The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-17
IDAHO'S MINE RIOT.
The Military Commander Calls on the
Mineps TO surrender.

Miners TO surrender.
SPOKANE, WASH, July 16.-The Reuie1
advices from the Cosur d. 'Alsne district state
that the military have arrested Jack Wall
lace at Cataltqo. he is suspected OF being
the ring leader Of the Mission massacre.
The troops are deploying from Cataldo.
and it is thought that the hills will be
secured for other suspects. The troubled
district has been closed to travel. nobody
being permitted to go In without military
pass. Col. Carlin has 1000 troops under
his command and has called on the mem
bers of the miners union TO come IN and
surrender. Notwithstanding the presence
of the troops, the strikers continue TO make
their presence felt. Newspaper correpond-
ents particularly are Objectionable to them.
A special just received by the Reuie,o
says tn at three carloads OF men, besides
Presideke O'Brien, the secretary of the
miners union and twenty-five other mem
bers of that body, were arrested. Coroner
Sims ana the provost guard were taking the
men in right along during the evening.
Severed citizens were also taken in custody,
includ h1g Robert Nsill and Walker Jones,
who wore formerly members OF the union.
1t is re ported that all the members Of the
union are to be locked up. II this is true it
meaIasI the arrest Of over 900 men.
UNDER MILITARY RULE.
"ALkACk, LDAHOt 1Os-Au no stouuJ
TRAMP of military has been heard all day,
and tonight about all those wanted for
arInsst in Wallace have been made prisoners
COD. Thaysr of the Fourteenth infantry has
command of the troops in this city. He has
sefven companies OF sixty men each, and
expect further reinforoements. Other towns
| IN the district will also receive additional
troops. There are now about 10000
United States troops in the Coeur d'Alene
district. About 200 prisoners, in
| cluding those from Burke, are confined in
4 buildings about the military camp here, and
4 1t will be quite difficult to provide sleeping
1 apartments for them. Col. Thayer says
they are state prisoners, and the state must
| provide accommodations and food. The
! colonel stated that the arrests are not
marked by any incident. Reports from all
| the towns In the district say the miners and
| the citizens remaining have freely submitted
| to arrest. Some Of the miners have escaped
into the hills. but hunger will probably
drive them back into the valleys. They
cannot escape as all the regular avenues are
CUT Off and guarded The only chance Of
escape is by very hard travel ever the St.
Joe range into Northern Montana. The
exact number OF arrests cannot be now as
certained but the number is in the neigh
borhood OF 400.
| HARRISON ISSUES A PROCLAMATION.
| WASHINGTON, July 16.-The President
to-day issued proclamation setting forth
the disturbed condition Of society in Idaho.
resulting In the call upon the federal
authorities for assistance, and commanding
"all persons engaged In said insurrsction
and in resistance to the laws, to immedi-
| ately disperse and retire peaceably to their
respective abodes.n The proclamation was
telegraphed TO toe military authorities in
Idaho with instructions to promulgate it.
Gen. Schofield has received a telegram
from Col. Carlin, Fourth infantry, dated
Wardner. yesterday, commanding the
troops in Northern Idaho, saying: ARRESTS
by order Of the governor of Idaho cons
mencs to-day and will continue until the
governor stops it. Mullan, Wallace. Os-
borne and Wardner are strongly garri-
soned. The Twenty-second infantry
occupied Mullan to-day. No prop
erty was destroyed here or elsewhere
by the rioters in consequence of my delay
at Cataldo, but all was saved by that delay.
was most urgently begged by the man.
| to delay till his surrendered miners should
get out of the place. He believes his men
would have been murdered and his mine
and mill destroyed. A ton and half OF
dynamite was placed in the mill by the
rioters to blow 1t up and burn
it. When his nou-union men had left the
place on cars, the giant powder was re-
moved from the mill and all property placed
in his possession. Everything is progress
ing favorably,"
Gen. Schoheld to-day telegraphed Gen.
Ruger, commanding the department of
Columbia, as follows: 81 have no doubt the
circumstances and results fully justify the
discretion Col Carlin exercised. He evil
IDENTIFY correctly understood that the duty
of the troops is simply to support the civil
authorities in the execution OF the laws"