Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-13
DEFIANCE IN IDAHO.
Strikers Seize Mines and Prepare to
Resist Troops.
STEAMBOAT DISASTER At PEORIA, ILL
Gladstone Elected to Parliament
by a Decreased Majority.
A CYCLONE IN OHIO.
STEAMBOAT DISASTER At PEORIA, ILL
A CYCLONE IN OHIO
LAW DEFIED IN IDAHO.

strikers seiss Mines and Await the Troops
With Dynamite.
BOISE CIrr, IDAHO, July 13.-Federal troops
are now moving toward the scene Of the trouble
In northern idaho, rs arranged in the tele-
graphic correspondence between Governor
Wiley. President Harrison and Gen
erd Schofeld yesterday. On receipt Of
the orders from Washington Gen. Ruger at
San Francisco telegraphed Gov. Wiley that he
bad 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.
Gov. Wiley then wired to The commanding
officers marching orders. The Missoula troops
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
1000 armed men, and that full regiment Of
regulars was needed there right away
Gov. Wiley Immediately wired to Gen. Scho-
feld as follows: 81 would suggest that avail
able troops at Walla walla and Fort Spokane
be added to those already in Montana"
In reply the governor last evening re-
ceived a dispatch from Gen. Schofeld saying
that Gen. Ruger had full authority to order ali
necessary troops into the field.
BOGUS TKLEGRAM.
The following dispatch purporting to be from
v. N. Clement. manager Of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mines, was the feature Of the day.
WARpsER, IDAHO.
To Gov. N B. WILEY:
By all means delay troops of any class from
coming to this section for the next two days.
The union has full possession at present Every
piece Of machinery ia tied down with powder,
ready to blow it up. In two days non-union
men will have left our works. Then
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 a movement would result In
the wholesale massacre Of unarmed men who
are prepared to depart. Nothing is to be feared
and everything to be gained by delay. The
remedy is too late for any active service.
(SignedD V. N. CLEMENT.
dispatch should be sent by Clement. The
conclusion was reached that he must have sent
1t under coercion.
A dispatch received at o'clock last evening
from the leading attorneys Of the mine owners
bears out that assumption It is as follows;
"Gov. Wiley: Pretended kilograms from
Clement are bogus. Send on the troops.
"HAoAN AND HEPBURN"
GOV. Wiley will place Shoshone county
under martial law a. soon as the legal require
ments can be completed, the proper officials
having failed so far to give the governor the
notice required by the constitution.
sTRIxERs IN CONTROL.
WARpSEB, IDAHO, July 13.-Outwardly all
was quiet here last night, but it was the quiet
Of determination and desperation. The strikers
had a day Of uninterrupted victory. They
had only to demand and receive, and, as
result, they are in complete
possession Of the mines and mills Of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan and Sierra Nevada mining
companies. The non-union men have been
driven out Of the country and the men. rem
dered desperate by the long strike and flushed
with victory, are talking confidently Of meeting
the militia and regular troops and fighting them
with rides and dynamite. AL yesterday armed
men gathered on the hills and in the canyons
surrounding Wardner. They came down from
Wallace on hat cars and hand cars and helped
themselves TO whatever they needed in the way
Of transportation.
They began the days program by marching
several hundred strong upon the property Of
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan, threatening su-
perintendsntV. N. Clement with the destruction
Of the whole property unless he surrendered
the works, discharged his non-union men and
allowed them their own way.
Mr.. Clement had no alternative.
The mill Is now loaded with powder and
dynamite and could be destroyed on Q minutes
notice.
The strikers also turned their attention to
the property Of the Sierra Nevada with like
results
1t Is reported that q car Of dynamite has been
sent down the railroad track for the purpose Of
blowing up the bridges Of the railroad and pre-
venting the troops from coming into
the country. The miners expected the
troops to reach Harrison at O'Clock
yesterday and looked for their arrival here in
the afternoon, but a. they have not as vet ar
Yived Il xh,x H..
them, or else they are proceeding with the utmost
caution. The miners have sent out the car Of
dynamite. Armed men have left town, it is
supposed, to intercept the cavalry sent from
Fort Sherman. The excitement here is in
tense. Many exaggerated stories are being cir
cuated. 1t is thought, for the purpose Of terror
izing the citizens and concealing the real move
ments Of the strikers