New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-14
VIOLENCE BY STRIKERS.
BRIDGES BLOWN UP AND TWO MEN KILLED
THE TROUBLE IN THE CoEUR D'ALENE MINES
TROOPS ARRIVING AT TIE SCENE.

Boise, Idaho July l3.-OONcrnOr wiley mas
issued a proclamation placing Shoshone County
] under martial law Word has been received that
| three companies of Federal troops from Mssoua
have arrived al Mullan. The other troops have not
been heo nj from Adiutant-C General Curtis, who Is
| in command for the State and who went to Occur
d'Alcne in advance of the outbreak. has not been
heard from today and il is feared he has fallen
into the hands of the strikers. dispatch to the
| Governor from Judge Hepburn, at Spokane, says
| the unon mon drove 1872 non-uniOn miners OUT
! Yesterday. firing on them and killing two. Super
intendent Dickinson, of the Northern Pacific telc-
graphed the Governor from Tacoma this afternoon
that the tracks and bridges had been destroyed
in the vicinity Of Mullan and Wallace, and that
| the wires had been CUT
| Another message 10 the Governor says that sew
eral non-union men have been blown up, ana
| that the union men propose to fight the troops
| TO the death.
On recent of the orders from Washington yester-
day. General Ruger at san Francisco telegraphed
Governor Wiley that he had ordered the com
mandinr officer at Fort Sherman to move at once
with all available forces to the scene OF disturb
ance and to report TO the Governor
Governor Wiley then telcgraphed marching
| orders to the commanding officers. The Missoula
troops were ordered to 20 at once TO Mullan. The
at once to Wardner, where they will be rein
forced by milita. Shortly after the sending out
of these orders word was received from Inspector
General Curtis that the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Companys property at Wardncr was being at
tackled by 900 armed men, and that full regl-
ment OF regulars was needed there right away.
Governor Wiley Immediately telcgraphcd to Gen-
eral Schoncd as follows: ] would suggest that
available troops at Wala Walla and Fort Spokane
be added to those already In motion"
The Governor yesterday received dispatch from
General Scholed saying that General Ruser had
full authority TO order all necessary troops into
the field The following dispatch, purporting
10 be from " NJ Clement, manager Of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine WAS received
Wardncr, Idaho.
To Governor " II. Wiley.
BY all means delay troops Of any class from coming
10 this section for the next two days The union has
is lied down with powder ready to blow It up. m
two days nonnion Will have loft our works. then
matters may tnkc their natural coursc. DO not uy
any chance fail to stop troops from coming here Tor
the next two or three days Such movement woiIu
are prepared to depart Nothing l. to be feared and
evcryhng to BE- saned by DELAY The rf%eGE I; too
IL WAS nrxplicablc TO the authorities that such
n dispatch should be sent by Clement. The con-
clnsion was reached that he must have sent it
under coercion. A dispatch received at Q o'clock
last evening from the leading attorneys OF tho
mine owners bears ont that assumption. 1t read
"Spokanc. July l2.-Governor Wiley: Pretended
tclcrrams from Clement are bogus. Send on tho
troops llN'AN ana HEY CkN.
Wardner. Idaho, July 13.-Outwardly all was
quiet here last night, but it was the quiet Of de-
termination and desperation. The strikers
had day OF uninterrupted victory.
They had only TO demand and the re-
ccive. and as n result, they are in complete pos
session o. the mines and mills Of the Bunker
Hi and Sullivan. and Sierra Nevada Mining
companies The non-union men have been driven
ont OF the country, ANA the men, made dcSpcr-
,,e by the long stIil,c and flushed with victory,
are talking confidently Of meeting the militia ana
reoular ,roops. and Of fighting them with rifle and
dynamite. All Yesterday bodies OF armed men
gathered on the hills and in the canons sur
roundin1 Wardncr They came down from wal
lace on datcars and handcars, and helped them
selves 10 whatever they needed to aid in the trans
narration They be1aa the day by marching, sew
cral hundred strong upon the property OF the
Hnnkcr Hi. and Sullivan. threatening Supcrn-
tcuIcnt V 81 Clement with the destruction Of the
whole propcrty unless he surrendered the works
DISCHARGED his non union men and allowed the
union men their own way. Mr.. Clement had no
alternatives Tue mill is now loaded with dNna-
mite and could be destroyed on n minutes notice
The strikers also turned their attention to the
I nropcrty Of the Sierra Nevada with like result
II is reported that car Of dynamite has been
sent down the railroad track for the purpose OF
blowing up the bridges Of the railroad and pre-
ventin- tho troops from coming into the place
The miners expected the troops to reach Harri-
son at 3 o'clock and looked for their arrival
here in the afternoon; but ms they have not yet
come il is feared that some mlshaD has beiallch
them They may. however. be moving with the
utmost caution The miners have sent out the ear
Of dynamite Armed mon have left town. IL lS
supposed. to intercept the cavalry sent from for'
sherman The excitement here is intense.
Many EXAGGERATED stories are being circulated. 1t
is thought. to tcrrorize the citizens. ana to con-
cral the real movements Of the strikers.
Wallace. Idaho-The colorcd troops reached a
point two miles west Of Mulnn when they were
ordered back to Missoula. Several bridges were
burned west of Muan to prevent the troops
from crossing All is quiet at Wallace this after
noon. and no trouble is probable at present
Portland. Orc.-The Union Pacific have
inst received adyiccs from Occur dAlenc that tho
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge, together Wild
several hundred feet of track were blown up
Iv the strikers west Of Mullan this morning. Inc
company is preparing to take all D0n-unloh men
out of the mines this afternoon TO Ickoa Inc
union men assert that the moment the troops aP
Icar on the scene they will blow up me buhNtr
Hill and Sullivan Sierra Nevada aiu uc,n % " MI
The burning of the bridge near Mullan VIII nom
the troops there unless they march e. wallace
and Wardner, which IS about ten miieoi ~ =
now reported that union men men nay nn, uanrn ri
Dcashnutt, Of Portland, William sweeney ana
other mine owners and will hold them as hGstqsei SaI
until the trouble is settled Inc Mlrs are t III n, onu
shape and il Is almost impossible to get any
information from Wallace. n.c ,,,
A special train over the Union lacinc ca Il, lels
, ti,r Eou,taonih Infantry from Vancouver, wash
for the Occur d'Alenc mines. special train
over the Union Pacific arrived az Pendeton Inns tmls
morning bearing troops from ldan9 III az, aotHs tH
way to the mines, and were to arrive there this