Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-13
STRIKERS CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
The sheriff at Wallace Tries to Get a
Posse-iore Prisnner. Taken.

The sheriff at Wallace Tries to Get a
Posss-Iore Prisoners Taken.
WALLACE- Idaho. July l3-The sheriff
Monday nigh: made an effort 10 collect a
posse and 70 10 Wa-yluer on s,eciaI
train. He served an order on all those
citizens known 70 De in active sympathy
with the mine owners 10 report a, 10
O'Clock, but when the sheriff started for
Nar:uer only one citizen reported. Armed
bodies Of miners were going from Wallace
all the evening. and about 9 o'clock a
ls--= crowd went 70 the Union PaciEc
yards below town, took a fat car. put it on
the main track and started for Wa-!rer
A. its al down grade no trouble. was *
perieucef The mill Of the Bunker Hi!
and Sullivan company j. located On the
Union Pacific track. two mile, from
Warluer.
More Dynamite Operations
The mlue7- during the ui-l- took pos
session ot tGss aud sent word uu 20 the
mine that unless the ~-lah-" SURRENDERED
before 9 O'clock yesterday -rerr5H-, Tie
mill would be blown up. IA--e bodies y
armed miners went mp 20 Wa-s.uer PROPER
and toward lie mine 70 await tie answer
and Developments. carrying Z. large guam
tsty 81 dynamite Before u'c.o-t. vesrs--
day morning all the Bunker Hi and
Sullivan forces walked ul- q the mine
and surrendered. The Sierra N-ve...a force,
also surrendered No- a shg- was fired. L
/ no: vec known what VIII be cone with
the U0D-urlo7 men who have ~ur-en !eresf.
The Frisco nd tTeI companies paid Of
their men yesterday morning.
Fixed for an Explosion.
On gaining entrance 70 tie works the
strikers put the lOr-uuiuu men under
guard and placed dyua mite il. GifF-rra.
parts q tLe mill, 80 ayrau-jn. j. flv mean.
q wires thai tae different packages Of dv-
Mantle could be exploded at once This
they threatened to do II Manager Clement
did not wire TO this city asking the gov
e-E0r TO delay sending troops. a. the union
miners were pacifiei with his action in
closing down the works AMI dischar-iny
all ncn-unicn men.
The Governor ''SmeIt a Mice
After the non union men were taken
from the mill Clement sent a telegram.
but the governor suspected from the pecu-
liar wording of the message that ali was
not right. and, instead Of complying with
the request. went on making arrange
ments 70 move more troops into the sec
ton. Immediately after the strikers COM
PEELED Clement TO send the dispatch the
wires were cut.
Will Fight the Troops.
Il has been learned by a messenger who
rode 70 the next telegraph station below
where the wires were cut that the strikers
have ordered every one not in sympathy
with them out of the camp, and further.
that they intended to make a fight against
the troops sent there By Governor Wiley.
A Battle Expected Today.
II the troops enter Cosur d Aleue as by
the governors order, the strikers will be
completely surrounded, as it Is the intsn-
ton TO have Missoula troops 90 to Null
Ian, while those from Fort Sherman. with
the militia, will rendezvous at Warrlner.
The former will march down the Culch in
which miners are entrenched, and the
other troops will prevent the escape of the
strikers from the gulch. It is expected
that battle will take place near Ward
ner some time today.
The Slaughter on Monday.
Following is a complete list Of the killed
and wounded Monday: KiIled-James
Hennessy, Gus Carlson, John Starlich,
Harry Cummings. and livery Bean.
WOunded-F. c. Wilcox, L. l. Abbott.
Samuel Carver. r K Adams. Charles
Smith, NJ 7. Halcron, Samuel Carkuop.
Hugh Campbell, L w. Putnam, john
Whitney, Charles Peterson, s. C Collins,
John Gaukenager, and George Pettibone.
The loss by the explosion in the Frisco
mine will be about sl25, 900
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