The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-13
SOLDIERS ON RESERVE,
Sixty Regulars to Remove Ross
and His Indian Graders.
NEWS FROM THE INDIAN CAMP.
Legal Proceedings to Be Taken After
FOrcible Election of Ross.
NEWS FROM THE INDIAN CAMP.
Suicide OF . Crazy Farm Laborer 1t
spokane-The shinglemen's War OF
Rates Threatens Disruption Of tho
Trust-Native Sons Organize.

taneously at 4p. m. today a company of
United States regulars, under the COM
mand OF Capt. Carpenter, arrived here,
and the committee on public policy of the
Commercial Clue met. The former was
proceeding under the orders of Gen.
Ruger, of the department of the Column
bia, to oust Frank c. Ross and his rail
road graders from the Puyallup Indian
reservation, and the latter was bent on
providing ways and means for the. grad
ing of the road. and the ultimate forming
of q terminal company here, which shall
make provisions for rights-of-way and
terminal facilities for all roads desiring to
enter the city.
Capt. Carpenter aud his sixty men
struck tent over near the reservation
buildings, where detachment from the
same regiment, the Fourteenth, remained
for several months about two years ago,
when Ross threatened to go ahead and
grade the road. AS soon as they set foot
on the reservation, it was proposed that
the soldiers be arrested and enioined from
entering on the property of the citizen
Indians. Another proposition was to
allow the troops to come over where the
grading is going on, and force the graders
OF, thus giving cause for q suit against
them on the part of Ross.
Unless some of the Indians get excited
and angry and lose their heads, there is
little prospect of bloodshed. 1t has been
Mr.. Ross policy to allow the government
to take the lead and drive him off the re-
servation at the point of the bayonet. He
is satisfied that when he gets the matter
into the courts he can establish the rights
OF the citizen Indians to permit the grad
ing of a railroa without the consent of
the government.
For themselves the Indians, as rule, in
fact almost unanimously, do not like the
idea OF the government treating them as
savage, wild and untamed. They desire
to exercise all the rights of citizens, and
throw off all the guardianship cares on the
part Of the government. Still, the only
way to get the matter into the courts was
decided to be the work Of going ahead
with the grade, thus provoking the inter
ference of the department. to be followed
by test case. Some of the Indian work
over during the night and take them by
surprise, and they accordingly slept with
one eye open. There iss Yfot, in all prob
doii4tl OhC HAL uAucE MIS- 1GOSS VINO
would not at his command, or even sug-
gestion. violently resist any attempt on
the part OF the troops to drive them from
the reservation.
The troops under Capt. Carpenter are
equipped i'll field service uniforms. with
forty rounds of 45-7o caliber cartridges in
their Webb belts. The bayonets were car
ried at the belt. They occupied two cars.
Capt. Carpenter was welcomed to the city
by several of those VINO are much inter
ested in seeing the railroad graded through
the reservation, and if they have as fine a
time fishing and hunting as did the de-
tachment that was here two years ago
they will never regret having been ordered
here
In half an hour after ARRIVING at the
agency buildings, the tents were pitched
and sentinels posted. Capt. Carpenter
was besieged with requests of the priva;es
to come to this city and see the sights.
Capt. Carpenter was on duty here during
the Chinese troubles in 1885. He
does not expect to move on Ross until
Monday. He will probably receive orders
after Maj. French reports in cerson to
Gen. Ruger. The Indian band serenaded
the troops at dusk. Lieut. Goodwin. who
had charge of the recruiting station here
and at Seattle recently, is first lieutenant
Of Capt. Carpenters company. The fol-
lowing was sent over by a courier to the
PosT-lNTELLIGENCEg bureau, which show 8
that the graders are happy and facetious: ::
CAMP Ross, King County, May i2-CoI. Frank
c. Ross has fifty men at WORK on his railroad On
the PGyaglup reservation. The men are expect
ing an invasion by United States troops at any
moment and are heavily armed with two Queen
Anne muske.s, a meat aad han1saw and one of
John Scholls tin signs half hour
alter meals is devoted to practice drill,
Gen. G. W. Skykes and Gen. James Coies com.
manding. Two soldiers have been detailed to
carry camp armamen;s. Apolice department is
also organized, one policeman being armed with
tin STAR. circirgle and the end OF baseball
bat washed up by the tide. The boys are in fine
spirits and ready 10 meet the enemy.
Col. Ross had nothing to say, bu. it is
believed his attorneys are preparing pa
pers to serve upon the troops. 1t is under
stood that Judge Burke. of Seattle. is one
OF the counsel retained by Col. Ross.
After comforting with Capt. Carpenter,
Mai. French decided to return 10 Portland
tomorrow morning, as his duties are now
ended.
There is q growing feeling, which is not
warranted by tangible proof, that the
Northern Pacific is back OF the policy TO
keep the reservation closed, and keep
other roads out of Tacoma, just as the
Southern Pacific has kept roads out of its
san Francisco territory. The object of
the proposed terminal company is TO pre-
vent any corporation getting a lead-pipe
cinch on Tacoma.