The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-14
THEY DIsARM AND DIsPERsE.
The Troops Did Not Dare to Venture
Into the Mountains.
Coiored Soldiers From the East Turn
Back, and Colonel CarIin Sends for
Reinforcements - Non Union Men

were driven out of the country TODAY,
and the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mills
nave been vacated by the guards
and turned over TO the charge of three
deputy sheriffs. The armed men have
dispersed and everything is quiet. Last
night was one OF intense excitement All
sorts OF rumors were flying about. 1t was
reported at midnight that troops had left
HARRISON and would arrive here at day
Hght. The union men had decided TO
oHer no resistance to the entry of soldiers,
but the expectation of their ar
rival had carried extraordinary inter
est, and the whole town remained
awake to see the result. Armed guards of
miners surrounded the depot, and no one
was allowed to pass without a password.
V. NJ. Clement, manager of the Bunker
Hill, had wired TO Harrison to hold the
troops there until morning, as it would
De dangerous to attempt to come in dur
ing the darkness. Sheriff Harris also
sent kilograms to the commander instruct
ing the troops to stay there un-
TIL after the morning train had gone West
| NO answers were received, and it was
consequently expected that they would
arrive at any moment The union had
sent out spies along the track to report the
| progress OF the special train, but all the
| parties were for nothing The troops
could not leave Harrison for the simple
reason that the engineer refused to bring
his train in during the night except at the
| point OF the bayonet.
| This morning the non-union men en-
| ployed in the Bunker Hill mine agreed to
leave in body. They began gathering ut
the depot about O'Clock with their bag
| gage, aad when the train arrived from
| Wallace about 900 people gathered to see
them off. Many of the scabs had wives and
| children. The latter were put in passen-
| ger coaches and the men themselves were
| packed into cars and coal cars. In all 3l2
non-union men were on the train. They
| filied eighteen box cars. Some of them
were loud in their complaints at such treat
ment and laid many wicked motives
against the union but to no avail They
| were allowed to board the cars without
| any moiestation. About 200 strikers stood
around bur they were very quiet and did
| not modest or jeer those who were
leaving IN any manner. When the
| train left there were some cries of Good
| bye, scabs, good luck to you in California"
but beyond such remarks no loud talk was
INDUCED in. There We're some hot-heads
who wished to pelt the cars with
eggs and treat the inmates to
all sorts of indignities. But better
counsel prevailed. There was no hand
shaking or bidding goodbye to anybody.
After leaving the depot the train was
obliged to do some switching directly in
front of the concentrator. Groups Of strik-
ers, with arms, were grinning and gesticu-
lating on the banks and fences
,,,I IL
of those in the train become
terribly uneasy, expecting every minute
to be fired upon. Women in the rear car
tainted and the children cried with fear.
There was Indescribable relief when the
train went on its way.
After the departure of the train the
strikers gathered at the mill. Chairman
O'Brien. of the executive COMMITTEES, held
short conference with V. N. Clement, and
stated that the union was now willing
to abandon the concentrators. O'Brien
assured him that no damage had been
done TO his property. 'You will find
everything rs we found it," said O'Brien
''The only thing that we disturbed are
some provisions in the cookhouse and these
will be paid for by the Union as soon
as you make out your BILL" The men
powder and dynamite and return them to
the magazine. This work employed
about half an hour. In all over two tons of
giant powder had been placed under
the mill, enough to blow it to
atoms. At l O'Clock the powder was
all taken out and the union then formally
surrendered possession. The guards then
lined up and at the command of
O'Brien marched to the depot.
There was intense satisfaction
| among the miners. "What can't
be accomplished by love, must be accom-
plished by the strongest arguments" said
one as he pointed to the muzzle of his
rifle. "Mr. Clement has given in because
he had to. No more scabs will work in
Cmur d Alene."
Upon arriving at the station the COM
mttee dispatched messenger to George
McAuley, OF Sierra Nevada, asking him TO
discharge sixty-two men at present work
ing there. In few minutes the messen-
ger returned from McAuley, saving the
latter had agreed TO pay the men of
at once. Chairman O'Brien then stepped
forward and admonished the men to take
victory with moderation. The Mullan
strikers then marched off up the railway
track to Wallace, those behind be-
san separating. and in few
minutes the strikers had all shed
their arms and Wardner, from becoming
an armed camp. emerged into is old
normal condition. The fight was over at
last 1t is impossible to describe the feel
ing of relief that exists here now that the
crisis seems over. 4 weight has been
lifted from everybody's shoulders.
For five months Wardner has been dis
turbed by labor troubles, and men have
gone about armed simply to protect the
lives of themselves and children against
the unexpected. For the past two DAYS
mob law has held absolute sway over
everything and the miners with Winches-
tiers have ruled every body with a rod of
iron. They were the self-constituted
guardians of the place. Strangers were
watched and questioned regarding their
identity and the whole of the mountains
have been literally alive with armed men
When night came sulien-iooking men
with Winchesters emerged from hidin-
places and prowled about as stealtLily "a
wolves. ali iaw and order WAS
set at denance. Sheriff Cunningham.
of Wallace. was here during the
last two days, hrt he was a
mere fgurehead. At first he tried 70 ralse
posse, but after several futile efforts he