New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-23
One Result Of the Attack on the
Coronado and Emmett
Mines.
The Violent OF outbreak Will Prob
ably Put an End to the
Strike
Which Has Lasted Four Months
and Has Paral wed Business g
at Leadville

bloody phase Of the great strike has
come. Three men are known to be-
dead and others are dying. The Coro-
nado shaft house is in ashes and four
innocent householder are homeless as
the result Of an attack by parties as yet,
unknown upon the Coronado and Em-:
NETT mines in the dark hours Of the
early morning. It. Il
{ The first attack was made upon the
Coronado, which is in the city, being
only half q dozen blocks from the post
Office and surrounded by residences:
The Coronado shaft house was built on
q large embankment enclosed by logs
and the machinery is 40 feet above the
street level. A heavy plank barricade
was erected around the machinery and
shaft house when the mine resumed
operations last month and the house
was well stocked with provisions,
Winchesters and ammunition. Beyond,
assaults on workingmen seen coming
from the mine at divers times, no overt.
acts of violence had been attempted
against this mine, until at o'clock q.
m. few I. tszs ~. =3, rs. <
Bullets Struck the Barricade
and the men on guard prepared for &C
ton. It was night attack upon the
property. Judging from the sounds of
the fighting, it came from the east.
There was no confusion, no crowd on
the street. The first intimation which
those down town received of. the trouble
was number of shots. The shots came
scattered at first, then faster and faster
All the streets west Of the Coronado
were deserted, with the exception Of
three or four persons attracted by the
shooting. Suddenly, after S5 minutes
Of firing, sheet of flame burst out, fol-
lowed by a terrible defamation, the at
lacking party using dynamite. The
firing then seemed to slack up slightly.
Occasionally bullet went through the
air, and then a sheet of flame from
Eighth or Ninth streets. TWAS evident
that an attempt was being made to fire
the property. East of the engine house
are several tanks of fuel oil, and the
attack was concentrated on this point.
There was sheet of flame, and sput-
tering as though Of blazing powder.
The engine room was in flames. A few
moments later and the clang of the fire
engines was heard coming up the street.
But it was not for them to save the
Coronado. It was marked for destruc-
ton and .N,z -. 80,
Armed Men Held the Firemen at Bay. i.
When the hose cart reached the cor
ner, the hose was being unreeled and
the marshal and his men were getting
ready for action when three men ap-
peared, from around the corner and
compelled the firemen, with threats, to
stop work. The men in the shaft house
were finally driven from the fort, but
fought to the last. AS they ran over
the high trestle work a dozen shots
were fred, but the men reached the
dump in safety and escaped.
By this time large crowd had gath
cred, hundreds ready to assist, but held
at bay by the rioters and frebugs, who
were concealed near the building. But
presently, as the sheets of fame rolled
over the buildings, it was apparent tnat
unless there was timely action, the
buildings in the vicinity were doomed.
The firemen rallied, for by this time
hundreds of citizens armed with rifles
appeared and guarded the fire DEPART
ment and volunteers. All attention
was devoted to saving the houses in the
vicinity, but in spite of every effort
four dwellings on East Eighth street
were destroyed
The Loss of Life. ~ ..s.q
But more terrible even than the holo-
caust of flames was the loss Of life.
Jerry O'Keefe, foreman Of Hose No.
3, was turning on the water when a
bullet entered his side. He is mortally
wounded and dying in the hospital.
An unknown man was taken to 612
East Eighth street, blown to pieces by
dynamite. -
Another unknown man was mortally
wounded by dynamite. s.<..
John Mahoney, miner at the Big
-Four, who was near the Emmett, was:
shot in the stomach. He died in the
arms of his companions.
One of the. men who brought the re-
port had his clothes nearly all torn off,
put was not Seriously hurt.
AT 3 80 a: m. an attack was made on
the Emmett There were \ over 100
shots fred, but telephone message
from the mine states that the attack
was repulsed and that no lives are