Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-12
ANOTHER LABOR WAR.
Locked Out Miners Use Dynamite On
NOn-UniOn Men.
TWENTY REPORTED TO BEKILLED.
4 Carload of Giant Powder Exploded Alongside the
Stamping Mill-The United States Troops
VIII Likely Take Action Against the
SirikerS-SeriOus State Of Affairs.

WALLACE, IDAHO, July 1.-THE
strained situation in the Couer d'Alene
tabor troubles eliminated this morning
between 5 and 6 o'clock.
The events of the day previous con-
sisted of challenges from non-union men
at the Frisco and Gem mines to the
union miners at the town of Gem, and
all seemed to indicate speedy rupture.
The Gem mine barricade is within
800 feet of the center Of the town OF
Gem. This morning at o'clock miner
from Gem started for Burke. When
opposite the Frisco mine he was fired
upon.
The miners marched in body toward
the Frisco mill, located directly
in front of the mine. When scarcely
within rifle range volley from the
Frisco mill greeted the miners and lead
whistled all about them.
They scattered and regular battle
ensued. One miner and one non-union
man were killed and six wounded dur
ing the engagement.
The. miners in the meantime went
around the hills up the canyon above
the mine, loaded the car with $50 pounds
of giant powder and sent the car down
the track toward the Frisco mine.
Directly in front of the mill an ex-
plosion occurred shatterlng the mill TO
splinters making it complete wreck.
The non-union men then showed the
white flag and surrendered. They were
marched down to the Miners Union
Hall and guarded, no indignities being
offered after the surrender.
While the fight was going on at Fris-
co, the Gem guards suddenly began
firing volley after volley into the town
of Gem, riddIlng the buildings with bull
lets.
John Ward, citizen, was shot
through the arm and Gus Carlson, a
union miner, was shot and killed.
Attempts to recover Carlson's body
we're met with volleys from the Gem
breastwork, and wnen the body was re-
covered, an hour afterward, II was life
less, another bullet having been sent
through the breast.
No shots were returned from Gem un-
til the armed miners at0 Frisco, half a
mile above Gem, returned.
At s o'clock a truce occurred, and the
Sheriff, District Attorney and Deputy
United States Marshal appeared on the
scene. The train was stopped by
armed guards at the Gem mine.
The Sheriff took the mail on his
shoulders and passed on to the Gem.
The guards levelled their rifles at him,
but dropped them when they learned
his identity.
At Gem several hundred men were
huddled in the street with rifles and re-
volvers. Peace negotiations were i'm
mediately set on foot, and at IL o'clock
the mine force surrendered to the union
| men.
The number OF killed, so far as can
at present be learned, is four and
about ten wounded, though there may
be bodies under the Frisco mill.
Two Of the killed are Gus Carlson
and Harry Cummings, union miners.
| The other two are non-union men,
names unknown.
Among the wounded are John Ward,
citizen Of Gem; Hugh Campbell, struck
with rifle over the head, not dangerous
ly injured; j. w. Gankardoger, union
miner, shot through hip, will die; Gam
! Peters, from Tacoma, shot In head,
but not fatally; George Pettibone,
union miner, shot through hand.
The cause of the strike was the de-
mand OF the union miners OF the dis
trict for s. 50 per daY for every man
working under ground.
The mine owners held that unskilled
laborers should be paid only 50. When
the miners returned to accept the scale,
the mines were closed. The owners de-
ciared excessive freight rates were the
! cause OF the reduction.
The lockout was begun April 1st by
the Mine Owners Association and 5000
miners were thrown out OF work. Since
the mine owners have been making a
struggle to run their mills with nom
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 example at Homestead and
the decision OF the United States Courts
at Boise, making perpetual injunction
against the Miners Union, brought
matters to a head.