The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-01
Sent by Order of Sheriff and
County Commissioners.
MINING IS TO BE RESUMED.
The Guards Construct q Redoubt to
Stand on the Strikers.
No Open Hostilities Yet, But the Miners
sleep With One Eye Open and Riaes
Beside Thsm-Strangers Not Well
come-coal Company Evscting Dwell
lers ON Its Land

The indications are that the next move
IN the mining troubles viii be made a
Gilman. The Seattle Coal and Iron Coms
pany apparently intend TO follow the ex-
ample of the Oregon improvement Com
pany and run its mines, for, in evident
preparation of such step. two companies
of the militia were sent to Gilman early
this morning.
The companies were sent in accordance
with the request OF the county commis~
sioners and Sheriff James Woolery. who
felt that the civil authorities would be un-
able to protect the company's property in
case an effort were made TO start the mines
with new men. The Seattle Coal and
Iron Company had declared that
the previous attempts TO take
workingmen to the mines had resulted in
intimidation and serious disturbance. The
hnal determination 10 send the militia
was the result of q teiegraphic correspon-
dence. Deputy Sheriff Jack Mcdonald. who
is stationed at Gilman, sent the following
dispatch 10 Sheriff Woolery yesterday:
Things at Gilman look very alarming The
men are under arms. They are looking for .
lot of men 70 arrive to work the mines.
Sheriff Woolery Immediately sent back
the following dispatch:
Prevent any breach Of peace, II possible.
will send plenty OF men. If necessary.
The sheriff sent dispatch to Colonel r.
c. Haines, at Franklin, suggesting that he
could take q company of militia to Gilman,
and Colonel Haines answered:
Can come from here with twenty men Cap
tain Ingrsham, with company, can leave ss-
attic for Gilman. Arrange transportation for
him
10 Gilman" said the sheriff to q Posr-Is-
TELLIGEScER reporter. 81 regret that the
miners should compel me TO put the
county TO any expense, but / don't want to
see blood shed, neither must any property
be destroyed"
About the middle of the afternoon Cap
tain E. S. Ingraham, of company Z, re.
ceived a dispatch from Colonel J. O.
Haines, ordering him to have his company
in readiness for a start Word was ac-
cordingly sent to break the camp on Lake
Washington, and messengers were sent to
the members of the company in the city.
At about 80 in the afternoon they began to
assemble in the Armory, and at 7:45 or
ders were given that no one should leave
the building without permission. Every
body was busy preparing for departure.
AT first the idea was generally prevalent
that Franklin would be the destination.
and many wild rumors of trouble there
were set ahoat.
Finally, at q few minutes before 10. all
the baggage and other stuff was ready and
the command to march was given The
company was twenty-eight strong, as fol-
lows:
Captain Z. s. Ingraham, First Lieutenant r. L
stinson. Second Lieutenant II. H. Smith, First
Sergeant Charles Soldering, Third Sergeant III.
II. Philips, Fourth Sergeant b. H. Sweeney.
Fifth Sergeant L B. Parsons, Corporal Charles
Z. Hooker, Corporal Falcon Joslin ir., Corporal
+. B. sayre, Corporal A. crimps, J. o. Caughey,
Percy G. Copp, C. W. Kellogg, J. Z. Brown,
William H. Reeves, J. B. Eagleston. c. l. Clifford,
F. II. Copp, s. L. CLARK, A. B. Mcclellan, r N.
Rinehart, E. s. WELDON, B. T. Carr, Il. A. Bell,
George Derby, Edward Gafney and George
Hadley.
They came down Second street and
crossed Yesler avenue into South Third.
as if bound for the Columbia Il Puget
Sound station. A big crowd gathered
along the streets, but no demonstration
of any kind was made. Some ran ahead
to the Columbia Il Puget Sound station,
but they were disappointed, for the SOL
diers turned down Washington to West
and then marched up 10 the Seattle, Lake
Columbia street.
The company was met at the foot of
Washington street by Colonel Haines who
had Just arrived from Franklin with
twenty-five men of Company ID, under
Captain r. S. Allen. The men looked
thoroughly worn ont, bat nevertheless an
swered willingly the eager questions Of
those who gathered round them. There
was a decided difference of opinion in
Company b. Part held that the strikers
begangthe firing at Franklin on Sunday.
while others strenuously maintained that
the fault lay with Sullivan's detectives.
After q little delay all the men were
marched to the Lake Shore station. Theirs.
the arms were stacked. Many of Captain
Aliens command were SO tired that they
lay dat on the planking of the platform
and went TO sleep
curious crowd stood there under the
light of the electric lamp. The militia.
with dark.blue uniforms, and their euuip-
ments and baggage in marching order 4
few sweethearts and wives gathered about
and though no tears were shed, neverthe.
less it was evident that the women were
not without apprehensions of danger.
The officers of the several coal cor
panies were On the ground, and dozen a
so detectives. Several knots of WORKING
men, who made no concealment of sym-
pathy with the strikers and antipathy to
the militia, completed the picture These
men discussed in an undertone the general
situation and the outlook for the union.
Not loud word was spoken, everybody
talking in an undertone, until Colonel
Haines broke the hush, at about ii 80,
by calling Captain Allen and Captain In
graham; and ordering them to put their
men on the train.
This was done and the train pulled ont st
3 little after midnight. AS Colonel Haines
did not care to come into Gilman until
daylight II was the intention 10 stop over
at Redmond. There were fears that the
Gilman home guard might fire on tho
train were il to arrive during the night.
A dispatch from Redmond announced
| the arrival Of the train there at 2:20. 10
was sidetracked, and when the telegraph
Office closed il was the intention Of Coli
onel Haines TO remain there until day
light