The Saint Paul globe., 1896-09-21
FOLLOWED BY DEFERMINED A,rs
TACK ON THE NINE
WORKS.
HOT FUSILLADE or BULLETS
RIOTERS IN POSSESSION OFF TuR
STREETS AND TELEGRAPH
OFFICES.
THE MILITIA CALLED TO ARMS
Whole City i'm state of Terror
Over the Midnight Out
break.

a.
"A perfect fusillade OF musketry be-
gan, apparently in the locality Of the
Colorado mine, at / o'clock, within q
dozen blocks of the court house. Re-
porters are investigating. Several hum
dred shots have been fired
The strike has been In progress for
three months, and trouble has been
looked for for the past two weeks.
The state troops have been held IN
readiness for a call to arms ever since
the strike began.
LEADVILLE, Col, Sept. 21.-At !
o'clock this morning three heavy ex.
plosions aroused sleepers in the east
ern part of the city for blocks around
the Coronado mine, which is the one
which first resumed operations and
which was heavily barricaded and well
stocked with provisions and arms.
The explosions were followed by a
fusillade Of rifle shots, apparently from
within the barricades, and rapid, but
irregular shots from outside, appa-
ing force, who were on hand to pro-
tect the retreat of the dynamiters. The
shooting lasted for ten minutes, and
all was silent for five minutes, when
desultory firing was renewed, and has
been kept up ever since.
At this writing Q:50 a. m) another
explosion was heard, sounding like dy-
Mantle. Ten minutes after the first
explosion a telephone message from
the Coronado stated that nobody inside
the barr!cade had been hurt Since
then it has been impossible to reach
the Coronado by telephone. The Her
ald-Democrat is now being watched by
several bands of men, grouped in dark
corners and alleys. and this may mean
that they propose to prevent any COM
the watchers not knowing that the Her
ald-Democrat has the Associated Press
leased wire and long distance tele-
phone.
The city is in panic of fear Coun-
ty and city officials are out looking
after the work of police and sheriff.
Bullets frequently whiz over the Her
ald-Democrat office, and altogether the
situation is warlike.
:55 a. ma bright blaze has just
broken out at the Coronado mine in the
immediate Vicinity and shots are still.
exchanged.
The local militia companies have
been called out and are now at their
arn1ories getting ready for instant ac-
tion. All the whistles in town are blow
ing.
a. m.-The fire is believed to be
the oil tank inside the barricade at
the Coronado shaft house. A tele-
phone message just received from the
mine say that none OF the defenders
have been hurt as yet.
2:15 a. m.-The sights and sounds beg
gar description. All the whistles in
the city are blowing and two or three
steam sirens add discord to the dark
nights alarming chorus. The sharp
cracks of rifles punctuate the footing at
irregular intervals
Citizens have gone to the scene with
whatever arms they can gather, and
militia company quartered across the
street has just marched toward the
Coronado under arms. The whistle
which calls out all citizens in a case
of emergency has just sounded and
the streets are full of rushing men,
crying women and children.
2:1S a. m.-Another heavy explosion
has just occurred. Five minutes ago
the Coronado telephone bore the mes
sage that the defenders were too busy
to answer questions.
2.20 a. MAS soon as the fire broke
out, the fire department. went to the
scene and the flames are now dying
down, indicating effective work by the
fremen. The shots are growing less
frequent, and it seems probable that
something definite from the battle field
may soon be obtained.