The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-16
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Company G Returns From Coal
Creek Mines.
SHANK DENIES AL CHARGES.
His Answer to Private Rowiands-How
He Prevented = Riot-situation
at Gilman.

xawc.ssfr and is auartered at the Armory. II
will leave on the go train this morning Tor Ia
coma, where IL win return TO private lie iof .
time the returning force consists OF tnifty-one
men and three offiecrs-captaiH shank ana
Iaeutenanfs Billings and Stafford. All look
Ike men who had been doing some hard work,
and bear traces Of camp in their tanned skins.
They left behind Msjor Gaus, Lieutenant Ross
ana eleven men OF Company c. and ten depu-
ties whom Sheriff woolery took up yesterday.
The retiring force left twenty blankets and nine
teuts. which VIII be used by company men
and the deputies.
CAPTAIN shank denies that there fl any truth
a the statements in regard 10 himself and Pri-
vate gorlands, contained IN adispatch from the
correspondent OF the observation-disclosures mt
Newcastle and published yesterday. He said:
ssTt IN false from beginning to end, and can
prove il to be false and shall demand an inyesti
cation OF the matter. Only three men were
arrested. one q striker, another colored
man who had Q gun and another,
white man in the employ OF the Oregon I'M
provement Company who also had gun. The
Oregon improvement Company's man was first
arrested BIZ the soldiers, the colored man was
accused by the strikers of having drawn gun
on Martin Wall, and they asked Deputy Sheriff
Miller to hold him. At his orders the soldiers
arrested the colored man.
aAt the time Of the affair Private Rowiands
vas on sentry duty inside the five post picket
fence around the schoolhouse, about 200 yards
distant. He said he saw the stone thrown and
on bis statement Miller arrested Wall In the
meantime Miller had inquired into the charges
exainst the other two men and released them.
Rowlands was afteward sent for again aud said
he believed that Wall was the man, but might
Be mistaken and could not swear TO it, aud
Miller then released the man. / deny having
Given any orders 10 any man not To give
- ~ Drxr onda Ha
IS not In my command, but belongs to the de-
taehment OF Company which is under COM
mand OF Lieutenant Stafford, whose superior
officer is Major Gaus. | did not make the re-
marks attributed to me in the dispatch. never
said word OF them. After Mr.. Miller had re-
leased the other two men and arrested Wall
told him be ought 10 hold all three, and advised
him 70 send TO Coal Creek for the others, but he
declined to do so. said to him: If you decide
% hold these men viii hold them at all haz-
ards ! viii take nay osth that this is what
said.
II was told that the strikers intended TO stone
Miller I sent for Terrace, their leader, and
told him OF what was informed; that had fifty
dye men ia camp each OF whom had gun
which was loaded and had rounds OF ammuni-
ton; that Ii they attempted anything against
Miller my men would shoot and clean out the
whole gang of them; that If wo once got into
fight we would not quit until we were through
with It, then advised Terrace TO tell his men
this and tell them not TO do anything OF the
kind. He did so and tho crowd dispersed. Mr..
Miller Is a brave man and an efficient officer
and don't wish 10 criticize him.
~ don't believe there will be any more
trouble there until the evictlons take place at
Newcastle on July g and %. Then there will
be trouble. Some of the strikers have moved
ont la advance and coiorcd men have been sent
down TO occupy their houses. The colored men
have been In the habit Of going down to New
castle In crowds of fifty or sixty, some of them
armed with guns and pistols, which they
would hide in the bushes before they went
into the town, getting them again on
their way back. The captain OF the guard told
us that twenty or twenty-five went down in a
crowd and asked whore was the home guard;
they wanted to fight H. They seem to have
made these trips for the purpose of irritating
the strikers.
sour boys are a fearless set OF fellows and
have done some arduous work in guarding
houses, rising carly TO escort men from the
town 10 Coal creek and returning with them in
the evening. Most OF the work was at night
and much of 1t was on lonely trails; in
fact, we have patroied all the country
around there. Some OF the people told US that
they had not had quiet night for two weeks
before we came, as there were constant rumors
that houses were TO be blown up with dynamite.
1hure are said 10 be arms and dynamite con-
eealed about the town still
'-The whole population turned out when we
left aud gave us three cheer, -eolored people.
white miners aud strikers, all alike"
In regard to Private Rowlands, Iieuten-
ant Stafford said: "He only enIistcd
IN the company when we were ON
the way up there and had no previous scauaint
ance with any OF the miners There was no
hszing and no disposition to prosecute him. He
was stranger TO the boys, rather quiet and re-
firing and so not very sociable and consequent.
~ they were not sociable with him. as they
: Scrs among themselves lie seemed over
sensitive and seems TO have thought he was not
treated AZ well as the Others, but there was no
Intentional GOODNESS towards him.
William Howell and H. Olsen, whom he a.
pauited, were brought down on the train by
Sheriff woolevy last night, the latter as wit.
mess, and were taken to the county iail. Sew
eral of the strikers came also as witnesses
On complaint of Charles A. Ismnktn. denuty
sheriff, warrants were issued by Justice Won
Tobel yesterday for Martin Wall. of Newcastle.
charged with asSauising Captain Carney on
July with deadly weapon, namley stone
A warrant was issued at the same time for Pat
kearney, charged with assault and battery ON
ii. Olsen at Newcastle on July @ The arrests
are the outgrowth OF the miners strike, and the
circumstances of the offenses OF the two prison.
ers have been already published
Deputy sheriff Thornton telegraphed from
Fewcastss to Sheriff Woolery yesterday that he
had arrested a man for fighting, aud asked what
he should do with the prisoner. The sheriff re.
Piled to hold him until he arrived or sent a
Geputy to bring tho man Ia Gesttla