The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-22

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harms way. Some small groups OF
men ran up the street or lurked In DARK
corners. 1t is said that a policeman
warning whistle was heard just as the
attack began. The
FIRST INDICATION OF DANGER
to the twenty men within was the drop
ping OF q dark object within the encios-
use near the oil tank. There was mo-
ment of spluttering fire and then
terrific defamation. 1t was weapon
which the miners know well and how
TO ese-a stick of giant powder. Another
stick followed the first, then thlro,
and with these a fusilade OF small arms.
Nolley after volley was poured INTO the
enclosure from two sides. The hlgn
outer fence and the entire barricade,
however. was evidently designed wisely,
for no ore within was injured there.
The giant powder soon ignited the WOOD
work. broke the pipe which conveyed
the crude fuel oil from the reservoirs
to the battery of boilers, and the OIL
igniting, great sheets of flame quickly
Illuminated the scene. There, AMIDST
a rain of bullets and giant powder, with
the immediate danger Of exploding OH
tank and steam boilers, the twenty men
fought as only men under such condl-
items could fight. From within the en-
CINE house and from the high vantage
point at the top of The cribhing sur
rounding the shaft
THEY BLAzED AWAY
at the attacking party. For fully a nan
hour the shooting continued until Lao
O'clock. when the flames at the engine
house spread so rapidly that the de-
tending party had to take refuge IN
tunnel under the cribbing, where they
made q last stand for defense, believing
that their assailants would enter the
enclosure to shoot them down Ihey
were caught like rats in trap. II
was certain death to remain, for fire
would consume them If they were not
murdered by the enemy. There was
only one alternative, and they took IT,
Some made a rush, leaping the fence,
others took the trestle across Orange
street, running the gauntlet Of gall
ing fire to the dump, where they made
their escape. The explosion OF giant
powder and the rattle of small arms
aroused the whole city and the glare
% the flames brought the fire depart
n,ent prompt, to the scene. One line
OF hose was laid, and gallant Jerry
O'Keefe, foreman of Hose company No
9 seized the nozzle. He stood on the
corner of Seventh and Orange streets,
and the stream had just begun to come
when bullet fired from behind sent
O'Keefe to the earth, bleeding from
mortal wound. It was a shot aimed by
destardly and cowardly hand, to
ASSASSINATE A BRAVE MAN
in the discharge of his duty. Armed
men were hidden in various places
about the Coronado shaft, and prevent
ed the foreman from working. The
hose cart, with Fire Marshal E. V. Ro-
der and one fireman, drove along Orange
4. ~ IN
started to reel off the hose. They had
gotten the line almost slid when three
men leRped from behind the house at
the northeast corner of the alley. Drop
that hose" was the command, and three
revolvers, glittering in the red glare of
fire, were raised and ieveled at the
marshal and his men.
81 would stay. by Cd. but do not
want to be shot down in cold blood.
said one Of the firemen as he dropped
the hose, and all three were compelled
to retire to the corner of the cribbing
on the west side OF the alley. The i'm
mense fuel oil tank was now mass of
flames. Great clouds of smoke rose
heavenward. Already the houses in the
vicinity were beginning to cracl1le and
blaze. AT this moment an armed force
appeared on the scene. From the ci-
rection of Harrison avenue rushed the
ness men, merchants, lawyers and 9TH
eye.
EACH ARMED WITH A WINCHES-
TER.
ready to protect life and property
Then commenced the battle with the
flames. There were plenty of willing
hands to move the hose now, and the
department could work without him
drance The attacking party disap-
peared. But while the Coronado was
the scene of great excitement, the 80
men at the Ememt mine were not for
getting their danger.
About 2:3O o'clock the sound of mus
kerry was heard in the direction Of
the Emmett mine, and soon the thunder
Of discharged giant powder followed.
The fight made by them was SO terrific
that the assailants soon were glad to
retire. The only damage done at the
Emmett was the destruction of a. small
fence enclosing the property.
That several were wounded is GER
tain. and after dark tonight the dead
body of Mike Dougherty was found
nearby and taken to the undertakers.
This makes
A DEATH ROLL OF FIVE
OF the attacking party.
The Coronado shaft is the only evil
dence of the terrific struggle made
Just before dawn. The immense ma
chinery of boilers, steam engines, fans
and powerful hoist are a mass of tang
led ruins, pipe and twisted iron lying
over the massive machinery in tangled
confusion. The tall gallows frame and
the temporary barr7cade about the top
of the high cribbing are practically in
tact The Coronado property is but
seven blocks from Harrison avenue, and
is surrounded by small residences. |
Three of these were totally DESTROYED. /
at a loss of $4,000. The firemen and
citizens worked until the sun rose over
Breeze Hill before
THE FLAMES WE'RE STAYED.
The band Of dynamiters had not over
looked the Maid of Erin It was doomed
to destruction, but the presence Of
mind Of Sam McCummings saved it. !
During the fight Of the early morning, |
some one sci the shaft house afire Sam
discovered 1t and extinguished the
flames before any serious damage was
done. An investigation showed that |
there was sufficient giant powder be- |
meath the floor to have blown the build !
ing TO atoms.
MIDNIGHT.
Some uneasiness exists over the de |
lay CT the special train from Denver /
with the ulnr1t6al amid araHlDery. The
sEaLrl WAS reported ait Granite, eighteen
miles below, over two hDUrS ago. One
of the citizens under arms reports that
he mas seen a number of men on horse
back riding swiftly out of town to-
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