Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1894 — Page 1

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FIRST PART. ESTABLISHED 1822. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1894 TWELVE PAGES. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

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Surgeon Slinkard Shot a Festive Striker, If an Honest Farmer's Word Is Good. The Sensation of the Hour tt Camp McK.ee. MASS MEETING OF MINERS Governor Will Be Asked to Recall the Troops Upon the Assurance That All Trouble Will Cease. Sherifr Mills Must Give Up Names of Leaders. Critnd Jnry of SnllUan (nnnty I Called lo Tnlif Action on hr Cnf of the Striking Miner n:nl F'okIUvp lnirnrtinns Are Iwirn ly .Indue ItrisR!. Sheriff Villi AV1II He Com. ' pclled to Testify V t'roml of Armed Men .ii;inl .lail nt Ilrnxil Against Posxlbli Attack bj- Ljnrlier Mure Snpeeteil Mnrtlerer A rrmlril nt Tlut I'lacr V (iunril l-irel on nt Mielbiirn Reports Hereived ly Arijt.-lien. Kultltlun Detiiil. CAMP M'KKK, PHELBFRN. Ind.. Jur.e 7. Sjvcnl. The guards tl.Mn 5 picket duty ahniit tlie camp tonight were stoned at 1 i : 3 1 o'clock. A detaohnu nt of irn v.M. Fnt out io penur the territory, but the ruffians scapcd arrest. It i intensely dark ar.d :his made it i;np- sj-ibie to s-e mvins objects many fen away. A boy named ration has just been placed in the guard house. He is a resident and was cmight. en'iea vorir.g to set Inside the lines ;:nd could r.nt give a good account "f himself. L II. B. CAMP Mt-KEK, SH ELBFRN, Ind.. June 8. Special. At 1:30 o'clock this morning two shots wer? fired by pickets at rioters who had hurled tricks at the guard lines. Private Towel, Company C, was patrolling the north end of the line nnd a half brick smashed against a box car at his back. lie fired, but the shot was Ineffective. At the north end of the line several atones were thrown and one of them struck Private Jlu.-f.r, who was doing: picket duty, on the knee, but his Injury was not serious. A largo ;;t,;.nc smashed the glass in the window of Battery A. directly over the head of private Oliver. The noise of the glass smashing aroused the v. hol company, which was in readiness instantly for a scrimmage. G.-n. MckVp. ordered a company to scour the fie,ia for the troublesome bushwhackers, but like the other raseals who have been doing the mischief, they escaped. CAMP M'KEE. SHELBURN, Ind., June R. Special. The sensation of the day here was the report, regarded as absolutely reliable, that Regimental Surgeon Slunkard's shot at a fleeing guerilla on Monday had proved effective. A farmer residing east of Farmersburg came to that village during the morning, and to an officer of the First regiment, a personal friend, stated that a man was lying at a farm house near his place dangevuusdy, if not mortally, wounded. He could not give the name of the wounded man, but described the location of the house whre he is located. Deputy Sheriff Willis left this evening fur the house described to investigate the matter. The scrimmage in which the man was Injured was at Ebenezer grave yard on Monday afternoon, shortly before ( o'clock. Lieut. George Allen, company C, of New Albany, was close up to Surgeon Slunkard when the latter emptied his revolver at the escaping dynamiter. Allen also got in a shot. Allen states positively that one shot took effect, from the distressed appearance of the fleeing form. The report of the sheriff is awaited wiih interest by the officers. Sheriff Mills is to be made to tell all he knows as to who have been the leaders in the depredations which occurred previous to the arrival f the militia, and also the names of the men he saw gathered in the various mobs about the station at Shelburn and at other points while the militia was escorting the trains safely past dangerous localities. Mills was at the head cf several posses, and It is stated called many men by their first names, asking that they desist from their attempts to molest the trains, and also cease interfering with the sheriffs In their attempts to serve warrants. Sheriif Mills is 10 doubt acquainted personally with many of the leaders of the trouble in this district, but his lips have been sealed. He declares he knows none of the men and insists that In the confusion caused by the many localities visited by him during the day he can remember ns man with deflnlteness. The grand jury. owever, will endeavor to refresh his memory when it secures a few facts op points which the sheriff should know something of. The strikers In Md vicinity are daily growing more and mora destitute. The condition of many families 13 harrowing Indeed. They have scarcely a crust of breaj in their cupboards. The farmers abuut the country all tell the one story of the begging mlnr3. Many tales of want are pitiable. ' In the village the miners keep a stiff upper lip and do not discuss their position. They put the best possible face on a decidedly miserable condition. Forty car load"3 of coal have been sent through here today. The train crew experienced no difficulty, although the speed ut the engine was reduced very materially through the mining district. Superintendent Corbett and his assistant, Mr. Anderson, were not with the train. They wer at Sullivan attenling court. This Is the List train of coal which will be sent through until tomorrow. Sergt. Burr, company C, Second regiment, with a detail cf four men was sent to the road crossing north of the station tonight to fee the local freight safely through. The cars were stopped and a break made for several minutes. Wh.en . the train was

pulling slowly out the se-geant perceived" an ugly looking customjr between two cf the box cars. He ordered the man from the train, after finding he was not one of the crew. The man refused and cursed the soldiers in round terms. Sergt. Burr then, at the point of a revolver, ordered the man off. and still disobeying the command, the order was given to lpad. This brought the fellow to his senses and he left the train hurriedly. E. II. B. CAMP M'KEE, SHELBURN. Ind., June 9. Special. Advices were received at a late hour tonight by Gen. McKee to the effect that a body on 100 miners Is at Star City and that the men are armed. It was reliably said that "Winchester rifles form a part of their accoutrement. While they talk of peace and say that they are ready to go to work persons near to Gen. McKee state that he is by no means sanguine that the trouble is at an end. Two companies, A and M, of the Second regiment, were dispatched at dark to fcout in the neighborhood of Star City, and It is hoped to lake the miners by surprise, it being understood that a meeting is to be held in a grove near there. Such a gathering at this time certainly portends evil. The miners at Star City are organized and hold a charter in the United mine workers of America. It is claimed for them that they have taken little part in the deprecation about this place. If the soldiers come upon the gathering it vill surely mean an attack if the miners do not submit to arrest. Reports from the companies are anxiously awaited. There are few in camp who know the destination of the soldiers and there is no means by which the strikers at Star City can be apprised of th approach of the skirmishing party. The mining camp at Star City is two and one-half miles east of this place. Sheriff Mills was before the grand jury at Sullivan yesterday, as was Deputy Briggs and about thirty others. Mills, it is understood, was reticent in giving information to the jury concerning Identification of persons seen by him attempting to retard the movement of trains. One of the jurors made a most significant remark as he was retiring from the Jury room at the clse of the day's deliberations. "It is strange how some people swear," he said. The Jury adjourned to meet apain Monday. It is understood that Prosecutor Slinkard Is using every measure to bring about the indictment of every leader. Two miners from. Star City were in Shelburn tonight and an informal conference was held with several of the leading miners here. The outsome of the conference w?s a firm decision to hold out until President McBride issues a formal notice that the strike Is called off. Deputy Sheriff Briggs received notice that there were arms in a house eat of Shelburn, but investigation disproved it. E. II. B. KILLED A ENGINEER.

YVilliiiiu Hnrr of the Ynndnlln Stoned to Death nt Kulghtfci Hie. BRAZIL. Ind.. June 6. Special. The rity of Brazil was shocked and startled just after 2 o'clock this afternoon over the report that a Vandalia engineer had been killed at his post of duty by the strikers watching at the Knightsville yards to interrupt the transit of coal. But a few minutes later the report was confirmed by the train crews lifting his lifeless body from the cab of his ei.gine and placing it in the baggageroom of the Vandalia depot at this place. Throngs ct" peonlo crowded and blocked every avenue within a few minutes. Sections one and two of train No. 1, hauling a number of flits of coal, were assaulted by the party of strikers that has beci loitering about the Knightsville yards for a w.-ek past, stones and cinders being buried at the train men. Section on" passed throufrh with no further injury than the smashing of the glass in the cab windows. Section number two fared much worse, the projected missiles taking effect on three of the crew. A large-sized bowlder struck Engineer William Barr back of the left ear. He kept his seat and directed his entrine until the Brazil city limits were reached, a distance of a mile, when he fell unconscious to the lloor of the cab. When the train reached the depot but a couple of mir.utes later the faithful engineer breathed his last. Coroner Mershon and Dr. Tulley examined the body and pronounced death resulting from hemorrhage from the rupture of a blood vessel. The body was sent to his family at Terre Haute an hour later. He was forty-five years of age and leaves a wife and four children. This is the flist fatality resulting directly frcm the lawlessness practiced by the strikers of Clay county and has caused a great deal of feeling among all law-abiding citizens. Sheriff Ringo and deputies and Marshal Lawderback went to the scene of the assault apd crime at once but could get no clew to the identification of the guilty parties and no arrests have yet been made. BRAZIL,. June 7. Special. City Marshal Lowderbaok and staff made five arrests last night of young men suspected of being implicated in or having knowledge of the assault made upon Engineer Barr of the Vandalia, resulting in his death. The euspejts are Robert Rankin, Charles Poor, James Boot he, William Green, Charles Slack, all residing at Harmony. The suspects were subjected to a rigid examination today, conducted by George A. Knight, attorney for the Vandalia, and then remanded to Jail. The whole proceeding Is invested with secresy for the present. The attorneys, however, give out that sufficient was brought out to warrant the statement that the men guilty of the murder of the lamented engineer will soon be within the clutches of the law. It is currently rumored that one of the five Fiispects made a full statement, on which the state will proceed to make numerous arrests. BRAZIL, Ind., June S. Special. Two of the live young men at Harmony, arrested Wednesday night, suspected of complicity in the murder of Engineer Barr, were released last evening Poore and Greene while the other three Rankin, Slack and Boothe are quartered behind the bars. While the officers were on their way to Harmvny the forepart of last night to make further arrest3 cn the warrants which had been issued they met as many as a hundred armed men, having guns and revolvers, moving In the direction of Brazil. When spuken to they made no reply. The officers retraced their sfcep and at once repaired to the county JaJl, anticipating a possible attempt to release the three suspects. On arriving at the Jail they found an advance Kuard of three men who explained that the armed body wanted permission to occupy the jail yard until morning, their object beLng- to support the sheriff In defense of the prisoners should any necessity for it arise, saying that they had heard that a mob of Vandalia men were coming out from Terre Haute to lynch them. The men remained outside the corporate limits until notified that they would be permitted to occupy the jard as desired, when they came In and stayed until morning. They were orderly and apparently acting in good faith. They told the sheriff that they would give the officers assistance In finding any suspects for whom warrants had been issued, and that they would be in readiness at any time to respond to his call to defend the Jail against any attempt at mob violence. Three more suspects were arrested today at Harmony Ed Monk, William Carr and Ernest Poore, the last named but fourteen years of age. KNIGHTSVILLE. June 10. Special. At the regular meting of local No. 677.

United mine workers of America, held June 8, the following preamble and reso-

j lutions were unanimously adopted: 1 "Whereas, The dearest interests of our ! country are its constitution and laws, against every attack upon these there will, we hepe, always be found amongst us the firmest spirit of resistance, whether the violaters be employers of labor, or their employes; and Whereas, our attention has been called to different articles in the Brazil and Indianapolis papers stating that we, the miners of Knightsville, are not only charged with violating the laws of our state, by holding up trains on their transit, but Impeach us with murder, denouncing us as an outrageous and dangerous class of citizens, statements which neither the civil nor criminal records of our country will sustain; and we further rdnt with pride that never, in the history of our town or immediate vicinity, has murder been committed, nor person or property been endangered in all our labor troubles. "Therefore, be it resolved. That we regret that the press of our country Is so imposed upon by reporters garbling sensational reports, which reflect upon the character of law-abiding citizens, Instead of the facts. "And, further, be It resolved, That we deplore the sad and untimely death of William Harr, engineer, and again1 condemn the interfering with all railroad traffic." BRAZIL, June 11. The trial of the fourteen strikers charged with murdering Engineer Barr on the Vandalia last Tuesday, will be called tomorrow. All of the accused gave bail, and over $2f0 has been raised by subscription for their defense. troops oRnnncn home. Five Companies to Itrlarn-The War About 0er. SULLIVAN. Ind.. June 11. Special. The war is about over. Compani?s E and K of the First Evansville and Princeton and Companies D and M of the Second and M of the Third leave here for home tonight. Gen. McKee talked freely of the situation and he is of the opinion that there will be no more trouble. "The coal trains went through today," he said, "unmolested and the people at Shelburn seem to be acting in good faith under the agreement, but there are some peculiar features in regard to the matter. They say that they will try to prevent violations of law and that there will be no more trouble at Shelburn. They do not say anything about the other points." A call at Judge Rricrgs's residence disclosed the fact that he had gone to Gen. McKee's amp. The Jude? was afterward seen and he said that he had advised that most of the troops be withdrawn. The grand jury, h said, is getting along well with its work nd there is no need of aid and no probability of martial law. Among the officers who are returning to their homes sre: Lieut. -Col. Harry B. Smith of Indianapolis. Maj. Thayer of Greenfield. Adit. Seguln of Indianapolis. The troops will arirve at Indianapolis at 10:.j a. in. tomorrow. The two Ms are colored companies. Maj. Oefrees returned from his conference with Gen. McKee yesterday morning, and as a result five companies were ordered home by Governor Matthews durlri.tr the mnrnine. This will reduce the forces in the Held about onehalf. Both gitling gun squads are still at the camp. Governor Matthews would have litt'.o to say of tha situation, but his actions indicate that he is satisfied that the difficulty is ;ib ut at an end. He and Mrs. Matthews left last evening at C o'clock for Danvill Ky. GRAM) JIUV IX NESS I OX. Jadec ItriKS" Mnkf Ulm 1 n r ucl Ion IM in Very Quiet Day. SHELBURN, Ind., June S. Special. The civd authorities have begun to net in this district where the depredations of striking miners have been committed for the past two weeks. The special grand jury was impaneled this morning. Judge Briggs was on the bench and he was firm in his charge to the jurors concerning the laws that have been violated and th finding that should be made against those persons whom the jury had conclusive evidence have been taking part in the guerilla warfare on the militia and who have been destroying the property of the railroad companies. The Jury Is composed of six farmers who reside in parts of the county remote from the scenes of the strike. They are an intelligent-looking body of men and seem to be possessed of fearlessness, that quality so necessary in investigations of this character. The names of the six men in whose hands rests the fate of the strikers for whom warrants are issued are Henry Shake, Bailey MeConnell, William' Wyble, W. F. Knotts, William Johnson and George W. Wyatt. The Joilce'R Clin ru e. The jury begun its session at 11 o'clock in the court room of the Sullivan district court. Judge Briggs, in a commanding tone, rehearsed the history of the depredations which have been committed. He said to the jury, in substance, that such scenes as have occurred in the county during the past ten days have been such as have never previously taken place, and the grand jury had been called together in special session to investigate the matter without fear or favor; that no set of men had any right to violate the law; "that the laws ought to be and must be enforced and the orders of the court must be obeyed. Tho men who had violated the sections of the statute he had just read and explained to them should be indicted speedily, and the whole power of the court would be used to aid the grand jury in the faithful and speedy discharge of its duty. "For the security and safety of our people depends upon obeyance of law and respect for courts," sail he. "Men who violate the laws and refuse to obey the courts should be indicted by you, and that speedily. I call upon you to do your utmost to indict the guilty and thus enable us to punish the men who have disgraced the good name of our county. The prosecuting attorney, Mr. Slinkard. will aid you to his unmoat." Court Room Filled. The court room was filled with people, many of them from the mining regions, the latter doubtlesstto carry the news to those in hiding in this and outside counties. The jury began the hearing of witnesses early after dinner. Over forty have already been summoned and are In the city awaiting their names to be called. Sheriff Mills states that subpoenas are in his hands for 200 witnesses. There have been so far but nine arrests made. These are Edward Vanarsdal, Terry McCarty, Old Pittsburg; S. Lafollette. Alum Cave; Ransam Kemp and John Bullock, Shelburn; Ben Adams and a tramp, name unknown, Clay Price and M. M. Stringer, Ebenezer Graveyard. The first three men are out on ball, also Bullock. The others are lying in Jail here awaiting the Jury's finding. The men from Ebenezer Graveyard are the ones caught by the skirmishing party sent on double quick after the dynamiters. Price was released today. Stringer's capture Is thought to be an important one. There has been but one volunteer witness before the grand Jury. His nam 1 T. X. Combs. butcher of Hv-

mera, one of the many haunts near Alum Cave. He informed Judge Briggs that a number of miners had ordered him to leave the town because he sold some meat to the soldiers. He was sent to the Jury. Several of the witnesses examined are said to have revealed some important facts. It Is even said that the Jury has the name of the man who placed the dynamite on the track at Ebenezer. The court officials. Judge Briggs and Sheriff Mills, are showing more of a disposition to pull together than has been evinced since the ordering of- the militia here. o Elisor Appointed. Judge Briggs stated to your correspondent in positive terms that no elisor has been appointed. Deputies Briggs and Willis, he states, were sworn in by him at Sheriff Mills's suggestion. They possess the full powers of sheriff as far as the trouble with the strikers goes. He thinks that the secrecy of the grand jury room will have the effect of drawing out facta known by farmers who are silent now and that the names of the leaders of the Insurrection will be developed. Judge Briggs and Sheriff Mills will have a conference tonight and the result will no doubt be the issuance of a request to the governor to recall all troops now in the county with the exception of about one hundred men each at Shelburn and Farmersburg. It is the purpose cf the railroad companyr to remove 130 cars of coal by tomorrow night and the troops will doubtless be held until ''the passage of the last train tomorrow. Judge Briggs expresses himself confident that seven deputies whom he can name can move the coal now. These men, he thinks, armed with double barrel shot-guns, will be a sufficient guard for a coal train. He states that if Sheriff Mills does not appoint the deputies he will make them bailiffs to carry out the court's orders. Sheriff Mills has been in Sullivan all day during the serving cf the warrants. As to Sullivan county's responsibility for paying the troops who ha .-e been sent to the county Judge Briggs refuses to talk. The county lias furnishert supplies to the militia, which Is Indicative that Is expects to foot the bill, which will not fall short of $20,000. The E. A T. H. road has been the chief beneficiary of the presence of the troops here at an expense of J2.000 a day. The road was enabled to push but fifty cars of coal through. There is some disposition to crilicie the company for not takln? more of an advantage of its opportunity ani pushing at least three train loads of c laV through a day instead of one. E. H. B. SHELBURN, "!nd.. June 8. Special. A mass meeting of citizens and miners held In town tonight has just adjourned. A series of resolutions was adopted deploring the continued presence of the militia in this community and calling upon Governor Matthews to order them home. A committee was appointed to go to Indianapolis and personally present the sense of th meeting to the governor. The resolutions further pledge the honor of the ,-ood citizens of Shelburn that no more la1 1 lessness'shall occur If the troops are witlrawn. The comndttee is composed c I Robert Stewart, an old retired miner; J. H. Harper, a physician, and Isaac C liover. a merchant. At 9: fa, guard was fired upon but not hit. Tl I fire was not returned. E. II. B.

A BCLD YANKEE CAPTAiN. Iin ItXS AWAY FROM A CAX ADIAX cnti!i:n. Fitlsely Accused of Violating the IT w lie I'jiy Xo Heed to Command or ShnlM und Sail tuny from Hin Pursuer. GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 11. Th schooner Eohring B. Haskell, of this port, has arrived home from the banks and Capt. Day tells the story of her escape from the Canadian cruiser Vigilant on last Monday. He states that on Saturday, June 2, the Haskell ran Into Canco for supplies. One man wanted to remain there but the captain would not consent and for revenge, he believes, the man told the authorities that the Haskell bad shipped men in Liverpool In violation of law, and as a result the Vigilant was notified to seize the vessel. As the Haskell was passing Port Hawkesbury the Vlgllant's bow lay directly in her path and ordered her to stop. As Capt. Day had a perishable cargo and it would be spoiled if the schooner were seized, he refused to obey the order. The Vigilant's guns were called Into play and three shots were fired at the fleeing schooner but she did not stop and in an hour left the cruiser far astern. Capt. Day says: "I have violated no law, for I took out a fishing license In Liverpool and one In Newfoundland and have the right to lay in harbor twenty-four hours without reporting at the custom house."' A MAD DOG'S WORK. He Kills n Doy nnd Terrorises a City. DALLAS, Tex., June 11. Yesterday a St. Bernard dog went mad and breaking his chain ran amuck. Rushing through town he killed two dogs and three cats, and bit seven people, three of them probably fatally. A nero boy was literally torn to plecen. A lady named Worden was attacked in her house and terribly mangled. Nick Powers, a workman at Lemp's ice factory, was seized by the thigh while attempting to escape up a ladder and frightfully lacerated. Jennings Moore, a salesman, had great shred 3 of flesh torn from his arm and side. Mrs. Mary Arthur, an invalid, lying on a cot in her home, was attacks! and her arms and side wer; torn so badly that she will die. Two others, names unknown, were more or less injured. Policemen finally killed the dog. WEDS THE BLACK PORTER. A Vermont Society Helle Cannes n Senmitlon. BENNINGTON, Vt.. June 11. Society here is all agog over the marriage of Miss Jennie Mayo, a society belle of Middlesex, to Thomas Strong of Castlcton, Vt., a negri hotel porter. It has just leaked out that they were secretly married by the pastor of the African methodist episcopal church on Wednesday last. Last summer Miss Mayo and her mother went to Saratoga and registered in Congress hall. Ming Mayo, who Is twenty-four years of a?e, raw Strong and Immediately becrme Infatuated with him. .Strong is a porter in Bermuda during the winter and returns to Saratoga every summer. He is saldj to be worth several thousands of dollars. NO EQUAL SUFFRAGE. An Important Deelalon ly the ?f evr Jerey Court. TRENTON. N. J.. June 11. Chief Justice Beasley decided today that the legislature of New Jersey could not confer upon women the right to vote for any public officers. This right of male citizens to vote. Justice Beasley holds, cannot be extended any more than it can be abridged by legislative enactments. Under this decision women will be debarred from voting for school trustees In the future.

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In the Coko Regions of Pennsylvania. Deputies Kill One of the Strikers And Fatally Wound Two Others. FORCED TO A FIGHT In Order to Preserve Their Own Lives from tho Mob. A Running Fight with Guns and Revolvers. The Strikers Fighting Gamely at All Points. The Deputies Seek to Itescne Fonr Srnbs Who Have Ueen Kidnaped nnd a Pitched. Battle Ensues The Strikers Carry Off Their Wounded, But Leave Their Dead on the Field UNIONTOYVN, Pa., June 10. The truce is ended and the armed deputies In the coke region had to kill or be killed. One striker killed in his boots, two others dying and another shot through is the result of a battle this morning at Lemont. There were six deputies on one side and a mob of strikers on the other. Unbiased testimony is in the main to the effect that the mob not only provoked, but compelled the deputies to fire on them after the strikers had compelled them to retreat and had fired several shots at them. The circumstances that led up to this latest of the many tragedies of the coke region were developing since yesterday afternoon. Four American workmen John Delaney, Oliver Atleby. John Britt and James Furlough who live at Leisenrlng, have been working at the Frick coke company's valley works for some time. They came to New Haven yesterday afternoon, where they were to take the Leisenring electric road for home, where they had not been for a month. As soon as they alighted from the train at New Haven they were surrounded by a mob of several hundred strikers from the Trotter and other works in the vicinity. The strikers first beat the four workmen and then put tegs on them boating the inscrlpt'on, "Blacklegs," also covering them with chalk marks. They then inarched their prisoners to the Leisenring works and from there to Trotter, Morrell, tuul in fact to all tJie works on the line from Xew Haven south, holding them up as decorated samples of "scabs" fr the reviling and abuse of strikers everywhere. The four prisoners were subjected to all manner of insults and indignities, to such an extent that many of the more rational strikers protested that it was cruel and cowardly for so many men to assail four helpless fellows In that way. The Frick coke company ' heard of the perilous position their workmen were in and called on Sheriff Wilhelm to release the men from the custody of the mob. Field Deputy Matt Allen and six men were sent to New Haven on the evening train. They were misled by false information, the friends of the strikers baffling them at every turn, but they followed every clew they could find and were scouring tho country all night in search of the mob. They were tricked by the fact that the whole matter was a conspiracy in which different mobs were concerned, and when one crowd had tired of the prisoners or were pressed closely by the pursuit the four prisoners were handed over to another crowd and the former gathering would disperse to their homes. The prisoners were especially ill-treated when their captors marched them to their homes, where the women and children slapped and spat upon them and called them vile names. The women at every plant they passed were the most violent in the abuse of the "soaW and the little children screamed "blacklegs" at them and struck them with their tiny fists. A Pitched Rattle. It was daylight when the squad of deputies reached Lemont. They had been joined by Superintendent Slater of the Leisenring plant, who had helped in the all night hunt. Not long after daylight the men began to assemble on the commons by the hundreds. They engaged in the wildest demonstrations. "When Deputies Michaels and Hastings came from under cover they were quickly discovered. Then the mob raised a howl and surrounded them. Many of the strikers had revolvers and all carried clubs. They moved against the deputies, who retreated under a shower of clubs and stones. At this juncture Deputy Allen and three other deputies came up. AlMi was mounted. Riding up to the advancing crowd of miners he told them to go back, saying he did not want any trouble, and that there would be trouble If he or his men were attacked or injured. The answer to Allen was a general yell and one of the strikers covered him with his pistol and fired. The shot was a close shave for the top of Allen's head. Allen turned in his saddle and called to his five men to fire. Each of the men afoot had a Winchester and Allen had two revolvers. They opened fire together and the strikers stood to It and fought gamely. The first shots were fired by them, and they fired as coolly and as rapidly as did the deputies. They kept closing in on the men who were working the Winchesters, realizing that the rides would be useless in the melee at close quarters, while their own revolvers would be just as effective as those of the officers. The deputies gave ground but kept up their fire. They were driven to the extreme end of the company's ground, where they made a stand. By that time three of the strikers were down, and when the deputies stopped and prepared to fight it out there the mob recoiled. Concealing Ihe Wounded. The instant the strikers stopped firing the officers stopped also, glad enough to have things go that way. The strikers began at once to carry away the wounded. The dead man and two who were fatally wounded were left In the road where they fell, but there were others whD were able to get away with a little assistance. There were so many shots fired at close range, the firing being continued for a quarter of an hour, that a number of the strikers must have been hit. The number of wounded may not ba known for several days. j they will bo

concealed where concealment is possible. Allen estimates that fifty or sixty shots were fired by both sides. It was not strictly a battle of bullets, as those of the strikers who were not armed were busy throwing stones. The only injuries inflicted to the deputies were by such missiles. Sheriff Richardson sent Deputies Richards and Allebach to the scene and ten deputies arrived from the valley about the same time. The force was soon increased to twenty men. each with a Winchester. The last of the strikers, lingering at a safe distance, then dispersed, leaving the authorities In possession. No move was made to care for the wounded. Late tonight the two Slavs most seriously wounded were taken to the cottage hospital at Connellsville for treatment. They are fatally injured, being shot through the hips. Dr. Smith, who attended them, says they can live but a sh"t time. At dark the man who was killed wa3 still lying where he fell and a canvas had been stretched over him. Coroner Batton said he would view the bodies tomorrow. The Dead nnd Wounded. The sheriff and bis attorney will ask for a full investigation. The names of the dead and wounded cannot be learned as yet, nobody but the strikers know them. Their names are on the records of the McClure company, but they were not available, as the company refused to give out any information in. connection with the affair. They are all Slavs. The man instantly killed was shot through the breast. Another man was shot through the arms, but his wounds are not dangerous. He was among the number arrested and placed in ja.il. The deputies Identified six of the more active strikers in the fight and subsequently arrested them. They are now in jail here. Another detachment of deputies was at once formed to go in eearch. of the four men held prisoners by the strikers. No trace of them has been seen and it it feared they have been, murdered by the strikers in revenge for the loss of the men hurt in today's battle. It 13 known that on the eve of the battle the workmen were subjected to the most inhuman and barbarous treatment. At 9 o'clock six more strikers were arrested at Lernet and sent here to Jail. It is officially stated that at least 2X more arrest will b made as the result of the rioting and kidnaping. Matt Allen, who had charge of the men who stopped the charge of the mob today. Is only twenty-three years old. BATTLE AT A MIXE,

In Which Two Men Are Killed and One Injured. PEKIN, 111.. June 6. There was a bloody battle at Little's coal mine, five miles down the Illinois river from Pekin, today. Word was received at Pekln thi morning that 500 miners from the west of the river were about to attack the mine. Sheriff Frederick swore in a posse and set out for the scene. The strikers assembled at Bentonville and crossed the Illinois in ferries. There were about four hundred men and some women. The posse remonstrated with the mob in vain. The leaders of the strikers, with a revolver in each hand, cried out: "Follow me," and the crowd charged on the mine. The two Littles and their sons and a colored man. re treat til to the tower above the shaft and opened fire on the attacking Tarty, some of whom were? seen to fall. The lire was relumed and hundreds of shots were tired into and through the tower. The Littles hoisted a white flag, but the firing did not cease. The shaft was set on fire and up shot the flames. It was feared the jiower house would be fired and the crowd retreated. The air shaft was kept closed. The killed: JACK JACKSON, colored, a miner at Little's. EI) BLOOM, one of the strikers. Wounded: Ed Porter and Peter Little, of the hesieged, the former shot In the breast, probably fatally, the latter In the arm. Half a dozen others were slightly hurt. There are a number ut minors in the shaft who. It Is feared, are suffocated. Among them are Gus Moritz, Fred Moritz and John Rockey. The sheriff and posse have returned from the sene, unable to cope with the mob. Pekin is wild witn excitement. The j.ittle miae Is one of the few machine miiu-s in this district and has kept working through all the trouble, the Little Bros, themselves doing most of the work and keeping their machines going. Rumors have been afloat for several days that the strikers were intending a visit and when definite information was received today that they intended coming, Edward Little caleld on the sheriff for protection. Twenty-five deputies came, but as no strikers had. put In an appearance at 3 p. m. they returned to Pekin. They had not been away from the mine half an hour when the mob started over the river and the fight soon began. The men who were in the coal chute say that at least two hundred of the strikers were armed. So incessant was the storm of leaden missiles that in a few minutes every board in the chute was splintered. In the meantime a lot of men with buckets of kerosene had saturated the woodwork of the buildings and a half dozen coal cars standing near and applied a match. When the flames began to rise the besieged men were forced to desert their place of shelter and make a dart for life. After tho defenders of the mine had been driven off the mob stood about and watched the destruction of the building. The lire spread to the powder house, located a short distance from the other building, and It exploded with a frightful roar. After this the mob returned ti its boats, crossed the river and scattered among the ravines and hill.s. Th lss on the property amounts to over $30,000, which the Littles say they will make the county pay. There was trouble at the Consolidated coal mine near Peoria today also, and a non-union man was probably fatally beaten by strikers. Two. hundred strikers are tonight camped along the Illinois river and the miners who have been working fear an attack on their residences. Many of them have sought protection In Peoria and declare they will not return until after the trouble has been adjusted. The early reports that a number of men were in the Little shaft when the buildings were destroyed proved to have been unfounded. 1 COLORADO. Deputies Flre.I Ipon V Clnali of Anthorlty. CRIPPLE CREEK. Col.. June 10 A party of fifteen deputies, while approaching Bull Hill this morning on their way from camp to this place, were fired upon from ambush by twenty miners. The deputies being unprepared for battle retreated wdthout returning the fire. Gen. Brooks called out enough militia to surround the miners and arrested them. TRINIDAD. Col., June 10. At the Sopris mines yesterday a party of women, wives of tne strikers, stationed themselves at the opening: to the mine and attempted by abusive language and throwing stones to prevent the men from going to work. A Mexican miner was dumped In the mud and pounded with stones. A man was with them urging them on. He was placed under arrest with two of the most vicious of the women and lodged In jail. This ended the riot and there has been no trouble since. , DENVER, Col., June 10. Governor

Waite early this morn'-ng, In response ta a telegram from Gen. Brooks, commanding the militia at Cripple Creek, informing him that the deputies were advancing on Eull Hill, ordered the following telegTam sent Gen. Brooks: If, as you ay. Sheriff Bowers admits that the cVputies refuse to obey his ordets and are acting in dertance thereof. thy ar not a lawful body, are only armed marauders, and you must treat them as such. Order them to lay oown their arms an4 disperse. If they refuse to obey and you have not force enough to suppress tbis nevr insurrection, notify me and I will call out enough ergameeö militia to enforce lbs order. Commissioner Eoynton in command oC the deputies was shown the order toul immediately wired his attorney, tba Hon. C. S. Thomas, of this city, for advice. Mr. Thomas sent the following reply: Mr. Boynton The sheriff of the county, engared in enforcing orvV-r, subduing or attempting to subdue armed resUtnce to th law or authorities or In overcoming thos who defy the servic of process. 1 discharging the obligations of his office end. maintaiiiinj civil government. In doing this he may call to his ald and deputii as many citizens as may be necessary anU no power, not even the federal government has lawful authority to interfere wlta cr disarm them. Boynton denies that Sheriff Bowers ha lost control of his men or that they wa' a disorderly boJy. BURNING TRESTLFS.

The Ohio Strikers Resort to Desperat .Mcuik. WIIELTNG, W. Va., June 10. Th Ohio militia, in camp at Wheeling1 crels, three miles west of the rlvsr, were fired' on by 6om persons ia the hills at fr-' quent intervals last night from midnight till this morning, and in a few ca&es th, sentinels returned the fire, but co far a' known no bloodshed resulted. Tbl morning strikers burned 144 feet of a wooden bridge at Gothen, wtst of Wheeling creek. No coal could therefore : moved until the bridge was repaired.; About 4 p. m. thre-s double header train were sent west, composed in- ail o forty-; two cars. There was no effort to Btojt them. At the camp of the West Virginia militia, the day was a comparatively quiet, one. The morning paaeed quietly mtil 11 o'clock, when a message from. Mound-; villa told of a blockad by a number of miners above the town. Three compares of the First regiment left Immediately.' The obstructionists dispersed oa the ar-j nvai oi tne troops lui one, unaries iaj vis, was arrested and brought to wheel Ing. charged with obstructing the United State mn'l The rrivtvil round the Mmtl this afternoon was large and at times I disorderly, but no epecial trouble resuited. 1 M'KIMEVS MO.VHY ItETdlXED, His "Mite" of a Contribution Not Ap-', predated by the Miners. MASSILLON. O., June 9. Today th miners' relief committee of Massillon returned to Governor McKinley the J10 ha contributed to their subscription for thai relief of unemployed miners on the 2?th of May, which he spoke of In his letter of transmirsion as bis "mite." Here ia the letter of the relief committee: MASSILLON. O.. June ?, lSCi. William McKinky. ciovernor of Ohio: Sir: Incl' s,,! you will lind $10. your donation to th- miners f Massillon. They emphatically refuse to pecept a "mite" from the hand that ss:dsted in smiting them. Your iiftion was soilcif-d because the miners be'.i ved you was at least in as much sympathy with th-m as the ordinary, every-iay citizen, hut tince you have divested yourself cf your covering and your true character stands out in clowing colors thy abhor th" contamination of your charity. Vmir mhiti-.n in a political way. so fax as th-- miners ore cope. rr.ed. sure to ba gratified henceforth. Yours, etc., .mtlN WILHELM. President. KIVAT:! MILLKH. Treasurer. ' JAMES Urown. Secretary. IT'S ALL OFF OW. Operntors und Miner Iteneh an Agreement. COLUMBFS. June 11. The joint committee on scale, composed of Operator and miners, went into executive session at 10 o'clock. Each side expressed a feeling that circumstances elsewhere had placed an agreement here in eopardy,b--t each would try to effect an agreement It possible. John McBride said, "We, th miners, are not contending for recognition of the miners' union, but fcr a uniform scale." About 5:30 this evening the scale committee announced that an agreement hal been reached and drawn-up. The compromise was on a basis of CO cents for Ohio and 69 cents for Western Pennsylvania. The agrement is not to take effect until next Monday, June 18, tha miners desiring to have a week to sub mit the matter to the various districts, as opposition to the compromise is ex-J pected and the miners will have to b prepared to accept it. At the joint conference tonight th agreement was ratified. A- A. Adams, president of the Ohio miners, who was a member of the scale committee, refused, to sign the agreement. The settlement, however, is final. The scale agreed upon is ass follows: Pittsburg, thin vein, 61 cents; thick vein, ."6 cents; Hocking Val ley, 60 cents; Indiana bituminous, (l cei.ts; Indiana block, 70 cents; Streator, 111., C2U for summer and TO for winteri Bloomington, III.. TT'.i for summer and SJ for winter; LaSalle and Srrlngj Valley, 111., 72' for summer and SO for winter! other sections in northern Illinois fields at pries relative to the above. Coal in Pittsburg district going east to tide watershall pay the same mining price as that pail by the Pennsylvania gas and Westmoreland coal companies. The scale of prices will be in effect and bind bota. parties thereto beginning June IS, 1S94, and continuing until May 1, 15; provided' that the abovttiamM scale of prices for! the Pittsburg district shall be generally! recognized and observed. The operator, and miners shall oo-oierate In their efforts to secure general observance of said' prices and if, during the period covered by this agreement, a general recognition of the prices herein named cannot b secured, either party to this agreement Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. DEI; mm MOST PERFECT MADE A pure Crape Cream of Tartar Powder. Frea from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD.