The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
Kill One of Their Own Crowd.

ed between the rioters and their pick
| cts, and Jack Smith, one Oh the pickets,
! formerly of British Columbia and a
noted figure in drill contests, was si1ot
dead. The fatal error was discovered
| after a few seconds firing, and omleIl S
body was brought down from the Mill
side.
by this time the strikers had taken
possession of the Bunker Hill and Sui
| livan mill. which they found deserted,
/ the manager having directed his cm-
| ployees not to risk their lives by bat
| tling with the mob. Powder was called
for. and sixty fifty-pound boxes were
carried 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
| ing. Other charges were placed around
the mill.
Then the clearinghouse frame
structure, was fired. Fuses leading to
the charges We're lighted, and the strik-
ers, carrying the dead body of the
picket, retired to a safe distance.
''At 2:36 p. m. the first blast went off.
1t shook the ground for miles, and
! buildings in Wardner, two miles away,
trembled. At intervals of about thirty
seconds four other charges went off. the
fifth being the largest and completely
demolished the mill.
The loss to the Bunker Hill & Sui
Ivan company is estimated from $3.50,
| 900 to $500, 900.
Other Men Wounded.
TN a few minutes the strikers went
back to the station, the whistle was
blown for stragglers, the mob soon
climbed aboard, and at o'clock, inst
three hours after it's arrival, the train
pulled ont for CanVOn Creek
During the fusillade from the guns
of the mob, Jim Chayne, d Bunker Hill
& Sullivan millman, was severely shot
through the hips. 1t is reported that
he was carried off by the strikers, and
his wound is probably fatal. j. j. Rog-
ers, a stenOgrapher in the employ of
the company was shot through tie
lip. but his wound is trivial
This morning the 230 non-union
miners at the Bunker Hill e Sullivan
had warning of the coming of the mob,
and left the mine and took to the nils.
They have not been seen since.
Union men working in the Last
Chance left the mine this morning, pre-
sumably to take part in the riot.
Tonight the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine is closed. When it will be re-
opened is "a thing that no living iilan
can say. With the mill wrecked, it is
at the mine workings. The Last
Chance is likewise closed down. 1t mas
been getting power from the Bunker
Hill mine, and the destruction of ,-.ose
works will absolutely prevent the Last
Chance from working for the next three
months, OF until its own compressor is
complete. Meanwhile the total working
force of the town is laid off.
THE wrecking of the mill plant in
wolves the livelihood of 900 men. The
Bunker Hill mine, UP to the time of the
strike, had been working 800 men, and
the mill ninety, while the Last Chance
altogether, employed 15O.'
Alarm Women and Children.
AS soon as the first word of the Sc
rious trouble reached the town all the
saloons closed w Immediately. The
merchants of the town shut up most
of their establishments.
As the first shots were heard the ex
eitement increased. Children were run
ming about crying and trying to get
comfort from older persons, burt all
were too busy to look at them. Scores
of women and children hastily made
preparations to leave the place. PACK
ing UP what few belongings could be
gathered together quickly the crowd
rushed to the depot. All were intent
upon getting aboard the passenger
train that was soon to leave for Spo-
kane. Others took to the hills for
safety for few hours, hoping to be
able to return soon to their homes.