The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-20
SHOOTING AT NEWCASTLE.
valley Poured From the Grass Into
s the sherin's Special Engines

a. Tho Newcastle migefsN have made the FIRST
NQeeiie dernonktratNbn during the trouble, by
X1.qe % apcclH engine which carried Sheriff
94I<ry and adeputy.
All Monday exsuing sheriff woolery. anticipat-
4 a. tie mines at Newcastle, left for
arha sheriff and Deputy Jack Nc
4 IA . special engine, and in return
4 Hs Is ssas mines to the town the engine was
A. party Of men who lay in ambush
s. rush that lines the track.
81 M shefs were fred but no one was
1 M ar "a known, only one shot struck
Il srhe firing was done with six-shoot-
IS OF tho hidden party used rifles.
/ N might have had them. Sheriff
IF kfA much incensed over the affair, and
IN 1facea the attack az cowardly and criminal.
1hzade his trip to Newcastle upon receiving
~ following dispatch from one OF his deputies
ktionxd st the mines:
B fhej miners are on q strike and have given
N1iU< 8 p. n. today TO stop the pumpmen, en-
&ussu and iiremen. There Is liable to be trouble
3hfserehiuR. There only eight men to pro-
1ecttf1ose that viii work. Answer.
The dispatch was received in the afternoon,
Hond. accompanied by Deputy Mcdonald,
Wopsery LETT on engine No. on the Columbia &
Stnget Sound Railway Companys tracks for the
lcsne Of the strike An hour later the engine
arrived at Newcastle, and Immediately after
wards left for the mines two miles further up,
on Coel cSees.
- A. the mines the sasssitf found everything as
auiet as could be expected. The pumps were
cunning, and as no property was being destroyed
he did not feel called upon 10 increase the
kxuard.
The miners did not take the sheriff's presence
y hodine their side any good and they demanded
~ hirn his business, not once but many times.
The sheriff would not state his business. more
than to say that he was there In his official
Sapacity--as sheriff of King counsy-and that he
dld not propose to countenance any fighting by
either SIDE.
After that the miners were as mum as oysters,
md would give noiniormation 70 the sheriff.
Ehorsly after o'clock. having been at the
hnfnes fully an hour, Sheriff Woolery and Dep
ny Mcdonald boarded the engine and left for
<be &owh OF Newcastle. About halfway be-
swoen tie town and the mines the railway
truck leads ont OF the timber into
xhe low .ands fer quite distance. The
p1Aco Is sort OF swale or meadow, and
81 either tide OF the track is g rank profuson of
mush an, grass. The engineer, Joseph Ward,
had hear that the miners intended tearing up
thc track In order that the company would be
II disabled from taking coal from their mines, and
10 guard against accident. he was driving his
eukfne along very slowly.
n Whom Just entering this swale suddenly came
n lie shArp report of firearms. In the darkness
! de dash II every shot was magnihed, and it
D zssnsod Al at the brush was FIRE. The flashes
u &.yckieo he form of men, but their faces could
.&3tbe q IN. much less recognized. Engineer
q I ard. sta tied by the reports, pulled open the
81 shsotxfn. and the engine darted away out of
AZ "a Ire and no one was HIT
III Atthe nae the firing began Sheriff woolery
VI xss stan ing the opposite side OF the engine
[E "A Mcn maid was looking ont the cab window
" ~ tie 81, of the track where the men IN am.
q lisa wef, lying. At the moment the first shots
FL Acre Ere no pulled In his head in wonder
Il s,,y quiz manner, and springing to the side of
y " lalcFg Q grasped the handle OF his revolver
~ ~ sid.
seuy doll What does this meanT'
s'nont hoot," replied woolery. you can't
q .se whe iey are or where they are
81 The enk Inc was soon out of the swale and iust
Il .. the rs ty reached the town some one. about
n Bssy fsss away, in hiding, Cred single shot,
II phieh a. not do any damage.
Not enis was this last shot heard by the people
III n the tos n, but the thirty shots fred in the
= .~eA,e were plainly heard, and the whole town
II fury "a out to learn the cause There was much
s. - sitcnssslt for some time Many OF the miners
~ s.ad thu regretted the occurrence anu claimed
n shst fhe s.mbushing party must have been COM
rased ) Aoodlums-
Thss aiff remained in Newcastle all night,
ana be arrived in Seattle yesterday morning,
\ leavin1 isDonald behind to watch and report
s laore y liable TO be any difficulty or lighting.
Evil You have occasion TO call upon the
sAigitsx 20 you tninks" was asked the sheriff
aNn won't need any aid from the militia
u ID We " have TO deal with such men as those
VI ass la ambush for us, we can handle them
u lrEs1Ti They are towards, snd when il
y mes & asnaiter OF fair lighting they win back
= sun cause not the least trouble. l do not
ink . 4 there win be any trouble. There are
81 -ny a among the miners who deeply regret
e 1st m shootng took place"
efe Ths ayif says that the feeling among the
n miners ainst Superintendent Corey is intense.
n and n openly threaten to "lay him out"
= ssSnFes he says, us n cool-headed, desperate
y Akps - ID OF nobody, not even the devil, and