The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-03
THE SUNDAY RIOT AT FRANKLIN.
Strikers Say Guards Were Drunk and
Began Firing. But This il Denied.

BLACK DIAMOND, July 2.-Ispecial- The
statement Of the Franklin miners that the
guards began firing from the train soon after
leaving Back Diamond, and that no shots were
fired at the train, finds strong support at Black
Diamond. Luke Clifford, Of this town. said to-
day:
got on the train here to go To Franklin, and
shout hall mile beyond Black Diamond the
guards began 10 shoot from the rear door of the
hind ca ! was on the hrsE car. They we're
tie frSt 20 IRE did rot any men IRE on the
trssn en the side OF the track. YVES looking ont
OF the window part oi the tine on the left side
GOING tp there were NAN ard woman in the
car and the man told the woman TO lie down.
but the Conductor told them net to be scared, "a
t1ey were not shooting NJ the train | told the
conductor did not think II was right For those
fellows to shoot IN that way. lie said he did
not think IL was right He would 90 and see
he went back and | do not know whether he
saw them, bat they soon stopped shooting when
be went back They were shooting for two
miles up the track before they stopped They
did no more shooting til they got 70 franklin.
when The train got 10 the old depot
gan 70 push me around when / was hardly
Of the car. He asked me what / was
doing there. snd I tod him | had just
my fare lie told me 20 get Off and told
me- 20 gel 10 Ill out of there. / started up
tie hill and be sent Niger after me; and Tom
Gsnleyr who WIS sitting beside the track, tells
rae that be heard tie guard say that il looked
back be would riddle me. | went up the hill 10
the old bankers, be after me, and did look back
several nEnes- He had his gun cooked, and
when / was about half way up the hin they be-
gan TO shoot again from the train, about 80
yards from the old depot. Then this niger ran
back 10 the track, and that's al | heard iii they
started shooting from the top OF the bunkers.
When went On top OF the hill could see them
shooting ia ali directions. ! stood up there
about three minutes and thought they were tust
shooting Tor fun, aud did not think they were
shooting at anybody. By the way the guards
acted thought they were pretty ful, though
did not see them drinking. ! could see the mig
gers and guards were all shooting down at the
fats. / stood few minutes on the little trestle
on top OF the old bunkers with several women
and children. but they turned their guns DOWN
10 where we were standing. Andy BoatTnan
was standing there with little child. aud
heard him say, ''W hat the HI are they shooting
ST and he started 10 run: We ell cleared out
into the houses and did not come back till
the next day was scared 10 come back and
stayed ~ Jimmy Holders ali night. saw the
white women aud children clearing out that
night They were shooting down the track aud
both sides OF IL, and | saw no shooting at the
train. issw nobody shooting from the brush.
The saloon keeper here. Louis Abrams. said:
on the platform at the depot at Rlack
Diamond when the train came in, I saw three
of the guAfds--fwo in the side door of the
csboose and one on the rear platform The one
on the end, who was white, looked as IL he was
under this influence OF liquor. ! did not nav
much attention 70 the other two
Several men say that they were walking on
the track on Sunday evening, and saw the
guards shooting from the train. They say there
are coed shots in Franklin as anywhere in
the country, and il they had fred at the train
there would have been marks on the car. David
Kdmunds retorts to Captain Foley that be lies
| In regard TO the shooting from the train, and he
and his wife intend 10 make affidavit TO The
| fact
As TO whether the guards were drunk, ]. p.
| Calhoun, the storekeeper here. says:
came from Seattle to Black Diamond on the
| train on sunday evening. There were five or
SIX men on the cAboose. In the rear, whom
| supposed &c he guards. l saw one who WAS un-
| der Tue influence ot liquor. and two who don
| think we're under the influence
FRANKLIN, duly - Especially - Deputies,
| guards and colcred men eruphatically con.
| usdlct the strikers version % the fatal
Sunday rot Deputy Sheriff Ben Stretch
| siouty denies the charge made srAiust aim ~
| Eddy, and says he did nor eysn go across the
| track from tie station at summit when he wen,
| down en the first coal train
! Perry Barker. one of tie guards was stationed
| on the bUpkers and hsd iine opportunity to
| see every movement on the fats He said
| stood on the platform overlooking the rail
mad aud toe flats. and saw the train come ur,
| ! ne nrst two shots came from lust around the
| curve below, and then the shooting from tie
| usin began. coald see men sb,,ut that "a
cabin in the bottom, and there were 6ftv on ~,
| o1g sog by the Knights 81 Labor hall The srst
| shooting saw from the brush came from some
AfSA - tAs 80 SS.*U. AISa nan STEPPED out
n front o. The end al The log sad fred FIGHT up
The Alll, aud SIX or seven shots came from te-
I hind the los. The crowd Sssyea behind TIE lrv
/ quite loag time. oue ballet hat the SMOKE
St&Ck
William Thomas the eolore3 preacher, tells Of
| how he played the lighting preacher in q very
/ amusing way. he said
bad Just gene up Ia the church on the hill
/ the other side OF the hunkers and had apepesi
/ the hsaie on the pulpit ana waited fifteen mia.
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