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County, Illinois
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Elizabethtown,
Ill., Sept. 8--A terrific rainstorm broke this
afternoon and tension was lessened, as all roads to
the hillsides where 800 armed miners were reported
encamped were rendered impassable and it was regarded
as almost impossible for the miners to make any
movement.
Early tonight
reports came into Elizabethtown that the miners were
returning to their homes. A party of 26 was
reported to have gone north last night through
Karber's Ridge.
All was quiet
here today. Four machine guns were mounted on
trucks and 60,000 rounds of ammunition was ready for
use. Four more machine guns were due to arrive
here tonight. Sheriff Cox telegraphed today to
Governor Small declaring that false stories have been
circulated in Williamson and Saline county to the
effect that men had been killed and women and children
beaten in Rosiclare, with the purpose of inflaming the
coal miners. Outlying farmers and travelers on
the roads are being threatened and held prisoners by
the miners, the sheriff told the Governor, and he
asked that the sheriffs of Saline, Franklin and
Williamson be ordered to prevent further invasion of
Hardin county. The mayors of Rosiclare and
Elizabethtown sent similar telegrams to the Governor,
advising him that unless the invaders are turned back
heavy firing with serious loss of life will follow.
The main body
of miners is believed to be encamped in the wooded
hills of the Furnaceland forest, six miles from
Elizabethtown. Scouts sent out last night
reported their campfires in a clearing near an old
stone furnace used in pre-Civil War days to melt iron
ore.
Outposts from
Elizabethtown, who penetrated the hills half way to
the miners camp reported no sign of the men who
yesterday told an Associate Press correspondent whom
they halted on the road that they intended attacking
Rosiclare today. The defending forces at
Rosiclare and Elizabethtown were augmented today when
additional Kentuckians rowed across the river and
volunteered to join men who had arrived from the Blue
Grass state last night. The Kentuckians are all
well armed.
Source:
09 Sept 1921 Baltimore American
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