The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11
SOME WALK, SOME Ride
Few Of the Industrials Are
West of Ellensburg.
ONE COMPANY eu,los A BOAT.
The Crowd at Cle-Elum Takes a Car
and Rolls to Ellensburg.
Ira Krntz, the Democratic Leader. asd
Fifty Eight Other Disturhers OF the
Peace Arrested at North Yakima
Jolly Will Die.

Jolly viii Die.
TACOMA, May la-fSpeciai. NINETY
one Coxeyites captured single goadola
coal car at 12:3o this afternoon at Cie-
Elum. on the Northern Pacific main line.
fifteen miles east of the Cascade tunnel.
The lndusirials guarded every switch. so
that the railroad men were powerless
to interfere. The coal car was quickly
showed to the main line. Sixty Coxcyites
braced their shouid ders against the end and
sides and gave the car tremendous shove.
From Cie-Elum to Eliensburg the track
has an easy down grade, the distance being
twenty-eight miles. At exactly l2;is the
men jumped aboard the car, then in
motion. and started for Eilensburg. The
heavy car rolled along at an easy speed.
reaching Ellenshurg. according to railroad
reports. at 3:os p. M. In the meantime
Superintendent McCabe. at Tacoma. had
ordered all trains near Eilensburg to DO
sidetracked. giving the gondola complete
right-of-way. The car was stopped with
the brakes at Eliensburg, the coxeyites
joining hundred or more of their friends
there. The former had been hanging
about Gle Elum for two or three days.
hobnobbing with the Roslyn coal miners.
The seizure Of the car had been carefully
planned. Less than 100 men now remain
east OF Ellensburg.
Deputy Marshals w. c. Chidester and
Jack jolly. who were shot In the fight mt
Yakima last night. were brought 20 Ta-
coma today. Jolly's wound Is serious. 1t
being through the bowels. He 10 not ex-
pected to live. Chidester il but slightly
hurt, by q ball in the thigh. The marshals
say that the two shots were fired by the
Commonwealers before the marshals used
their guns.
Industrials are resorting to every means
In order TO continue the journey and make
good their promise not to walk. They be-
gan work this morning on . big boat In
which twenty-four propose to so down the
Yakima river, and this evening IL wss
ready to launch. The start will be made
at daylight tomorrow. The lumber was
donated by lumbermen here. The boat 10
fiat bottomed. 6 feet wide by 20 feet long
inside, put together with 40penny spikes.
caulked and pitched, and bracsd with 2x6
pieces. At the stern on high pole floats
a new American flag. donated by Populist
admirers. On the stern II Company G.
Second regiment, Seattle division" On
each side of the bow, in bold letters. II her
ma me, pride Of Eilensburg." The boat
will be stocked with provisions sufficient
to carry the men to the Columbia river.
Men here who ara familiar with the river
say they will have no trouble at the pres.
snt high stage Of water, as the boat IL very
strong. The current at this point 10 now
running nearly seven miles IN hour and
they will simply 60 with 1t. There are
few marshais here. One Common wsaler
is very low with pneumonia
NORTH YAKIMA. May 10.--tSpecial -
Until late this afternoon the day passed
very quietly here. no move being made by
either .wealers" or marshals. Adie
Fitting said early this morning that
"weAiers" would not again attempt TO
catch train, in fact would not make any
move till Friday, but developments late
this evening are rather likely to upset the
calculation. At about s o'clock the en-
tire force Of seventy-seven deputy mar
shais under Minsch, moved quietly out to
" here large body Of ''weaiers" were en-
camped on open grounds, surrounded
them, and then each pian concerned in
the fracas last evening was arrested, the
total number being an even fifty. All
were searched, none Offering resistance,
the Winchesters in the hands Of the depu-
ties probably having quieting effect.
After the arrests were made all were
marched TO the county jail and incsrcer-
ated, while squads OF marshals secured
the town for others. This action created
some little excitement. which redoubled
when IL became known that three
prominent citizens OF the town who were
present at last nights battle had been ar
rested, charged with ineiting riot. while
warrants are out for still Others. Ii il
understood that this action was taken on
the recommendation of Judge Hanford
and his legal advisers. The officers OF the
srmy say there would have bean no trou-
BILE had they not been encouraged by local
sympathizers They would have gotten
peacsably off the train IL they had not
been checred every time they refused. The
citizens who were arrested have all been
released on their own rccognixance. 1t be-
ing understood that they will be taken TO
Seattle for trial.
The citizens already arrested are Ira NJ
Kruiz. an attorney. and formerly register
OF the land office: Nat Yates. an ex-
police officer. J. III. Mec&fferty. ex-city
marshal; Tom Land. saloon keeper; II.
&. Davis, q barber, and y negro bootbiaek.
While some OF those arrested made indfs-
Greet rem arks in the heat OF the excite
msnt, the warrants we're issusd mainly on
rumors. and is 10 extremely doubtful If
there are grounds for action In more than
one or two casss
DIR. Hill. of this city, who attended
Jolly, thinks he has small chance for rc-
covery The direction OF the bullet tndi-
Gates that he Vas shot from the ground or
from between the cars. OF the Industrlais
injured, Nick Weaver, OF Seattle. vas shot
In the neck: McAphes in the ankle, and
Seattle Savage was sho. in the head.
Savage was taken TO she hospital. All are
doing we'll
In last nights fight the deputies bowied
over their l50 opponents ike tenpius. The
Indnstrials made no fight once the throw
ing from the train began. and II was pitt
fui to watch the poor fellows ragged and
helpless, being tossed into the air from
the moving cars and falling upon
shoulders. sides and heads against the
rocky rosdbed and into srrigating bitches.
One man named savage. of Seattle, was
.hot in the head and ruled from the cal
into the waste ditch Of the wafer com
nany. almost - broad ~ river and with
: current stronger than . mill racs AL
Of the sounded msn wsrs taken to the
hospital and cared for by physicisns
Three Of them suffer from gun shots and 4
half dozen from bruises and sprains.
RlrzyfLIx, May " Especial I-As early
a. 4 o'clock Indnstrsals bezan 70 arrivs
from the west. waking LIN small s<rusds