The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-22
TERROR At LEADVILLE
Striking Miners Use the Torch
and Bullet.
DYNAMITE ALSO BROUGHT IN USE.

| O1NAuiIE aLSO DhOtuhi Nv toL.
| The Coronado aud Emmett Mines In
| which Non-Union Men Were Working
| Attacked by "a Fierce Mob-The Former
| Plant Consumed Above the Ground -
| Fire Fighters Attacked and One Killed
| A Night OF Terror aud apprehension.
Leadville, Colo, Sept. 22.-The bloody
| phase Of the great miners strike has
come. Three men are known to be
dead and two others dying, the Coro-
nado shaft house and machinery are in
ashes and four innocent householders
are homeless as the result of an at
| tack by parties as yet unknown upon
| the Coronado and Emmett mines in the
| dark hours of the early morning. The
| following Is a list of the casualties:
Unknown man, taken to 6l2 East
Eighth street. dead. blown to pieces by
| dynamite, John Mahoney. miner at the
| Big Four, shot in the stomach, died in
| the arms of his companions; Jerry
| O'<eefe. foreman of hose No. ., was
turning on the water when a bullet
| entered his side, he is mortally wound
| ed and dying in "a hospital; an un-
known man was mortally wounded by
| dynamite. one of the men who
| brought the report had his clothes
| nearly all torn off but was not seri-
ously hurt.
| Attack on the Coronado.
The first attack was made upon the
| Coronado. which is in the city, being
| only half dozen blocks from the post
| office. and surrounded by residences.
| The Coronado shaft house was built
| on a large embankment inclosed by
| logs and the machinery is fifty feet
above the street level \ heavy plank
| bsrrcade was erected around the ma
| chinery and shaft house when the
| mine resumed operations last month,
| and the house was we'll stocked with
| provisions, Wnchesters and ammuni-
| ton. 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 Monday morning, when
| few bullets struck the barricade and
the men ON guard prepared for ac-
| tion.
Judging from the sounds of the fight
ing. the attack came from the east.
| There was no confusion. no crowd on
the street The first intimation which
those downtown received of the
trouble was number of shots. The
shots came scattered at first, then fast
er and faster. An the streets west OF
| the Coronado were deserted. with the
exception of three or four persons at
traCted by the shooting. Suddenly,
after twenty five minutes of firing, a
sheet of flames burst out followed by
terrible drtonation. The attacking
party was using dynamite.
Attempt to Fire Property.
The firing then seemed To slacken up
| slightly. occasionally a bullet whis-
tied through the air and then sheet
of flame shot up. 1t was 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 a sheet of flame and a sputtering
as though Of blazing powder. The en-
| gine room was i'm flames. few mo-
ments later and the clang of the fire
engines was heard coming up the
| street But it was not for them to save
the Coronado. 1t was marked for de-
struction and armed men held the fire.
men at bay
ner the hose was being unreeled and
the marshal and his men were getting
ready for action, when three men APP
peared from around the corner and.
with leveled rifles. compelled the fire.
men TO stop work. Meanwhile the
flames grew fiercer and hercer. The
men in the shaft house were finally
driven from their fort but fought to
the last As they ran over the high
trestle work dozen shot We're fired
but the men reached the dump in safe
ty and escaped.
Armed Citizens Appear.
| BY this time large crowd had gath
| cred hundreds ready to assist but held
at bay by the rioters and hrebugs. who
were concealed near the building. But
presently, as the sheets of flame rolled
over the buildings, il was apparent that
| unless there was timely action the
buildings i'm the vicinity were doomed.
The firemen rallied. for by this time
there were hundreds of citizens armed
with rifles. appeared and guarded the
fire department and volunteers. All
attention. was was devoted To saving
the houses In the vicinity, but in spite
of every effort four dwellings on East
Eighth street were destroyed. At $3.50
a. IN. an attack was made on the En-
nett mine. There were over 100 shots
fired. but a telephone message from the
mine states that the attack was re-
pulsed and that no lives are known to
have been lost ana no damage to prop
erty resulted.
The strike began on June ~ and
entered upon it's fourth month Mon
day. 1t has paralyzed business. caused
hunger and suffering I'm hundreds of
families. and has cut down the mineral
output Of the camp more than one-half
An Quiet ut Present.
At 10 o'clock Monday morning all
was auiet. No new outrages have been
. reported II is charged that the law
lessness of the night was due To mob
OF strikers, principally from the Occur
D'Alene country. who have long been
breeding trouble i'm Leadville, and who
seeing that the strike was nearing Al
end. were determined To make a final
stroke This assertion Is largely made
by the peaceful miners of the camp
Early sunday night there was every
evidence that the strike was broken
Many miners had announced their In
tention of going To work Monday morn
ing. After being repulsed at the EN-
NETT mine the mob. which numbered
not over fifty persons. fled the towr
and are hiding i'm the hills. Hundreds
of miners say that they will go to worl
at once 'rhey bitterly denounce th'
extremists, and say their acion has los
: the miners the strike.