The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-14
WAR UP AT WARDNER!
A Mill Blown up With
Dynamite!
Deadly Struggle Between
Mining Factions.

Inc LABOR TROUBLES IN Uue uOT tuclu
part of the State have eliminated in
a most woeful manner. From
dispatches from Wallace to the Boise
Statesman it is learned that the i'll
feeling existing between both factions
increased, when on Saturday non
union man went to Gem, became
intoxicated and got into fight with
a union man and was badly hurt A
friend of the non union man took up
the fight and he, too, was quite
seriously injured.
From this affair open hostilities be-
gan between union and non-union
men. About 100 union miners and
about 100 from Burke went down
10 Gem and surrounded the town.
They were nearly all armed. The
excitement was intense. Most of the
women and children were sent to
Burke and Wallace.
Last night both the Gem and Frisco
mines were guarded by men behind
barricades armed with Winchesters
and as the canyon is narrow where the
mines are located, the men behind
the barricades could sweep the two
railroad tracks and the county road
with bullets. The Gem mine was
barricaded within 800 feet of the
center of the town of Gem.
The Gem and Frisco non-union
mines were guarded by men behind
barricades armed with Winchesters.
This morning a miner from Gem
started for Burke When opposite
the Frisco mine he was fired upon.
Soon the miners in town gathered
with arms. They marched in body
toward the Frisco mills. Wher
scarcely within rifle range volley
from the mine greeted them. They
scattered and regular battle ensued
One miner and one non-union maj
were killed and perhaps six wounded
during the engagement. The miners
in the meantime loaded a Union Pa
cific car with 750 pounds of gian
powder and sent it down the tracl
toward the Frisco mine. Directly il
front of the mill an explosion oc
Cured, shattering the mill and max
ing it a complete wreck. The non
union men then showed white ia
and surrendered. They were MARCHES
= to Miners Union hall and guarded
No indignities were offered after tn
surrender.
While the fight was going on q
Frisco, the Gem guards suddenly be
gan firing volley after volley into th
town of Gem, riddling buildings wit
bullets. John Ward was wounded
the arm and Gus Carlson, unio
miner, killed All attempts to r'
I, cover Carlson's body were met wit
volleys, and when the body was RI
covered an hour afterward he ws
dead.
At 8 o'clock q truce occurred an
the sheriff, district attorney, depui
and United States marshals appearir
on the scene, peace negotiations we
Immediately set on foot, and at
o'clock the mine force surreDdert
to the union men.
The number killed, so far
}. learned, is four, and about ten woun
ed, though there may be bodies und
T. the Frisco mill Besides Carlso
Harry Cummings and two other u
= known men we're killed. The woun
ed are Hugh Campbell and j. \
Gaukardoger, who will die, G. Pete
and George Pettibone.
There is still considerable excl
# ment everywhere, but no furtf
trouble is expected. About si1
men in the mine surrendered.
LATER. is reported twenty nc
IL union men were killed in the expl'
ion of the mill at the Frisco mil
, No confirmation has been received.
Dispatches from Wardner say
> News of the trouble in the Gem q
Frisco mines at Gem produced a gr
sensation here. Groups of interest
men were seen at various poi
around town all day discussing
w. situation, and dispatch was sent
Governor Wiley, signed by mum