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1899, Bloodshed at Carterville, 3 companies of state militia called out

-- 5 negro miners killed outright, bloody encounter at Illinois Central Depot, 20 suspects under arrest... last Sunday noon at Carterville [IL]... Supt. Brush telegraphed Gov. Tanner, who ordered Lt. Thos Louden ...with Company C to assist sheriff... In the US Court at Springfield, Judge Allen sentenced Lindolph Beltz, Wm Cauder and Jim Galway to 6 months in Sangamon county jail for intimidating non-union miners and sending ... fr Daily Free Press, Carbondale IL, Sat 23 Sep 1899
1899, Bloodshed at Carterville, 3 companies of state militia called out

1899, Bloodshed at Carterville, 3 companies of state militia called out