Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-09-24
RIOT AT LEAovILLs.
Threatened Assault Of Striking min.r.
Has Begun.

ihrea'ened Assault Of Striking Minsrs
Has Begun.
Leadville, Sept 22.-At O'CLOCK
This morning, three heavy explosions
aroused the sleepers in the eastern mart
II the city for blocks around the Coro.
nado mine, which is the one that first
resumed operations, and which was
neavlly barricaded, and well stocked
with provisions and arms.
The explosions were followed va
tusllade of rifle shots, apparently from
within the barricade, and rapid but ir.
regular shots from the outside, an.
parently from widely scattered at.
lacking force, who were on hand to
protect the retreat of the dynamiters.
The shooting lasted for ten minutes
and all was silent for about five min.
utes' when desultory firing was re.
newed and kept up until daybreak.
Ten minutes after the first explo.
sion. telephone message from the
Coronado stated that nobody inside the
barricade had been injured.
The telegraph office is watched by
several bands of men grouped in dark
corners and alleys, and this may mean
they propose to prevent any comumni.
cations. The city is in panic of fear.
County and city officials are out look.
ing after the work of the police and
sheritfs. Bullets frequently whistle
over the office from which this message
is being sent.
At O'Clock a fire has broken out
and ls believed to be the oil tanks in.
side the barricade at the Coronado
shafthouse. A telephone message Just
received from the mine says that none
of the defenders have been hurt as yet.
2:l0 A. M.-The sights and sounds
beggar 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 has just marched to.
ward the Coronado under arms.
The whistle which calls out all citi.
zens in case Of emergency has just
sounded, and the streets are full of
rushing men, crying women and chill.
dren.
2:15 A. NJ. Another heavy explo.
sion has just occurred. Five minutes
ago, the Coronado telephone bore the
message that the defenders were too
busy to answer questions.
AS soon as the fire broke out, the fire
department went to the scene and the
flames seem to be dying out, indicating
effective work by the tiremen.
1t is said that a fireman named
O'Keefe, when he started to turn on
water at the fire. was shot. Shots are
till heard at infrequent intervals.
800 A. M.-The first Herald Demo.
rat reporter to return from the fire
tates that besides Fireman O'Keefe
TWO unknown men are dead. He can
not tell as yet how many have been
wounded, and is not sure that this is
the list of dead
$40 A. Mt is now reported that
John Mahoney, who works at the Big
Four, while on his way from the mine,
md near the Emmett mine, was shot
trough the stomach and is believed to
dead. Another man had all his
lothing torn from his body, but es-
,ped with his life.
The miners strike, of which to.
gifts lawlessness is the outcome, be-
three months ago yesterday, when
II o'clock at night the men in two
three of the leading mines walked
J. The union scale of wages in
adville was SO for everybody, but in
%, when the price of silver dropped
ow go cents an ounce an agreement
s made that 50. 80 should be accept.
for some classes of work until sill
should return to SO cents. This
reement the miners afterward de-
rred was unfair, as many OF the
mes paid large dividends 1t was to
force the original scale Of IS that the
sn struck. About 5000 men were
volved. Within the last two weeks
veral mines have resumed work, and
is week the output has been 1900
ms daily, against 1900 tons before
10 strike
A dipsacth from Denver states that
Governor Mcintyre has ordered out the
entire state militia to quell the riot.
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