Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-02-17

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February. Was head man in charge
of the company's property on that
day. Is acquainted with John Gal
braith, Samuel Hamlin and Philip
Gosse. Saw them February 8; he
opened the mouth Of the tunnel for
them, repaired the pump and put them
to work, with the necessary tools, can
dies, etc. They went to work sink
ing the winze, or, rather, pumping the
water out, to begin sinking. 1t was
somewhere near 8 o'clock in the morn.
ing. They worked until about noon,
when they went to dinner. Neither
Of them ever came back since, only
70, their coats, they'd left in the mine.
Sam uaml,n and Jack Galbraith came
back for their coats between ; and 4
o'clock in the evening. know of
their having been stopped on that day.
was ordered by the company to stay
at the mill and not leave it alone.
was sitting outside, waiting for the
boys to return, SO as could go to din
ner. Three others were helping me
repair the mill, that dav. They are
still working there. They have not
been stopped. No miners have worked
in the Queen Of the Hills mine since
the 9th. While | was sitting crowd
of men. supposed to be the Miners
Union, gathered around the men that
had been working in the mine before
dinner. Went down among the
crowd. l telephoncd the company
how things was, and was ordered to
tell the men to go back; for them to
get the names Of the men who had
stopped them-that the Sheriff was
coming, and for them to DO as the
Sheriff said. Witness went down
among the crowd. t'ounn large
crowd gathcrc. / around Nr. Galbraith,
and Mr.. Hamlin standing upon a
snow bank, with several men in front
of him, and | heard some of them tell
them to 90 back. Mr.. Galbraith was
surrounded Ivy what was supposed to
be the Miners Union, and | went into
the crowd and rrAb3td him by the
shoulder. went light around the
crowd. and walked into it from the
lower side--ri ght in among them.
Only very few were on the town side
of Mr.. Galbraith; bv far the largest
portion was between him and the
NINE. l;albraitI was tying to go to
his work took him by the shoul.
der, led him out of the crowd, and
gave him my instructions. l spoke te
Mr.. llamlin, and he didn't come; and
Mr.. Galbiaith went back and got him
to come back. Ilentii as members
of the crowd Med WITT, O'Brien, Nc
Gee, Burt and Wri.htson. Joe vii
holt was there; Mr.. Durham wa.
there; Frank Thompson was there
there were between 80 and 4O--me,
} witness KIN VS. 10y sight, hut dos no
) know their names. he Del uty Sher
} if, when he first arrived, went int,
! Callahan's store; then came back
went to the crowd and to variou
places; then he came up to the engine
room, and asked me where those par
, ties were who wanted to 90 to work
/. pointed the men out. They wer
2 standing in front of McFall's hote
, and that's the last | saw of him. Til
S men dill not yr back-neither did ii,
b officer. Mr.. Durham asked "Whe
/ is he coming" He didn't mcntio
the Sheriff or any one else. Know
: that the miners lave placed patrols Q
i the street.
:. Objected to. Objection ove
t ruled
o Witness: The last five or six da,
q from th.Sth to the 18th, continuous
Z; y-tnere was large crowd on tt
g street, every morning., walking hac
IS and forth, as | was going to work
It between 6 and I o'clock. l see the
d walking back and forth across II
= road between the mine and the hote
% AMI also at the corners of the mai
n street leading to the Minnie Moor
1t mine the same street that com,
70 from Bellevue. had never see
ii that-it was something unusual.
N saw nearly all of the defendants
patroling. Saw them at other hou
" of the day patrollirg. saw