The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-22
RIOT AT LE1DTILLE.

Strikers Make an Attack Upon the Mines
 Dynamite and BulIets-A Concerted As
 sault Made-StronG Force Guards the
 Coronado Behind BarrlcadeH-Tho Gov
 ernor Calls Out the Entire Militia Force
 of tho State-Troops Hurry to the Scene
 from Denver
 Leadville, Sept 21.-Driven to des- peration by starvation, Leadvllle's lock- ed out miners, who have been threaten ing the peace for two months. attacked the Coronado mine with dynamite and guns at 1 o'clock this morning, arous- ing the city and throwing it's inhabi- tants into a panic,
 Heavy explosions aroused sleepers in the eastern part of the city at the hour named. The mine was heavily guarded by. special police behind stout barricades.
 The explosions were followed by many rifle shots in the vicinity of the barricades surrounding the mines, which are thought to have been fired by an attacking force to cover the re- treat of dynamiters in an attempt upon the works.
 The shooting lasted about ten min utes and was followed by scattered fir ing.
 A telephone message received from the mine after the first explosions said that nobody inside the barricades had been hurt. After receiving this mes- sage communication with the mine was interrupted and was not restored up to o'clock.
 Another explosion, presumably dyna- mite, was heard after the break occur red in the telephone connection, which was followed by bright blaze in the vicinity of the mine.
 The fire department and the local mi litia companies were hastily called out and hurried to the assistance of the be- sieged miners. They found the works at the mine in a blaze and when they attempted to turn on the water to fight the flames they were ordered to desist by the attacking party Finally they succeeded in making connection with other hydrants and getting stream on the flames.
 Hardly had this occurred when a series of explosions was heard in the direction of the Emmett and Marion mines, and 1t is supposed that an at tack had been made upon these work ings.
 A later report from the Coronado mine was that Fireman OKeefe had been fatally shot while. attempting to turn on the water, and that two un- known men were dead.
 Many rumors were rife this morning one being that every building at the Coronado had been burned. Anoth- CT was that John Mahoney, who work ed at the Big Four, while on his way from the mine and near the Emmett mine, was shot in the stomach and kill ed. Another man had all his clothing torn from his body, but escaped with his life. 35
 The miners were organized recently by the Western Federation of Miners, and almost every mine worker was in the union when the demands were made The miners ask three dollars q day for all classes of workmen, includ- ing surface and underground men, The employers declared, at the begin- ming of the trouble, that they were willing to continue paying the wages which had prevailed in Leadville to that time Uuder that scale surface workers received only $250, and prac- tically the only change the union pro- poses is the advance of the wages of this class of men to three dollars. ,t,n box xa raf tn 1ic- ten to any proposition from the em ployes They insist that the governor, the courts and the newspapers are with the miners, and that 1t would be inn possible for them to manage their own property if they made any concessions
 The courts say they are powerless unless the sheriff brings offenders with in their jurisdiction. The mine owners explain that the sheriff holds the key to the situation and is in league with 1 the strikers
 Entire Militia Force of the State Or
 dered Out. l Denver, Sept. 21.-At the request of | Sheriff Newman of Leadville Govern or McIntire at 2:3O o'clock this morn | ing ordered out the entire militia force of the state to quell the riot in Lead 1 vile.
 The troops from this city two infant ry companies and battery, will reach Leadville by noon.
 The companies of militia ordered out this morning were: Denver City troop, Captain Parkhill; Chafee Light Ar tillery, Major Kincaid; Company B, First Infantry, Captain Gill; Company E, First Infantry, Captain Lock; Com pany K, First Infantry, Captain Hein- | ig; Company B, Second Infantry, Pue- bio; Company C, Captain Barnum; | Company F, Leadville, Captain God dard; Company F, Leadville, Captain Lasell; Company G, Leadville, Captain |