Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-14
BRIDGES ARE DESTROYED
And Wires Cut BY the Insurgents,
Whose Own Escape Is Cut OFF.
BLUECOATS GATHER AT MULLAN.
Dynamite in Position to Blow Up All Mines
When Soldiers Come
WORKMEy WIN ANOTHER VICTORY

has issued proclamation placing Shoshon,
county under martial law. Word has beeI
received that three companies of Fedora
troops from NIissoula have arrived at Mul
Ian. The other troops have not been hear
from. Adjutant General Curtis, who is il
command for the State, and who went t,
Cour d'Alene in advance of the outbreak
has not been heard from to-day, and it il
feared he has fallen into the hands of the
strikers
A dispatch to the Governor from Judge
Hepburn, at Spokane, says the union men
drove 1872 non-uniou miners out yesterday,
firing upon them and killing two. Super.
intendent Dickinson, OF the North Pacific,
telegraphed the Governor from Tacoma
this afternoon that their tracks and bridges
have been destroyed in the vicinity of Null
Ian and Wallace, and that the wires have
been cut.
Another message to the Governor saws
that several non-union men have been
blown up, and that the union men propose
TO fight the troops 10 the death. The Union
Pacific officials have Just received adyices
from Cour d'Alene that the North Pacific
Railroad bridge, together with several hun
dred feet of track, were blown up by strik-
ers west OF Mullan this morning.
Strikers Threaten to Blow Up Mines
The company is preparing to take all
non-union men out of the mines this after
noon to Tekoa. The union men assert that
the moment the troops appear on the scene
they will blow up the Bunker Hill and Sui
livan, Sierra Nevada and Gem mines. The
burning of the bridge near Mullan will hold
the troops there unless they march to Wal
lace and Wardner, which is about ten miles.
1t is now reported that union men have
taken Van Delashnutt, of Portland, Will
lam Sweeney and other mine owners, and
will hold them as hostages until the trouble
is settled. The wires are in bad shape, and
it is almost impossible to get any iniorma-
tion from Wallace. The wires to Wardner
have been cut
A dispatch from Wallace SAYS: The
colored troops bound for the seat of the
miners war reached point two miles west
OF Mullan, when they were ordered back to
Missoula. Several bridges were burned
west of Mullan to prevent the troops from
crossing. All is quiet at Wallace this after
noon, and no trouble is probable at present
1t is feared If the troops come to Wallace
every mine of the Association members will
6e blown up. Efforts are now being made
to hold all troops at Mullan to avoid dis
Rster.
Every Mine Charged With Dynamite.
All mills of the mines where non-union
labor has been employed have been charged
with magaziNt and fuse attached since YES
terdav. AT signal, it is said, all will be
blown up. This, however, it is said will be
done only in the event of the troops arriy-
ing on the scene.
CONSERVATION prevails. A bridge was
blown up to-day at Mullan, and no trains
are running between Wallace and Mulan.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan were to sur
render at 3 O'Clock this afternoon. IF not
surrendered at that time battle was ex-
pected to begin. If surrendered the troops
would be allowed to come in and take DOS
session of the Cour d'Alene country
A special train over the Union Pacific
left Portland, Ore, today at $3.50 A. NJ,
bearing 200 troops of the Fourteenth In
fantry from Vancouver, Wash, for the
Cour d'Alene mines A special train over
the Union Pacific arrived at Pendleton this
morning bearing troops from Idaho. Two
companies have left Fort Sherman for the
scene of the trouble In all about 700
United States troops and militia are on the
way to the mines and were to arrive there
this afternoon and tonight.
Troops Have the Strikers Penned Up,
The strikers will have trouble if they
blow up the mines and plan to escape. as
State and Federal troops now hold practi |
cally all passages Of egress from that re- |
gion.
The union men and owners of Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mines met tonight Presi-
dent O'Brien, of the union, gave his ulti-
matum to the mlEe owners as follows: "All
non-union men must leave the State at
4ha a,snir ,,-,1l L..
attack on Don-union miners commenced /"
The mine owners, to gain time, agreed to
discharge all non-union men within 4S
hours.
A dispatch from Wardner SAYS: Out
wardly here yesterday all was the quiet of
determination and desperation. The strik-
ers had day of uninterrupted victory.
They had only to demand and receive, and
as result they are now in complete pos
session OF the mines and mills of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan and Sierra Nevada Min
ing Companies.
The non-union men have been driven ont
of the country, ana the men rendered des-
perate by the long strike and flushed with
victory, are talking confidently of meeting
the militia and regular troops and fighting
them with rife and dynamite
Forced to Discharge Non-Union Men.
All Yesterday bodies of armed men
gathered OH the hills and in the canons sur.
rounding Wardner. They came down from
Wallace on fat cars and hand cars and
helped themselves to whatever they needed
in the way OF transportation.
They began the days programme bv
marching. several hundred strong, upon the
property of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan.
Superintendent T. NJ. Clement
with the destruction of the entire property
unless he surrendered the works, discharg-
ed his non-anion men and allowed them
their own way. M. Clement had no alter
native. The mill is loaded with dynamite
and can be destroyed upon a minutes
notice The strikers then turned their at
tention TO the property of the Sierra ]
Nevada, with like results.
Armed men hare left town, it is supposed,
to intercept the cavalry sent from Fort / I
Sherman. The excitement here is intense {
Many exaggerated stories ere being cir ]
,ulstcd, it is thought for the purpose of !
erroriz;ng the citizens and concealing the
.eal movement of the strikers.
Governor Wiley will place Shoshene !
county under martial law as soon as the
eral requirements can be completed, the !
roper officials having failed so far to give s
he Governor the notice required by the 7
constitution.