Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-07-12
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THE CEUR DALENE MINERS TAKE
A FATALLY FALSE STEP.

They Blow Up Concentrations, Killing
and Woundisg Many Men-The State
Militia Ordered to the Scene Of the
Disturbance.
Shortly after the TINES went to
I press, last evening, it was reported
that General Manager Dickinson, who
came up in special car to visit Jay
Gould on Silver Creek, had received
a dispatch stating that the large con-
centrating mill at Gem, Idaho, had
| been blown up, that ID men were
killed and % wounded, and that the
mob was threatening the town OF
Wallace. where there are ooncen.
traitors, hosting works, etc.
Later 1t was learned from other
sources that members of the Miners
Unions to the number of several hun.
dred had moved to attack the Gem
COMMENTATOR. 1t was defended BY
scabs and deputy sheriffs brought in
from Washington, Montana, and East,
who made strong and seemingly
successful resistance until the assail>
ants succeeded in blowing up the
COMMENTATOR with giant powder. The
number killed and wounded was
variously estimated up to 100.
After the destruction OF the con.
oentrator at Gem the Infatuated as
sailants, flushed with success, started
for Wallace, with the avowed purpose
of destroying the COMMENTATORS and
hosting works there, and of doing
likewise with all the mining plants of
the Occur d'Alene region.
COMPANY ORDERED OUT.
About s o'clock last evening Cap.
tain S. G. John received dispatch
from the Adjutant Generals office, in
Boise, commanding him to muster his
company at the Armory at s o'clock,
and to call it under arms awaiting
further orders. The call was pub.
lished in the TINES.
At 8 o'clock the company mustered
II strong. This was nearly two
thirds of its effective strength, the re-
mainder being scattered through the
mining camps, and out of reach.
The company formerly mustered
over 60 strong; but after completing
their years service over one. third in
dignantly refused to re-enlist, the
state authorities having shown such
Partially that while some companies
were fully equipped Company F had
been supplied only with fatigue uni
forms aud old Springfield rifles.
The boys assembled quietly. They
were neither clustering nor boastful;
and, while realizing that the duty i'm
posed upon them was very Disagree
able one. they were unanimous III
stating that they would obey orders,
even though they might resign rather
than go, If they could do SO honor
ably.
Captain John reported by telegraph
to Boise that he had 20 men awaiting
orders. Nothing came from Boise,
but about IL O'Clock he was informed |
that special train would leave Sho.
shone for HALEY shortly to transport
his company to the junction with the
main line, where he would find car
attached to the regular mail train at
the disposal of his company.
The orders issued to Conductor
Lane were to shack up his train to
Haley from Shoshone-a distance of
about As miles. AS this would, owing
to the heavy grades on certain por-
tons of the track, inevitably result in
a d-railment and involve the loss O.:
time, Conductor Lane asked for other
He was then ordered
to run up to Ketchum, turn around,
and return to Shoshone, taking up the
militia at HALEY. This he did.
Leaving Shoshone at l l 40 he reached
HALEY about l 80 this morning, By
3 o'clock he was back here, aud half
an hour later the train left for Sho-
shone.
AS the train reached here on its
way up, Captain John caused the long