The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-15
MINERS fight.

MINERS Fight,
Serious state OF Aaairr Do. tno rseur
dfAIsuo 1ssiGH-A shot From the stock
AIDE
WALLACE, Idaho. JuIy 1s.-rha
strained situation iu the Cleur drsleue
labor trou bic eliminated in an out
break.
The events of the day prevtors con
sisted OF challenges from uon-uniou
men at the Frisco and Gem mines 70 the
union miners at the town of Gem and
all seemed TO indicate a speedy rupture
Yesterday morning az 8 O'clock q
miner from Gem started for Burke
/ When opposite the Frisco mine lac was
fired upon He ran back several hum
bred yards to Gem where the shot had
been heard and soon the miners ira the
town gathered with arms. They
marched in "a body toward the Frisco
mill, located directly in front OF ehe
mine
When scarcely within rifle rance q
voiley from the Frisco mill greeted the
miners and lead whistled all about
them They scattered and q regular
battle ensucd-
One miner and one nou-uuiou man
. We're killed and six wounded during
the engagement
The miners in the meantime went
around the hills mp the canyon above
the mines, loaded a car with $50 pounds
of giant powder and sent the car down
the track toward the Frisco mine. Di-
recLiy in front of the mill an explosion
( occurred, scattering the mill TO spIiu-
tiers and making it a complete wreck.
The uOu-union men then showed
white nag and surrendered They were
marched down to the miners union hail
and guarded from any indiguities being
offered after the surrender.
While the tight was going on at Frisco
the Gem guards suddenly began firing
volley after vouey into the town of
Gem Kidding the buildings with bull
lets John Ward, "a citizen was shot
through the arm and Gus Carlson, "a
union miner, was shot and killed
At Gem several hundred men were
huddled on the street with rifles and
revolvers. Peace negotiations were inn
mediately set on foot and at ID o'clock
the mine force surrendered TO the union
men
The number killed so far as can at
present be learned is ten and about ten
wounded, though there may be bodies
under the Frisco mill
About 600 men in the mine surreE-
derd
TROOPS OFDEEEL OUT.
a dispatch from Boise City says
Gov Wiley has ordered companies A.
o, /, n and q of that city 60 hold them
selves in readiness to proceed TO the
scene of the Cusur d'Aleue mining
trouble. 1t is not thought that an
effective state force can be sent there
United States Marshal Pinkham has
laid the matter before tho attorney
general at Washington, the outbreak
having been in defiance of the federal
court injunction.
The cause of the strike was the de
mand OF the union miners of the dis
/ triCt for Sc, so per day for every man
working under ground. The mine own
CTS held that un6killed laborers should
be paid only SO. When the miners re
. fused to accept the scale the mines were
cessivs freight rates was the cause OF
the reduction A lockout was begun
April by the Mine Owners association
and 5000 union miners were thrown
ont of work. Since then the mine own
ers have been making "a struggle to run
their mines with nou-union men and
guards.
The tension has been great for months
and the opinion has prevailed that only
{ "a spark was needed to start the flames
. OF riot The examples at Homestead
and the decision of the United States
court at Boise making perpetual i'm
junction against the miners union
brought matters to "a head.
Il Spokane telegram says the union
men in the Poormau and Tiger mines
quit work and captured all the nom
union mon working in the Union mine
near Burke.
sIoEE BLooDsUED DNIIS ENT.
At o'clock in the afternoon about
500 miners from Gem, fifty of whom
were armed with rifles, marched down
to Wallace. They brought with them
their prisoners consisting of about 100
non-uuiou men and five dead bodies
and another man, James Heuucssy, of
Butte Mont, shot through the breast
Upon arrival here the scabs were turned
loose and the union men began search
ing for A. NJ Ester, manager OF the
Frisco mine, against whom the union
men have "a special grudge.
The terms on which Gem miners and
guards surrendered were that twenty
seven Winchestcrs and "a number of re-
voIverz and 1000 pounds of ammunition
should be placed in the hands of disiu-
! terestsd parties, two citizens and two
( conservative union men, and that tine
sCabs should be shipped out of the
. country.
An hour after the agreement about
the arms was entered into the union
men got possession OF all the rifles and
ammunition and last evening large
bodies of armed miners went down to
Wardner, twelve miles distant, in
wagons and by rail.
The mines employing non-uniou men
there are the Sierra Nevada, Bunker
sill and Sullivan. The Bunker Hill
and Sullivan have a force Of 250 men and
about 100 can be armed with Win
chesters-
There is only one way TO reach the
mine and that is directly up the guIch
and the road is steep. II an attempt is
made there against the men in the miue
there must be 5Ioodshcd- The Sierra
Nevada is exposed
FOREIGNERS MUCH TALKED OF.
THE most brilliant fCncer In the world
Is believed to be Cavsliere Eugeuio PM,
who is making fencing even more FASH
iouabIe IN London
MIR GLADSTONE is very much attached