Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-07-20

when an entire volley was let 20 at
him. How he escaped he doesn't
know. The door and frame show ten
bullet holes. The back end OF the
building shows about thirty bullet
holes, some of the bullets passing
clear through the building and into
buildings on the other side of the
street. The women and children had
to be moved several times to places
Of security. The Gem people claim
that not q shot was fred from the
town, while the guards say some ono
in Gem killed Bean and when he fell
the guards opened FIRE. Only jld,-
cial investigation will establish the
truth.
When tho Northern and Union
Pacific trains went up in the morning
they we're stopped by the Gem guards
with rifles. No one was SLOWED to
pass on the railroad tracks. The
Sheriff, who was on the u. P. train,
took the mail on his shoulder, and as
he came within the "dead line" .
dozen rifles were pointed at him, but
they were lowered when his identity
became known. An hour afterward
the trains were allowed to run up to
Burke.
Shortly after tho Sheriff. District
Attorney and Deputy United States
Marshals arrived a truce to hostilities
was declared, and at u o'clock the
Gem mine surrendered.
Gem was crowded with armed men,
and some women and children could
be seen, bu: most of the women and
children had made their way up to
Burke or down to Granite during the
night. Some even walked down TO
Wallace.
Miners Union Hall presented a
strange spectacle. The seats along
tie sides we're crowded with the men
from the Frisco, while on benches
wero three dead men and the
wounded.
| THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
There were altogether six killed
and sixteen wounded. The killed
we're:
| OHRLSONS \llOus
HARRY CUMMINGS, Union.
JAMES HENNEssY, Union.
JOHN STARLICK, Non. Union.
| livery BEAN, Non Union.
A. 7. MCDONALD, Non Union.
There were few Of the wounded
shot. Most of them were injured BY
the explosion. Among them were F.
g. Wilcox, l.. l.. Abbott, Samuel Car
yer, R. K. Adams, Charles Smith. N
T. Halron. Samuel Carupp, Hugh
Campbell, K. w. Putnam, John Whit.
ney, Charles Pet, rson. S. G. Collins,
John Gaukenager aud Geo. Pettibone.
Some were only slightly injured. Al
though it was reported on Tuesday
evening that two Of the wounded had
died there was no foundation for the
report. All the wounded are recover.
ing and some are already cut Of the
hospital. The wounded are under
the care Of Drs. Sims, Genoway and
Force at the Holland Hospital, excep,
two, which are ut the Providence
Hospital.
AFTERNOON EVENTS
The union men brought the dead
and wounded to Wallace on the even
ing train, accompanied by about no
non-union men. The non union men
were released and ordered to leave
the State the following day. Thirty
seven Winchester rifles were captured
by the union men at the Frisco mine,
and at the surrender Of the Gem force,
an agreement was entered into tina,
the arms Of the men OF that company
-twenty-seven Wincheste rs-should
he placed in charge OF two dis
interested parties from each side.
This was done. Deputy U. S. Mar.
shall Human attempted to bring the
weapons to Wallace for safe keeping
but on the way down on handcar he
was stopped near the Granite mill
and the guns taken away from him,
together with 1000 rounds of ammu.
milton and some revelvevs, by large
body OF men. naturally supposed to
be miners. The non-union men were
paid off the next morning by the re
spective companies and proceeded to
the Mission.