Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-15
ALREADY WON THE DAY.
Every Non-Union Man Had Been
Either Killed or Driven Away.
VARIOUS RUMORS OF A MASSACRE.
Some Say That 12 Men We're Shot Dead;
but Later News Says Only One.
SOME OF THE MINES START UP AGAIN

companies of State militia arrived at noon.
A guard was at once distributed throughout
the town. There are about 130 men in the
four companies. Wardner is almost de-
serted, and except for the military occupa-
tion all signs of trouble have disappeared.
The Headquarters of the military will be
established at Wallace. There is large
number of unarmed miners in town, and
everything is quiet
Colonel Cartin, of the Fourth United
States Infantry, is in command of the
military forces in C@ur d'Alene, and is
now at Wardner, where he has established
picket lines and taken charge of the town.
Theirs are now about 400 troops, United
States and State, in Shoshone county.
Companies B, c, d, E and f of the Four
teeth Infantry, from Fort Vancouver, in
command of Lieutenant Colonel Theaker,
are now on the way here.
G, heraI Curtis, commanding the Idaho
forc,s S, said this afternoon:
Martial Law hut Regular Process.
81 have advised Governor Wiley that
abou 1000 troops are on the way to Ceur
d'Al Inc, and that martial law will be de-
clarei Troops will be distributed through
out nur d'Alene and lives and property
prote sted. At the first sign of trouble
all aloons will be closed Business
will 60 along in its regular chan
nels and the regular process of law
be enforced No interference will be made
with press dispatches, except those of a
sensational character. The military will
work no hardship on peaceable citizens, and
as soon as the county is restored to its
normal state the troops will leave. The
militia is composed of young business men,
and they want to get home as soon as pos
sible. They are serving without pay and
can i'll afford to lose their time"
A telegram was sent to General Schofeld
at Washington this afternoon, that the
labor troubles in Ceur d. Alene mining
district are at an end for the present The
rioters have dispersed and the State
authorities, aided by Federal troops are in
full possession of the field.
Soldiers Assist the Civil Authorities.
The people who were complaining be-
cause the soldiers had not arrested the riot
ers, have an erroneous conception of the po-
sition of the troops in the matter. They
were ordered there merely to support the
civil authorities in the restoration of order,
and were acting altogether under the
orders of the Governor of the State. They
had no independent functions. and had ab-
solutely nothing to do with any disorders
that may have occurred before their arrival.
1t is the duty of the civil authorities to en-
force the law, and all the troops could do is
to protect them in so doing.
Orders have been received at Fort Walla
Walla from Department Headquarters to
move to Ceur d'Alene at a moments
notice.
All the miners went home to the various
mines last night. The Poorman and Tiger
mines. which have been deserted since
Monday, started up again this morning; also
the Mammoth and Custer mines. Work at
the Morning and Hunter mines was also
resumed this morning.
A ripple of excitement was created last
night among the remaining miners, when it
was learned that the Granite mine force had
not left.
The Last Non-Union Men Driven Out
A delegation of miners immediately
started in the darkness for the mine, four
miles from Wallace, and brought the non-
union men down. They were ordered out
of Ceur d'Alene. The miners claim that
Delashmutt & McAulay agreed to dis
charge the men and had not done so. These
are the last non-union men in Ceur d'Alene.
1t is said they will leave tomorrow.
The report that II men were killed in the
Fourth of July canyon, created great indig-
nation among the citizens and conservative
miners. The Associated Press correspond
ent telephoned to Mission twice and got an
answer twice that nothing was known of it
there. The Coroner of this county went
down to Mission last night at 10 o'clock on
q special train and returned at midnight
IL tolA he fod
that he could learn nothing about the
killing.
A telephone message from C9ur d'Alene
City states that one of the men reported
killed, j. II. Ward, who has his family
here, has arrived there. Nothing further
could be learned. Troops have arrived at
Wardner now, aud will probably come here
soon. The women and children are return
ing to Gem and other points on Canon
creek.
The Story of the Massacre
A previous dispatch from Boise City said
that excitement continued at high pitch
there all night. During the evening the
Governor received the following message
from Judge Hepburn, of Spokane:
'Did not leave Harrison landing until z
o'clock this morning. The strikers took 132
of our armed miners to the mouth of Fourth
of July Canon, near Citaldo, last night, and,
after robbing them, fired on them. We
know of two killed, but don't know how
many more. They are preparing to go
through the same performance with 200
more this afternoon. They just start them,
then shoot them Sdown like dogs. The de.
lay in getting troops is unaccountable."
Two men named Kinney and Orring Sc
cured boat and started down the river in
the darkness, and was hailed again and
again by fugitives who had escaped the
mob and concealed themselves in the
bushes. "In all we picked up eight or ten
of these miserable wretches," said Kinney
'Some were swimming in the water and
others had been lying in the bushes. All
were wet, cold and perlshing from hunger,
fright and exposure. After swimming the
river they had waited for three hours be-
fore the boat came along 1t was the most
pitiable sight l have ever witnessed. One
man was insane from fright When the
boat would run her nose in toward shore
the victims would be so eager to get aboard
that they would not wait for the small boat
but would wade off and swim to place of
security"
A score of refugees from the Mission
slaughter struggled into Spokane to-day.
They present pitiable appearance, with
torn clothes snd bruised bodies. They con-
firm the story of the slaughter. A rumor
is in circulation that 5000 armed men are
on their way from Montana, and if the
strikers are arrested bloodshed is predicted.
Martial Law Is Proclaimed
Last evening Sheriff Cunningham arrived
here from Wardner. He accompauied the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine force to
Cataldo on the Union Pacific. At that point
the Sheriff met Colonel Carlin and the
troops and General Curtis. The latter read
the Presidents proclamation declaring Sho-
shone county under martial law. The