles loaded and prepared for
any !emerEsacy. the company Hrsa down
the road past Gimp Turner. -.
Tho advance guard piloted the cavaleade
spd steahhily crept down toward Chris
tceher. The rear guard Wscluded any at
fabk from behind, No light was to be
seen among the. white tents under the
trses, whey. dwell the Zsisler refugees
TROOPS FIRST yicToRY.
Black night reigneh supreme. Slowly,
hut surely the critical point was passed.
~ the outskirts OF Christopher was
.tH1hed and the boy. clanfbered back into
the carriages. the first great victory. in
the campaign about Zeigier had been Won
Jehn sh1dewen.s THE Mayor .of Camp
Turner. with his wife and family who
were the only rssidentp Of the te MED, city.
At home. was aroused BY the tread OF, .hss
horses. HAD he struck light or maze
any suspicious nolae. enough }, KfsS.yor-,
renssn bullets would have moved It over
awey at the caEp to.haye moved it over,
as weeds before q scyths. So It was
good thing John kept quiet
As the troops neered zA!sle4' the line OF;
battle was again forrnsd And tbs advanet,
begun in earnest y shs tfesra ras.fsiistI.
swept through the heavens isYa nahts6 Z
pathway FOR the soldist hoyI. Mo sov.y,
but surely. wife sainins the fortified
stoclsade. Just as they. :xere,sabotIt 10.
charge upon the walled city out rode Gen
eral James H. Barke,y: Tpepdty ..Entted
States Marshal. in .conr1snd- OF, the in
junction servers at Zeigier. General Bark
.ey hade tia re-enforc6ments a frafefnai
welcome and extended The. courtesdes Of
his camp. The troops marched in without
further Incident. -
The next day the conpanions in arms Of
the first company arrived. They came in a
SPECIAL train ana WE rushed down the
stub which connects the Letter mines with
fne OUTSIDE world. Inro1Eh Christopher
inc special train dashed IN the ssr!y hours
OF tne mor9ne' ana uiharmed and un-
'catned by any nyinE bullet they, too,
came wftnn Inc lines all present Or ae-
e"un'oa for. 9<.;.
WAR CORRESPONDENTS ARRIVE;
rhsn IL was that the var oorrespotdents.
nwooped down upon, the s,earnp: .5iven TN;
companies of State militia, . haif ,,,n,,r.d
United States Deputy .MarshaIs,, dozen /.
riot guns. stir them up vel And di., out
fifty rounds each OF cartridges and ,,rye
hot to speculative. but ve,l.mesnins.
bssch OF newspaper men: and the resuit
viii be. from an inciptent riot to. bxst,e
ard bIoodshed. varying directly With the
inastnation OF the .particuis .correspond-
ert. .--e.-.e., !.
From the four points of the compass
came the war correspondents. Some were.
IN the approved Richard Harding Davis
form, armed and acooutered for a bitter
campaign ia the heaYt of nidvfnt.r and
with q corps Of stan artists and p{,otoe-