Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-05
TROOPS " ARDNER
Colored Soldiers Arrive to Guard
Against Trouble.
ARE THREATENED BY THE STRIKERS.
The Latter Declare They Will Clean
Them Out Before Recnforcements
Arrive-Grent Excitement In
the Little Town.

Spokane, WASH, May 3.-The com
pany of colored regulars stationed at
Spokane army post received orders di-
rect from Gen. Merriam to leave on the
morning train for Wardner, Idaho
The company at Fort Walla Walla has
received similar orders.
Portland, Ore, May 3.-Seventy-five
picked men of company M, Twentieth
infantry (colored), Capt. Bachelor, left
Spokane Tuesday for Wardner, Idaho
They carry Is days rations and 1000
rounds of ammunition. Many of the
soldiers are veterans who fought at
San Juan. The men expect no i'm
mediate fighting, but are ready for any
thing.
Boise, Idaho, May 3.-Gen. Merriam
arrived here at two o'clock Tuesday
morning and has ordered troop r.
Fourth cavalry, stationed here, to pro-
coed to Wardner at once.
Walla Walla, Wash, May 3. - One
troop of the Fourth cavalry, under com
mand of Lieut.. Munro, left here Tues
day for the scene of the Wardner riot
Salt Lake City, Utah, May "a de-
tachment of 100 men of the Twenty
fourth infantry (colored) has been or.
dered from Fort Douglas, Utah, tc
Wardner, Idaho.
Threaten the Regulars.
Spokane, Wash, May "a telegram
to the Spokesman-Review from Ward.
ner at seven p. m. says that the miners
union threatens to clean out the one
company of regulars there before re.
endorsements arrive. Great excitement
prevails.
Wardner, Idaho, May 3.-Shortly
afterthe arrival Of company M, Twenty.
fourth infantry, Capt. Bachelor, com.
handing, report was spread among
the inhabitants of the place that the
union miners from Canyon Creek had
started down to Wardner for the pur.
pose of wiping out the company of reg.
ular troops before reenforcements
could arrive. Sixty nonunion men
armed with rifles. Immediately rushed
down the road from Wardner to the
railroad station, " miles distant, fol
the purpose of stopping the union men
The report is not credited here, and was
probably occasioned by the suspension
of Geographic communication between
Wardner and Wallace. But two ar
rests have been made, and these arc
both out on bail. Martial law has not
yet been declared, but it is expected i,
will be to-day.
James Cheyne, shot in the hip by the
mob on Saturday, died tuesday in Spo
kane, where he had been taken fol
treatment. He is Knight of Pythias
and it is supposed his brother knights
will make every effort to bring his muir
derers to justice.
outrage Was Unparalleled.
Wallace, Idaho, May 8. - Sheriff
Young and County Attorney samuels
are in Wardner, presumably conferrins
with State Auditor Sinclair, the gov
ernor's representative. Under Sheriff
Seyaler pronounces Saturdays outrage
as unparalleled. Destruction Of prop
erty was bad enough, but the shooting
OF the men was utterly without excuse
He further says that while punishment
should be melted out to the guilty par
ties, only the federal government cal
do so, as there is not man in Shoshons
county qualified to sit as juror in tn,
case.
Wardner, Idaho, May 3. Monday
night Sheriff Young deputized abou
so strikers to guard the Last Chanc,
mine. A small party of the Bunker
Hill miners had already been depu
tized as constables to guard that prop
erty. As four of them were returnin!
home Tuesday they were held up b,
Youngs deputies and their rifles takel
away from them. State Auditor Sin
clair has made demand on the sheriff
for the return of the property. Mr.
Sinclair is urged by citizens to use hi
influence to procure martial law as til,
only hope for the law-abiding peopl
in the Couer d'Alene region. Fiv
masked men were seen between Ward
ner and Kellogg Monday night, but n,
further outrage has been reported. 4
company of colored troops has just ar
rived from Spokane. Hundreds of PEG
pie met them at the depot and wer
wild with delight. The arrests of strik
ers have commenced.
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