The record-union., 1892-07-14
Troops Cannot Get to the Scenes
of the Idaho Mine Troubles.
BRIDGES BURNED TO PREVENT
THEIR COMING.
One Troop Succeeds in Reaching a
Point Within Two Miles of MuIIan,
When 1t Is Ordered Back-Goy-
ernor Wiley Issues Proclamation
Placing Shoshone County Under
Martial Law.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1ox.


element over the situation in the Ceur
dAlene continues at a high pitch, and
the news being received tends to increase
It. The Governor to-day declared state
of martial law in Shoshone County.
The first message received by the Gov
ernor this morning was from General
Ruger, in answer to the Governors re-
quest of Tuesday for more troops. In
the message General Ruger says he or
dered yesterday the available troops
from Fort Sherman and five companies
of infantry from Vancouver to proceed
at once to the scene of trouble. The
troops left both places early this morn
ing. The force from Vancouver will
reach the scene about as soon as those
could from Walla Walla. They are
mainly cavalry at the latter place and not
SO well suited for duty, but the infantry
OF that post and also of Fort Spokane
have been ordered to be ready to move
The command from Missoula is at Null
Ian.
Later in the day the Government re-
ceiyed a dispatch from Judge Hepburn,
saying: "No troops have arrived yet.
Carlin did not leave Harrison Landing
until o'clock this morning. The strik ers
took 132 of our unarmed miners TO the
mouth of Fourth of July Canyon, near
Cataldo, last night, and after robbing
them fired on them. We know of at least
two killed. They are preparing to go
through the same performance with 200
more this afternoon. They just start
them, then shoot them down like dogs"
Tho 6alay- in
countable. During the afternoon a mes
sage was received from Inspector-Gen-
eral Curtis Of the State troops, showing
that he was with Colonel Carlin from
Fort sherman, at Cataldo. He said they
would need reinforcements before NOV
ing on the strikers.
The Governor has given General Cur
tbs general orders to protect property,
preserve life, enforce the law and sup
press violence. The details of the move
ments or the troops, etc, has been left en-
tirely with General Curtis.
During the afternoon the Governor held
n conversation by wire with Judge Hey
burn, In Spokane. The latter said, in
substance: 'The strikers have complete
possession Of the district. No reliable
41SNo - ODtttllidDlc lIOll warmer, and
none from any part of the section except
that furnished by the military officers
now in the field. The militia and troops
from Fort sherman are at Cotoldo, seven
teen miles west of Wardner, with Cen
eral Curtis. They viii not move until
reinforcements arrive"
Judge Hepburn gave fuller particulars
Of the massacre in Fourth of July CANYON,
He said that this morning twelve bodies
were picked up in the canyon. They
We're riddled with bullets. number Of
non-unionfsts were wounded, but they
were carried away by their comrades.
To-day 200 more non-union men were
sent out of Wardner on board cars guarded
by members Of the unions, who left the
train when it was a few miles out of
town.
During the afternoon Superintendent
Dickinson of the Northern Pacific sent
the Governor the following message:
TACOMA, Wash, July 9Th
Governor Hluey: Some parties have blown
up our track and bridges. and have our teie-
graph wires IN the vicinity OF Wallace and
Muiian We again demand protection TO our
property ana employees, and that our means
o. communication Ce not intcrtered with:
also, tHGt the lives OF our passengers and en-
ploySS De not JeOlafClZSu. We snail hold the
county ana state responsible for all damage
aad delays Can you not arrange tor guards
OF the Unltet' states troops to guard our prop
erty and trains? w. II. DICKTES0S
Superintendent Northern Pacific Railroad
The Governor replied that everything
possible was being doneto save property
and life.
y dispatch from Wallace says the col
ored troops reached a point two miles
west of Mullan, when they were ordered
back TO NLissoula. Several bridges were
burned west of Mullan TO prevent the
troops from crossing. All is quiet at
Wallace, and no trouble is probable there
to-day. The situation at Wardner is
critical.
SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS,
SPOKANE (Wash.), July BE. S. Kin
ney, book-keeper for the Gem mine, near
Wallace, arrived in Spokane to-day. He
was present ut the old mission when the
mob charged on the non-union refugees.
and saw the whole affair from the window
o. the hotel. Kinney had been ordered
out of the country by the strikers, and
was helping some of his former employees
to reach Spokane. In ali there We're 132
men from the different mines. They had
been entirely disarned, and were waiting
for the boat, which was late.
just at dusk last evening squad of
eight armed men came charging down the
railroad track, yelling and firing rifles
The refugees scattered in different direc-
tions, and ran for the river, mountains
and gulches, their pursuers following
them up, shooting and robbing them.
Most OF the fugitives were driven down
Fourth of July Canyon, but number
made for the brush along the river bank
and swan the river.
When Kinney left it was not known
that two of the non-union men had been
slain-George Robinson, who had been
working in the Frisco mine, and q swede.
name unknown.
The boat started down the river in tba
darkness and was hailed again and araip
by the fugitives who had escaped tho
fury Of the mob and concealed themselves
in the bushes. ''In all we picked mn
eight or ten of these miserable wretcbes ),
said Kinney. 'Some were swimming ir
the water and others had been living in
the bushes. All We're wet, cold and per-
ishing from hunger, fright and exposure.
After swimming the river they had
waited for three hours before the boat
came along. 1t was the most pitiable