Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-19
was on the ground and order restored
The strike collapsed in week.

THE CoEUR D'ALENE WAR.
The Occur d'Alene war ragged during
July, 1892. The falling price of silver
cut into the profits of the miners and
various plans were adopted to saddle
some of the loss on the miners. Dur
ing the winter the mines were closed,
the reason given being that high rail-
road rates rendered the mines unproli.
table. Early in April the mine owners
agreed to start up If the miners would
accept SO per day instead Of $3.50. The
offer was rejected by the Miners
union. Matters drifted along until the
owners began shipping In nonunion
miners at wages in excess Of what the
union demanded. The destruction of
the union was thus made manifest and
the members determined to resist to
the death. On the 18th of July the
union men swooped down on the town
of Gem and had brush with the non
union men. Six persons were killed
and seven wounded. A box carloaded
with $50 pounds of giant powder was
ignited and sent down the incline to
the Frisco mine, exploding and wreck
ing the main shaft. The surrender OF
the nonunion men, sixty in number
followed. A detachment of the Idaho
National guard was also captured and
held prisoners in the miners hall.
Federal troops were then ordered to
the scene and 800 of them were then
distributed among the mining towns.
The miners surrendered, several lead
ers were prosecuted and imprisoned,
and the pugnacious union broken up.
The victory over the union was TEN.
porary. Recent dispatches announce
that the organization is again in the
ascendant, having driven the last non
union man out Of the country.
No strike Of Importance occurred
last year. Although wage reductions
was universal, workmen realized that
resistance during depressed times
would be futile, and quietly submitted
to the inevitable.
| THIS YEAR A HUMMER.
The fret six and q half months Of
the present year easily distance the
record of any previous year in the
strike history Of the United States.
Beginning with the strike of the A. II.
U. on the Great Northern system, re.
sulting in a victory for the men, fol-
lowed by the walk-out of the coal
miners, and later by the Pullman boy
colt, the entire northern section of the
country from ocean to ocean has been
affected. The Great Northern strike
lasted two weeks, during which the
road was effectually blocked. Arbi-
tration was invoked and satisfac.
tory settlement resulted. The great
strike of bituminous coal miners, in
augurated in April, extended over
fourteen states and two territories,
and involved directly 10000 men. The
object of the strikers was to bring
about uniform rate of rs cents ton
for mining throughout the country.
The strike lasted nine weeks and re-
suited in compromise, by which the
miners gained substantial increase.
Rioting and general spirit of lawless.
ness was manifested, requiring the
calling out of troops in Pennsylvania,
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The contest was especially desperate
in the Cripple Creek district Of Colo
RADIO. The mines there, under the lead
of an ex-West Pointer, fortified Bull
Hill, position commanding all APP
proaches to the mines. The sheriff of
Ell Paso county, failing to secure mill
tary aid to dislodge the strikers, swore
in large number of deputies and
moved cautiously ON the enemys
works. A bloody conflict seemed in
evitable. The governor ordered troops
to the front and by mastery
maneuver threw them between the
ombatants. Neither deputies nor
miners were permitted to test their
ammunition. Meanwhile truce was
established and settlement effected.
Troops and deputies then marched
down the hill and peace given chance
to prospect.
The immediate cause of the Pull
man boycott dates back to May 5th,
when the carpenters employed by the
Pullman company met at Kensington,
ILL.,, and advocated strike for the 1893
scale of wages. On May 9th Mr.. Pull
man received a delegation of his work
men and informed them it was i'm
possible to raise wages. Two days
later 1000 or more of the men at the
Pullman shops decided to strike.
Previous to the walkout Vice Presi-
dent Howard of the A. II. u. assured
the men of the orders support. This
support took substantial form on the
10th, when an assessment was levied
for their maintenance. On May 20 the
strikers announced their readiness to
arbiGrate, but Mr.. Pullman refused to
treat with them except as individuals.