The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-15
THE IDAHO STRIKE
The Mnes Again in Possession 0
Their Owners.
PEACE REIaNs IN oGUR D'ALEnR

Thelr owners.
PEACE REIGNs IN oGUR D'ALENE
An Unconfirmed Report That lively,
of the Non-Unionists Were shol
Down in Fourth of July Canyon
The Terrible Sunerings of tn.
Refugees.
WALLACE, idaho, July 15.-The crisi
Is passed and peace once more reigns IL
C@ur d'Alens, and martial law PREVAIL
In the community. The past twenty
four hours have been the most tryin1
C@ur d'Alene has ever experienced
Had the colored troops arrived at Wal
lace at night there would have been
battle in the darkness, ,as the mountain
about. Wallace were full Of armed
miners, thoroughly concealed. They
did not want to fire on the troops unles
In case OF the utmost extremity to pre-
vent the troops going TO Wardner. Th,
train with colored soldiers was DELAYED
II.
arrived at O'Clock in the morning
when II was found necessary to lay owe
until daybreak, for what reason is no
known, but probably because tw,
bridges were burned this side of Mullan
When this became known the miner,
withdrew from the hills and proceeded
to Wardner.
The colored troops had started fol
Wallace, but were suddenly recalled ant
returned to Missoula. Had these troop
passed Wallace it ia hard to tell wha
would have happened. The Gem mil
was magagined ready for u match
and the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mil
contained nearly half ton of powder
with a fuse attached. Both mills wer,
under strict guard, and only as an ex
IRENE last resort the miners claim woul,
match have been applied.
Owners Get Back Their Mine.
Fortunately for all, the trouble die
not need such extreme measures TIL,
miners kept close watch Of the Bunke
Hill and Sullivan mill, but when tn,
non-union men surrendered the mill wa
turned over TO the company uniujured
The non-union men were sent out west
ward on the Union Pacific special al
soon as they could be got to the depot
and all miners not belonging in Ward
ner returned to Wallace and thence Il
their homes. The body of A. I. Nc
Donald was found in the debris OF tn,
Frisco mill. He was employed in tn,
mill ut the TINE of the explosion. 1t i,
reported that twelve bodies were fount
at the mouth of the Fourth of July can
yon, but this lacks confirmation.
The situation ut present is very quiet
Nearly all the miners have returned
home. The troops are ut Wardner anc
Will probably come to Wallace. The
non-union men from the Frisco ant
Gem mines left here by the lake rout,
with a guard. The boat not arriyinf
the guard ordered the non-union men t(
Wallace through the Fourth of Jul,
canyon. 1t is stated that the guard fol
lowed to the mouth of the canyon, wher
the workmen refused to walk any far
ther and the guard shot them down
One wounded man was brought from
the scene. A purity has gone to Mission
to investigate the reports, and if il
proves true to recover the bodies.
Experiences OF Non-Unionists.
SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, July 15.-E
3. Kinney, bookkeeper of the Gem mine
near Wallace, arrived in Spokane yes.
terday. He was present at the Old Mis-.
sion when the mob charged on the non.
union refugees, and saw the whole af-
fair. Kinney had been ordered out OF
country by the strikers, and was helping
some Of his former employees to reach
Spokane. In all there were 3l2 men
from different mines. They had been
entirely disarIned, and were waiting for
q boat which was late. Just at dusk
Tuesday evening squad of eight armed
men came charging down the railroad
track. yelling and firing their guns.
The refugees scaInpered in different
directions and run for the river, mount
aims and gulch, their pureuers following
them up and shooting and robbins
them. When Kinney left, 1t was known
that two of the non-union men had been
killed-George Robinson, who had been
working in the Frisco, and a Swede
name unknown. The boat started down
the river in the dark; was hailed again
and again by fugitives who had es
capped the mob and concealed Themselves
in the bushes.
I'm all, he said, 1--WE picked up six OF
eight OF these miserable wretches. All
were wet, cold, and perishing from hun.
ger, fright and exposure. One man was
insane from fright Four or five OF
them who can talk English report that
they were robbed of their watches and
sums ranging from $40 to $40"