The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-03
Causes d More Reassuring Feeling Among
LaW-AhidIng Citizens.
The Striking Miners, However,
Threaten to Clean Out the Com
pany of Regulars Before Rein
forcements Arrive-Probabili
That General Merriam Will
Proclaim Martial Law.

WARDNER Qdaho), May 2.-The
presence of the soldiers has eased the
situation remarka bly, and tonight the
people are gradually regaining slight
confidence, but it is felt that peace can
not be assured until 800 troops are
quartered here. Captain Bachelor and
his gallant seventy-six soldiers, assisted
by 100 townsmen who are under arms,
would give such resistance as would an
initiate any ordinary force, but should
the 1900 men up Canyon Creek arrive
fully armed, the little guard now here
could hardly hope to cope with them
The old militia guns to the number of
about seventy have all been distributed
among the men here. and what State
ammunition remained has also been
distributed among the men, About T.
600 rounds of ammunition belonging to
the old militia force and stored in the
vaults at the Bunker Hill office were
lost in the wreck Of that property. Be-
sides the State guns, all the private
arms in town have been put to use.
One group of seventy men is on guard
at the camp of Captain Bachelors SOL
diers. Besides, half as many men are
watching the station. Up at the Bun
ker Hill mill is another group of arm
ed men, taN
This morning little bunch of Bun
ker Hill men guarding the tramway
were overtaken by some of Sheriff
Young's deputies and their guns taken
from them Later, on the command
of Auditor Sinclair the Sheriff cons emit
ed to return the rifles to their owners.
and they have been continuing their
watch.
State Auditor Sinclair is working
night and day to bring about the arrest
of the criminals. and is vigorously as
sisted by Coroner France. Francis
Turner has been arrested. The officials
say that he has positively been identi-
fled as one of the masked rioters who
blew up the Bunker Hill mill. He was
released on 81 900 bail.
This afternoon the first detachment
OH regulars arrived from Spokane They
were met at the depot by crowd OF
business men and citizens, who gave
them a cordial greeting. More troops
are expected to come tonight or to-
morrow and by Thursday night it is
hoped thata500 regulars will be camped
it is expected the troops will remain
serving as guard and no aggressive
action is expected until the Coroner's
inquest has been completed
Under Sheriff Seysler .pronounces
Saturdays outrage as unparalleled. The
destruction of property was bad
enough, but the shooting of the men
was utterly without excuse He. fur
Their says that while punishment should
be melted out to the guilty parties, that
only the Federal Government can do
so, as there is not a man in Shoshone
County qualified to sit as a juror in
the case.
State Auditor Sinclair is being urged
by citizens to use his influence to pro-
cure martial law as the only hope for
the law-abiding people in the Couer
d'Alenes.
Five masked men were seen between
Wardner and Kellogg last night, but
no further outrage has been reported
James Smith, who was shot on Sun
day, died to-day at Spokane. He was
a Knight Pythian. His body will be
returned to this place tomorrow for
judicial investigation and interment
STRIKERS THREATEN MORE
TROUBLE.
SPOKANE. May "A telegram to
the Spokesman Review" from Ward
ner, Idaho, at p. M, says that
Miners Union threaten to clean out the
one company of regulars there to-
night before reinforcements arrive
Great excitement prevails.
MARTIAL LAW MAY BE PRO-
CLAIMED.
BOISE, May General Merriam
will leave at 10 o'clock tonight for the
north. He declines to make known
what troops he has ordered into the
scene of trouble. The General was in
conference with Governor Steunenberg
to-day Nothing is made known re-
speeding the plans arranged, but the
impression prevails that the Governor
will issue a proclamation of martial
law, Notwithstanding the fact that the
statutory preliminaries cannot be COM
piled with, owing to the circumstances
that the county government of Sho-
shone County the scene of the trouble.
is in the hands of the riotous element
Troop F of the Fourth Cavalry, Cap
tain Walsh. will leave on the train
with the General.
MORE TROOPS FOR WARDNER.
WALLA WALLA, May 2.-One troop
of the Fourth CavalrXNunder command
of Lieutenant Munro. left here to-day
under orders from the War Depart
ment to proceed to the scene of the
Wardner riot.
SALT LAKE. May "a detachment
of 120 men of the Twenty fourth In
fantry (colored) has been ordered from
Fort Douglas. Utah. to Wardner, Idaho,
and will leave here at 8 O'Clock to-
night, under command of Major
Thomas
PORTLAND. May 2.-Sixty men of
Company G. Twenty fourth Infantry
(colored), from Vancouver Barracks
under command of Lieutenant w L.
Murphy left for Wardner, Idaho on a
special train over the Oregon Railway
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