New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-16
MINERS BLOUING Up BRIDGES.
MORE VIOLENCE REPORTED FROM THE COEUR
DALENE COUNTRY SITS TO BE
MADE TO-DAY

Wallace. Idaho. .July 1.-Two railroad bridges
near Mullan were blown up last night and with
them several telegraph poles TIE strikers also cut
down number Of poles thus shutting of
communication by that route for time. The
Gem and Grnnte Mines all right. The rnmor
that the Granite Mine had been blown up prob
ably started from the report of the explosion when
the bridges were destroyed The military in
veStmcnt of nll the towns IL complete. No one
Is allowed td 90 ont without pass. II is probable
that many Of the union miners will be arrested
Tomorrow.
All sort. ~ stories arr being told about the re-
ported rnas.acr, at Old Mission. reporter from
cno,ano who arrived here last night. says he
me through the Fourth Of July canyon and saw
two men with their intcstincs cut out, hanging to
tlrc He SAYS nc thinks several others were
hanged in another ravinc. Trustworthy inior-
nation i difficult, 10 obtain.
Spokane. Wash, July ia correspondent OF
"The Rcyiowr wns warned by strikers 10 leave
Wancc This evening. He was offered protection
by Captain Budd. in command there, but, after
consulting with friends, GccIficl it was best ="
leave.
Foreman Monaghan. Of the Gem Mine. who was
r.norted elan in ight near Old Mission, has turned
up al right He ran for his life and plunged into
the river ard -yvnm After lying out in the bushes
for two days he made his way 70 Occur dAlene
City.
Portland. Ore July 1.-THE following order
was received at the headquarters of the tnloh
Pacific 10 day from the Provost-Marshal at Wal
lace. Idaho: You ar, hereby directed not u
.cll tickets or transport passengers through the
county of Shu,honc to-day This order has no
crcct ON carving of United States mails and cN-
press. and passengers under military passes
Observation-Disclosures Olricn of the Union
Pacific. teegraphcd as follows: Special train
iust ordered ly Superintendent Clement of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine from Ickoa II
Wardncr for the purpose, it is thought, OF tax
jns non-union men back into the mine. The men
have been at Tckoa Mine since leaving Warlncr
San Francisco. July i5-J. J. lIanlmon, prcs-
dent Of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining
Co.. who Is now in this city. said ySterday that
lie had received tclegrams stating that everything
was quiet to-day in the Occur dAlene dlstr't'
Hammond said the directors Of the company hah
70. vet decided what course To- take regarding
the working Of the mines. The company had
gone 10 proat expense in erecting the mill and
making other improvements. and the shutdown
WAS much 10 their disadvantage. g. r. Smith.
who was sent 10 this city by the Executive
Committee Of the Wallace Miners Union. TO pre-
vent the importation into the region OF non
union men. said that while the origin Of the
present trouble could he indirectly traced to
demand for an increase of wages which was un-
successful last year. the direct cause OF the
trouble was the revolt Of the men against a
hospital tax Of 81 month. levied by the com
many. and which the miners said was not pro-
ductive Of assistance TO them when needed
The unions built hospital at Wallace. ana
agreed that the dollar month. instead Of heinz
bospital The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Com
pany refused to recognize the Justice Of this rule,
and the strike resulted in favor OF the strikers.
Smith says that the reduction Of wages thch
f,llnwcl