St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 3, 1898

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-_ Sa a Se ee 6 4 Oe a ~ eee ee ee RETO 3 a ~ (Be pee Pe nae 7 t/ ® SW : ian 4 , 4d . ee J ¢ edenctdecr greta : 2 Oe 2 : the letter She tained, and York with a gustin Daly. +4 “ ¢ ee > er ob eS 2 . 2 —— would allow him | than average education and intelll- | announcing the ultimatum , treasury at its back | announced | be | | 'ernor declares maftial law, the responsi- ‘bility of the Sheriff to maintain the peace struck because of re- | by Ane negroes there Is | exciting scenes that oceurred in met | 150 i trance, 'groes, some only mod y / n iof strikers, who seemed to ,ciplined | ' ~~ by , elty occupied by : ine wae T ht here from Kentucky & yeat | aoe oa et blacks were cap-— ithey were N: | of strikera. CNLY BY PROCLAMATION I5s- SUED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE SOLDIERS ARE THE SHERIFF'S POSSE. Negroes Driven Out of the. Mining Camp at Washington, Ind., by Strikers. . Special to the Post-Dispatch. SPRINGFIELD, IL, Oct. 3.—Since troops have been ordered to the city of Pana, the question of the extent of Capt. Craig’é au- thority has been raised, and it has been held by some that the town Is under mar- tial law. Gov. Tanner and the Adjutant- General are out of the city, to-day, but As- sistant Adjutant-General Col. Theo. Ewert to-day outlined the status of the military at Pana as it is understood at his office. “Martial law,’ said the Assistant Adju- tant-General, ‘‘can be proclaimed by only the Governor of the State in a pubic pro-* clamation. No such proclamation has been issued and martial law does not exist at Pana. It is a common error to suppose that every time trodOps are called out, mar- tlal law exists. As a matter of fact the soldiers, when they are called out, as they have been at Pana are subordinate to the civil authorities. “I do not know what arrangement has been made at Pana, but I suppose that Capt. Craig and the Sheriff of Christian County, together with the Mayor of Pana, have entered into some agreement by wich Capt. Craig’s men are to patrol the “\- c-—oO—0—0—0—0 —o0—_0—0—-0-—_ 0 —-0—-€ bE nd 5’ : ae ay e > yi c . : . * 4 a + & Ab \g © CAPT. CRAIG. (The’ Officer Who I¢ Really in - a. sympathy of nearly every one, armed atrikers visited the Cat ldnight with ¢ negroes Ww mines near capturisg t y ay shack, near the mines, othe ™ evidently been notified their WILL NOT PROTECT NEGRO MINERS. CARLINVILLE, Ill, Oct, 3—Anticipating the arrival of two trainidads of ¢ negro miners at Virden this week, Sheriff Davenport has ing definition of his’ intentions: “The Sheriff's duty, as I understand it, ie 1p the case of a ri and property. Sdmetinrés ft becon: published the follow- , , riot to prot wa ry for film to depullge i body of men to do it, If possible; and when they ate deputed, and then do not ap- ” oe pear upon the scene, the Sheriff has done his duty. If they go to Jall, pay their fine or come back with ‘the guns containing the same loads as when they left, where is my protection? A large expense has Pod, no good whatever, and if I cannot get Macoupin Céun life. and property of this county, they will never be p Incurred on the county for” ] citizens to protect the tected; so I say that I have no protection for foreign colored miners who may come into my county. There is not one out of 20 of the best cituzene but what think it wrong to bring this kind of labor into the county, and they cannot be blamed. I further state tnat if it were possible for me to get men to go to Virden t» make a fight to bring negro miners into the mines, @nd to see some of our white members shot down like dogs for this kind of labor,: I would prefer to resigh, Ihave and will do my duty as Sheriff, as I understand t, but protect imporfed. negro miners, I will not, O-o—0—- 0-0-0 0 town and maintain law and order. They are in no instance to supercede the civil ‘authorities, and in fact they are under the order of the civf authorities, for Capt. Craig must be responsibie to the Sheriff, and must report to him. Until the Gov- and to keep order does not cease, ho mat- ter how many soldiers he may have called for."’ It follows from this that Sheriff Coburn can not evade responsibility, and if Capt. Craig does anything contrary to the Sher- iff’s orders he is violating the law. The fact that Craig is virtually in con- trol at Pana, and that a condition exists there similar to that when martial law is proclaimed, causes much comment at the _ capital. which, after Inveati- | cap including | _.. NEGROES DRIVEN OUT. Strikers Force Them to Quit the Mines : at Washington, Ind. then | | Special on an Increaseed wage scale in the bindery, | to the Post-Diapatet WASHINGTON, Ind., Oct. 3.—The excite- ment over the driving out of negro miners kers last night has subsided to-day, and with the exception of broken windows and doors of. residences formerly occupied no evidence of the this city atrikers by atri last night. About 98% o'clock the | in secluded spots and about W o'clock and well armed men big two-story house o cu- ten of the tmopccetd labor- some trouble in gaining en- few moments later the ne- clad, were march- front of the army determined marched to & pied Dy about ers. They had and a ng down 4 side atrect as a military company. he atrikera visited every house in the the negro miners who © and at each place the cared and placed in line union companions, Then commenced «a march west on the Raltimore & One Southwestern tracks, and upon reaching White River, four miles west of bere Win. cheaters were pointed at with the non- Washington; that if they did they would meet with more severe treatment. The blacks were thoroughly frightened and as they hurried away they promised to seek employment elsewhere. Only e did the negroes show resta- | tance, ‘pon reaching the corner of Main es! land Third streets several of the ne- ‘groes who had revolvers turned upon ther captots and fired five shots into the crowd The whites cree! pm een re- i turned re and one colored men emit. | ted A et patn, but his companions hur. ‘ried him along evidently fearful of the con- \mequences should he fall behind. The cn- tire daw and night police ferce waa heip- tems mn vain they tried to disperse the tcrowd. When the whites ard bigoks ¢-- changed shots Chief of Pollce Thomas turned im 4hree alatme of fre and th's ndrede of citizens upon thef eee eee ’ | | : the blacks and’! authori given orders never to return t?)| do jt, ’ ; ‘ “apt. your \apection under P. C. DAVENPORT, “Sheriff Macoypin County.” and made their escape. The strikers fired severak shots into the alr and this to the report that a battle was in pr | WHO iS IN CONTROL. Has the Law, Been Violated in the Or- ders en to Capt. Craig. Special to the Po®-Dispaten. PANA, IIL, O@t. 3.—It {fs ad'fficult to uf- derstand the exad@t status of affairs In Pana 80 fa. as the Bher: fr, his deputies and the military are concé®ned. Technically, unde the law, Capt. Oratg of Battery B. who \commanda the in completely undef the authorion ot Mae Sheriff. The Sheriff ts competied by law to retain command and to preserve ord and protect life and property, and if sufrenders his autho ty. or A to meet’ the requirements of sition he lays - himeelf Hable to impeachment... Thls in technically the age at Pana Coburn is nominally holjing the ns, bu Capt. Craig, whose instructions ffom the Governor are Without precedent, « think. unlawful, le the r The law in Iilimols pr military ia sent to @ ernor shall order the comunanding epecifically to report tO sOme one civil officers, in thie case Cev, gave no such order. In hie inet Craig. repeated by the Cag correapondent, Gov. Tanner the civil authortties entirely, order Captain to go to Pana ahd pretéeet property, but under no eire protect or ald the eperators tempt to use or import nf other State. : The Captain was courteous : tify Sherif!’ Coburn that he % but he seed not have @ so. 7 tion goes farther in bel The Captain has ordered of a provost guard, whi any odds ef anybody, put resting and searching for pieases. Capt, Craig s the wishes of the Sheri to > ® ape et be ae ihe be as well dis- lextent: beyond that he 1 et authority. When asked in case the civil auwthéd close the saloons, he them himeelf. These facts @ that he feels very much mpe authority of the he riff. The tu business fe that Capt. C bell he hae the supremé authority, Bee ing to have it appear that the civil: ties are in comtro!l and that es sonteting them. He “suggests” te, tiles whel they * ; It in an eanumalous si probably would net bear tee law, t srobably suce in long as the military TROUBLE AD@IC Indications of @ Second Tinpot ta ak -- VIRDEN, Th, Ort 2a reach a« sé@ttlement of the = © ties here have proven futilen. » 7” - a y pe ne . a’ © - ites ; The cuns and ameaenition | the Governor t¢ she = oy ol within ibe atoc : Aten, A ? — Ps : 8 ‘eo 7 < Baa - 7 ote me 2) |