The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1898, Page 3

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13, 189 3 BLOODSHED AT A COAL COMPANY’S STOCKADE IMPORTED NEGROES CAUSE A TERRIFIC BATTLE AT VIRDEN @rrival of a Train Followed by the Killing of Seven Men at the Yards. Many Are Also Wounded During the Fight With Union Miners—Deadly Work of Sharpshooters. Spectal Dispatch to The Call VIRDEN, Iil., Oct. 12.—The little town of Virden is compara- tively quiet to-night, after a day of riot and bloodshed, resulting from the long expected clash between the union miners and im- ported negroes. At 12:40 o’clock this afternoon a Chicago and Al- ton special train bearing 200 negroes from the south arrived at the stockade around the Chicago-Virden Coal Company’s mines and im- mediately terrific firing began. The list at 10 o'clock to-night stands seven dead and eighteen wounded. Q0000000 g | and night by vigilant miners dete minedly awalting their arrival. | To-day the Chicago and Alton lim- ited, due to pi through en route to Chicago an 7, Springfleld. , Mount Olive. yunt Olive. late, display flags on the rear 4 ¢ g 2cial s following, + Mount Olive, |cating that a special wa: MR Immedi the word was spread and , Girard » and Alton de- wd of miners lined the sta- platform, while another collected at the entrance of the stockade, half a WOoUN mile north of the station. D. B. Kiley, e 4 Chicago and Alton detective, stood Ak auks, Moum Olive | guard at the switch at the south end of the s n platform to see that it 8 not tampered with. 12:40 the special train pa: and signal shots were fir outh end of th ing special's arrival. Immediately shots were fired from the moving train shot in stomach. rd; shot in hand Olive; shot in |and outside the > was on. A | few moments >r the train had pa | the switch whe: Ki stationed, e: shot in arm. | .5 \chile he was talking with two citi- S eer Chicago and | zeps he threw up his arms and dropped ; Shot in ¢ dead with a bullet through his brain t Climax as the first man killed. A to the stockade. ed ins stockade, but this is not moment the train 1 those le the stockade icate with outsiders. rumors have ~hed the stockade the mi re with Winchesters. of all descrintions. nswered with and the train a cloud of smoke unded like a con- gineer Burt Tigar re- & ‘raif | g steady fire. T A were envelope Chicago and |and the shooting en surrounded day | tinuous volley. CODO00000000000000C0000000000000000 DECLARES MINE OWNERS ARE GUILTY OF MURDER Governor Tanner of Illinois Scores the Men Who Are Importing Negroes to Replace Strikers. ., Oct. 12 Tn an interview with Governor Tan- the Virden riot he said: , and Mr. Lukens, superintendent, of the 1t 12:30 to-day, made good their threats to land laborers from the South and attempted to put at the point of the bayonet and the uch laborers being drawn largely, if not onvicts who learned their trade penitentiar of Alabama, after having been g full knowledge that the landing of such im- pitate a riot. I had wired them that if rted laborers they did so at their own peril, ces, would be morally responsible and g that might happen. From the informa- e the very minute the train stopped in » the doors of the stockade were thrown rers to enter, the firing began. The killed > mir who were on the outside. The hired guards who were brought along by the coal Most, if not all, ¢ were non-residents of Illinofs. » means cf learn names or whereabouts, for the they decli=ed them out, knowing, perhaps, that re criminally liable for mur ..r, as they had no permisfion from cial in Lunois wu.isd .o deputizing them to act as deputy airehals or deputy sheriffs. Instantly on learning of the trouble I directed Adjutant General Reece to order Captain Craig of the Gales- burg Battery and one company of the Sons of Veterans Regiment, 0000000000000 C00000000000000000N00000000000 stationed at Pana, to proceed at once by the qui f the trouble. General Reece accompanied st routes to the sc Captain Cralg, and I have instructed General Reece to quell the riot and maintain order, protect life and property, to disarm all persons bearing arms and to not allow imported laborers to unload from any train within the limits of the city, nor to march in a body. “Theseavaricious mine owners, who have so forgotten their duty s to bring about this blot upon the fair name of our State, ; yes, too far, as they had falr warning from Jhone, that importation of labor which brings to irable class of citizens had to stop. And I say 1 others that this is a thing of the pas that it ed in Illinois white I am Governor. These men, T 2 to such sh, 1 not be tole the president a officers of this company, who participated in this riot by the bringing of imported labor, are guilty of murder, and hould, and, I belfe will be, Indicted by the Grand Jury of Macoupin County and tried and convicted for this heinous offense.” REPLY OF THE MINE OWNERS. CHICAGO, Oct, 12.—President T. C. Louck of the Chicago-Virden who arrived at 9:50 o'clock to-night from the vicinity . made the.following statement to the Associated Press: position has been defined right along by the press, as the \n ascertain, and we simply desire to state that our employes at Virden at about 12:30 to-day. We stopped the train oppo- ites, so that the men could go from the train into our works, iately the mob fired from all directions, and, very natur- ally defended themselves. The consequences in full we do t kno vely as yet. As to our future acpion, we propose to follow in the future, as we have in the past, legal procedure in the obtaining of our legal rights, and shall take proper steps to secure redress against all who prompted, aided, abetted or participated in the riot of to-day, whether they are miners, miners’ officials, State offi- clals or othe We shall deterniine before we are through whether the BOV 1ent of this State can class our colored population as ex- convicts, lawags, etc., with impunity, and whether the colored citi- zens of this country can have their rights under the constitution set aside at the whim and pleasure of the government of Illinois. We shall determine for ourselves and others in this State just how far a Governor can annul and evade the dutfes placed upon him by the con- stitution and statutes of this State.” 000000000000000000000000000000000 00CO0CC000OOC00C00OCOCOC000000 V000000000000 000000 NTCCo000C000C0000000000COC0000000CO0CCCO000000000C0000C0COCCO0000000000000000C0C0 000 20000000 | at the stoc | livery wagon and, s | rdshed them to the mines. d the | a from | train. announc- | d‘ rs ovened | | | ‘| h ss here at 10 o‘clock, shot | hour | | edge to edge about twelve feet high. On | recelved a bullet in the arm and dropped from his seat. His fireman seized the throttle, pulled it open with a jerk, and the train was under speed carrying a load of wounded negro pas- sengers to Springfield. How many were wounded is not known. The train stopped at the stock- ade but two minutes. Its departure did se the firing to cease. The tower tockade was filled with sharp- armed with Winchesters, and kept up a steady fire into the Eye-witnesses they crowd of union miners. say that miners were killed after the train had departed. It is not known how many men are stationed behind the walls of the stockade, but an es- timate is placed at between twenty-five and forty. It is claimed that six within the stockade were wounded, but those inside refuse to hold any communica- tion with the outside and nothing au- thentic can be learned. Word was, however, sent from the stockade to the physicians in town that their services' were needed. The supply and provision store of the Chicago-Virden Coal Company is known as the Climax Trading Com- pany, with Superintendent J. F. Eyster in charge. At 2 o'clock, after the firing ade had subsided, an at- tack without a parallel in the history of the trouble, was made on Eyster in this store on Main street, one block | from the depot, which will probably cost him his life. He was sitting in his store when his telephone rang and he instructed from the stockade to clans and hurry them to yster jumped into his de- | curing two doctors, urned to h wagon and v when the cr ager Fred Lukens with h , climbed out t entering the raised that of the miners With a rush a throng | miners pressed toward | ster ran behind a coun- The ed hard after him and as ter sprang upstairs he and the min- began shooting simultaneously. He ran to the top of his building and| jumped behind a_ chimney, while the | miners ran into the street and opened fire on him again. Chips flew from the brick chimney and Eyster ran from the roof of another stors, firing into the reet below as he ran. From there he crossed to the roof of the Bank of Virden, where he rel his revolvers. Blood w a wound in his side, mination, against terrible odds, he | had the same right to fight for his property, which was his labor, as the mine owner did to protect his property, inspired the men to the action which they took to-day in firing upon the train as soon as it came into our town.” To-night Ed Green of Mount Olive, a union miner, died of Injuries received in | to-day’s shooting. This makes a total of eight dead. WOUNDED MEN ARE TAKEN TO SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD, I, Oct. special train on the Chicago and Alton which brought the Alabama negroes from Virden had eight wounded men, all deputies except one, who was a col- ored miner, who were taken to the Springfield City Hospital. Of these one man died to-night, William W. Carrol a deputy sheriff. He was shot three bullet passing through his neck from the right side, another pass- | ing into the temple in the right side| and the third entering the brain over the eye, crushing the skull. Another o'clock to- brought up six wounded men, re at St. John’s Hospital. Those ringfield Hospital are ‘larkson, an inmate of the Home at Leavenworth, skull crushed; will die. ger of Bloomington, engincer hot through arm. . f St. Louls, deputy; d, shoulder and hands; over. Je deputy; shot in left side of face, arm and side; will recover. Palmer had just been mustered out of the Third Nebraska Regiment. He re- fuses to give his home. Patrick Mack of Virden, employed by the operatc of the Chicago-Virden shafts; bullet went through his thigh; will recover. Ernest Ryan, a colored miner from Alabama; bullet went head; will recover. John M. Hunter of Pontiac, the presi- dent of the Illlinois District of the United Mine Workers of America, lies at the Collins House in a critical cond train, which arrived at 9 night, who on train; s Willlam M s tion. Mr. Hunter got on the train whic bore the colored miners to this cit this afternoon and engaged in conver- ation with two of the colored miner Some of the deputy sheriffs saw Hun- ter, and when the train was between North Grand avenue and the North shaft, and was going at the rate wf‘ Mr. and Mrs. G. U. Fitzpatrick, Leroy | 12—The | through his | HOWARD GOULD GAINS BRIDE AND LOSES MILLIONS Weds Miss Katherine Clemmons. SACRIFICES GOLD FOR LOVE SIMPLE CEREMONY IN A NEW YORK HOTEL. | | By the Terms of His Father's Will | the Young Man Deprives Himsel? of $5,000,000 by Marrying. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—Howard Gould, | by the terms of his father's will, lost | $5,000,000 to-night. Gould and Viola Katherine Clemmons | were married at 9 o’clock in her apart- ments at the Holland House. Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle Smith, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of West Fifty-seventh street, performed the ceremony. The bridal parlors were simply but beautifully decorated with the rarest | roses, orchids and other flowers sup | posed to exhale the sweet language of | love. The bride was exquisitely attired in white satin, trimmed with old point lace, the finest to be found in all Eu- rope. Otherwise there was no display. All was simplicity and beauty. No | gems adorned the radiant woman ex- cept a small diamond pin at the throat. She wore no flowers but a simple cor- sage bouquet. There were no brides- maids nor any one to give the bride away. Preparations for the wedding were kept a profound secret. No one dreamed that the event was to take place ex- cept the few suddenly invited guests. | They wer2 Mr. and Mrs. John Kimble, | and the Latter’s Guards. STOCKADE OF THE CHICAGO-VIRDEN COAL COMPANY. It Was Here the Deadly Affray Took Place Between the Striking Miners and the Imported Negroes continued his flight. Jumping to the| | roof of the Rae & Gish drug store, he | halted behind a projection from the roof of the building he had just left and emptied the twelve chambers of | his two revolvers. | Then, springing from the cover, Ey- ster dashed ahead amid a rain of bul- lets to the roof of the Steed building, the upper story of which is known as Miners’ Hall. He either fell or jumped through the skylight and landed in the arms of a crowd of mine who seized him and carried him downstairs to the street. Other hands seized the almost unconscious man and dragged him Into the middle of the street. Local police- men drove back the crowd and carried Eyster to the city square across the treet and lald him on the g Ey- ster was motionless and supposedly dead. In a few minutes he seen to ralse his hand and wipe the blood from his fac Two men sprang at him, and, with the ferocity of tig began jumping on his body and st | ing him on the head with stones. With a yell the angry crowd charged into the square to kill Eyster. The police charged In a body and fought thelr way to the center of the mob, where they took a stand over the prostrate, battered, bleeding man. A carrier was procured and Eyster was taken to the Buckless Hotel He had been shot | through the groin and 1s terribly bat tered up about the head. The physi- | cla ay that he has barely a chance | for ery. The dead miners were removed from vicinity of the stockade to hotels| and livery stables, and the wounded miners were taken on litters to the sta- | tion and taken to Springfield to-night | on the 8 o’clock train. An Associated Press reporter secured admittance to the stockade late to- night. The list of dead and wounded inside the stockade follows: DEAD. A. W. MORGAN, Chicago. WOUNDED. H. Gritgesell, shot in shoulder. 0. J. Snyder, shot in face and legs. James Sickles, Chicago, shot In leg. Frank Wilder, Chicago, shot in arm. Thomas McIntee, Chicago, shot in leg. Two doctors were at work with the | wounded and communication with them was prohibited. The stockade surrounds about twenty acres of ground In a square and is made of pine boards an Inch thick, set | each of the four sides, about midway, is a small watch tower containing a guard armed with a Winchester. There are three entrances, which are closely guarded by half a dozen armed sentries day and night. The fight to- .day occurred at the east entrance. There are about thirty-five big. strong men stationed inside the stockade to- night, each keeping watch through a loophole. The four towers have been deserted. Manager Lukens remained at his desk in the office all night issuing or- ders to his men. Manager Lukens sald to-night: ‘““The blood of every man shed here is on the Governor’'s head. He is absolutely out- side of the law and has no justification whatever in refusing to send troops. | erator, has d eighteen miles an hour, it Is estimated, the deputies attacked Hunter and pushed him off the train. A man who happened along later In a buggy saw Hunter lying near the track in an un- | conscious condition and placed him in his buggy and took him to the Collins | House. He is still unconscious. Governor Tanner to-night wired the War Department, asking if the Fifth Tllinois Infantry could not be placed at | his disposal for use at Virden. Colunel Culver, the commander has tendered his services and those of the regiment to the Governor. STATE TROOPS NOW ORDERED TO SPRINGFIELD CHICAGO, Oct. 12—Colonel Young, of the First lllinois Volunteer Cavalry, re- ceived orders to-night to report at Spring- field immediately with Troops A, B, C and D, of his command. The troops will leave in the morning. MAYOR PENWELL HAS DISMISSED THE POLICE PANA, TIL, Oct. 12.—Mayor Penwell, who is the son of a prominent coal op- harged the entire police force, charging them, it is sald, with sympathy for the strikers. New men were sworn in, but eight of the ten City Councilmen announce that the new offi- will be removed at the next Coun- cil meeting. SHOT DOWN BY MILITIA . AT THE STOCKADE VIRDEN, I, Oct. 12.—A detail of militia at 10:50 to-night killed ex-Lieu- tenant of Police Tom Preston of Chi- cago at the stockade. He was standing outside the stockade as guard. The militia gave the bystanding miners the command to halt and Preston stepped | back to the gate. The militia fired and he was shot in the stomach. He was carried in® the offce of the stockade, where he expired. Battery D of Galesburg, TIL, under Captain Craig, numbering 160 men, ar- rived here to-night from Pana. Adjutant General J. N. Reece came from Springfield with the militia to- night. He said that ex-Lieutenant Preston was not killed by the militia. He sald that when the guard at the stockade had dodged into the entrance at the militia order of “hands up,” a revolver shot was fired from the darkness and Preston fell mortally wounded. Gen- eral Reece said the militia did not fire a shot, and Preston was killed with a revolver by some one unknown. e The recent census showed 62000 Prot- gstants among the SLOKOW people ot taly. of of the Fiftn, | | W. Baldwin, Captain W. G. Shackford, captain of the Yacht Niagara; W. Bo- gardus and Mr. and Mrs. Sells. It was a notable scene, an event to be remémbered through a lifetime, be- cause it meant so much. The loss of $5,000,000, the possibilities of litigation and grievous heartrendings and cruel family dissensions were all swallowed up in the joy of the occasion. Howard Gould stood up like a man who was ire he knew what he was doing, gave | his hand to his bride and the clergy- | man tied the knot in the language of | the service of the Presbyterian church. After the ceremony the newly wedded couple sat down to a wedding supper served with royal elegance and com- pleteness in the “gilt room.” Immedi- ately after the supper Mr. Gould and his happy bride entered thelr carriage and drove to the yacht Niagara. The vyacht shot into the stream like an ar- row and headed down the coast, bound for Washington, Old Point Comfort and other interesting places for honey- moon and loitering. Mr. Gould urged Miss Clemmons to marry him more than a year ago. Im- mediately members of his family ex- pressed opposition and by innuendo and paper publications Miss Clemmons made to feel how bitter this op- position was. In accordance with her wishes and out of respect to her judg- ment Mr. Gould consented to wait, but with many protests. But at last his importunities prevailed, the wedding taking place to-night. Miss Clemmons answered her perse- cutors when she began sult against a New York morning daily and denied that Colonel W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) had given her her dramatic education or had advanced her a fortune. She said he was only her dramatic agent and as such had advanced her no funds that had not been repaid. Howard Gould said to-night that he expected to return from his wedding cruise in about three weeks. By the middle of November he will be at work in the swirl and roar of New York business. Though Mr. Gould has pre- pared himself to accept the loss of $5,- 000,000, the forfeiture under the codicil of his father’s bequest, he will still have left a snug little nest egg of $5,000,000 in his own right. PROTEST AGAINST TOWING LOG RAFTS WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—Hugh Craig, president of the San Francisco Chamber | of Commerce, and A. N. Stmpson, presi- | dent of the Ship Owners' Assoclation of His public statement that the miner | to” stop the practice of towing immense HOWARD GOULD AND HIS BRIDE THAT COST HIM FIVE MILLIONS. s he has no authority to act, but Euf— nedy might be found in ber 19, 1880. While con- . three mile limit laws af- might be set up as a under this act, Com- in suggests that in ctors of eeamboats, toms could file infor- ion before District -Attorney h would depend on the disposition of fecting © bar to p | m | Muc £ - the Judge to remedy this evil, but Com- 1 oner Ch in points out that it the Pacific Coast, have written the Treas- | would be wo! vhile to apply this remedy. Work of the Baptists. WOODLAND, Oct. 12.—The Pacific Bap- tist Association convened at 2 o'clock this afternoon. There was a %’ond attendance. Devotional service was ft;)l ury Department, asking it to take steps rafts of logs on the Pacific. 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