San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-21
244 San Antonio Texas Monday September 81 1896

went through the air and then a sheet
of flame would appear from the direc-
ton of Sth or 9th streets.
1t was evident that an attempt was
being made to fire the property. In
the east engine house are several tanks
of fuel oil, and the attack concentrated
on this point. There was a sheet of
flame and a sputtering as of blazing
powder; the engine-room was in flames.
A few moments later the clang of fire
engines was heard coming up.
When the hose cart rachel the cor
ner and the hose was being unreeled
and the marshal and his men getting
ready for action, three men appeared
from around the corner and compelled
the firemen with levelled rifles to stop
work. Meanwhile flames grew fiercer
and fiercer and 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, a doz-
en- shots were fired but the men reach
ed the dump in safety and escaped.
Today's bloody battle is be-
lieved to be the last deperate move
of the radical element of strikers to
paying the increased scale of wages
demanded by the union. The militia
was not ordered out by the governor
until he received a request from Sher-
if Newman at o'clock a. m, asking
for strong force. The first brigade
consisting of the first infantry, the
Denver City troop and battery "a" of
the Chaffee Light Artillery were or
dered under arms. The Leadville
companies are already under arms at
the scene of the disturbance and those
of this city and Colorado Springs are
en- route to Leadville in a special train.
Five other companies are held in read
mess.
| Quiet prevails here now and no other
rioting is anticipated. 1t is generally
believed the men who fired the Coro-
nado shafthouse this morning and who
attacked the Emmett mine but were
there repulsed, have fled to the noun
! tains and will be seen here no more.
They are said to be the miners from
| the Couer D'Alene country who were
engaged in the riots there several years
| ago. 1t looks as if the backbone of the
! strike was broken and the outbreak of
monstration of the lawless element.
Five lives, at least, We're sacrificed
! in the fighting and work of destruction
| at the Coronado and Emmett mines
The following is the list of dead and
| injured:
| DEAD: Bert Meyer, Jas Benson
Both were miners employed at Corona
do and were killed by the explosion
They were identified only by means OF
papers found on their bodies.
| DYING: VIM. O'Keefe, foreman OF
Hose company No. 2, shot through the
stomach. ]. Higgins, miner, employed
at Coronado, shot eight times, in the
arms and stomach. John Mahoney,
miner. shot through the stomach.
| INJURED: Frank Telle and Martin
| Scott, Coronado miners. Their inju-
| ries are not believed to be fatal. Ma
| honey. who was shot near the Emmett
mine, claims he was there merely as
| spectator. At least three of the at
lacking party at Emmett were seen to
be hit with bullets, but they were car
| ried away by their comrades. Today
hundreds of miners say they will go to
work at once. They bitterly denounce
1 THESE dllu soy NhCiA eNhiOii
has lost the miners the strike.
The arrival of militia is anxiously
| awaited despite the apparent calm
Local companies have been sent to the
hills and armed citizens are patrolline
| the streets. The city council met to-
day and decided to aid the state officers
! in apprehending the rioters.
| Washington, d. c., Sept. H-Mr
Coffin, acting comptroller of the cur
| rency, received a telegram today from
the presidents of two National banks
in Leadville, Colo, saying: This city
is threatened by an armed mob. A
battle took place last night attended
by fire, destroying valuable property
| and four men were killed. We do not
consider it safe to open the banks I'M
| til order is restored, which we hope
twill be the case tomorrow, as a nation
al guard is expected here this even
| ing"