The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11
TWENTY TWO MINERS Killed
DAsDARDLY WORK OF a FIRED
AT INDEPENDENCE, COL.
ny Means Of an Infernai Machine "a
NumbeF Of Non. Union AIiaeFs, Who
We've Waiting az Railway station
,,fpn Train 40 Talks Them Home, We're
Blown skyward-- Fearful SCENE.

cripple Greek. june Zone Of the
most diaholioal deeda in the black No
cord .oEsrime which forms part OF the
mining history.o this state WAS com.
mitted when. by meaas Of an infernsl
maehip,, II men were killed outright
aud nina others terribly injured, some
OF them fatally, 40 Independence. AL
those killed aud injured were nonunion
miners, employed ON the night shift Of
the Fixsslley mine. The men had quit
work and we're waiting for the surbur-
ban train on tina. Florence n Cripple
Greek railroad to take, them . their
homes in Cripple Greek and Victor.
When, the locomotive was within 10
feet Of tbs depot charge OF dynamite,
estimated at 800 pounds, was set of
dadeFueath the platform ON which sths
men were standing BY polling a wire At
the Delmonice mine, 400 fest away,
TheResult was terrible. Heads. legs,
aEms and the TRUNKS o. the bodies Of
the mAn we're scattered all round.
Blood covered everything On the
platform which WAS ApliuteFed. and
the front end Of the depot was demol.
ished.
This injured were taken TO the Victor
hospitals and the mangled bodies Of
the dead, patched together a. well -
possible, were removed 30 the e0EouOF >
Office at Victor. A meeting of this
nyfns oEnsRs' association has bscn call.
ed Rewards AggrrgAtinR many th0as-
ands Of dollars Will b. oliervd Tor tho
apprehension u tho criminals and
GovernoE Peabody will bs pegitioneA
10 send troops to the district.
ShcEiT Robertson and detective
force have found ths machine which
SGT on the dynamite IL consists 81 a
revolver and 500 feet Of steel wiro.
The revolver was placed underneath
The pIaIfprm, eIcss 10 the powder Ons
end % thu wire was fastened % a chair
leg. which vas uash a. a lsveF fFual
the DelmnHiop HvpeFty.
| Tha men employed oa tho aight shlft
AZ tbs FlndIey mise. who bad Just TN
iahsd work, had gathered ga thr plat
form % bJard train and return 10
their homes WHEN che explosion &C.
Cured hsh~ash thglr fes,s. huriiag thsus
In every dlrsction. destroying the dr.
pos aAd reading = great hols IN tbs
saEth-
Aap@oial train carrying physicians.
nurses. detectives, mine0waSFu aud
other parAona was dispatched frum this
city - s0on - pusaihle after Hsws Of
the explosion was rreriyud. and arrived
at tdenpandencS. ak miles distant. at
4 % clock. sheriff Robertson and Gth~g
officers Immediately began a careful
seaveh for clues 10 ths pcrtrat0Fs of chs
outrage. Although che strike uf On.
iou miners Ia the Cripple Crvrk dis
sEiCt, which began August TO. 1908.
and which led a. tho declaration oi
natal law In Teller county b. Cover,
nor Peabody. is still Ia effect, Eood ~.
der has been MAINTAINED for che past
six months urfi tho military ruls has
been suspended and all TROOPS with,
/ drawn.
Tho mina OWNERS with tha exception
nl ths Portland sompauy claim to havs
as mRspy men wuEkiua a. they nerd
and they require all miners 10 rvuouncs
allegiance 20 the Western Federation
Iof MipHrz before giving them employ
mont
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