Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-12
HOMESTEAD'S ECHO.
Six Men Killed in the Ceur
d'Alene District.
UNION MEN FIGHT NON-UNIONISTS
A Mill Blown to Pieces with a Car
load of Giant Powder.

The Winchester Takes Part in the strug-
gle and Does All the Damage to Human
Iife-Threats to Drive All Non-UniOn
Miners Out of the Region Put Into
Process of Execution - Several Men
Wounded-The Governor Orders Out
the Militia-Two Bodies of Non-Union
Men Prisoners in the Hands of the
Unionists.
WALLACE, Ida, July 1.-THE struggle
between the Union miners in Ceur d. A lene
and the mine owners, which was patched
up about two months ago, broke out again
yesterday in the town Of Gem and resulted
in q saw; ge fight between union and non,
nnion men az the Frisco and Gem mines, in
which six men were killed, seven wounded,
seventy non-union men taken prisoners,
and the Frisco mill blown up. The fight
lasted several bours. The governor has
ordered out the militia.
Partial List eff the Victims,
The names of only three of the killed
have been learned so far, all being union
men, They were: Gus Carlson, Henry Cum.
mings and George Pettibone, The other men
Killed we're guards at the mine. The
names of the wounded as far ascertained
are: Hugh Campbell, union, hit by rifle
on head; Sam Petois, of Tacoma. non-
union, shot in head, will recover; J. w.
SankDeger, no1-upion, shot through hips:
John Ward, of Gem, shot through arm.
Description of the Battlefield.
A few days ago the union miners re-
solved to drive every non-union man out
OF the district, but the Gem and Frisco
miners were guarded by men behind bar
ricades armed with Winchesters. The
canon is narrow, and from behind the bar
ricades the men could sweep the two
railway tracks and the country road with
bullets. The Gem mine barricade is with
in 300 feet of the center of the town of
Gem.
Non-Union Men Fired First
Minor events of the day previously con-
sisted of challenges from non-union men
at the Frisco and Gem mines to union
miners at the town of Gem, and all seem
ed to indicate a speedy rupture Ats a.
m. yesterday miner from Gem started
for Burke. When opposite the Frisco
mine he was fired upon. He ran back
several hundred yards to Gem, where the
shot was heard, and soon the miners in
town gathered with arms. They marched
in a body toward the Frisco mill, located
directly in front of the mine
The Explosion at Frisco.
These men loaded a Union Pacific car
with 40 pounds Of giant powder and sent
the car down the track toward the Frisco
mine and directly in front of the mill An
explosion occurred, shattering the null
and making 1t a complete wreck Thenoa-
union men then showed the white flag and
surrendered They We're marched down TO
the Miners union hall and guarded, no
indignities being offered them after their
surrender.
Fired Nolleys Into Gem.
While the fight was going on at Frisco
the Gem guards suddenly began firing
volley after volley into the town of Gem.
riddling the buildings John Ward, a
citizen. was shot through the arm, and
Gus Carlson, union miner, was shot and
fell. All attempts to recover Carlson's
body Were met with volleYs from the Gem
breastworks, and when the body was re-
covered an hour afterward Carlson was
dead, having been shot through the
breast George Pettibone, union man, was
shot through the head.
Nearly Fired on the sheriff.
About O'Clock a truce occurred aud the
sheriff, district attorney and United States
marshals appeared on the scene by train
The train was stopped by armed guards
at the Gem mine. The sheriff took the
mail on his shoulders and passed on to
Gem. The guards leveled their rifles at
him, but dropped them when they learned
his identity. At Gem several hundred
men were huddled on the street with rifles
and revolvers. At noon the Gem mine
ha