The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-15
SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS.
A BLOODY LABoE VAR IN IDAHO.
The County Proclaimed By the oovsRner
to be In q State Of Rebeilion-Ihe
Troops Delaying Action.


citement prevailed in Boise all day ysstsr.
day. Hundreds Of messages from C9ur
dAlene were received, many false, some
true, but all tending to keep people In .
state of intense excitement. Business 10 all
but suspended on account Of tie terrible
affair. Four companies of United States
troops and two hundred Idaho militia ar
rived yesterday at Cataldo, seventeen miles
west of wardner. Three companies of COL
ored troops from Missoula also ar
rived at Mullan. They will wait TO Be rein-
forced by Ave companies of troops from Van-
oouver, Wash, before they attack the
miners.
UNARNED MINERS KILLED.
w. b. Hsyburn, of Spokane. yesterday
sent the following dispatch to Governor
Wiley
Last night strikers took 1877 Of our un-
armed miners TO the mouth of Fourtb-o
July canyon and. after robbing them. fired
on them. To-day the bodies of twelve nom
union men were found in the canyon rid.
died with bullets. A number OF the wound
cd were carried away by their comrades.
This afternoon 200 more non-union men
we're sent out of Wardner on the train under
guard OF strikers, who left the train after
having escorted them twenty miles. Last
night after starting the 1877 men out Of the
canyon they shot them down like dogs.
[Signedl wv. p. HAYBURx."
IN STATE or REsELLIos.
Governor Wiley yesterday issued the
following proclamation:
Whereas IL has como to my knowledge
and being satisfied that the EXECUTION OF
civil aud criminal process has been forcibiy
resisted in the county Of Shoshone. state OK
idaho. by bodies OF men and that combines
t. resist the execution OF process exist
In said county and that the power OF said
county has been exhausted aud has not
been sufficient to enable tho officer having
process t. execute il; and whereas applica.
ton has been made to me by the proper
officers Of said county 20 declare said coun-
ty to be in a state Of insurrection, now
Therefore. |, Norman b. Wiley. Gov:
ernor of the State Of Idaho. In pursuance OF
the authority vested in me and the statutes
in such case made and provided. hereby
issue this, my proclamation, aud declare
the county Of Shoshone, in the State OF
Idaho. to be in state Of instruction aud
rebellion.
ISignedl NORMAN B. WILEY, Gov"
PROTECTION DEMANpzp.
The Governor received the following from
the superintendent Of the Northern Pacific
at Tacoma;
Tacoma, July is.-To Governor N. b.
Wiley: Striking miners have torn our track
and blown up bridges and have cut down
our telegraph wires in the vicinity OF Wal
lace and Muiian. We again demand pro-
lection to our property and employees, that
our communications be not interfered with.
also that the lives Of our passengers be not
jeopardized. We shall hold tho county re-
l. T. A. Nd Hala
you arrange fox guard OF United States
troops to guard our property and trains'
(SignedI "G. W. DICKINSON.
THE ENEMY wEAKEsIso."
BOISE OrrY. IDAHO. July l4.-Govsrnor
Wiley received the following message last
evenings
"Oatdldo. Jdaso, Julyt2. Governor n b.
Wiley: The forces here number 800; Four
companies are reported in from Missouia
and are now at that place. Nothing decisive
will be done before tomorrow. We are
waiting the arrival Of regulars from Walla
Walle and Vancouver. Reported strikers
are ready to blow up Bunker Hill and Sulii-
van mill and mines upon arrival Of the MILL
tary. The scabs surrendered and have
passed this point for Tokoa.
Signedl "A. D. PIsKHAM;
"Quartermaster- General"
"Catddo, July i3.-To Governor Wiley
Rnmors not yst confirmed say that the
rioters have dispersed and gone TO their
homes. / will move toward Wardner to-
morrow morning.
lSignedl "CARLIS.
Commanding General"
"CdfaIlo. July l3-To Governor Wiley:
The enemy is weakening. Arrests oHn %
made as soon as officers get there:
lSignedI ). CuETis, =,
General Commanding"
5000 ARMED MINERS COMING.
MrNNEAPoLIs. MINI. July IA special
TO the journal from Spokane, says
General Csrlin and infantry from Fort
Sherman reached Wardner last night. They
took possession Of the town and placed the
county under martial law. A score Of rsfu-
GEES from the Mission slaughter strag-
gled into town to-day. They present
a pitiful appearance with torn clothes and
bruised bodies. They confirm the story OF
the slaughter. A report Is IN circniauon
that 8, 900 armed union men are on tneif
way here from Montana and If the strikers
are arrested bloodshed is predicted.
ABLooDY BATTLE IMMINENT.
MENEAPoLIs. MINI, July H.-A special
from Spokane, Wash, says: large body
of armed miners left Wallace this morning.
lnty WcI6 loiHot W SH SfH.sN, ~
OF armed strikers from Mullsn. The
party intend intrenching themselves IN she
Mullan defle and await the arrival OF the
colored troops. now on route from Missouia
10 Wardner. AS soon as the soldiers reach
the dehIe the strikers ineend surrounding
them. A bloody battle will inevitably bs
the result. All newspaper men are virtually
prisoners at Wardner. and are unable 70
send out any specials.
TWELVE MEN KILLED.
Nearly all the business men OF Wsrdner
who were suspected OF anti-unlon sentiment
have been driven out of town by the strikers
and are now in the hills. Mine-owners and
the reporters are actually in danger for their
lives at Wallace.
The report is corroborated of the mas
sscre of ncn-union men at Mission by the
strikers who were conducting them out OK
the country Twelve men are known 70
have been killed Among tho number v
Monaghan. superintendent OF the Gem
mine. whose body was terribly mutiiated.
The Trouble Over at Wardner.
PoRTbAsD, OgE.. July 1.-THE following
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