Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-01
FROM FRANKLIN MINES.
Harmonious Republican Con.
yentiOn in Iowa.
SIN. BRICE WRITES A LETTER.
Tried to Break Jail, Drowned While
Bathing, Killed his Brother,
Earthquake, Sausage Meat, State
and Foreign News, Etc.
FRANKLIN MINES.

FRANKLIN MINES.
SEATTLE, July 1.-Everything is
quiet at franklin today, the pres
ence Of the militia on the ground
between the hostile forces restrain
ing both from continuing the race
war but from New Castle, Black
Diamond, and Gilman, come threat
ening rumbles that denote serious
trouble within the next forty eight
hours. There are now nearly two
hundred negroes at work at New
Castle, the number taken there
sunday having been quietly aug
meuted since.
The strikers have done nothing
yet, but are reported as making
secret preparations for some decisive
move. the character Of which can
not be told. Company ID, now at
Frank kiln, has been placed under
marching orders, and will be taken
to New Castle thirty miles away IN
special train kept ready for the
purpose, on the first intimation OF
trouble there. At Black Diamond
the situation has changed for the
worse. When the miners struck
six weeks ago, 1t was not because OF
anv dissatisfaction with the Black
Dianoud Coal company, but because
of sympathy for the miners who had
been driven out by the negroes taken
into Franklin by the Oregon I'm
provement company, which Is
| rival Of the Black Diamond corpora
tion, and 1t was supposed the men
would return to work as soon as
matters cooled down. One week
ago the miners agreed to return to
work upon the old terms, but Tues.
day they notified the superintendent
that, If they returned, the miners
, union must have the employing and
! dlscharglng Of all men. This the
, superintendent refused to accede to,
q and he Immediately posted a notice
! that any white man who wishes
work may secure it, whether he be-
longs to the union or not.
The Black Diamond is only a
9 short distance from Franklin, and
: the camps will probably join forces
}, In fighting the two corporations
A detachment of militia is held in
J reserve to move to Black Diamond
upon moments notice. AT Gil
man, home guards, composed o
/ miners, are drilling daily. Th'
:. Seattle Coal and Grain company hal
/ been sending up few non-unio'
miners daily, but they have beer
met at the train by large body o
armed men.
!, A large force Of guards sand deput!
sherifls are at Gilman for the pur
pose Of protecting all men who wisl
to 20 to work, but out of one hun
dred sent only eight or ten hav
dared TO stay, and these have
strong guard protecting them da.
and night. 1t is thought that tn
company will take in several hun
: dred men today, protected by Com
pany E, now assembled In tn
armory here, and that a militar!
guard will be maintained until thu
strikers give up the conflict, 4
: large number of rifles were shipped
to Gilman from Tacoma today.
!. II Is thought that within the mex
forty eight hours every coal mining
camp In this county will be manned
: by non.union miners, working
q under the protection of the nationa
: guards. IL Is feared that serlou
!. trouble will result at all the places
t. as there are over one ihousan'
. strikers, who viii see in the intre
duction Of negro and scab labor th
a disappearance OF their last hope Q
: employment In the mines of Kin
!. county.
K IOWA REPUBLICANS.