Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-12
GIANT POWDER
Used by LOcked-Out
Miners
To Enforce Their Fair
Demands
Against the Greedy
Mine-Owners
In the COuer de
Alene District.
The Gem Mill Is
Blown Up
And the NOn-UniOn
Men Surrender.
One Killed and Three
Wounded.
The Long-Standing Feud
Brought tn "a Tragic
End Story of the
Struggle.
One Killed and Three
Wounded.

WALLACE, Idaho, July 1.-THE re-
Gently patched up differences between
the Miners union of the Couer de
A!ene region and the Nine Owners
ASSOCIATION has broken out anew. and
. bloody battle ensued AZ the town Of
Gem this morning.
The owners OF the Frisco and Gem
mines have employed non-unlon men
and numerous skrmishes have oc-
CURED from time to time. Today the
union men blew up the mill as the
Frisco mine and captured the non-unIon
men. and say they will dnve every
non-union man from the district.
At5s- m. . miner from Gem started
for Burke, and when opposite the
Frisco mine wns fired upon. lie ran
back To Gem. Several hundred miners
IN the meantime got around the hills
up the canon above the mine. loaded q
Union Pacific car with $50 pounds of
giant powder and sent the car down
the track toward the FRISCO mine and
directly IN front OF the mill. The ex-
ploson occurred, SCATTERING the mill
and msking it a complete wreck.
Nsa-Unioa Men sarreadsr.
The non-unIon men thea showed the
white hsg and surrendered. They were
marched down % the Miners union
hail a1d guarded, no indignitiss being
offered them after their surrender.
While the nght was gong on at
FRISCO the Gem guards suddenly began
firing yolley alter volley into toe town
of Gem. riddlIng buildings. John
Ward, citizen was shot through the
Arm and Gus Carlson. union miner. was
shot and fell. All attempts to recover
Carlson's body we're met with volleys
from the Gem bresstworks and when
The body was recovered an hour after
ward. Carlson WIS dead, having been
shot through the breast.
ticorge Petuboae. union man. was
shot through the head. About o'clock
q truce occurred and the sheriff, dis
trict attorney and deputy United states
MARSHAL appeared.
stopped es Armed Gasrds
The tram was stopped by armed
guards at the Gem NINE. The sheriff
took the msil on ms shoulder and
passed on to Gem. The guards leveled
their rides at him, but dropped them
wnen they learned his indentty.
Al Gem several hundred men were
huddled IN the streets with rifles and
rsvolvers At noon the Gem force sur
rendered so the unlon men. The
FRISCO and 6ssm we're the only non
unlon uines in tne east end of Couer
de Lens.
The strike IN Couer de Jene began
about nine mouths ago. The ignt was
between the Nine own ers' association,
orgsnized 20 resist the demands .
Of the Miners union. Twelve
mnes. including al the leading ones
are included IA the former orgsnlzs-
ton, aud ulonev has bsen freely con
trihuted 10 carry on tue fight.
ssw the rr.nbts Arose.
Ths former rates Of wages we're SO
per dsy 10 miners and sleeveless, and
the strike of the miners grew cut of a
reduction IN the shavelers wages
- 81 per dsv. All miners work
ing under groaud demanded ss 50.
There we're sesersI csses of
hostility when the strike be-
ga. hat the Miners nBson did the
best N prevent. by pesceshie mesns
men working at the reduced vages.
TIE Uaited states circuit court issued
AZ Injunction foreidding anyone from
interfering Sth naea employed ey the
scBpsnv ar the msne property. About
w. nanshs Ago matters we're
sraighteued cut sna work wsns
eu a. usual. bnt ance NE
tsrnegie tFoubi~. began ina elsi
sue-6oa Of wages has beea revived