 As the men tried to do so, Shand received a call from Governor Deneen that there was trouble at Loper's.Shand ordered the men at the Arsenal to go over to Loper's to assist, with the 1st and the 5th, but Werner refused, telling Shand that he did not want to leave the jail for the mob.Werner allowed only 10 militiamen to go to Loper's, and forbade them to fire upon the crowd.