Kate O’Neill

Mrs. [Kate] O’Neill, who conducts a boarding house near the depot. . .as soon as she learned that there were dead and wounded men in the pasture, sent word that they might be brought to her house. She had not learned the number of men wounded and dead, and when six stalwart miners whose life blood had flown in the struggle for what they thought was right were carried into the little parlor, it was filled. Then came the wounded men, who were taken into the other front room. Here their wounds were dressed and their blood was allowed to flow on the carpeted floor. Mrs. O’Neill bravely assisted the physicians, bringing them water and tearing up any kind of material to be found for bandages. The front of her dress was covered with blood and many a feverish brow was fanned by her.

Illinois State Register
14 October 1898