The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-15
Terrorizing Ceur d'Alene in
Spite Of the Troops.
oUTRAcEs ON NoN-uNloN MEN.
An Explosion in the Hills Indicates
Destruction of the Granite Mill.
Tho Story OF tho Attack on Cnarmed
Men at the Mission Confirmed
Soldiers Prevent tho Assembling Of
Mobs, but Only q Truce Prevails.

SPOKANE, July 22-A special correspond
ent OF the Reriew was warned by strikers
to leave Wallace this evening He was
| offered protection by Captain Budd, in
command there. but after consulting
with friends, concluded it was best
to leave, as he could be of no
service to his paper lying around mill
tary camp. He, therefore, went down to
| Wardner. but has not since been heard
from. The Reuiew has taken an advanced
| position in denouncing the lawless actions
| OF the mob and the strikers are reported
| to feel very bitter against it.
| A telephone message just received from
| Wallace says that loud explosion has
| been heard in the direction of the Granite
| mill, two miles away. 1t is thought by
| the owner, Van B. DeLashmutt, that it
has been blown up. Troops are now en-
| route to the scene.
WALLACE, Idaha, July 14-[Special. l.
K. w. Rutledge, who was engaged in
hauling timber here this spring, and who
had expressed his sympathy adversely to
the Miners Union. came here last night
and put up at the Fuller house. This
morning about fifteen strikers came to his
room, took him out. escorted him across
the railroad bridge, and, after making him
take an oath that he would leave Coeur
d d'Aiene, told him to get out. While he
was on the bridge one of the men said:
Lets beat the life out of him." But bet
ter counsel prevailed. He stopped at Os-
bourne, where he met the troops and re-
| turned with them to Wallace. About 8
o'clock he was set upon by union men and
warned to leave Immediately. but refuses
| to go. Five men who had been working
at the Sierra Nevada mine, and who were
| paid off tonight. were also commanded to
| leave tonight. This was done in the face
of the military authority. Captain Budd
| said that he had sent details out to rescue
| refugees who were hiding in the hills, and
| that he would protect them at all
hazards. 1t is probable that arrests
| will be made. Five more companies of
the Fourteenth infantry, from Vancouver,
arrived here about 8 o'clock tonight.
| They were in command of Lieutenant
| Colonel Thicker. There are in all eight
| companies of military here and more to
arrive soon. General Carlin said this
morning that he would have from 700 to
1000 regular soldiers in Ceur d'Alene
within few days. They will be needed
if an attempt is made to force matters up
here. This morning martial law procla-
nations were put up. but were torn down.
Captain Budd, seeing this, had other
copies put up and detailed soldiers to
watch them. No more were torn down.
Peter Porter. who organized party of
five to go into Fourth of July canyon for
men supposed to have been killed, has
| just returned. He reports that he went
through the canyon, but found no bodies.
He 'ascertaned that thirty y-eight men. all
told, had passed safely through. He saw
where men had been lying in the tall
grass. He saw man from Spokane who
came through the canyon, but he did not
see any dead bodies. Mr.. Porter said that
no doubt some men were killed there, but
the details may never be obtained. The
bodies were probably thrown into the
river. As far as positively known only
one man, by the name of Abbott, was shot
at the old mission. He is now in a hos
pital here, and may die. He says num-
ber of men were killed. The mission is in
the center of an extensive valley through
which the CGur d'Alene river runs.
Fourth of July canyon is five miles way,
and swamps abound in the valley.
| Sylvester Trounde, of Company d, Four
teenth infantry. was sunstrucK this after
noon on guard duty. He is in a critical
| condition.
Federal troops are in camp at nearly
every important point. There was a gen.
eral movement of troops this morning
from Cataldo under command of Colonel
| Carlin, Fourth infantry. AT noon today
| five companies from Vancouver and three
! from Fort Sherman arrived here and went
| into camp. Inspector General Curtis, of
| the militia, is in command, with Captain
| Budd as second officer. The town is now
under martial law and a proclamation to
| that effect has been posted in all conspic-
| uous places. The strikers have been or
derly and quiet since the arrival of the
| troops.
Wallace was in control of an armed mob
all last night. The victory of the union
| at Wardner yesterday inflated the strikers
with unusual excitement. Upon the ar
rival of the union men from Wardner
| yesterday, many proceeded to get drunk.
| During the night the strikers held high
carnival and ran things about as they
| pleased. This morning a number of scabs
came down from the Granite mine to be
| paid off and leave the country. They
| went into the Wallace bank to get their
| checks cashed. but number OF strikers
! marched boldly INTO the Dank and hustled
J them out and ordered them to leave town.
| They hurried to the depot and got
! on train. The strikers then
marched back to the bank and told
| the officials there that if all the
scabs were not delivered up in an hour the
bank would be blown up with dynamite.
| The excitement became intense, and the
| miners became more arrogant. Commit
tees waited upon several people and told
/ them TO leave town. Among those called
upon were the clerk of the Pacific hotel
and the manager of HoIley Mason. Marks
| & Company. Mayor Dunn hurried mes
| sage TO Colonel Carlin, and troops were
hurried into the town. The message was
| no sooner wired than one of the strik-
ers came into the telegraph office and
| drawing a ride on the operator, ordered
| him 10 send no more messages to Ward
ner The troops are now here and the
| people are very thankful. Eight COM
| ranies of the Twenty-second infantry, /, 900
| men. are en- route from Fort Keoch.
| Mont. also soldiers from Spokane. The
| Fourth cavalry. at Walla Walia. is ready
| TO be moved at q moments notice.
Ia an interview with General James T.
| Curtis he said he had represented to Coy
| ernor Wiley that about 1000 more men
| were on the way 10 Ceur d'Alene: that
martial law had been declared: that all
| citizens would be protected: that the SOL
d,srs yxot,ld he distributed all ava- C,aor