The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-04
q. 8. Troops Prevent Bloodshed
In Wicked Skagway.
LONosHOReMEN AND INDIANS
Soldiers Go North IN the steamer
Queen. snd Their Presence - All
That Prevented white Men From
killing Indians who MADE Them
selves Troshiesone ny Perfern-
fsg Labor at Little Cost.

The presence 81 a company 81 Federal
Queen from falling into the hands of a
mob OF angry loagshorernen when she
landed al her wharf az Skagway. Alaska.
a week ago today. The affair waS a re-
newai OF the old trouble between the nm
employed at skagway and the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company over the an
loading Of their steamers by Indians. who
have been paid g cents an hour. Tao
first rush was an entire victory for the
longshoFemen. ard the Indians FASTENED
10 get back on the boat. One Of them
was crowded off the gangpiank and neat
ly drowned. When some one In the
crowd drew revolver aud began firing
at the Indians. the biuecoats left the
Queen. made charge on the long shore
men and soon cleared the wharf. They
stood guard over the ship while the IN
loading was in progress. to guard against
threatened attempt 10 blow up the big
steamer. The Indians unloaded the ship.
The fact that the soldiers were on guard
probably Caused the passengers OF the
steamer Islander. which arrived In Vie
tosiA Wednesday. 20 give out the report
tia; martial law had been declared at
6kagway,
When the Queen arrived In port yester-
day afternoon Capt. Wallace had the
foregoing interesting story to tell. II
daring longshnremen. The Ai-kf had
trouble OF similar nature some time ago.
In which the white iongEhoremen were
rtphed OF the wharf after a hand-to-
hand encounter with the Indians. brought
up from Juneau. and the crew OF the
steamer. A United States deputy mar
shall made The crowd dispense. When the
Queen finished unloading at juneau the
thirty-five Indians that had been doing
the work were taken aboard and taken
10 skagway. They do the work for e
cents an hour. and the company refuses
10 pay the 70 and 70 cents demanded by
the white men.
AT Skagway the Indians went ashore
and wefa heset b. a crowd Of nfty
hungry men. many OF whom have not
been able 20 do enough work 10 purchase
beds and meals In gh-priced Skagway
Tho white men were well organized, re-
member!ng the defeat or the crowd that
attacked the Al-ki. They did not know,
however. that the Queen had Federal
troops aboard. sent north 20 quiet such
scenes as tho white men proposed 20 Gre
ate.
The stevedotes made a rush tina, Was
"fNAAsN' Sftca%h 70 " circuit 10 a sbptnli
team. The Indians fell back and wers
crowded closer and closer 10 the edge Of
the wharf
At this juncigrs two things happened
that gave thu trouble the character OF a
riot. Three shots were fired at the In
dians by one Of the attacking party The
shots did no damage. bur greatly excited
the crowd or PASSENGERS and spectators
who were gathered around iu hundreds
As the Indians retreafed along the high
wharf on their Nay hack - the ship one
OF their number was cF1Wde IT When
h. felt himself going he mac, 2 Jump for
the ship. but fen short and weat down
about twenty-five feet into the cold water.
~ which cakes II iys we're aoatinE The
Indian KEEP. himself ahoat until life pre-
server was thrown 20 thin. After con
siderable delay no was hauled out more
dead than alive
Then the 10 soldiers. In charge 90 Cant
p. Z. Eastman, wers called or by Cant
Wallace. OF the queen 70 nratcrs Tho
Indians The company quickly formed
on deea and the r1an were driven back At
the poin, az clustering hayonats After
this patrol was formed md none Al
lowed 20 PASS tho lIna withau. credentials
The Indians finished the unloading The
guard VAS maintained untit Saturday 10
guard sgainst oaen threats made hv the
stevedotes that they wuu'a blow up the
SHIP There was DO mere troabie. how
ever
The Queen left skaEway en- Sunday
evening ana Juneau Monday afternoon
She had nfty-one passengers for seattle
twenty-five Of whom caufa in fhe steer
age. No had weather vas eneauater.s,
on TIE down trtp. The officers Il ,hs,
steamer ccTr0horate tire statement made
IN fse post-tnteliFencer yesterday re-
sarasns the prevailing eri1suuo of spinai
rate - from eight - twelve, daily Tha
report that the postmaster AZ skaauev
hal died 81 the disease WIS mistake
The Queen brought down one vrrins r,,..,
who was taken down wlth 49,. a.ss,ss
shortly before the steamer fcTt EIIs uass
T. J NJ. Nsia'key ard his friends cent ain,
here for treatment Several fsr7,..e ,.a 49,
dowa trip II SEEMED th3t Nsis~xos v-a,.fl
surely siie. no was tn rreat pair daff~-
the entire trip sna ms cries ~ aaany
could lse heard almost All ire time e.,
the arrival ~ the stessn~~ hrre fh., ,.,f.....
Ia.
Two days hcfoss she Queer, left TIE cos,
north y nj Nhteh NaH haavts frar. a.
naTth almost constantly. switched =, A.
se@tAwe.f Cousins a wen.rsf shaw ,
iffse HNtilief~ - Yrvx sc,s.trs Hf.ss-.f ss-.s
y ga hsd i~e0 detat~ei Ga axwey pa ga
ca33 weather ~ nuFa started essf .-,-e~
TIE tfad Bots trails are reported e. ~ IT,
gas8 condition
cant Wallace. - the Queen 49,, "a the
'off tatt uaFH3i Laws had fseon As.5srr.'
@t 49, "A az faR renaEs Nax brauHaf
down ~ ia is'af,tvr whk.h legt tas ~.
befaFe tAt Gmeen cart. Wallace afse
Stated tast Ae BAT Fasve8 era ss.4-,-..r
Nfffase 't.f ncsr th~ WrarEsf nsr~y.vsa
TIE s'ea1aer was constituting cas- h~~ trfr
ferih st5h ere ho!e fa her boz caused
rs Nrt} ~f1 a rec& tn tFleAish r.ar-
-" severed as VITA rsnxas
in' N'fiscs t".4eFes that the steamer
'r-iH# ~H.1 HtrueG q req or geur*.
is3saa cn }anusry e. g. b- This tfa,- 80,
water The TIA gaufss that h4a been -
~oFA - her bad alresay nste rre.s
hesd~ a. ans e MAS ~Nee-tesF thsf a.