Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-12
= Conflict Be'wctn iaborcrs nc c~ur
d'ttcnt.


4 Conflict Be'wctn ,aborcrs nc c~ur
d'sicne.
WALLACE, Ida. July 1.-THE
strained situation In the CWur diAlcno
labor troubles eliminated this morn
Ing between 8 and @ O'Clock. The
Com and Frisco, non.union mines,
were guarded by men behind BARR.
cAdcs armed with Wincheatere. This
morning miner from the Com started
Tor Burke. When opposite the Frisco
mine he fred UPON sOmu miucrs I'm
town. They marched ia body
toward the Fhscp mills. Whom
scarcely within rifle range volley
from tile mine greeted them. They
scattered md "A regular battle onsued.
one miner aud one non.union man
were killed and perhaps six wounded
during tie engagement.
The miners IN the menitlme loaded
Urion Pacific car wi6i two hun.
1fou and ility pounds ot giant powder
and sent it down the track toward
tho Frisco niue. The car nj.
tempt did not work and miners got up
on the ilunlr, rhut Oh the water and
sent the n yter Ia packages down the
water pipe Into the mill. a fuse was
put In tho last package and sOnt down.
In an Instant terrific explosion
occurred which shook the canyon
for miles.
TiiE NOS.uNIoN NES suRRENnEHED.
when tho light was goiag ON AT
Frisco the Gem guards suddenly began
firing volley after yolloy into the town
u Com, Kidding the bulldogs with
bullets. John Ward was wounded IN
the atm aud Gus Carbon, miuer.
killed. ht,umptto recover Cltl.uu's
toby met with volloy, and when the
body was recovered, m hour ntefwaEd,
hc was dead.
~ eight O'Clock truce occurred,
aud the .sher n, ID strict Attorney AMI
Deputy United states Marshal appear.
ing on the scene, pence negotiations
were Immediately act On loot ard 2
truce declared. At twelve O'Clock
the mine f,rce surrendered TO the
union men.
The number killed b far as lrRtne
II four anu about ten wounded, though
there may he bouics under thu Frisco
mill. Besides Carlson, Harry Cum
mings anu two other uukDcwn men
were killed. Hugh Campbell, j. w.
Gaukard OF Ogden, VIA DE Gainblers
ami George PcltiboHo were also
wounded. There Ii still considerable
excitement everywhere, but no further
trouble Is expected. About sixty men
In the mines surrendered.
La,er.--lt is reyrtod shat twenty
nOn.union inun weto Rillcd In the
explosion In the mill at the Frisco
mine. No confirmation mas yet been
received.
TROUBLE FEARED At wARDSER.
SroEANE, Wash, July H. The
most reliable reports from Cmur
d'Aleno tonight places the number Of
killed In todny'- fighting at ton. II Is
not learned how many, II any, OF the
bodies were burned In the ruins OF the
Frisco mill. Five bodies are now ~
ing In Wallace and sixteen wounded
men 30 far are reported. Groups of
armed men are leaving Wallace for
Wardner late this morning, and trouble
Ia feared there.
At o'clock this afternoon about 500
miners from Gem, fifty Of whom wers
armed with riiies, marched down to
Wallace. They brought with them
their prisoners consisting OF about loo
non-union men and fve dead bodies.
Another man, James Hennessey, lately
Of Butte, Mont, being In house nj
Gem, WAS shot through the breast.
upon arrival here the "scabsn were
turned loose and the union men began
a search for A. NJ. Ester, manager OF
the Frisco mine, against whom tho
union men have mn especial grudgc.
UNION MEN TAKE CHARGE OF THE
PROPERTY.
SPOKANE FALLS, July ll.-It H.
Impossible at this hour TO learn the ex-
act condition In the Cour d'Alenes. 10
IL known that nine men are dead, the
Frlsco mill destroyed by dynamite and
that the Gem mine surrendered TO the
employees were taken To Wallace. A
dispatch from the superintendent OF
the Gem mine says that one man was
killed nj the Gem and tue other eight
at the Fflsco mine. To avoid further
bioodAhed he surrendered the mine
and all his arms. The property "a now
in the hands OF guard appointed by
the president Of the union.