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rerevend?r.11*am cf tin* neighboring towns ' ^1 !«iptiBraidweod. 1 *•(Tram tiio iMciUni Osify j4 ^.. j mlTin* t * * \v 11 of Druid wo »d is locatedin \\ ill county, about lour miles westtnlof Wilmington, and is of some impor* I} ^ tance from its mining advantages. j *jfOn an invitation from A W. Daniel* •»»• |Ks | we visited the town, which we u':found “ under arms,’’ or in other)in words, guarded by ( apt. W. A. Pink. Ieitun with u portion of Inn detective fonts supported by a detail of 00 men ? fl from the rcguLir f’iiicago police, to j. j| 1, preserve peace and prevent a collision i- | among the miner* 'l ie* old miners, \•*t to the number of one hundred and al fifty, have been on u strike, and they *llt; is no determined, to M kill, maim, or crtpple about fifty (ret mans whoofHrlt;saiIisnAii-«rIhilt;have taken their [daces in the shahs, it«onThe “ strikers are not in the least s„ intimidated by the force of r * j»t Pink*lt;1 erton, and swear that they will hare\le I satisfaction and “clean *ut the Dutch ’ atenritIUII*toa*r-Pinkeiton has a fort erected, and his fT men are well supplied with arms, am-j munition, etc. How the affair will terminate remains to be seen.While in Druid wood we accepted lt;an invitation to visit the lower 1 h°t regions, a distance of nearly 200 feet jfrom the surface of the eattli. It was j a coal shaft owned by Mr John II ITimret in»lgLDaniels, of \Viliuingtoii. With a i s, j,fiii mi we stepped aboard the “cage” bet and in a few minutes1 dcseent stopped* I at the I -’tom, where we were in ^ e ! sunoiinded by a set of hideous H*i»h -'flr ^ooktog fellow* atili blackened faces,I h dl duubb ti up, and each elm with a*41,(IMI*e j lighted lamp Listened to his cap Our U1* .4 Ud j ft (Tings Were iiHleacnbatde, it being tlm a* j tin first coal shaft we were ever in, J p) is j and had no cone* pt ton of such a phu'eUI(Mitt:i | We imagined uirseil in- widl, in that , lealiavc* i horrible place which is said t4» be so \Xv \ j acemtely described by the poet j ■ I Dante, in bis “ Infernio,' mid that for ,air! t«4g our evil deeds upon earth, Lucifer, the ! coilt; n j pt iuce «f d it km ** h.o iPi rit»*d ai oiiud i iJInUlus u thousand imps to eonvey us toj^1I WH.d l that place where there is** wailing I t*h{ %k‘ 4“ |r | and gnashing of teeth/’ and in our Uau a j aim in, involutdat il) exclaimed, j yj*(i1 j ‘ »ngeU utd minister s lt;d gt defendo | us ! Our fi iend, Asa tapped us on kmV « IIthe shoulder, saying ‘be firm and} pi.*n fe u tiot,” when out fears subsided. -! ^laid11 Ductly s»unt of tlu* niiuers Im IjmmI j*4*’j . , jorKu* mo* a 4*ur, whieh eouvt ycd ums um? peruj fifty yards back where the process of j wt*a; thoI digging »*r etial lioniuy was in lullJ D t eiaiam \Dm wiincb' in. nil that A 1I » ,ativv.is t« la* s«n u in the shaft and th *ittg the conduetoi fiis fare, we ascend* | j/r,i ed t«» light and liberty, not ut all re-jaUl| gietting our Itio to the regions li * | sbt* ; tUelowt-a-isflMSt. »».♦- - * ■■ ■# # O—*■ - I I) UtfH I I % i y*-s • t '■ ' H
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Wilmington Independent
Wilmington, Illinois, US
Wed, Aug 19, 1868
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