Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-14

BOISE CRY, IDAHO, July 12.-The follow
ing message was sent by Governor Wiley
to President Harrison last night:
This morning riot and blOodshed by
the miners in the Couer de Alene district
commenced. The mill was blown up by
dynamite and many men were killed and
injured. Inspcctor-geueral Curtis, !. n. g.,
Informs Inc that four or five hundred
armed men constitute the mob. The legis-
lature is not in session and cannot be
promptly convened. The civil authorities Of
the county and state are wholly inadequate
to maintain peace. The immediate avail
able military force of the Idaho National
Guard numbers only l96 men, which is. in
my opinion, far too few To successfully
cope with the mob, though | will order II
at once into the field. In this emergency
] deem it necessary to call for the assist
ance Of the Federal troops. !, therefore,
request that a sufficient force be detailed
from Fort Sherman or elsewhere to act in
concert with the state authorities in main
tanning public order"
TROOPS ORDERED TO THE SCENE.
WASHINGTON, July I2.-Troops were to-
day ordered To the scene of the Idaho riots
by order of the President, telegraphed
from Saratoga to the Secretary Of War.
Associated Press Diaoatcn py special Wires.
WARDNER, IDAuo, July Bout
wardly all was quiet here last night,
but it was the quiet of determination
and desperation. The strikers had day
of uninterrupted victory. They had
only to demand and receive, and as q
result, they are in complete possession
Of the mines and mills of tho Bunker
Hill and Sullivan, and Sierra Nevada
mining companies.
The non-union men have been driven
out Of the country and the union men,
rendered desperate by the long strike
and flushed with victory, are talking
confidently of meeting the militia and
regular troops, and fighting them with
rifle and dynamite.
All yesterday bodies of armed men
gathered ON the hills and in the canyons
surrounding Wardner; theyh came
hand cars and >helped themselves to
whatever they needed in the way of
transportation.
They began the days programme by
marching, several hundred strong, upon
the property of the Bunker Hill and
sullivan, threatening superintendent
V. Nj. Clement with the destruction of
the whole property, unless he surren-
dered the works, discharged his non
union men and allowed them their own
way. Mr.. Clement had no alternative.
The mill is now loaded with powder
and dynamite and could be destroyed on
u minutes notice.
The strikers also turned their atten-
ton to the property of the Sierra
Nevada, with like results. II is reported
that car of dynamite has been sent
down the railroad track for the purpose
of blowing up the bridges of the rail
road, and preventing the troops from
coming into the county.
The miners expected the troops to
reach Harrison at o'clock yesterday,
and looked for their arrival here in the
afternoon, but as they have not as yet
arrived, it is feared that some mishap
has befallen them or else that they are
proceeding with the utmost caution.
The miners have sent out the car of
dynamite. Armed men have left town,
it is supposed to interrupt the cavalry
sent from Fort Sherman. The excite
ment here is intense. Many exaggerated
stories are being circulated, it is thought
for the purpose of terrorizing the citi-
zens and concealing the real movements
of the strikers.