The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-30
QUIET AT ROSLYN.
The New Miners Not Yet
Arrived.
WHITE MN 70 m DAWES OUr.


CGEAlrn. Jan. 9.--Everything .
RcsIya i quiet to-day. The policy o
the railroad company with reference
20 bringing in new men cannot b
learned definitely, bat rumor has 4
that the new men viii come tonight
II they do there win be serious
9ouble. az nearly al the miners
have homes and considerable property
which they win fight Cor, - TO dispose
Of IL st this period Womb Ian great
loss. The miners are not particularly
communicative and maintain suiien
and defiant demeanor- They are
prone to suspect every stranger as q
spotser. and the Posr-IxTKrLEsgscKE
reporter to-day was watched very
closely.
THE sEgE1Es A 5AwLEsz SET.
Citizens Of RosIyn say every drunk
en- row Is enlarged upon and reported
~ the outcorse Of the strike and the
work OF strikers, when In reality the
strikers had nothing 20 do with It.
Their say that the assault made on
CIealum, which occasioned the cali on
the governor for troops 10 protect the
property and lives OF the people here,
was not the work OF the strikers. but.
on the contrary, not a striking miner
was implicated At sill.
sTRgg Elzs' PASSIONS fsfLAxEp BT
WHISKY.
Drunken rows are OF almost hourly
occuffsnce nj Roslyn, and entirely too
much ihqslor is being drunk TO insure
much moderation among the Old
miners II the new men come in 10 take
the strikers places.
RACE Asp REIIsious IsroLggAscE.
Dissatisfaction seems to be not so
much with the new Superintendent
Ronald as man, but because he is
the man who has been overseeing the
negro miners in mine No. 3, and the
whites consider II nm indignity 10 be
bossed by ''nigger driver" az they
call him. and there seems TO he fur
ther cause of dissatisfaction, and prob
ably the must potent one. in the fact
that the new superintendent Is a
Protestant and has suppianfed Catho-
lie men by Protestants. This seems
10 be very foolish excuse, but il is
one argued on ali sides by Catholics.
xEaaoEs OR WHITES Musr co.
The introduction OF coiored labor in
Mine No. 8 Is still ranking in the
white miners breasts. and quiet viii
never be OF long duration while they are
there. A large part Of the rowdyism Of
kosiyn II among the negro miners.
and the LBS negroes have created mere
disturbance than the bad white men.
One negro kicked his wife TO death.
Two shootings, one serious cutting
scrape and finally the brutal murder
last Saturday night head long list Of
their depravity and lawlessness.
NOT KNIGHT oF LABOR S<f-:-.s.
This strike. like most strikes, it
seems, was originated and in nursed
BY few rowdies who are found every
where and who by restlessness and
recklessness keep good. industrious
men out who would work. IL Is
claimed II the restraint were taken off
the miners by these men six out OF
seven would go hack 10 work at once
without any concession by the CON-
pany. The Knights OF Labor have
di-claimed all responsibility for the
strike. and the order seems TO be COM
posed OF the better element OF Roslyn,
but the hoodlnm element Is too strong
for them.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST An OUTBREAK.
There will be serious times to-inor-
row or the day after IL the report is
true that nea men are on the road 90
take the places of strikers. and it
seems from all that can be learned
here that the rumor is true. Sheriff
Paekwood Is gu guard with ~ depu-
ties and will call for troops II
opposition Is offered 10 the new men
going to work The railroad company
has been interrupted on an average of
ab9st once a month by strikes Of
greater or less importance. and have.
IL seems, become tired OF kissing aud
making up" and mean business this
time
NOT COMING NJ RAIL
LsrER-. forty-fye negroes for Ros-
iyn frorz Streator. ILL.,. arrived at
Ellensburg tonight. and will 90 fro m
there 10 Rosisn tomorrow. This
move Is made 10 get the negroes into
Rosiyu and outwit the strikers, who
look for them by train from Clealum.