Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-12
M0RELAB0R TROUBLE
HOmestead's Example Followed with
Disastrous Effect.
IDAHO MINERS MAKE WAR,
A Regular Battle, In which Nine Men
Arc KILLED and Ten Wounded
Troops Ordered Out
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WALLACE, IDAHo. July 1.-THE strained
situation Of Cuur d. Alene mine labor
troubles eliminated this morning between
and G O'Clock. The events Of the day
previous consisted Of challenges from nom
union men at the Frisco and Gem mines to
the union miners of the town of Gem. and
seemed TO indicate speedy rupture. Both
the Gem and the Frisco mines were guarded
by men behind barricGdes, armed with
Winchesters. and as the canyon is narrow
where the mines are located the men be-
hind the barricades could sweep the two
railroad tracks and the country with bull
let's The Gem mine barricade IS within
800 feet of the centre of the town OF Gem.
THE FIRST SHOT.
This morning at O'Clock miner from
Gem started for Burke. When opposite
the Frisco mine he was fred upon. He
ran back several hundred yards TO Gem,
where the shot had been heard, and soon
the miners in the town gathered with
arms. They marched in o body towards
the Frisco mill. located directly in front
OF the mine. When scarcely within rifle
range q voley from the Frisco mill greeted
the miners and lead whistled oil about
them. They scattered, and a regular battle
ensued. One miner and one non-unlon
man were killed and six we.e wounded
during the engagement.
GIANT POWDER EMPLOYED.
The miners in the meantime went around
the hills NJ the canyon above the mine.
loaded car with $50 pounds Of giant
powder, and sent the car down the track
toward the Frisco mine. Directly in front
Of fta ~,
ing the mill to splinters, making It CON-
plete wreck.
The nOn-unIon men then showed the
white flag and surrendered. They were
marched down TO the miners union hall
aud guarded.
ANOTHER BATTLE.
While the fight was gong on at Frisco
the guards suddenly began firing volley
after volley into the town of Gem. riddling
the buildings with bullets. John Ward, a
citizen. was shot through the arm and Gus
Carlson, a. union miner, was shot and
Killed. Attempts to recover CarlsOn's body
were met with volleys from the Gem
brcastwCrks. and when the body was re-
covered an hour aiterward it was lifeless.
another bullet having been sent through
the breast. No shots were returned from
Gem until the armed miners from frisco,
half mile above Gem, returned.
ANOTHER UNION VICTORY.
At g o'clock A. VI. truce occurred, and
the Sheriff. District-Attorney. Deputy
United States Marshal appeared on tho
scene. The train was stopped by armed
guards at the Gem mine. The Sheriff took
the mail on his shoulders and passed
on TO Gem. The guards levelled ther
rifles at him. but dropped them when
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several hundred men were gathered
In the street with rifles and revolvers.
Peace negotiations were Immediately set
on foot. and Mt ~ o'clock the main force
surrendered TO the union men. The num-
ber Of killed. so far as can be learned, ls
four. and about ten have been wounded,
though there may be bodies under the
Frisco mill.
Frisco and Gem were the only non
union places IN the east end Of the Couer
dAlene. There Is still considerable eX-
citement everywhere, but no further
trouble IS expected. Abont sixty men in
lie mine surrendered.
CA-sE 9F TIE STRIKE.
The cause Of the strike was the demand
of the union miners of the district for
S3. 80 per day for every man working under
ground. The mine-owners held that un-
skilled laborers should be paid only 50.
When the miners refused 10 accept the
scale the mines were closed. The owners
declared excessive freIght-rates were the
cause OF tne reduction.
STRUGGLE AGAINST USIONIsM.
Tho lockout was begun April 1st by the
Association, and 5000
miners were thrown out of work. Since
then the mne-owners have been making
struople 10 run their mines with non-unlOn
men and guards.
The tension mas been great for months,
and the opinion has prevailed that only
spark was needed to start the flames of
riot. The example at Homestead and the
deci non of the United States courts at
Boise. making perpetual injunction
against the miners union, brought mat
ters 10 q head.
Twenty REPORTED KILLED.
WALLACE. IDAHO, July 1i.-A rumor is cur
rent That twenty Of the nOn-unOn miners were
4 He'd IN the Frisco mill when that structure WAS
destroyed by dynamite this morning. lt ~ I'M
possible a. yet TO obtain confirmation Of the re-
port
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
BOISE CITY. IDAHO. July II.-GOyernOr Wiley
has ordered four companies OF the National
Glard from this city 10 report at A. NJ. and
hold themselves in readiness 70 proceed 10 the
scene of the COuer dAlene mining troubles II Is
not fnGu Iut LnAt hu futtllFt SAttt lOitt Nhi Oh
sent there. United States Marshal Pnkham has
placed the matter before AttOrncy-Genert Miller
AZ Washington, the outbreak having becn IN
defiance OF n Federal court injunction.
NINE MEN DEAD.
SPOKANE, WASH, July lit is impossible AZ
thir hour 4 p. NJ 20 learn the exact condition
OF affairs in the COeur dAlene mines. IL IL
known, however, that nine Inen are dead;
that the Frisco mill has been de-
stroyed by dynamite, and that the Gem mine
has been surrendered 70 the strikers and tho
EMPLOYEES taken 10 Wallace. dispatch from
tho superintendent Of the Gem mine reports one
man killed at Gem aud the othe- eight at Frisco.
10 avoid further boOdshed he surrendered the
mine and all its arms.
rhe property is now in charge Of a guard ap-
pointed BY President O'Brien, Of the union.