Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-07-16
HORRIBLE DEED
The Idaho Miners Dlsar1ned aud
Murdered in Cold
Elrsri.
Robbery Coupled With the Other
Crimes. Aids 10 tie
Brutality.

1aItlFE. ''''hhI''I'Ta 't' 'tts' \I1H1 t45t'F
Htur VAIIacr, arrived IN SW:k4ne tn~
dhy, H. Wis present ut the old mis-
sinn wLtn 'lr m':h rI,argtd the "nn~
nntun Refugees, amt saw tht white nf-
fair tro,r Ii wi,.'low in thu llu:el. kin>
nty had heen ottt+ reti out of lht tuuH-
try hy thr strikers nnh was helping
lu Ut! lert were l32 m+n from dif.
f~.e..t II lnts. They bad teen entire.
~ disa,ned und were waiting for the
bout, which WAS late. Just ut dusk u
squad of eight men tame charging
down The ratlroal track yelling and
firirx their rifles. The refugce- scat
tered in different directions and RI
f,r the river, mountains. anu Kulrh.
their pursuers following them up And
shooting and robbing them. Most OF
he fugitive. were driven dawn Fourth
OF July canyon, but numh~r n,a.te
for the t.u%h along the river bank aud
swain the river. When Kinney left
It WAS known that Two non-unlon
nit n bad been slu1u. Geo. Robinson,
who had been o,king in the Frisco
mine, and \ Swedr, name unknown,
started with huut dnwn the river In
tie darkness and were hailed again
ty fngitsvrs who had escaped the fury
OF tllt mob and CnncraItti themselves
in the bushes. IN sll VIZ picked up
eight tr teu # th.se uIi>crat,ie
wretehes," said KINNEY. "Son,t wrre
~wia:n4tux ii The writ and others
hal h+eu lying III tile lu'he>. All
wtrr w, anti Z. I'd and rtrlshtnE HON
hungrr, hight and sxp"~ute. After
swimming tlt RIVER they hjd anH
waited t'r thee hours itf'r- tt.' beat
runle ul,ny. It wu4 lhe most pitihIe
sight l ever witnessed. One man waa
In-Htie frn II fright. When the boat
would run he: note In shore the vlc-
tins were sn eager to get aboard that
they would not wait for the small boat
hut would WIDE tut and swim to this
place Of security. Some Of the~r men
are now here and Others were left in
Cmur 'Alene t'lty. Four or five OF
then, that can tnlk English, report
that they were rnhhcd Of their y a chea
and money iu runs ranging from $lV
to $4O.'
&c. Lurripg, who cauie out Oh the
.ame hoAt, helped 10 pick up the ref
ugees and talked with number of
them. When Henry Madison was
picked ~ he WAS crazy from fear. He
reports that he was robbed Of $50 and a
watch. He was In the water three
hours. Frank t.autItr reports tha: he
was robbed of SIS aud George Lomer
Of $50. When these were running
across field they cav Que Of their
companions, man named Thompson,
fall ~ ii shot, ana that was the last
they saw OF him. Both Messrs. Ken
ney and Lorring are OF the belief that
the lnot will never stop now until
they kill every msn not member OF
the union they lay eyts on. They
doubt II any of those driven into the
wilderness and Fourth of July canyon
will ever emerge alive.
MARTIAL LAW.
BOISE, Idaho. July 14,--Governor
Wiley has placed khoshons county
under martial law.
Judge Heyburn telegrarhed the gov
etnor that the men had driven out the
non-union miners yesterday, killing
two ot them.
Supt. Dickinson Of the Northern Pa~
cifio has Just advised the governor that
the tracks and bridgts in the vicinity
Of Wallace were destroyed aud w,rt 8
cut.
Another message to the governor
says that several noh~union men were
blown up, and that the union men in
tend 10 tight to the death. The Bum
ker Hill and Sullivan mill haa been
released and turned over to the conf
pany. At tue union Headquarters the
assurance 10 given that the trouble IL
all over ifthe troops are mt brought in.
TWELVE II DIES FOUND.
LATER--Judge Hepburn ssys that
twelve bodies Of the miners who were
driven out yesterday have been picked
up iu Fourth Of July canyon. Partic-
ulars indicate that the non-uniou 11,en
received very rough treatment. All
report belng robbed. The mtuers
union eRoor'ed 200 more men GU: of
town this afternoon,
At 8 O'Clock Aajutant General Cur
tin telegraphed from Cataldo: 1.-THE