The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-07
THE PASSING THR0NG

company with SIX others. from whatcom
and AnacortsS.
Gaming from tcur;ssn-naiie post. now
known SIS Traa City" said Mr. Lung. we
passed t9rty-flye mine-s going IN loaded
with supplies FOR nearly = month. They
camped near the Twin lakes. bat on ac-
count OF SIX inches OF snow were obliged
20 come out Or wait two or three days
fer TIE snow % 60 away. Seventy werS
caupe6 az Trail City. waiting for fairsr
ws9thsr. The most % our party went in
mostly our OF curiosity, but after seeing
the samples OF quartz coming from Lam
be-L's claim We all came away confident
OF further results Of Importance later oIi.
The tran has now and then q muddy
spot, but on the WHO'LL il IS first rate, ard
for most Of the way II IS 3 dry eow path.
After reaching Loops TIM thirty miles
from Whatcon. the tran follows the lett
bank OF the No0Asack river, for four miles,
and then crosses 20 the right bank, and az
ter gong four miles further you cross Gls-
eier creek a stream almost as large as the
Nocksack. Here the Cascade state trail
commences. and on thu left-hand side %
the tran are cedar pests about four inches
square and four feet high, marking the
miles In Roman numerals cut n the wood.
These run as Tar as twenty miles. Some
OK them have been knocked down or rottei
away, as the tran was built four years
creek passes through stretch % barren.
rock hillside, where the timber was burn
ed OF by FIRE some eight or ten years
ago. Near the fve-mlis post the trail
crosses tho river again over the Pony
bridge, built BY Mr.. Lambert and others,
and which has been spoken OF before. a
large log has been hewn fat on the top
the creek, and this is used as
foundation for bridge. with hand
rails on both sides. which horses cross.
The timber along the river Is OF good
quality. Three tmhers near the ferry,
four miles from Loops ferry, were lying
hewn from the trees where they fell. I
was told that they were 80 feet long.
Two OF the sticks were i6x22 inches, and
the smaller one for the center stringer of
the Pony bridge, the trail has some bad
places along the hillside and some steep
places 10 climb, both going and coming.
After you get ten miles you travel IN O
rich. sandy river bottom Trail City Is
close TO the river and townsites have been
located on opposite sides, and parties are
already contesting their prioritles as TO
claims for townsites. The frames OF sew
eral houses are already well under con-
stFuction.
From fourteen-mile post the branch
trail leads north 20 the Lambert claim
via Twin lakes. Union City and Mineral
City. r. f. Nedro and CLAUDIA Vassar. OF
Anacortes. have claims near the head of
Swamp creek and have sent samples of
ore TO Seattle 10 be assayed. They are
very enthusiastic and think they have a
paying claim. Joe Rudderham. veteran
prospector. of Seattle, has a location in
q gulch near Nedroe and Vassar. and says
II Is all right. He says Swamp creek
abounds with fine specimens. Joe Scrim-
sher and Hans Peterson. OF Whatcom, are
prospecting about the headwaters Of
Swamp creek and the lakes. They have
made some good strikes and located each
a claim. Many parties from Whatcom
have returned and taken in supplies Of
clothing and provisions TO last month or
more.
THE prospects are fair for many to go
IN the early spring, as the general impress
sion of those who have gone in is to con-
vince them that the mineral is there. The
teams carry passengers to Loops ferry,
thirty miles from Whatcom, for 50. You
can go to Sunas by train, and thence by
wagon 20 Loops ferry for s2.25. From
Loops to the fourteen-mile post you
can take the trail and get your stuff pack
ed for p cents more than the expense from
Whatcom, Grouse are plentiful We saw
no large game. You can get meals at
Loops for IS cents; also horse feed. Loops
Office or Hardin IS close by and you can
mail your letters In care of Mr.. Loop. The
scenery all along Is magnificent and viii
make every citizen OF the state OF Wash
ington feel proud OF his state. The Nook
sack river valley viii doubtless soon be
surveyed and settled. and a railroad built
to carry out the fine timber"
Among those who registered at the
Int asA Ia 81 et<~ wa.
gan. one Of the biggest coal operators In
the East. He makes his home In vir-
ginis, but has extensive interests in the
Pennsylvania regions.
There seems 10 be q prevailing impress
stem" he said. that no one thinks Sheriff
Martin. of Pennsylvania, did right when
hs shot down the striking miners at
Hszleton recently. That is a mistake, ana
a very serious one. /. for one. believe that
he dld the proper thing and there are
hundreds OF other conservative men IN the
East who sympathlzs with him, and who
say that he did that which he should have
done.
u do not believe he viii get fair trial
If he is brought UP before Hazleton jury.
The jury In that city that would render
a verdict acquittinS aim would have
trouble In continuing 70 live IN the same
part OF the state. I know that, and those
who are familiar with the foreigners
know It. 1 spent several days at Halle
ton after the trouble. and found that the
feeling against Martin was very bitter
There was talk one night of hanging him
The next night II was the desire OF some
OF the more enraged ones to burn down
his house. Ono Hungarian suggested that
they had better tie a rope around his neck
and drag him through the streets Of the
city. and then riddle his body with bull
lets. But Martin IS not as bad as some
would picture him. and II that case Of his
Is tried before an impartial Jury and a
judge who will honestly interpret the law
there may be verdict Of not guilty.
There Is no doubt that the sheriff was
oheytuF the law when he told that bard
OF strikers 20 cisperse They were on an
unlawful mission They proposed TO COM
pei working miners 70 surrender their po-
sitiors. II you know the coal region Hun
garlaus The sItua ton at that time viii be
more wildly impressed upon you. They
are Ike 50 many wild animals. and once
Trey are well filed up with cheap whisky.
as they we're or that day. they are ready
20 DO anything from taking = human ufe.
or a dozen OF them for that matter. TO
wrsckiug a train. The sheriff knew. AMI
he knew we'll, the kind 81 people with
when he had 20 deal He commanded
them to 6Isperss, they laughed II his face
and prepared 70 hght He feared that he
wouIa be attacked and the shooting fol-
lowed. TIE sheriff got there frst That's
al there Is 20 IT, II the Hurrarlsns had
succeeded in making the first play the
sheriff and every cne % hts men would be
sleeping in tbs graves row occupied BY
the strikers
y have sympathy with the miners but
saw that these men were prepared %
commit crime ard she'd blood and the
day would probably have witnessed more