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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1898
Page
5
Herman H. Eveler of Jefferson Missouri claims recovery from lingering post grippe ailments after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes shortness of breath palpitation and stomach weakness improving after four boxes and affirms renewed business vigor. Notarized affidavit supports his testimony and offers replies for stamped requests.
Bargains advertise 19 pounds fine granulated sugar with order, Navy beans and Scotch peas at per pound prices, 5 gallons kerosene at 45 cents, Minnesota hard wheat flour sold at $1.04 per sack or $4.102 per barrel, with a satisfaction guarantee or return.
Rioting miners clash with a Chicago and Alton train carrying Alabama Negro workers. Eight strikers killed and many wounded as shots erupt at Virden stockade. Superintendent Eyster fights from rooftop amid heavy gunfire as authorities struggle to restore order.
Unknown gunman fires on the militia train bearing Battery B from Galesburg under Captain Craig as it nears Virden. Guard Thomas Preston is killed at the stockade entrance after orders to fire are given and the guards open fire. General Reece denies militia involvement, blaming a lone shooter. Manager Lukins reports extensive searches and heavy casualties among miners and guards as troops secure the town.
A Chicago and Alton special train carrying Alabama miners from Wisden was attacked between North Grand Avenue and the north shaft, killing deputy William W. Carralil and wounding seven others including deputies Clarkson Kyger Masser and Paper, and Illinois Mine Workers president John M. Hunter in critical condition.
The sentence notes an unknown number of men behind stockade walls with estimates ranging from twenty five to forty. The passage indicates a guarded site following a departure and notes uncertainty about exact strength.
An Associated Press correspondent gained entry to the stockade late last night and reported a death toll of one with eight others injured. Lukins leveled accusations against the governor amid ongoing controversy and tension surrounding the incident.
Governor Tanner says the Virden riot is charged entirely to the minor operators after a late evening interview in Springfield on October 12. The remarks came during a discussion of the Virden unrest and its presumed instigators.
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