The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-13

their worka and made theiE money for
them, soon the worst system of slavery
imaginable would prevail
Al the recital Of their troubles the faer
grew almost frantic One man sat down
with his face in his hands, claiming that
these scabs had come IN here to take oui
means Of living from US. How long be-
fore they will steal our wives and daugh-
tersl" At this remark look came over
the faces or the men that BODIED no good tc
the nine-owners or Governor Wiley.
Each man grasped his Winchester with
fierce grip. The men looked at each
other and silence ensued.
The impressive citizens Of Wardner gol
little sleep last night in the residence por-
ton of the narrow canon. Husbands were
fearful for wives, and wives for babies.
There are many families here aud all look
forward to the arrival of soldiers.
At o'clock tonight this great property.
together with all the other great mines in
the CRur d'Alene, the Gem, the Frisco,
Poorman, Sierra Nevada, Union was in the
hands Of the two thousand or more
strikers.
THE MINERS FELT THEIR STRENGTH
and flushed from their victory at the
Gem, and infuriated by the loss OF com
rades and the sight of wounded, cut and
bruised brothers who mingled with them.
Sheriff Cunningham was present. This
eccentric Official. be it said to his credit,
was thoroughly sober and awake to a
realization of the fact that he could not get
posse of half dozen in the whole Cnur
d'Alenes to help him assert the dignity of
the law. The strikers seldom locked at
him as he passed on the street.
At s o'clock the streets are crowded and
the Union Pacific depot filled with armed
men.
A train load of troops is momentarily ex-
pected. 1t has just been learned that the
town of Wardner is thoroughly covered by
armed parties on the peaks that rise on
either side Of the town. On one of the
peaks just behind Bunker Bill and Sulli-
van mine there is reported to be force of
seventy-hve men. Reports of the arrival
of other parties at other points of advant.
age on the peaks and sides of the cafion are
coming in.
Wardner is thoroughly at the mercy OF
the union forces. President O'Brien is
managing his army with the dexterity of
an old campaigner. 1t was estimated that
fully 1000 men are now distributed in i'd
vantageous positions to repel any attack
that may De made by the state or fed
eral authorities.
President O'Brien was seen tonight and
was asked for an expression of his views
on the matter. President O'Brien carried
a Winchester and spoke deliberately. He
gave 10 sign of the responsibility of the
command Of his army of miners.
"When the troops arrive will you sub
NIT, MIR. O'Briensn was asked.
That is a hard question to answer, .
was the reply.
"what do you know of powder in the
milll"
II know nothing"
"How many available men have youlp
81 can't tell exactly, but you did not see
them all at the mine: they are distributed
in small bodies on several Of the peaks
around the camp"
'Have you any forces at the Gem aud
Burke mines."
mo sir. one watchman has sole control
of each mine"
President O'Brien states further that
this was lockout, not strike. That the
union was still ahead and he had hopes of
a speedy settlement of the difficulty.