The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-09-18
NEARLY TEN THOUSAND MEN HAVE
GONE OUT AROUND HAEELTON'
Alarming RumOPs of the Ear'
Morning. Brought No serious
Disturbance.

enres that the removal oil the tfooP' ~
any portion OF them has not oeeh eon
templated.
The strike itself is spreading win
great rapidity. Exact estimates oil Inc
number of men who have quit work are
hard to obtain, but conservative hguies
place it close to 10000, with indications
that in u short time every eolllery oil
Importance in the region will be idle N
though some disposition has been shown
by small bodies OF strikers in the outly
ing districts to make demonstrations
they have been OF rather feeble char
acter and the great majority OF the men
are docile.
Several hundred miners from Buck
mountain marched on the Eekley mines
and brought out the men there. te"
OF the men who showed a disposition To
continue work were roughly handled
and the mine superintendent, fearing
trouble, wired to General Gobln fof
troops. He also sent word 10 Drtfton,
and 10 deputies from that place and Roam
Junction, nearby, were sent over. They
kept themselves under cover at Eckley,
however, awaiting developments Noth
ing further happened. Meanwhile the
cavalry troops were sent by General 20
bin, and had wearisoms march over
the mountains only to find everything At
Eckley peaceful.
Ia 49, ~ hi
another annoying story came to brigade
headquarters by telephone. 1t was to the
effect that Il gang OF miners from Drit
ton had marched On eolllrry No, At
Jeddo, With the expressed intention Ut
bringing the Hien out Upon reaching
the colliery John Markls, the .upcrinten
dent, met them, and after a conference
with the men at the mines, succerded IN
turning them OF without trouble. This
was the only incident VI the day which
partOok of the nature VI drmon.tra
ton.
MeeIIRk of strikers.
At Latimer a largely attended and lie
eislvc meeting oi striker, was held 20
receive the answer Ol tho company ~
their demands With a large body Of
strikers gathered in the open space be-
fore the company, store Superintendent
Blake came to the door and gave them
their answer.
II was short and to the point, and IL
was met with action equally A, decsivs
The demand, had been formulated a. iol
lows:
We desire and wish the privilege Of
buying our provisions where We think
proper, instead of bring forced IL buy
at the eompany's store, We want a ~ per
cent advance on all classes u labor. ~
demand the dismissal IT all parties who
took part on last Friday, September 10.
in the shooting ARRAY. We demand that
all classes Of labor be paid the sans ior
rock "a for coal on idle days, We demand
that no man shall BE- discharged fur act
ing on this committee"
The ComPaRy's Answer.
The company's answer 10 tht4 wa
First, that the men are not and never
have been obliged To buy evcluuysly a.
the company store, secondly. that the
advance would not be granted b.S.anar
the company was paying the average rate
Of the region. third the company ab-n
lately refused. without assigning anv
reason, to discharge anyb"ly Who par
ticipatsd in the shooting fourth. that
the men suspended on idle day. have
the privilege Of taking some other Der
sons place, thus making good the differ
ence in the rate between rock and rnal
work and fifth. that no man shall be-
discharged for acting on tho committee
Superintendent Blake made sp.,,al
speech to the men, urging them To return
to work, arguing that they could gain
nothing by remaining idle. What Do
you say" he concluded will you come
barkf"
There was moments buzz and
chorus Of Mo- vus the reply
The superintendent attempted no fur
Their persuasion and the men dispersed
The mountain journey Of the cavalry
to Eckley, although agreeably disappoint.
ed Of its purpose, had a Salutary effect IN
that 1t deeply impressed the miners with
the extent OF the military power.
At Drifton the officers visited the main
office Of the Erie company. and supsr,n.
tendent smith told them Of the attempt
ed raid OF the Eckley miners yesterday
lie said the only violence was a threat
by the marchers TO throw one worker
who declined TO go out into the brsake,
chute. He, "a well "a the other men at
the mine, promptly quit work.
No Additional Deaths,
There we're no additional deaths here
yesterday. Four or FIVE men who bav.
been lowering between life and death ever
since the shooting. were unchanged Inn,
all OF the others we're doing VOL and
many already have been DISCHARGED from,
the hospital. The funeral Of Jacob Ton,
ashontas, the lad who was shot through
the head and fingered until Sunday a,
CURED at McAdoo. It was attended hv
one Of the largest gatherings since ,bo
outbreak OF the trouble. There WA M
denomination and the service passed Of
quietly.
Guards are still being placed around
the houses 81 several Of the mine anna,
intendents, and during the day a sheriff,
deputy was seen about the streets guard
ed by two soldiers.
Restrained by PTIss,s.
The Audenried miners refused IN 20
turn 10 work. The Slocktnr ,,,.,. -,