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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
6
Deputies engage in deadly clash at Virden as miners battle for control and safety. Local reports confirm casualties and ongoing investigation. Authorities urge calm while unions call for protective measures and negotiations.
A violent confrontation at Virden pits ends in fourteen dead and many wounded as Black miners from Alabama join a strikebreakers force. Soldiers and police repel the crowd. a blockhouse and armed guards keep watch while a train brings workers to the South Vermin seam. The incident sparks talks of nationwide race tensions and labor strife.
The miners strike began last April over wages set by the national convention at Cahinita. Operators refused terms and arbitration. State Board of Arbitration faced refusals. tension rose as guards protected stockaded mines and imported workers faced rough treatment in the streets.
Virden residents view a miners victory as nearned despite high costs. Guards at stockades deter imported labor as the Chicago and Avon tracks stay idle. Adjutant General Reece reports orders from Gov. Tanner to halt further trouble and protect lives and property. Colonel McKnight leads local guards at the stockade.
A violent confrontation erupts as miners clash with guards near Virden prompting a deployment of Battery B from Pana. Troops seize weapons, search strikers in the hall, and restore street order while tensions rise over stockade threats and the use of dynamite.
The Atlantic Transport steamer Mohegan formerly Cleopatra, with 150 aboard, ran aground near the Lizard after striking a galley in heavy seas. Only thirty-one saved. distress reports reach Falmouth by coast guard. The ship, 4510 tons, 480 feet long, was on maiden London to New York voyage, captained by Grifiths, part of a fleet replacement deal by Atlantic Transport Company.
Britain roars for warlike action after Lord Rosebery's Epsom address. The Liberal leader defies the world and targets France, stating England's era of moderation and conciliation is over. He cites Mashoda where Maj. Marehand hoisted a French flag to demand action, calling the situation critical to British interests.
The wife of former Secretary of State John Sherman suffered a stroke affecting her right side. She lies at her Washington home in critical condition and cannot speak except brief moments of consciousness. Doctors acknowledge her long illness but hold a hope for possible recovery despite small odds.
A disclosed plan to act Sunday against the French government was thwarted. Plotters aimed to change officials without harming the president. Premier Brisson vows action after the minister of war was absent.
Reports say Macabulos leads one rebel faction against Aguinaldo in northern Philippines with fighting ongoing. Spanish emissaries allegedly undermine Aguinaldo and push natives to demand Spain retain the islands.
A Treasury Department official in New York handed a clerk a batch of new five dollar bills he claimed to have printed himself. The clerk doubted the note, alerted police, and detectives in plain clothes were summoned. The teller later learned the money was genuine but unfamiliar, and the treasurer exchanged the bills at a nearby bank.
Detroit engineer Major A C Bishop, longtime resident since 1815, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for strengthened health after a hospital spell. He endorses the tonic for invalids needing restoration of constitution. Notary public ROBERT HK HULL JR attests. Best Dressed Men in Peking: Jung Lu, the new viceroy, famed for fashion and horseflesh, admired by Manchu nobility and envoys.
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