The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-05-06
MILL BLOWN UP.
Strikers Wreck n Big Plant I'm Idaho
with Dynamite-Onc Man
Is Killed.

Boise, Idaho, May 1.-The trouble be-
tween union and nonunion miners at
Wardner, which has been brewing
there some time, eliminated Saturday
in 600 men attacking the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mine and mill, blowing up
the mill with dynamite, and killing one
man and wounding many others.
Property worth $250,000 was destroyed.
The damage was done by union miners
and sympathizers from Canyon creek,
about 90 miles from Wardner.
Saturday morning mob of from 500
to 1000 men, all of them armed and
many of them masked, seized train
at Burke, the head of Canyon creek.
There were nine box cars and a pas
senger coach and they were black with
the mob. The visitors brought with
them 1900 pounds of giant powder.
After parley of two hours lao masked
men armed with rifles, Burke miners
in the lead and Wardner following,
started with yells for the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mill and other buildings
a third of mile from the depot.
They sent out pickets ahead and one
of the pickets fired shot as n signal
that the mill was abandoned. This was
misunderstood by the main body of the
mob, who imagined that nonunion
miners in the hills had opened fire
on them and they began to fire upon
their own pickets. About 1000 shots
were thus exchanged between the riot
ers and their pickets, and Jack Smith,
one of the pickets, formerly of British
Columbia, and n noted figure in drill
contests, was shot dead. The fatal err
ror was discovered after few sec
onds' firing. and Smiths body brought
down from the hillside.
BY this time the strikers had taken
possession of the Bunker Hill and Sui
| Ivan mill, 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 GO 50-pound boxes were carried
from the depot to the mill. The heaviest
charge was placed under the brick Of
flee building. Other charges were
placed around the mill. Then the
clearinghouse, a frame structure, was
| burned.
! Fuses leading to the charges were
! lighted and the strikers, carrying the
/ dead body of the picket, retired to a
safe distance. At 1886 D. IN. the first
blast went off. 1t shook the ground for
miles, and buildings in Wardner, two
miles away, trembed. At intervals Of
| about 60 seconds four other charges
went off, the fifth being the largest,
and completely demolished the mine.
The loss to the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van company is estimated at from $780,
600 to 100000. In a few minutes the
strikers went back to the station, the
whistle was blown for stragglers, the
mob climbed aboard and ut three
o'clock, just three hours after its ar
rival, the train hauled out for Canyon
Creek.
Spokane, Wash, May IA special to
the Spokesman-Re Review from Wallace,
Idaho. says: Practically all the Ward
ner rioters are back at work. Sympa-
thizcrs with the rioters have had time
to consider the matter calmly, and have
begun TO think of the consequence.
Many inquiries are made as to the like
lihood of martial law and the proba Bile
outcome of an attempt to punish the
evil doors 10y some power really DESTROYS
of melting out justice. There is no talk
OF any attempt at punishment unless by
federal authority. Gov. Stenenberg's
estimate of 500 troops being necessary
TO preserve peace is all right If nothing
more is desired, but should arrests be
attempted many more will be needed.
NJ. Il q hi,
tons on Canyon creek and at Mullan
are nearly impregnable, while the
country is full of men and women who
will furnish all possible information to
them. These men will hesitate at moth
ing should their liberty be endangered.
Thoroughness of their organization was
shown by the way clans were gathered
Saturday morning. SympathiZers all
along the line were ready when the
train arrived, dropping whatever in
hand to go. The amount of powder
used at Wardner was greater than sup
posed here, fully 40 boxes having been
taken at the Frisco magazine. Four ex-
plosons were distinctly heard here.
and three at Murray, Is miles on an air
line across the mountains.
Minneapolis, Mimi, May 1.--Orders
were received ut Fort Smelling Sunday
to hold in readiness the troops there for
departure at any moment for Wardncr,
Idaho, the scene of Saturdays trouble
among the miners, which resulted in
the loss of one life and the destruction
of $?50,00O worth of property of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines. There
are at Fort Smelling at the present time
40 available soldiers, officers and men,
and they are now resting OH their arms
awaiting orders to move.
| Flour In Trust.
New York, May l.--Articics of incor-
poration of the United States Flour
Milling company, filed in New Jersey
Saturday. mark the consolidation of 10
of the large mills, including those at