The record-union., 1891-06-30
WASHINGTON MINE TROUBLES.
MATTERS AT FRANKLIN ASSUME 4
MORE THREATENING FORM.
Fully q Thousand Shots Fired in Sum
days Riot-Two strikers Killed
Several Persons Wounded.
Special 10 the REcoRp-uN1oS.

Special 10 the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SEATTLE, June 29.-Matters at Frank
lin have assumed q still more threatening
form, and Col C. J. Haines to-day wired
to this city for another company Of militia
to report at once and to bring more am
munition, camp equipage and rations for
a weeks service. No trouble occurred
to-day.
Porter Robertson, one of the mine
bosses, was brought to the city to-day by
military guard, charged with killing
Tom Norris and Ed. J. Williams, leaders
of yesterdays riot.
The first authentic information con-
| cerning the riot was received to-day in
the following special TO the Ple8S-Ila-
| teiIigencer from Franklin:
At least LOCO shots were fired in the
riot yesterday, which TASTED about thirty
minutes and resulted in the death of
| Tom Norris, while a striker was killed
instantly-E. j. Williams, who was shot
| through the abdomen and died six hours
later-and the wounding of four strikers,
two women and one colOred guard. The
! trouble commenced with the return of
! the train at 7:40 P. NJ. from Newcastle,
which contained a number Of Sullivan
men, who had escorted load of negroes
to the latter mining camp.
| The guards say that when the train was
pulling into Franklin it was fired upon
! by some of the white miners in ambush
and that while no one was hurt, the bull
lets whistled through the windows, and
! the engineer, seeing the danger put his
! train under full head of steam and ran
| into the depot, which is inside the dead
| line.
When the train had stopped the white
miners commenced firing upon the ne
] II.
! fires, as the outside miners were situated
on the flat below and on the hill above
! them.
The negroes went perfectly wild, and
all the efforts Of Deputy Sheriff Stutch
and other guards could not restrain them.
| They kept within the camp lines, and
! poured vOlley after yollev upon the
miners on the flats, who replied with
! equally as much vigor. The miners on
! the hill kept up good fire, but were an
swered shot for shot by the negroes.
During the fusillade Porter Robertson,
manager of one of the pit boxes in the
mine, who had refused to go out with the
white miners, was standing at the COM
pany's office, when heard the terrified
cries Of some women at his house, on the
! top Of the hill. Looking up, he saw two
| men with rifles near the house, and as the
| white miners had threatened to kill him
! because he continued to work for the
/ they meditated some act of violence upon
! the women of his house.
! He ran up the hill, and while he was
running the men fired upon him three or
! four times before he reached the house.
! lie secured his rifle, and, coming out of
! the house, opened fire upon the men.
One shot hit Tom Morris in the temple,
and dropped dead. Another shot hit E.
j. Williams and entered the abdomen.
! Williams ran about twenty rods before he
fell
Seeing the effect of his work, Robert
son went to the company's office and told
! Deputy Sheriff Stretch what he had done,
and delivered himself up. He was kept
under guard until the arrival Of the Spe-
| cial train from Seattle.
Ed Williams, who was shot in the alb
domen, lived about six hours, and before
! he died made q statement of the shooting,
which confirmed in its principal details
| that of Robertson.
The negroes were about to make
! charge upon the miners upon the lower
land, when they were intercepted by DR..
j. j. Smith and some other men. These
men prevailed upon the coIored men to
withdraw to their quarters.
When the firing had ceased the excite
| ment was intense. The negroes gathered
about in groups, and thoroughly aroused.
| swore that thousand men could not take
the camp. Through the efforts of the
! Vic iicSIOcS W6I6 lluuCeu IaV
down their arms, and while they con-
sented to this, they paraded UP and down
| the camp in a manner which showed that
they were ready 10 continue the fight at a
moments notice.
| The white miners eXcitedly talked over
the situation, and the greatest part of
| their anger seemed to be directed at
Porter Robertson, who had shot down
two of their men. They deny firing upon
| the train, and say that the trouble was
not started by them. They also say that
the negroes did the greater part of the
shooting.
Mrs. Thornborn, who was shot in the
arm and breast, is an elderly lady and
suffered greatly from her wounds. The
doctor, however, is of the opinion that
she will recover. Miss Annie Wilson,
who was shotin the leg, has a painful but
not dangerous wound. The wound of
| Ben Garrison, the negro, who was shot,
| is not necessarily fatal. Ed. Williams
was young man about 70 or Il years of
age.
Two companies, B and ID, Of the First
! Regiment, arrived here at 4:30 O'Clock
arrived here this afternoon to reinforce
munition and camp equipage.
very high, and the militia is camped
keep them from coming together.
a bill-sticking machine, which sticks
without ladder or paste-pot, has made its
appearance in the streets of Paris, and
does its work we'll.