The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-17
THE TERRITORY.
Examination Of the Wilke.
SON Miners.
SPOKANE FALLs NEWS NOTES.
The Body 81 Dead Man reuad--
Aajsur~.ent ee the Maseatc Grand
Lsase An Interesting Railroad
Mreting at Port Townsend.

TACOMA. June fs.-iusigr Lawrence
s-carf WAS crowded all aay ta,szy viii
defendants. witnesses ard ;nserestex
listeners 10 the trial OF The Sixteef
I fniners charged with riot. Many q,
the raere Important witnesses. especial
( iy Tor the defense, were tscrnnaas and
either could not speak English q,
spoke II fsrokenly, "a that the chain al
evidence was disiuinted aud unSatis-
factory. A. {. Smith. president OF the
Iaecmz Coal and Coke company. the
fi-st witness testified that ; meeting al
the miners had been held al the school
fss1slse Al NhsSh 1t aas Determined thai
rsxY WorrB Spr woxx
Unless J. ". Kelly, superintendent q,
the coke works, be DISCHARGED: sha;
this proposition pas made 10 him Mr..
SMITH and he answered that that was
too much ike debating 10 the cera-
pany who il should employ and he re-
pied that rather than aceesie or have
trouble over il he would shut down
the mine. That same evening The
men came - the office os the works
and
DEMANDED THAT KrILy LEAVE rows
And after long and turaaltuouS scene
they at last granted him until the next
morning 70 get ont. Mr.. smith was
asked by j. =. Judsen, Esq.. counsel
for the defense. Il all the trouble ala
rot originate from proposition made
by Kelly. OF the cose G works. 10 saper-
intenaent Hageman Of the eeal rhine
- credit him for more coal than he
furnished 20 the works Mr.. smith
answered. IN much surprise, tAat that
vas the first he had ever heard Of such
a thing.
J. VI. Kelly testified TO the same ef-
feet as Mr.. Smith. that the miners
came into the Office and very exsitesfly
demanded that he leave the can,p:
that the party numbered thirty or
forty, and were very demonstraiis..
that his little boy, who was present
began 10 scream and
CRY WITH FRIGHT.
The party were under the leas.ership
of Tom Mcdonald and Fred. Uarer-
man; that he was only permitted 10
remain in the camp over night ont az
consideration for his wife and family.
bat that he was required 10 leave on
the first train in the morning.
One Of the witnesses for the PROSE
c,ltion testified that Mcdonald had
declared on one occasion that ii he had
two men TO stand by him that he
would
TAKE KELLY OFT AND HANG HIN.
That he would see If these Pcnnsyl-
yania fellows were going to come out
here and run things TO suit them
selves, and that, before any other
man should be pat in Hagcrman's
place as boss OF that mine be would
wade through hiooh.-
Kelly testified that he had received
several notices that his lie aas in
danger and he had better leave.
The witnesses for the defense were
Hagerman, the mine boss, and his
brother Fred. Wn. Ainsler. Fritz
Sears and others. Their testimony
supported the statements that have
heen made heretofore as TO the cause
OF the trouble, that the men
RESENTED THE ACTION OF THE COMPANY
In refusing 10 make q new contrae,
with Hagermaa, and that by getting
fid of Kelly he would be retained.
Their statements we're ,lisioiatei a.
stated. They testified that keilv was
wholly incapable of managing the
NINE; that he undertook 10 survey
the mine and instead of directing il
toward Wiikeson a. he intended. he
directed Il toward Garhorsdo: that
the water of the river hereby was
flooding the mine greatly 20 the dan
ger OF the lives of the men and tina; to
overcome this great danger, he ordered
the carpenters 60 build a door to keen
the water out This incompeteacy Ia
RfFEcTCNe THEIR LIVES
Was stated a. the chief objection 10
him by some. while others said that
he Kept black list Of members OF the
Knights OF Labor and was discharging
them without any other good reassn.
srgoye APrEAL
Was made by their counsel. Mr.. Jad- /
SON, who held that the men had no,
committed any crime. but merely
proposed 10 quit il Kelly. WHOM, they
deemed incompetent. was rot dis /
charged.
District Attorney Cornier, however.
argued to the contrary. and the court 4
head all except Ainsler and Morgan.
sho. the prosecution admitted, were
not present. They were held uader ]
the same hail-$ftDo eaeh-for court. /
The hearing did not conclude nntil
nearly 5 a 'tsiorL