When tlie mob at Virginia heard the
news of the shouting it started on foot for
Mountain Iron, wild with rage and thurst
ing for Marshal Free’s blood. Ten min
utes afterward a train left with the sheriff
and militia, but the mob bad only three
miles to go and the train seventeen with a
rough track. The train beat the mob by
ton minutes and arrived here at midnight
with Free aboard. Adjutant Muehlberg
called out company II to go to Mountain
Iron and it left at midnight. The strikers
have cut the telegraph wire and there is
no other communication if further hos
tilities follow.
There is great excitement in Mountain
Iron and bloodshed was feared when the
mob arrived, as the strikers are much in
flamed against Free. They were very in
dignant over Free’s escape, but up to K
o’clock bad done no further damage.
The mob has retired from Iron Mount
ain and camped in the woods half a mile
from town. The .citizens have been ter
rorizud by shooting near the mob’s camp
and fear an attack.
lOWA MEN VOTE TO STRIKE.
After Three Trials the "Ouitters" Obtain
a Majority of Ten.
