Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1894 — NO SIGNS OF PEACE. [ARTICLE]

NO SIGNS OF PEACE.

COAL OPERATORS AND MINERS FAIL TO AGREE. Troop* Move Trains In Illinois—Voltey Fired at a Nervy Striker— Indiana Militia May Be Called—War On In the Keystone State. News of the Strike. There is nothing in sight, according to a Springfield dispatch, to warrant the belief that the strike of the Illinois coal miners will be settled this week or the next either. A conference of coal operators of Central and Southern Illinois on the one hand and representatives of the State and Nationa MineWorkers’ Union was held at Springfield.but nothing looking toward a compromise or adjustment of the difficulty has been accomplished. The parties are as far away from each other as ever. The representatives of the Miners’ Association stubbornly refuse to specify their demands. A meeting of the coal operators of the entire State will bo held, when, it po-sible, the operators will agree on what they will offer the miners. So the strike goes merrily on. It is hurting every class in the community now. It is working hardship on the poor, both miners and consumers. It is decreasing the revenue of corporations, factories, and eterybody who uset soft coaL It is a great detriment on some of the State institutions. The Kankakee asylum u es a great deal of coal, and has only ten carloads in stock. This will last only a few days. Some weeks ago, by way of precaution, the Superintendent, * Dr. Gapen, wrote Prc-ident Mcßride, acquainting him with the wants of the institution, and Mcßride gave a written authority that forty carloads of coal might bo mined for tbe Kankakee asylum. This permission was sent to a representative of the Miners’ Union in tho Kankakee district, and Dr. Gapen thought he was going to get his coaL Unfortunately, some district officer a little higher'in authority than the man to whom Mcßride's communication was sent was ignored, and tho understrapper will not allow the work to proceed.

Anarchy Runs Riot at La Sail**. La Salle, 111., sp -cial: This whole region is on the verge of riot and open rebellion. Loyal American citizens in some localities are at the mercy of a horde of low-browed, vicious Anarchists. An armed force of militia holds things in check in one or two towns, but outside of these centers lawless Italians, Slavs, Poles, and other treacherous and ignorant foreigners hold sway and defy tho authorities. An American citizen who goes abroad after dark lakes his life in his hands aud if he dares express himself at any time in a manner that does not suit the Anarchists he is liable to be beaten to death. At Spring Valley the Mayor is in terror of his life. The city prison has been sacked by the mob. The local police do not dare to arrest an Italian, a Dole, a Hun or an Anarchist of any nationality, no matter what offense against the laws he may commit. Practically tho same state of affairs exists at Wenona. It is a little less violent at Peru, and were it not for the presence of Col. Eennitt ’and his soldiers in this city it would be worse tiere. Time and again during the last two or three weeks the Stai s and Stripehas been dragged in the gutters of Spt ing Vally, while the red nag of anarchy and lawles-ness has been Haunted in the faces of the prop-erty-owners and citizens by a mob of men who cannot speak the English language and tvho have no legal voice in tne conduct of public affairs.

Bullets Fly Thick at Minonk. Minonk. 111., special: A striker threw a switch here directly in front of an Illinois Central freight train. In an instant weapons wee directed at him. Bullets from revolvers and rifles flew about the daring striker's heal, while buckshot ans other kinds of pellets discharged fnjm shotguns spread all around him. Why ho was not hit is one of the mysteries. He was, however, quickly arretted, and is now in jail. He is Henry Myers, and lie had a good position as cibleman in the Ames shaft here. He was-trying to keep the Illim is Central from moving a train of coal. With him were 200 desperate Poles, but the railroad cariied its point, thanka to the presence of Colonel Culver and three companies of the I. N. G. Disposition i f tlie MilitarySpringfield, 111. special: Gov. Altgeld received a m is- age from Wenona, Marshall County, saying the strikers there are prevent ng trains from moving and asking so arms and ammunition and that troo is lo held in readiness. Fifty riflis with ammunition were sent and (hi. Culver was telegraphed to proceed to Wenona and investigate. Gov. [Altge’d ordered tho two remaining c mpanies of troops at Pana to return name, The Governor also ordered home the troops stationed at Centraliaand two companies of those sent to Minonk. leaving one company at the latter place. Tho tr: ops at La Salle have been! ordered to remain there until further orders. i WAR OF EX! RUMINATION DECLARED. Clearfield Operators Declare They Will Mine Coal Despite Unions. Philadelphia, Pa., special: “We will start up our mines at 40 cent 3 per ton .if a deputy has to guard every miner with a rifle,” was the an war of the soft coal operators at their meeting in this city to c nsider Gov. I attisou’s scheme of arbitration. The operators repiesent the Clearfield, Beach Creek, and Broad Top regions on the eastern slope of tl e A’leghenies, extending from the Maryland to the New York lines. A few years ago the operators “blacklegged” the district and reduced the wages of the men to 40 cents a ton. The miners now ask 50 cents.as against the 70 cents asked for by the men west of the Ohio River. The miners paraded the streets of Osceola and Phillipsburg, flaunted banners, declaring they would not go to work, and dared the operators to import outside labor: Meantime the operators were in session in Philadelphia, 300 mi'es away, declaring a war of extermination. The outcome will ba bloodshed.

LAW SET AT DEFIANCE. Indiana Strlkinx Miners Cut Oat Work for the Military. General Solicitor Lyford, of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, went before Judge Baker in the United States Court at Indianapolis and secured a temporary restraining order against the strikers at Lyford, Vigo County. The attorney got the order on the grounds that the strikersiwere violating the interstate commerce law in interfering with the company’s trains by sidetracking cars loaded with coal from Kentucky and farther South consigned to Chicago’.’’ Saturday a train of thirty cars was sidetracked at Lyford by 400 Clinton strikers. Mr. Lyford reported that all efforts to move the train were futiJe, and the

railroad company wanted authority lor taking deputies to Lyford and forcing the strikers to stand back. Brazil, Ind., special: A crowd of 300 miners is stationed at Fontanet on the Big Four and they stop every freight train that passes over the road and make a thorough examination of the box cars to learn if any coal is being shipped. - They captured a train in which was one car marked “perishable freight.* The miners forced entrance into the car, discovered that it was cca 1 , and promptly sidetracked it. Clinton, Ind., special: National President Mcßride, of the United Mine Workers, telegraphed to the striking mindrs at Lyford that they mu->t release the train of coal they had captured and pushed along the sidetrack behind the hills wheie the New Kentucky Coal Company has its mines. The farmers are supplying free the products of their farms to the strikers and the New Kentucky Company has kept its store open, giving the* men credit for what they bur. There was no wo”d here to-day of the proceedings in tl o United Sta’es Court at Indianapolis. The men do not believe Gov. Matthews will send the militia. This is his home town and he is personally known to most of the men. , LOOK FOB A FIGHT IN lOWA. Miner* Declare They Will Drag Colored Men from the Mnchakinock Fit*. Four hundred striking miners have assembled near No. 6 s-haft, Muehakinock, lowa, and many more are on the way. They threatened to buy out or shcot out the colored miners at work there. Fifty deputies fca\e been sworn in by Sheriff 'Price, but is feared they cannot preserve peace. The men are well armed and provided with provisions. Gen. Jackson has been notified and the situation is known to the militia. The colored miners are armed aud will not quit work. The situation is alarm ng. FEDERAL TROOPS ORDERED OUT. Three Companies Sent to the Indian Territory Against Coal Strikers. Leavenworth, Kan., special: An order from the Secretary of War was received at Fort Leavenworth for three companies of military to move immediately to McAleste'r, I. T., to suppress the mine trouble an l restore to owners the prot erty now held by strikers. The troops will leave on a special train and will be commanded bv Lieut. Col. Andrews and Major Haskell. Lives of the Hostages SavßiJ. Colorado Springs, Colo. Sheriff Bowers released Russell, Mason, and Todd, the three miners captured at Wilbur, in pursuance of an agreement made to save the lives of Supt. McDonald, Fireman Charles Robinson, and Miner Jack Go dhuo, who were captured by the strikers at the Strong Mine after the blowing up of the shafthome. No Agreement at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., special: The meeting of the Ways and Means Committee of fifteen coal o’ erators appointed last week to adopt a basis or plan to settle the strike disagreed and nothing was done.