Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-27

W NV" 0'c--C'ttEcUS Oi beII0VUc
and Hailey--manv OF whom are not
miners. 1t may be termed a vast as.
semblage OF citizens generally. At
the time of the speaking saw several
citizens in the crowd. Mr.. O'Brien
and MIR. Hennessy were listening to
the speeches, like others. At the time
Mr.. McI'evitt said this should be u a
camp the cheers commenced. That
sentiment, think, was the cause of
the cheers.
Redirect: About Is or 20 minutes
before the committee returned, Hen.
Messy came to McFall's, where was,
aud began abusing me about the COM
pany was in the night before.
told him to attend to his business, and
l would attend to mine. He then
went away.
G. B. Palmer sworn: Was in
Broadford March II, the whole dav,
until 6 O'Clock in the evening; was
Superintendent Of the Minnie Moore
mine, and acting as one of Sheriff
Furey's deputies on that day. There
has been dispute or trouble between
the mine managers and the Miners
Union, for five or six weeks. The
Miners Union have endeavored to
prevent me from working the Minnie
Moore mine, in default of my guaran.
teeing to pay 81 day to men work.
ing by the day underground. Early
in the day-about II o'clock in the
forenoon-I saw the Broaaford Min.
ers' Union march to Bellevue. They
were met over there by nine or ten
wagon-loads of men, who returned
with them to Broadford. About this
time ! was requested by Colonel Wall
to go to the Queen of the Hills mine
for the purpose of meeting a commit
tee of the Bullion and Broadford
Miners Union whom, l understand,
wished to propose some compromise
to the mine-owners. In company
with Captain Lusk and Mr.. Harris, l
met the said committee half way be-
tween the Queen Of the Hills and a
crowd of Miners Union men number.
ing some 200 or 800, who were gath
cred in the streetssof Broadford. No
compromise was proposed by the COM
mittee, who merely repeated their de-
mand that we should guarantee to pay
81 per day, and which, they informed
us, they had come down there to en-.
force. The committee consisted of
Messrs. McDevitt, O'Brien, Atkinson,
O'Callaghan, and Gum. We declined
to accept their ultimatum, and re-.
turned to the Queen of the Hills mine,
and they to the crowd. l saw the
crowd gather round them-but before
l went up the steps of the Queen of
the Hills mill to return to the Minnie
Moore. While going around the trail
/ found that the speaker at that time
addressing the crowd, whom from his
voice imagined to be Mr. McDevitt,
was speaking so loud that could hear
distinctly nearly every word that he
said; and l stopped to listen. l heard
him make the following remarks:
"This body of men will now 20 to
those mines, and take the men cut. If
they are allowed to go peaceably, well
and good; ifnot, the streets of Belle
vue, and l think he added Broadford,
but could not catch the word, will
swim with blood. Having heard that,
l made my way to the Minnie Moore.
to prepare for an attack. From the
top of the barricades at the Minnie we
could see the crowd, and after a
time the speeches apparently ceased,
and we could see them chasing some
man around the town. Being sur
prised at hearing no shots indicating
an attack upon the Queen of the Hills
by Waters: What, sir! You were
expecting to fire?
Witness. Yes, sir. took nv rife,
and went to the Queen to learn the
situation. On my arrival there Mr..
Harris informed me
Mr.. Waters-Never mind, sill, what
Mr.. Harris said to you.
Question repeated-What did you
learn, and how did you learn it?
/ The Court-Objection sustained.
Hawley-State what was done.
Witness: The Sheriff had surren.
dered IN the crovd I yvor< nc Jo,,