Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-14
STRIKERS USING DYNAMITE
Railroad Bridges Blown Up to Keep Troops
from Ceur d Alene.
SITUATION A MOST CRITICAL ONE
All the Mines Filled with Explosives
Ready to he Touched or at u Mo-
ment's Notice-Soldiers Near
the Scene.

SPOKANE, Wash, July 13-The strikers
blew up the railroad bridge at Mullane TINS
morning to prevent troops from Missodla
effecting an entrance All the Cnur d. 'Alene
mines are filed with explosives preparatory
to general destruction. The strikers will
have trouble to escape, as the state ana
federal troops hold practically all the pas
sages.
BOISE CITY, Idaho, July l3. Federal troops
are now near the scene in northern Idaho, as
arranged in the telegraphic CORES spondence oe-
tween Governor Wiley, President Harrison
and General Schoheld. On receipt Of the or
ders from Washington, General Ruger at
San Francisco telegraphed Governor Wiley
that he had ordered the commanding officer
at Fort Sheridan to move at once with all
available forces to the scene OF disturbance,
and to report to the governor. Governor
Wiley then wired to the commanding officer
marching orders. The troops from Fort
Sherman were ordered TO move at once to
Wardner, where they will be reinforced by
militia,
Shortly after sending out these orders
word was received from Inspector General
Curtis that the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
company's property at Wardner was being
attacked by 900 armed men, and that full
regiment of federal troops was needed there
right away. Governor Wiley Immediately
wired; ~ would suggest that available troops
| at Walla Wala and Fort Sheridan be added
to those already in motion"
In reply tho governor received dispatch
from General Schotield saying that General
Ruger had full authority to order oil neces-
sary troops into the field.
The following dispatch purporting to be
from V. NJ Clement, manager OF the Bunker
Hill ana Sullivan company, was received:
WARDNER. Idaho. July Ex-Governor Wiley:
BY MI means delay troons of any class from
coming to this section for at least two dajS.
The unio has full possession at present,
| Every piece of machinery is tied down with
ready P9W In two WorEs pSen
| matters may take their natural course Do
| not by any chance fail to stop troops from
| coming here for the next two or three days.
| Such movement would result in wholesale
massacre OF unarmed men who are here pre-
| pared TO depart. Nothing is to be feared and
| ever thing to be gained by delay. Remedy
is too late for any active service; c,r,rvr
| Governor Wiley: Pretended kilograms
from Clement are bogus. Forward troops
| Governor Wiley will place Shoshone
county under martial law as soon as the
| legal requirements can be completed. The
proper oticials have failed so far to give the
| governor the notice required by the constltu-
| tion.
Loaded Down with Dynamite.
WARDNER, Idaho, July l3.-Outwardly all
| is quiet in the Occur d'A!Cne district, but it
| is the quiet of desperation Tho strikers yes
| terday had day of uninterrupted victory,
with tue result of complete possession of the
| niue and mills of Bunker Hill and
| Sullivan and Sierra Nevada. Tho
on-union men have been driven
! out of the country, and tho strikers, flushed
| with victory, are talking scontGentially of
| meeting the militia and regular troops and
| fighting them with rife and dynamite. Th @
| Bunkerhill and Sullivan mill Is now loaded
| with dynamite, and could to destroyed on II
| minutes notice. The same state of affairs
| exist at Sierra Nevada 1t was reported
| that dynamite was sent down the railroad
track to blow up bridges and prevent the
| troops from crossing into the country, and
| armed men have left the town i: is thought.
TO lntercept the cavalry from Fort Spencer
More Federal Troops Start.
| VANCOUVER, Wash, July l3.-tive compa-
| nies of tho Fourteenth United States infan-
try left this morning for the CBur d'A!ene
| mines by special train.