Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Coeur d'Alene Mining Insurrection" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Coeur d’Alene, Kneebone, martial law, Wardner, Western Federation of Miners.
To narrow search results, search from April 1892 to November 1899.
For articles relating specifically to the 1892 miners’ strike and uprising, search from April 1892 and July 1892.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Trouble Expected"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), May 22, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Bloody Battle by Miners"
The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), July 12, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.
"Idaho Mine Troubles"
The Record-Union (Sacramento, CA), July 13, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Miners Hold the Fort"
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), July 14, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"All Quiet in Idaho"
The Evening World (New York, NY), July 14, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Under Martial Law"
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), July 15, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Trouble About Over"
The Record-Union (Sacramento, CA), July 21, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Delving Truth"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), September 22, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Miners' Unions Federate"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), May 20, 1893, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Why Kneebone was Killed"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), July 10, 1894, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Bloodshed and Rioting at Wardner"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 30, 1899, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Miners Threaten to Murder Soldiers"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), May 3, 1899, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Merriam Scores the Laborers"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), May 7, 1899, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Ten Men Convicted"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), November 6, 1899, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.

Coeur d'Alene Mining Insurrection: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America