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fan B. DeLashmutt
N. P. BlllDGK V5UI1NED.
Mines Filled Willi Dynamite
to lie Touched Off.
Idaho Miners Keep Out 'I lie
Soldiers.
Track Torn Up So That Soldiers Cannot
Get Near the Mines A War Un
paralleled in History.
Portland, Ore., July 13 The Union
Pacific have juat received advices from
Coeur d'Alene that the Northern Pacific
Kailroad bridge together with several
hundred feet of track were blown up by
the strikers west of Mullan this morn
ing. The company is preparing to take
all non-union men out of the mines this
afternoon to Tekoa. The union men as
sert that the moment the troops appear
on the scene they will blow up
the Bunker Hill and Sullivm, Sierra
Nevada and Gem mines. The burn
ing of the bridge near Mullan will hold
the troops there unless they march on
foot to Wallace and Wardner, which is
about ten miles. It is now reported
that the Union men have taken Van 13.
De Lashmutt, of Portland, William
Sweeney and other mine owners and
will hold them as hostages until the
trouble is settled. The wires are badly
crowded on account of the movement of
troops, and it is almost impossible to
get any information from Wallace. It
is reported the wires to Wardner have
been cut.
Wallace, Idaho, July 13 The night
passed without incident here. The min
ers are resting on their arms. The col
ored troops arrived at Mullan at 2
o'clock this morning. They are still at
Mullan. It is teared it they come to
Wallace every mill of the association
members will be blown up. An effort is
now being made to hold the troops at
Mullan to avoid disaster. All the mills
of mines where non-union labor has
been employed have been charged with
a magazine and fuse attached since yes
terday. At a signal, it is said, all will
be blown up. This, however, will be
done only in the event of troops arriv
ing on the scene. Consternation pre
vails. A bridge was blown up today at
Mullan. No trains are running between
Wallace and Mullan. The Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mine is to surrender at 3
this afternoon. If not surrendered then
the battle will begin. If surrendered
the troops will be allowed to come in
and take possession.
Vancouver, Wash., July 13 Five
companies of the fourteenth United
States infantry left here this morning
at 7 o'clock, fully equipped for field ser
vice, taking a special train to the Cieur
d'Alene mines under orders from the de
partment commander,
Portland, Ore., July 13 The special
train over tiie Union Pacific left here at
9:30 a.m., bearing 200 troops of the
Fourteenth infantry from Vancouver,
Wash., for the Cu'ur d'Alene mines. A
special train over the Union Pacific ar
rived at Pendleton this morning bearing
troops from Idaho. Two companies
have left Fort Sherman for the scene of
the trouble. In all about 700 United
States troops and militia are on the way
to the mines and will arrive there this
afternoon and tonight. Superintendent
Baxter, of the Union Pacific says no re
port of a bridge being blown up at Mul
lan, has been received.
Portland, Or., July 13 Private in
formation just received says a special
has been ordered to leave Wardner at
3:30 p. in. today to take all the non
union men out of the camp.
The bridges that were destroyed were
on a branch of a branch line
of the Coeur d'Alene Railway
and Navigation Company. One bridge
half mile west oi Mullan, was blown
up, and the other was about a mile west
of Mullan, and was saturated with
coal oil and burned. The troops that
were ordered to Mullan retreated and
left at 12:45 p.m. for Missoula, Mon
tana. The State troops have not yet ap
peared upon the scene.
It is believed that they are being held
on a side track on the Union Pacific in
Idaho, where there is no telegraph
operator.
They are supposed to be near Ander
son station.
Wallace. Idaho, July 14 Four troops
of infantry arrived here at noon and a
guard is now being distributed
throngh6ut the town. Two troops
are militia and two regular, about 130
men in all. Wardner is almost de
serted except the military now
occupying the place. All signs of
trouble have disappeared. The head
quarters of the military will be
established here. General Cur
tis, of the National Guard, is
practically in command. The troops
are quartered on a vacant lot ad
joining the Carter house at the
right of town, one hundred yardB
from the telegraph office. A large
number of unarmed miners are in town.
Everything is very peaceful and the
miners say the troops are welcome.
Wallace, Idaho, July 14 The situa
tion today remains quiet. All the
miners went home to the various mines
last night. The Poorman and Tiger
mines which have been deserted since
Monday, started up again this morning,
and Sweeney.
also the Monmouth and Custer mines.
Work at the Morning and Hunter mines
was resumed thia morning. A ripple of
excitement was caused last night when
li was learned that the Granite mine
force had not left. A delegation of
miners immediately started in the dark
ness for the mine, four miles from Wal
lace, and brought the scabs down.
They were ordeied out of Cieur
d'Alene. The miners claim that
the owners of the mine DeLashmutt
and McAulay had agreed to discharge
the scabs aud had not done so. These
are the last Bcabs in Coeur d'Alene. It
is said they wilt leave today or to
morrow. The report that 12 men were killed in
Fourth of July canyon created great in
dignation among the citizens here last
night and the conservative miners.
Tiie Associated Press correspondent
telephoned to Mission twice and
got an answer both times that
nothing was known there concerning
it. The coroner of this county went to
Mission last night at 10 o'clock on a
special Union Pacific train and returned
at midnight. He reported that hecould
learn nothing about the killing. A
telephone message from Cu'ur d'Alene
City slates that one of the men,
J. 11. Ward, who was reported
killed had arrived there. Nothing
further could be learned. No troops
have arrived here. They are now at
Wardner and will probably arrive here
this afternoon. The women and chil
dren have returned to Gem aud other
points on Canyon creek.
Spokane, July 14 The troopB from
Spokane loft here at 11 a. in. for Ward
ner. The massacre at Mission is now
said to have been greatly exaggerated.
Spokane, Wash., July 14 A large
body of armed miners has left Wallace
and have been joined by fully as large
a force of armed strikers from Mullan.
The party intend intrenching them
selves in the Mullan defile and await
the arrival of the colored troops now
en route from Missoula to Wardner.
As soon as the soldiers arrive in the
defile the miners will surround them
and a bloody battle will inevitably be
the result All newspaper men are
virtually prisoners at Wardner and
unable to send dispatches. Nearly all
the business men of Wardner suspected
of anti-union sentiment have been
driven out of town by the strikers and
are now in the hills. The mine owners
and their representatives are in danger
oMheir lives in Wallace. The report is
corrobora'ed of the killing of non-union
men at Mission by the strikers who were
conducting them out of the country.
Twelve are known to have been killed,
among the number, Monoghan, superin
tendent of the Gem mine, whose body
was terribly mangled.
Portland, Or., July 14 The report
that Van 15. DeLashmutt was taken
prisoner by the strikers in Wallace yes
terday arose from the fact that the
union leaders were looking for him to
request him to stay the arrival of the
troops. DeLashmutt refused to send a
dispatch to the effect that troops were
not necessary.
Walla Walla, July 14 Orders were
received at Fort Walla Walla from de
partment headquarters to have the
Fourth cavalry in readiness to move to
Occur d'Alene at a moment's notice.
Troops D and H, commanded by Cap
tains Hayfoeld and Wilder, are pre
pared and will be the first to move.
San Francisco, July 14 There will be
a great many desolate homes in Califor
nia it any harm comes to those em
ployed in the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mines. F'or the past few months a ma
jority of the men in those properties
were former residents of California and
had been for many years. About iwo
months ago the company, despairing oi
adjusting its differences with the union,
resolved to fill the piaces of the dis
affected men with a new crew. The
agents of the company were sent up to
Nevada county and to the mining dis
tricts thererbouts to engage men.
They found little difficulty in securing
them tor the shutting down of the hv
draulic mines and other properties had
thrown many out of work. As fast as
the miners were engaged they were sent
down to San Francisco and from here to
the Coeur d'Alene country. In all
there were about 150 sent from this citv.
At the office of the Bunker Hill & Halli-
van Mining and Concentrating Com
pany these men were given the highest
character.
"Before they were sent to Idaho,"
said a gentleman connected with the
company, "they were acquainted with
the situation. We did not wish to leave
them under false impressions. They
were assured that they were not en
gaged as fighting men but as miners,
and they would be protected if it took
the power of the United States to do it.
I say this in order to show their char
acter and to disarm any suspicion that
they might have infuriated the strikers
by unwarranted opposition or an inso
lent show of power. They were all men
of excellent character.
In employing them we made it a point
to select only those who were sober and
industrious and they went to Wardner,
not for a month or two but to settle per
manently if they found that our repre
sentations to them were true. That
they were satisfied was sufficiently
shown by many letters which have been
received from them. Many were mar
ried and men of iamily and were prepar
ing when the unhappy condition of af
fairs culminated in armed attack upon
our works, to send for their families,
with the intention of settling down.
Wallace, Idaho, July 14 Coroner
Sims has summoned a jury to investigate
the killing of the men in the Frisco
mine explosion. The Jury will convene
on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
The bridgeB between here and Mul
lan have all been repaired, trains are
running on time. An appeal has been
made to Senators Palmer, of Illinois and
Sanders, of Montana, and Congressmen
Dixon, of Montana, Sweet, of Idaho, and
Watson, of Georgia, for a congressional
investigation of the Coeur d'Alene
trouble. The appeal is signed by Peter
Breen, of the Butte Miners Union, C. F.
Bushnell, attorney for the miner's union
and a large number of citizens.
Washington, D. C. .lulv 14 Bitter
complaints have been received by the
Idaho benatora here Irom the representa
tive mine owners in the Cueur d'Alene
region respecting the conduct of the
military in the disturbed district. They
say the troops were delayed at a point
12 miles Irom the scene or the rioting
until the best part of the property was
destroyed.
All telegrams and messages of all
kinds sent out yesterday, passed through
the hands of the strikers. Newspaper
reporters who went to the mines have
not been heard from today. Frank
Moore, Sweeney and Clement are still
prisoners and are reported to be in dan
ger of their lives. Moore, in conversa
tion over a telephone said j "For God's
sake hurry up the troops." General
Carlin with Fott Sherman troops are
still at Calado on the Union Pacific
awaiting reinforcements. The F'ort
Missoula troops are reported to nave
moved back in retreat, but nothing au
thentic is known of this. The Fort
Spokane troops will reach Davenport
this morning, and will probably go via
the Union Pacific from Spokane. Twelve
bodies of non-union men were found yes
terday in the Fourth of Jnly canyon
where they were shot down as they were
driven out of the mines. Thia report
has been verified.
Twenty-three men have been killed
during the last three days. The last
victim of the strike died last night on
the Northern Pacific train while being
taken to MiBsoula. The non-union men
say that Borne of their number were
thrown into the river and they do not
believe that all the bodies have been
recovered. All the dead were non-union
men.
Wardner, Idaho, July 14 The
Miners' Union has won its fight in the
Cieur d'Alenes. Four hundred scabs
were driven out of the country yester
day, and the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mills have been vacated by the guards
and turned overtothi charge of three
deputy sheriffs. The armed men have
dispersed and everything is quiet. The
union men had decided to oiler no re
sistance to the entry ol soldiers.
Yesterday morning the non-union
men employed in the Bunker Hill mine
agreed to leave in a body. They began
gathering at the depot about 9 o'clock
with their baggage, and when the train
arrived from Wallace about 1,000 people
gathered to see them off. Many of the
scabs had wives and children. The
latter were put in passenger coaches and
the men themselves were packed into
cars and coal cars. In all 312 non-union
men were on the train. They filled 18
box cars. Some of them were loud in
their complaints at such treatment and
laid many wicked motives against the
union, but to no avail. They w ere allowed
to board the cars without any molesta
tion. About 200 strikers stood around
but they were very quiet and did
not molest or jeer those who were leav
ing in any manner. When the train
left there were some cries of "Good-bye,
scabs, good luck to you in California,"
but beyond such remarks no loud talk
was indulged in. There were some hot
heads who wished to pelt the cars with
eggs and treat the inmates to all sorts
of indignities. But better counsel pre
vailed. There was no hand shaking or
bidding good bye to anybody. After
leaving the depot the train was obliged
to do some switching directly in front of
the concentrator. Groups of strikers,
with arms, were grinning and gesticu
lating on the banks and fences around
the building, and many of those in the
train become terribly uneasy, expecting
every minute to be fired upon. Women
in the rear car fainted and the children
cried with fear. There was indescrib
able relief when the train went on its
way.
After the departure of the train the
strikers gathered at the mill. Chairman
O'Brien, of the executive committee,
held a short conlerence with V. M.
Clement, and stated that the uuion was
now willing to abandon the concen
trators. O'Brien assured him that no
damage had been done to his property.
"You will find everything as we iqund
it," said O'Brien. "The only thing that
we disturbed are some provisions in the
cookhouse aud these wall be paid for by
the union as soon as you make out your
bill." The men then began to carry out
boxes of giant powder and dynamite
and return them to the magazine.
This work employed about half an
hour. In all over two tons of
giant powder had been placed under
the mill, enough to blow it to atoms.
At 1 o'clock the powder was all taken
out and the union then formally sur
rendered possession. The guards then
lined up and at the command of O'Brien
marched to the depot. There was in
tense satisfaction among the miners.
"What can't be accomplished by love,
must be accomplished by strongest ar
guments," said one as he pointed to the
muzzle of his rifle. "Mr Clement has
given in because lie had to. No more
scabs will work in Cceur d Alene."
Upon arriving at the station the com
mittee dispatched a messenger to George
McAudlev, of Sierra- Novada, asking him
to discharge sixty-two men at present
working there. In a tew minutes the
messenger returned from McAuiey, say
ing the latter had agreed to pay the men
off at once. Chairman O'Brien then
stepped forward and admonished the
men to take victory with moderation.
The Mullan strikers then marchod off up
the railway track to Wallace, those be
hind began separating, and in a few
minutes the strikers had all shed their
arms, and Wardner, from becoming an
armed camp, emerged into its old nor
mal condii ion. The fight was over at
last. It is impossible to describe the
feeiing of relief that exists here now
that the crisis seems over. A weight
has been lifted from everybody's
shoulders. 1
For five months Wardner has been
disturbed by labor troubles, and men
have gone about armed simply to pro
tect the lives of themselves and chil
dren against the unexpected. F'or the
past two days mob law has held abso
lute sway over everything, and the
miners with Winchesters have ruled
everybody with a rod of iron. They
were the self-constituted guardiins of
the place. Strangers were watched and
questioned regarding their identity, and
the whole o the mountains have been
literally alive with armed men. When
night came sullen-looking men with
Winchesters emerged from hiding places
and prowled about as stealthily as
wolves. All law and order was set at
defiance. Sheriff Cunningham, of Wal
lace, was here during the last two days,
but he was a mere figurehead. At first
he tried to raise a posse, but after sev
eral futile efforts he gave it up as a bad
job and since then has been contented
to take the place ot a spectator. Mis
rule and Winchesters had thaken the
place of law and order.
As events simmer down and the trouble
seems over, some of the plans of the
union have come to light. They had in
tended to attack the Sullivan & Bunker
Hill mines, but were prevented from so
doing by the report that the mine was
strongly lortihed. The capture ot the
concentrator was the next best thing,
and that was effected without much
trouble. There were only ten men in
the mill at the time, and they were
taken prisoners by force. The magazine
was then entered and the powder was
f laced in all places with great ingenuity,
n addition to this barrels of kerosene
were located and in and around the
place fire was to complete the destruc
tion it the powder did not. The head
quarters oi the camp were established
in the cook house of the concentrator
and here the orders were issued. The
pass word was cbantred everv 12 hours.
Tuesday night, had the troops arrived
it had been decided to allow them to
pass the mill peaceably, and then the
telephone and telegraph wires were to
have been cut, go the outside world
would not know what was eoinz on.
Once in there the troops would have
been in danger. They w ould have been
totally at the mercy of the strikers. All
positions of advantage on the mountain
sides were occupied by sharpshooters.
In all, it is now said. 1.500 men were
available for such an emergency. The
ranroaa was to nave Deen blown up by
dynamite, thus shutting off the supply.
In the case of final defeat the match
was to be applied to the fuse and the
mills blown up anyhow. This was the
campaign as gleaned from one of the
strikers serving for the union men.
James N. Bradley has become the sole
owner of the Everett Herald, having
purchased the interest of A. B. Bailey
MINES AND THEIR OWNERS.
Description of the Propertle Affected
bjr lb Strike.
The Tiger and Poorman mines, the
properties managed by Messrs. Glidden
and Clark respectively, are situated
near the head of Canyon creek, and with
their concentrators and offices and the
small stores doing trade with the miners
constitute the town of Burke. Like all
of the mines in what is known as the
"South Fork district," the Tiger and
Poorman are silver-lead mines.
The Tiger mine, estimated to be worth
half a million dollars, is controlled
wholly by S.- S. Glidden, president of
the Old National Bank of Spokane. The
active management of the mine is in
the hands of F R. Culbertson, Mr.
Glidden's son-in-law, who is probably in
a more peaceful frame of mind than he
would be had not the liger mine
effected a compromise with the miners'
union a few days prior to the outburst
of miners' union indignation.
The Poorman, which lies just next the
Tiger on the Bame vein of ore, is man
aged by 1 . dark, wnose iamily lives in
Spokane. The Poorman company is in
corporated with a capitalization of 500,
000 shares at $1 per share, aud the
stock, which fluctuates above par, is
held chiutiy in Montana. This mine
recently added an immense electric
plant to its improvements and com
menced its use just a couple of weeks
ago.
Just below the town of Burke, on the
northern slope of the canyon, is the
Union mine, the Bcene ot the first ex
tensive demonstration of hostility about
a month ago. The United States court
has enjoined the miners' union from
trespassing on this mine, but it appears
that their zeal for their cause swept
away their reserve, for the union men
have driven the non-union men irom
the mine. A fateful chance picked the
Union mine as the hrst battlefield on
which occurred the fight between union
and non-union men. This property is
managed by Measrs. Finch and Camp
bell, and is owned by those gentlemen
and Ohio people. The mine is not yet
an extensive producer, as the mill is
just about finished, but the explorations
along the ledge give promise of rich
results.
Finch and Campbell are also mana
gers of the Gem mine, where the shot
gun fusilade began Monday morning.
This mine is one of the richest in the
district, and after tedious and expensive
development it was brought from the
uncertain state of a prospect to the lucra
tive condition of a paying mine. This
property has for its owners Messrs.
Finch and Campbell, of Wallace, and
Messrs. Kipp and Gross, of Milwaukee.
Just above the Gem, on the same
southern side of the hill is the Frisco
mine, or, more properiy speaking, the
Badger, for it is in the Badger mine that
are found the immense deposits of ore
which make this group of mines, owned
by the F'risco Company, famous. At
the foot of the slope, just below the
mine, is what a half a ton of giant pow
der has left of the lisler or F'risco mill,
completed about a year ago at a cost of
$100,000. This loss will, until such time
as the country gives restitution, fad on
Esler and his Montana partners, among
whom is ex-Governor llauser.
About a half mile below the Gem
mine stands the Granite concentrator,
where the orea of the Granite mine,
which is situated about one mile distant
to the north, is milled. This property
is managed by George B. McCaulay, who
with Van B. DeLashmutt and J. H.
Smith, of Portland, own' a majority of
the stock of the mine. This pioperty
was recentlv bonded for. $yoO,a,op.
the Morning mine is at Mullan, but
is not involved to any extent in the
present agitation for the reason that it
is not being extensively worked.
At Wardner are situated the wonder
ful Bunker Hill and Sullivan group, the
Last Chance mine aud the Sierra Neva
da. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines,
purchased, and for a long time owned,
by Simeon Keed of Portland, but now
owned in San F'raneisco; are managed
by V. M. Clement. This is the biggest
mine in the camp and is variously esti
mated at between $3,000,000 and $4,000,
000 in value. The mills of this property
are built on the banks of the South F'ork
river about two miles frord the mines.
The Last Chance, owned chiefly by
Charles Sweeny and F. Kockwood Moore
of Spokane, has in course of driving, and
nearly finished, the most complete and
through working tunnel in the Cu;ur
d'Alenes, and when completed it will
tap an ore body estimated to be worth
$1,500,000.
The Sierra Nevada mine, about one
mile from Wardner, has been more
thoroughly worked than any of its sister
properties. Its ores differ from the
other ores of the Cceur d'Alenes in be
ing carbonates or dry ores. This prop
erty is managed by George B. Mc
Cauley, who, with DeLashmutt and
Smith, of Portland, the same who own
in the Granite mine'own nearly all of
the Sierra Nevada stock. This mine is
estimated at $200,000 or $250,000.
Another, the Custer, is about three
miles north of Wallace, and is on the
summit of the mountain between Nine
Mile and Canyon Creek. It is owned
by the Porter Bros, and Judge Claggett
of Wallace, and W. H. Taylor and T. E.
Jefferson, of Spokane. Its mill and
tramway are just recently finished, and
as soon as the present entanglement is
unravelled the mine will start up in full
blrst to ship the ore which has been
blocked out during the last year.
spokesman.
soMEliisiw.
ORIGIN ok tiie strike.
The Coeur d'Alene strike has lasted
juat about six months. The Poorman
mine closed on Dec. 24 last and the
others shut down on Jan. 15. The rea
Bon assigned by the owners for the sus
pension waa that the rates charged by
the railroads for transportation were ex
orbitant. A conference with the rail
road people followed, and it was an
nounced that a satisfactory schedule had
been secured. Then the mine owners
proclaimed their determination to re
open the mines on April 1, paying $3.50
per day to miners and $3 to car men and
shoveiers. The previous wages had
been $3.50 per day for all underground
work. The owners contend that there
is no reason on earth, or under it, why
unskilled labor should receive as much
remuneration as skilled.
The union men rejected the proffered
wages. They said that, taking into ac
count the dangers attendant ujion under
ground work $3.50 per day in a country
where the cost of living is so high as it
is in Montana and Idaho is little enough
for any man. They believed that this
action of the owners is a step prelimi
nary to a reduction of the wagea of
miners themselves. They further de
clared that it is only a question of a
very short time when certain laoor sav
ing machinery of recent invention will
be introduced into the mines wherebv
the owners will be enabled to perforin
the same amount of work with three
fifths or four fifths fewer miners ; and,
they say, while they do not deny the
labor-saving machinery they do insist
that such machinery shall not be al
lowed to operate to the pecuniary detri
ment of these men whose services mav
continue to be needed. In view of this
circumstance especially they regarded
any cut in wages at the present time as
dangerous in the extreme.
MAGNITUDE OF TIIE STRIKE.
The amount of property tied up, the
value of the Coeur d'Alene mines, that
is, is estimated at from $12,000,001) to
$15,000,000. Future developments in
this amazingly rich region may increase
the valuation of the mining properties
in Shoshone county to double or treble
that. The ore is of higher quality the
deeper it is taken. At the beginning of
the strike the total number of men em
ployed in the several mines exceeded
2,000. The mine owners said that when
they resumed full operations there would
lie employment for 3,500. The cost of
supporting the miners and their families
ib about $400 a day. This expense they
seemed to be prepared to carry indef
initely, so literally and so cheenully
have other labor organizations, particu
larly the Butte Miners' Union, respond
ed to the calls for aid.
What the strike is costing the mine
owners cannot be estimated with any
degree of precision. They admit that
they could operate their mines at pres
ent at a very handsome profit; for,
while silver is still low, lead is so much
higher than it was a year ago as to
leave a substantial margin in favor of
1892 as compared with 1891. The cost
of importing new men from distant
States and the salaries and maintenance
of the guard has heun very great,
LIST 01' THE MINES.
Following is a list of the principal
mines in Shoshone county, with the
number of men employed, approxi
mately, at the time of the suspension :
AT MULLAN.
The Hunter mine 100
The Morning mine 150
The You Like mine (crude ore)....
AT ni'RKE.
The Poorman mine
The Tiger mine
.100
. 60
. 90
. 10
lhe Union mine
The Mammoth mine
AT GEM.
The Frisco & Helena mine.
The Gem Fraction mine. . .
The Galena mine
f 200
i
150
OTHER MINES.
Tho Custer mine 00
The Granite mine -
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine.... 400
The Sierra Nevada mine 90
The Emman & Last Chance mine...
The Stem Winder mine
The Tyler mine
The Sunset mine
In addition to the foregoing there are
numerous smaller mines and prospects,
many of great promise.
progress ok the strike.
April 1 came without tiny solution of
the difficulty. On April 5 the owners
held a meeting and announced the lot
lowing ultimatum :
We desire to announce that, in view
of the fact that the proposition offered
by the Mine Owners' Association, on
March 19, to the miners of the Cieur
d'Alenes has not been accepted, and the
first ot April Having passed, we now
decide, as we cannot work our mines, to
reduce expenses as much as possible
and allow our mines to remain idle until
June 1, after which data we will take
certain spoedy means to resume busi
ness.
During April and May several at
tempts were made to adjust tiie contro
versy, but both sides remained firm in
their positions, neither being willing to
make concessions on any important
u Apru ziitn Messrs. Campbell
ik F'llich attempted tu man llio luluu
mine near Burke with non-union men,
and since their owners have attempted
the same thing with their minus, but in
no case nave tney made a complete buc
cess of it. The union men exercised
their powers of persuasion on the non
union men and -induced many of them
to stop work and join the uuion. Two of
the men intended for the Union mine
refused to join the union ami wero es
corted out oi town. It was alleged by
the owners that these two men suffered
all sorts of indignities and were
drummed out of camp with tin pans.
The mino owners began to advertise in
Michigan and elsewhere for minors. On
May 8 they procured from the Unitod
States district court at Boise, an injunc
tion restraining the Miners' Union and
its members from interfering in any
way with the imported men. Copies of
this injunction were served on hun
dreds of the miners. On May 14, a
train containing i.i non-union men ar
rived in the Coeur d'Alenes in charge
ot Joseph warren and about l0 armed
deputy United States marshals. The
presence of these armed men was re
garded as a violation of the State consti
tution and Warren was arrested and
held in $2,500 bail. The non-union men
were taken to the Union mino and be
gan to work surrounded by the armed
guards. Some of them quit work a day
or two later and joined the union.
On May 21st Assistant General Super
intendent Dickinson, of the Northern
Pacific railway, wired Governor Willey
that armed miners were boarding the
company's trains at Mullan. The com
pany asked for protection. Subse
quently it was learned that the condi
tion of affairs at Mullan had been greatly
exaggerated. Governor Willey went to
the Coeur d'Alenes the following week
to make a personal examination. Upon
hia return to Boise, on June 4th, Gov
ernor Willey issued a proclamation call
ing upon all unlawful assemblages or
bodies in Shoshono county to disperse.
The proclamation went on to say that if
lawlessness or intimidations still con
tinued in Shoshone county he would de
clare it in a state ot insurrection, and
would call out military to enforce law
and preserve peace. Later Governor
Willey called on President Harrison for
United States troops for the GVur
d'Alene on the ground that the Idaho
National Guard was not in fit condition
to cope with the miners. President
Harrison declined to intorforo. The
mine owners continued to call upon the
governor for troops aud arms, but the
governor took no action.
On June If the managers of the Poor-
man and Tiger mines announced their
willingness to start un their properties
at the rate of $3.51) a day for all under
ground labor, no discrimination to be
made against their old employes, other
than that the managers reserved the
right to lure and discharge whom they
pleased at all times, in is was regarded
by the miners as satisfactory, and it was
hoped that the end of the strike would
speedily be reached. The other mine
owners, however, did not follow suit.
the iigerand Poorman are Shalt mines
employing experienced minors almost
exclusively, so that the $3 per day rate
to carmen and shoveiers cut no figure in
the aggregate wages paid.
Many Deaths.
New Youk, July 13 For the twenty
four hours ending at noon yesterday,
there were reported to tho register of
vital statistics, 2o0 deaths. This is the
largest number for one day in several
years, and is principally due to increased
mortality in children.
TERROR STRICKEN.
A Gang of Deeperedoea Burning- Soul
end Threatening Live.
St. Paul. Minn.. July 14 The village
of Burns, just over the Mississippi river
in Anoka county, is in the midst of ter
rors, and the town practically is in the
hands of a gang of desperadoes who are
burning buildings and threatening the
lives ot citizens. George Small, a wealthy
and prosperous farmer, has been very
active in his efforts to lodge one of the
ruffians behind the bars. A warrant
was sworn out against one of the gang
but it has never been served.
lhe whole population of Burns was
terrified and the gang's actions were
constantly causing annoyance. The
grave crime of arson has been laid at
their doors several times. Monday the
Handsome residence ot Small was set on
fire and after a fierce fight bv the family
and neighbors the flames were extin
guished. Wednesday Small was in
Anoka and in the evening word was
brouzht to him that his elegant resi
dence had been again sot on fire by un
known desperadoes and totally con
sumed. The sheriff and citizens will make an
endeavor to get at the culprits, and
things are in such a condition that no
one's lile is safe and all go armed. Tho
feed is supposed to be spite work, as
Small was open in his remarks against
the gang.
lhe home of lhomas Gorman will go
next, so says tho leader of the desper
adoes. If tho sheriff of Anoka county
fails to capture the gang, Governor Mer
riam will be asked to send a company
of militia on their tracks.
A Fuller S iul Ilia llleg-.tmiute Child,
l.a Mulhur ami Himself.
Bay City, Mich., July 14 Lucian
Hartley, employed in a saw mill at West
liay City, went this noon to the house
of James Holliday, the father of his mis
tress. The woman waa sitting on the
dourstep when the man arrived, while
playing near by was a little boy of five
years, the child of the pair.
After a brief conversation Bartlev shot
the child in the abdomen. The mother
ran to the child and picking him up
started for the house. Hartley then
shot her in the hip. liefore he could be
disarmed Bartley turned the revolver on
,'Mmself inflicting a fatal wound in his
neck, lhe Hollidav woman was imme
diately attacked with labor pains, and
gave birth to a male child tour hours
alter the shooting.
A County Treaam er Neeulnaitly CallHin
Uuuil faying Morlg-ajes.
NiiWiiiiKGii, N. Y., July 14 The in
vestigation into tho accounts of County
Treasurer William M. Murray, the de
faulting cashier of the Goshen National
Bank, has already developep ono thing
lor which he is harshly criticized.
When Murray enterod on his duties as
county treasurer the supreme court
fund, made up principally of money be
longing to minors and which usually
amounts to more than $150,000, was
nearly all invested in bonds and mort
gages. Some of these bonds had been
made years ago by former treasurers
and by transfors from the crodit from
one estate to that of another had been
carried along for years.
Mr. Murray determined on calling in
these loans and ignored the fact tiiat
the interest had been paid promptly
and regularly on them and that in many
casea the security was more than ample.
gave notice to the mortgagees that the
loans musUbe paid without delay. Some
on whom these bonds were made were
able to respond promptly, but others
couldn't raise new loans in the limited
time given them.
Miii-i-uy then innde application to the
cumb lor an uruer giving Ilini permis
sion to foreclose 05 mortgages on farms
in this county. Appeals for loans were
made in vain and some ot the mortgages
were foreclosed and ruined some of the
holders. The properties were sacriliced
and the children whose money was lent
on them must stand the loss in cash, as
when loans wore paid in, interest
coased and thus a wrong was done the
children whose money had been called
in.
Under the law the treasurer is allowed
fees on all money paid in or out of the
treasury on account of this fund, but it
seems almost incredible that Murray
could have put the screws on so many
borrowers simply lor the lees to which
he would be entitled.
Mr. Cleveland liuav With Ciller and
Ilia Correspondence.
Buzzard'h Bay, Mass., July 14
John Chamberlain, of Washington, D.
C, arrived here last evening from lies
ton to pay his respects to Mr. Cleve
land ami also, it is bolieved, to arrange
a matter of importance to himself with
the ex-president. He Bpeut an hour or
bo at Gray Gables with Mr. Cleveland.
There is some doubt whether the
Democratic leader will go to Now York
next week by the Fall ltiver line or
aboard Mr. Benedict's yacht which
anchored off Gray Gables a few days
since. In any event ho will not make
the journey by rail, and is expected to
leave Monday.
Fishing for the time being is given
up and Mr. Cleveland is spending most
of his time in hia new out-of-doors office
working at his correspondence with
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, hia temporary
secretary.
Vol II I on the Mtate Treaurei'a
llon.1 For 900,000.
Atlanta, Ga., July 14 State Treas
urer Hardeman when he took office gave
a bond oi fzuu,uuu. The law allows the
bondHinen to stipulate how much they
are to be liable for in case the treasurer
defaults. William J. Spier, who lias
been the clerk in the olhee tor years and
handles most of the Slate's money, went
on the bond among others, agreeing to
be responsible to the amount ol $h0,01)0.
He certified that he was worth this
amount.
Home time ago a judgment was ob
tained against Spier lor $5,001). Spier
resisted the suit on tho ground that the
note on which the suit was based was
given for speculative purposes and that
the facts concerning the Kpeciilaiion
were misrepresented to him. The court
decided he was liable an 1 judgment was
entered against him.
In tune an execution was issued and
laced in the hands of the sheriff witli
instructions to levy it. The sheriff re
turned the execution with the indorse
ment that in could find no property of
Spier's upon winch to levy. This de
velopment occasions much discussion
and the question arises is the treasurer's
bond deiective.
Left Wife to Hun Away With Nelce.
Nlwtort, It. I., July 11 Mrs. George
Peck, a respectable ICnglish woman, is
in distress because her husband, to
whom she had been married for 17 years.
and her neice. Miss Filizabeth Tyler, 1!) j
years old, are supposed to have left to
gether for parts unknown. Two weeks
ago Peck left his home here at 1 o'clock
in the morning and took the Sound boat
for New York. Ho has not since been
heard from. Mrs. Peck has taken steps
to prevent her husband from marrying
her neice in Chicago.
STRUCK Bi A CYCLONE
Springfield and Peoria
This Time.
EXCURSION BOAT WRECKED.
The 1'eople Hush Into the Cabin to
Avoid tti tiacipliiK Steam ami Are
Imprisoned There When lilt, Buat
In I'urned Over.
Toledo, July IB A special from
Springfield, Ohio, says : A terrible cy
clone struck the southern portion of this
city this morning and demolished 250
houses and fatally injured ten persons.
The police are at work among the ruins
hunting for the wounded. The sight is
dreadful beyond description.
ellow Springs, 12 miles south, is re
ported in ruins.
The olectric light, telephone, tele
graph lines are all down and the sireeta
are all filled with trees. Tho German
Lutheran church was struck by light
ning and almost totally destroyed.
Many people are more or less seriously
hurt.
Peoria, 111.' July 13 Illinois river
last night bore down a score of nersons
who were enjoying themselves on board
a pleasure steamer. The evening was
one of tho prettiest ever seen and the
river and lake were fairly alive with
boats of every desci iptioti. At 10 o'clock
a cyclone swept unannounced over the
city, leaving death and destruction on
all sides. The most serious and appall
ing disaster of the night was the cspsiz
ing of the pleasure steamer Frankie
Folsom at the foot of Caroline street and
the loss of more than a dozen lives.
At Lakeview Park a mile above the
city a representation of the "Last days
of Pompeii" was given. F'or this occa
sion the Frankie Folsom came up with
40 passengers. A landing was made
here and two or three couples joined the
party. There wero also 15 who got on
the boat at the park so that the passen
gers list reached fully sixty. As the
boat came out of the landing and a arted
down to the city she was struck' by the
cyclone and turned over. She as about
midway in the river and sank rapidly.
Owing to tho howling tempost the
cries of the passengers could not be
heard. The Longfellow, with 75 pas
sengers from Kingston, passed her and
ran to the foot of the next street. Her
passengers wore driven off' and tho boat
made preparation to go to the aid of tho
Folsom when her wheel broke and she
was loft helpless. Word was conveyed
to tho police station anil Mayor Warner
ordered every man to the scene. The
Kock Island sent a special to the scene
and small boata wore pressed into ser
vice. The Folsoin'a hulk could be seen
when the lake was illuminated by the
blinding lightning. F'otir persons were
taken off at a time. It is known that
there wore over a dozen in the cabin of
the ill-fated steamer.
When the boat careened every one
rushed to the inside to escape the steam
and many of thoin were washed over
board. A man who has just been
brought oil' says he saw several women
fastened down under the wreck and they
wore choked to death by the steam.
Kvery time the boat careonod some of
the poor unfortunates clinging to the
rails would lose their holds aud disap
pear freuench cifw ....r'-.r - - . Ua
persona who were out in small boats and
managed to reach tho shore say they
saw several bodies floating on the water.
F'ollowiug are kmwu to be doad in the
Folsom :
Mrs. Ihiisdeker and two girl compan
ions, names not known.
Miss Cora Fisher.
Mrs. Frank Fisher.
Miss Mabel Ford.
John Ohrens.
Aliss Mary Poebul.
Miss A una Pachel,
Mrs. William Wiloa.
William Hipberger.
Tho bodies of the two girls wore
dragged out of tho cabin by Mr. Sutton,
who hung them over the rail wiien he
was siiio that they wero dead. All of
theso people wero from Pekin. Some
thrilling stories are told by men who
have been brought oil' the boat. Sam
Siiflou missed his wilo when the cyclone
struck the bout, and lie hoard her call
ing for him us the cabin filled with
water. Ho managed to bring her to tho
surface alter a hard struggle. For an
hour they clung to the rail and both
were finally saved. William Hart went
into the cabin and brought up the un
conscious form of hia wife. She w.ll re
cover. The gravest fears are entorf lined con
cerning the fate of over a hundred per
sons who wore out in small boats. It
is certain that eight livoB liave been lost
in this manner. The bodies of tho own
ers are probably beating against the
willows on the other side of tho lake.
There ure 18 dead ill the Folsom, ac
cording to a count just made. Only
about one-half of these will be louud in
tho cabin of the boat, for the others
were swejit off the rail Into the river.
Two bodies have been sighteu floating
through the lower bridge, nearly two
miles from the scene ol the disaster.
Whether these were from the Folsom or
tho bodies of persons from tho over
turned boats cannot bo stated. It is
more than likely tliat they are the lat
ter. There ar.i a large number of car
nages at the upper wreck, and as fast as
a party is brought ashore they are put
in carriages and hurried away to where
they can bi) cared for. All residents in
tho vicinity have thrown their houses
open and the work ol rescue is going
rapidly on. Light bodies tiavo been
recovered so far and are now at the
morgue. Three are in condition to be
identified, tho remaining live being so
badly cooked by steam that they are
past recognition. Thoiso five are women.
The Caritfnlerit ol Chlu.to lu Oi-j;unUu
a Military I'oicc.
Chicago, July 1:1 The secretary of
state has granted a license to the Car
penters Council of this city to form an
inde, ondont military organization,
which, It is expected, will reach 0,5110 -inside
of a week. The avowed object is
to enable labor to fight unv privatu
armed force which capital may bring to
settle labor disputes.
Body Mulilutod in the Oruvo.
Greenville, Ga., July 0 The wife of
Mr. Allmunde was buried a few days
ago in tho cemetery at Rocky Mound.
Mr. Allmunde visited the grave the day
after the burial and placed some flowers
there. On the next day he visited it a
second time and he found the earth had
sunken. The grave was opened and the
remains were found, but from the led
hand tho white glove had been removed
and the index finger had been cut off
close to the hand.