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Show PEACE PEKCHE3 HIGH. Tha Crisis ta Passed, So Rays Sheriff Cunningham Cun-ningham Today. Wallace, Ida., July 14. Sheriff Cun-nigham Cun-nigham arrived here last night from Wardner. Ward-ner. He accompanied the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine force to Cotaldo on the Union Pacific. - He met Colonel Carlen and troops and General Curtis; then Curtis read the president's proclamation, declaring Shoshone Sho-shone county under martial law. The sheriff sent the following: "Cotaldo, Ida., July 14. The miners have disbanded and gone to their respective homes. There is no trouble in Wallace or Warrlner. The crisis ia nassed and neace once more reigns in Cceur d'Alene, but the past twenty-four hours has been the most trying Cceur d'Alene ever experienced. Had the colored troops arrived at Wallace Tuesday night there would have been a battle in the darkness among the clouds in the valley as the mountains about Wallace Wal-lace arc full of armed miners thoroughly concealed. They did not want to fire on the troops unless in the case of the utmost extremity to prevent the troops from going to Wardner. ihe train with the colored troops was delayed de-layed three hours in reaching Mullan Wednesday night when it was. found necessary neces-sary to lay over till daybreak, probably because be-cause two bridges were burned this side of Mullan. When this became known the miners withdrew from the hills and proceeded pro-ceeded to Wardner. The colored troops j had started for Wallace but were suddenly recalled and returned to Missoula. ' Had these troops passed Wallace it is hard to tell WHAT WOULD n AVE HATrENED. Gem mill was masfazincd ready for match and Bunker Hill aud Sullivan mill contained nearly a half ton of powder with a fuse attached, both mills under strict guard and ouly as a last resort the miners claim would the match have been applied. Fortunately for all, trouble did not need such extreme measures. The miners kept close watch of Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill but when the scab sunendcred the mill was turned over to the companv nnin- jured. Tha scaba ns 6oon as they could be got to the depot and all miners not belong' ing in Wardner returned to Wallace, their home. The body of A. T. McDonald was found in ttie d.-bris of the Frisco mill. Abbott, Ab-bott, the wounded man, was brought up from Mission and it is reported twelve bodies bod-ies were found at the mouth of Fourth of July canyon. The scabs from the Frisco and Gem mines have left here by the lake route Tuesday morning with a guard The boat not arriving the guard at 6 p. m. ordered the scabs to walk through Fourth of July canyon. It js stated the guard followed to the mouth of the canyon, when the scabs refused to walk further, and the guard shot them down. The report, however, lacks verification. Men have gone to the Mission to verify the reports and recover the bodies. |