The record-union., 1899-04-30
One Man Shot Dead and Another
Perhaps MortaIIy Wounded.
! The Mills Of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Company Blown Up With Powder, Re-
suiting in the Loss Of Hundreds
Of Thousands Of Dollars.


Gdaho) special to the "Spokesman-Re-
view" says: Wardner had to-day the
scene of the worst riots since the deaoly
labor war of 1892 One man is DEAD
another is thought to be fnortally
wounded, and property valued at SOU
coo has been destroyed by giant pow
der and fire. The damage was done by
union men and sympathizers from cam
Won Greek about twenty miles from
Wardner.
This morning a mob of 800 to 1000
men, all of them armed and many OF
them masked, seized a train at Burke,
the head of Canyon Greek. There were
nine box cars and a passenger coach,
and they were black with the mob The
visitors brought with them 1900 pounds
of giant powder.
After a parley of two hours l4o
masked nlei1, armed with Winchesters,
Busk in the lead and Wardner follow
ing, started with yells for the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill and other build
ings a third of a mile from the depot
They sent pickets ahead and one OF
these pickets fired a shot as signal
that the mill was abandoned. This was
misunderstood by the main body of the
mob. who imagined that non-union
miners in the hills had opened fire on
them, and they began firing on. their
own pickets. About 1000 shots We're
thus exchanged between the rioters and
their pickets, and Jack Smith, one OF
the pickets, formerly of British Co
lumbia. and noted figure in drill con-
tests, was shot dead The fatal error
was discovered after a few seconds fir
ing. and Smiths body brought down
from the hillside.
BY this time the strikers had taken
possession of the Bunker Hill and Sui
livan mills, which they found deserted,
the manager having directed his en-
ployes not to risk their lives by bat
ting with the mob. Powder was called
for, and sixty 50-pound boxes were car
ried from the depot to the mill. The
heaviest charge was placed among the
machinery of the mill. Another charge
was placed under the brick office build
ings. Other charges We're placed in the
mill. Then the boarding house. frame
structure, was fired. Fuses leading to
the charges We're lighted, and the
strikers, carrying the dead body of the
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At 2:36 D. m. the first blast went off.
1t shook the ground for miles, and
buildings in Wardner, two miles away,
trembled At intervals of about sixty
seconds four other charges went off, the
fifth being the largest and completely
demolishing the MILL
The loss to the Bunker Hill and Sui
Ivan Companies is estimated at $780,
600 to 100000
In a few minutes the strikers went
back to the station, the whistle was
blown for stragglers the mob soon
climbed aboard. and, at 3 O'Clock, just
three hours after it's arrival, the train
pulled out for Canyon Creek.
During the fusillade from the guns of
the mob Jim Chayne Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill man, was severely shot
through the hips. 1t is reported that
he was carried off by the strikers. and
his wound is probably fatal.
]. ]. Rogers, a stenographer in the
employ of the company, was shot
through the lip. but his wound is tri-
vial
This morning at go non-union
miners at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
had warning of the coming of the mob,
and left the mine and took to the hills.
They have not been seen since. Union
men working in the Last Chance mine
left the mine this morning, presumably
to take part in the riot
Tonight the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van mines are closed When they will
be reopened is a thing that nobody can
say. With the mill wrecked it is inn
possible to handle the ore produced at
the mine workings. The Last Chance
is likewise closed down.
The total working force of the town
is laid off. The wrecking of the mill
plant involves the livelihood of GOO
men. The Bunker Hill mine I'D to the
time OF the strike had been working