The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-25

The miners retreated from
the battlefield where at least
two men and two women were
shot and a hundred were hurt
by club blows and flying glass,
despite exhortations of their
leaders to reform and advance
again.
Dan McGill, Springfield, urged
5000 men at Coulterville to march
back and brave the fray.
your comrades will brand you as
towards if you desert them now,
he said.
Vote Against Return
The Gillespie municipal band
played stirring marches. But the
hungry, sleep-weary miners, many
with bandaged heads and arms, vo-
ted against again facing the 80C
deputies with machine guns anc
other arms at the Franklin county
line.
Five thousand strikers who hac
retreated only to field near here
also voted to go home. Their &C
ton was followed by that Of 1000
who had fallen back to Pinckney-
vile.
While the disorganized divisions
abandoned the scene, an airplant
roared over Franklin and William
son counties, dropping circulars
urging miners to quit work.
Strike leaders said the two mer
in the plane were the Hunter
brothers of endurance aviation
fame from Sparta. 1t was be-
lieved their plane was the one free
on by deputies when it flew low
over the scene of last clash at Null
keyville.
Behind them the disorganizeC
horde of striking marchers left {
trail of wrecked automobiles anC
trucks.
In Duquoin they left two com
rades suffering from buckSho
wounds in their arms. Many o.
them nursed bruised heads and cut
suffered in the battle of the Mudd!
river.
Majority Start Home
Some of the men were angry
ready to go back and fight, bu
most of the 1880 who joined thu
march Wednesday had suffered al
they cared to and wanted only tx
get back to their homes.
Many of them were hungry. Their
trucks, filled with food supplies
were among those wrecked in the
mad flight after the battle.
RumorS that several men were
killed when Sheriff Browning Rob-
inSon and his deputies opened fire
at Mulkeytown Wednesday night
were denied. Many were hurt, how
ever. Six applied for treatments
for cuts and bruises at the Duquoir
hospital.
Many Others Hurt
1t was estimated that probably
twenty-five to 100 others applied
their own first aid. The two mer
who were shot received treatment
at a doctors Office here.
The miners organized "wednesday
in Macoupin county, several countie!
north of here. Their intention wa!
to disregard Sheriff ROBINSON
warnings and to march into Frank.
lin county, where mines are being
operated under the new scale. They
are striking for return to the ole
scale of 500 day.
Riding in 1850 automobiles anc
trucks, the strikers proceeded south.
ward through Bond and Clinton
counties, then into this Perry
county, where they were stopped
twice by deputy sheriffs, warned no
to proceed, and told that they coulc
not camp for the night at Dowell
in Jackson county, as they hac
planned.
Determined to Enter
The procession, stretching fol
miles along the highway, then wa
headed straight across the eastern
border toward Franklin county, thu
men determining to enter the for.
hidden territory at once, instead O
waiting.
Travelling slowly, the caravan
passed through Duquoin about
p. m. At about 8 o'clock, the frs
automobiles reached the county line
Suddenly, as they drove over hill
the leaders came face to face will
Sheriff Robinson and his army o
deputies, estimated at from 800 Il
300 men.
While the procession waited, Rob
inson conferred with the strike lead
ers. told them they could not ente
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