The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-14
Conditions Of the Union Men Ae-
cepted by tho Cnur d'Alene
Mine Owners r.
Non Men Killed While
Waiting for a Boat to
Spokane.
The Mon Celebrate Their ytctory-Thev
Fear the Mines VIII Not
Open for Work.

JON AAosO1y. tA0 WOkub Ok Jn0 SOeuf
d'Alens union miners may be taken. The
fight that promised to rival the revol utionary
struggle did not find . parallel today. II
was avoided because tho Bunker Hill com :
pany decided that its two mills and ma
chinery, worth perhaps $3O0. 900, were worth
saving on the terms demanded by the
union miners. Tho settlement was ad-
juatsd on terms that were, in ep-
pearance. most amicable to both sides.
On the one hand appeared company
with wonderfully rich mines, valuable
mills and 260 non-u union miners. With the
Other side were even 500 union miners, each
with Winchester, in possession Of the
mills. Beneath the first story of each mill
were stacks Of giant powder, almost
enough to blow the whole Coeur d'Alene
country to Mars. The proposition pre-
sented by the miners was that the company
should send the non union men
out of town by first train. If
they failed the mills would 90
in the air, and work would necessarily end
for long time. Manager Clement. of the
company, was taken through the property
by a committee of union mon. After q very
brief look he was satisfied that the miners
meant everything they said. He yielded.
At noon to-day the last non-union laborer
in the Bunker Hill was paid of and put on
the first train which left Wallace. An hour
afterward the mill WAS given over to the
sheriff, who. in turn, handed it to the CON-
pany. All this was accomplished without
the suspicion of violence. Indeed, it WAS
good natured Transaction when the situa-
tion was fully understood.
Geo. B. MoCauley, who represents, and is
chief owner of the Sierra Nevada, Stem
windsr and Granite mines was in bed ill
when interviewed by a committee of union
miners. He made an agreement similar to
that of the Bunker Hill company, and with
that the trouble at Wardner WAS ended for
the time. BY Tomorrow evening not a
miner will bc found in the Coeur
d'Alene country.
The miners marched back TO Wallace and
exchanged congratulations over what they
term complete victory for union labor in
this region. This was achieved solely by
force of arms and giant powder, with which
tho minors are very familiar. Federal
troops from Fort Missoula and Fort Sher-
man arrived near Wallace and Wardner,
but did not appear on the scene OF HOSTILE
ties. The explosion of the Bunker Hill
mills, the union men say, would have in
stantly followed the sight of a soldier. and
it 10 very probable that other valuable
would have followed in the same
direction.
While the miners have driven non-union
Iaborers from the country. the victory is
not so satisfactory as they would wish
They believe that when tho mines open
anion labor will be employed. If the mine
ownsrs' association decide to close down
Ill properties tho result will be
! far more disastrous siege for the miners
han they have given the others. The ma
ority Of them have houses and families
md could not stand fight on these lines
much longer. Many of them have not
'arned . dollar for montha They are
anxious to resume work at once ON the old
'cale of wages. |
Both sides during the long struggle have
hown an Independence amounting almost
70 stubbornness. Now that the non-union
men have left the country the miners have
,othing more to fight for, except in the |
Iery improbable event of a conflict with
he Fort Missoula troops, oamped near
here. The miners are sober and are csle-
,rating their victory by the shoot
nR OF fire crackers. 1t is impossible to
earn the plans of the Mine Owners asso. |
iation. None of them are in town. Per-
laps the presence Of federal troops may in |
luce them to bring back non-u union men
nd commence work, but scarcely man
AN be found who bslieves this will be done, |
NON-UNION MEN MURDERED.
hot Down While Waiting for u Steamer
for Spokane.
WALLACE, July 13-fSpeoial. Various
reports have been cusrent
ince late last night about the murder of