The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-09
CGUR DALENE CONTEST.
Ains Owners Claim Il Is About
Ended and They Have Won
tho Fight.
Miners On tho Other Hand Say the
outlook 70 Favorable for
Their Side.

Outlook 10 E'AvOT6Ol0 q
Their Side.
t,ey. Willsy's Proclamstisn Virtually oz
1ering tho Miuers' Union to Diaband,
creates Much Excltsmsnt.
a. recent private dispatch from Ward
~ Tdahn. gives . member OF the min
ovnsrs, assoc,ation as authority for tn
statsmant that the labor troubles snefe at
practically ended. and the owners nav
comsl out Of the eontest victorious. In'
min. owners Gay the union will'probabll
la.n I brave front for some time, but thei
aisciriine does not restrain their member
s,ona Accepting work that 10 offered ~ sas
t.faetorv figures and conditions. A pres
dispatoh saws that At the Bunker Hill ane
Sullivan there are over one hundred men a
~ork. Superintendent jenkins oilers e
vsoer that hs will nave 250 men At worl
thara within eight days, and that without
making any compromise with me union
OF those now working a very small proper.
tion il foreign to these mines. The Sissrs
Nevada company has about thirty men
naar,y I full shift. The question OF ind
10 nan "a work the mines has been solved
.lraadv. Tho men are here; they want
YORK aud will acceptit 1t. 1t 10 reported shas
! great break will be made IN the union
ranks during tho next few days.
On the other hand, the members OF the
Miners' union say the owners have not
haen able 20 secure enough miners to oper-
ate their properties. and that they will be
compelled ere long, if they want TO WORK
thsir mines, to cali on union men. In an
aver TO the charge that large numbers OF
union miners would accept she offers of the
vnera' sssociation il they were not de-
tarred by their leaders, eighteen married
miners 81 tho Burke Miners union pub
liah the following card: ..
Sowing to the many reports being CIR
culated throughout the country about the
nnnr married men of Burke wanting to go
e. vork. but that q few leading men of the
Miners union will not allow us, We, the
rndersiened, married men OF Burke and
members in good Standing q tne burke
All tha details Of this lockout of the Mine
Ovnors' association, do say now for tho
S.raHt - the nublic of the Caur d'Alsnss
nnd thA outside world hat there il no suf-
fsrinc in any family in Burke. and more
over that there il not a married man shat
wants to or will 90 back to work until his
troublsis settled"
d,Alane country about ten days ago., to look
over the situation and determine how far
ha would be justified in answering the calls
made upou him for protection. az governor,
b. the Mine Owners association. As a re-
sult Of that visit he issued the following
proclamation under date OF June A:
"Whersas. 1t hsa come to the knowisaRe
Of the executive OF this state ny tne amoa,
Wits and petitions of reputable citizens and
property owners of Shoshone and from
other we'll considered sources that there e1-
lists in the county of Shoshone, state of
Idaho. combinations of men concerning and
conspirinp for unlawful purposes, lnso-
much that the property of citizens OF said
county il jeopardized and the people thereof
terrorized and the laws are set az naagnt;
and whereas, the OWL authoritles
TO suppress violence and redress
wrongs; and whereas, such continuation
are preventing by force the owners OF mines
from working and developing the same,
and from employing persons OF their
choice, and are interfering with railroad
travel and traffic; and whereas. l am yet
reluctant to supercede the civil law and IN
augurate martial law in said county, there
fore, be it Known that l do, by virtue OF
the power in me vested by law, proclaim
and order all such unlawful assemblageS.
combinations and bodies of men to dis
perse and cease to oongregate in any man
nsr unlawfully, or to interfere with the
citizens Of said county, and the railroad
travel or traffic, or threaten the property,
1vuipnas ~ rnpaorS %haranf and tn OHDv
all the laws And to allow each and every
person or corporation TO proceed with their
usual business avocations and the work
ing and operation of their properties in a
peaceful and lawful manner
sand I further proclaim that If lawless-
ness, threats, interferences and intimida-
tions still continue in S%hoshone county,
and If the owners of properties are further
interrupted and interfered with III the
peaceful and lawful occupation. enjoyment
and working of the same and its citizens
are further molested and inundated, that
], as chief executive, will issue an order by
virtHe of tho power in me vested, declaring
the county of Shoshone in a state of insur-
%rection. and will call to my aid all nsces-
ssry militia force, both state and national,
TO enforce the law and preserve the peace.
This is to warn all such persons to refrain
from unlawful and disorderly a~ssemblages
and to respect the law and resume their
peaceful avocstions, in order that martial
law may be avoided"
This proolamatioun has caused a great
deal of excitement among the members OF
the miners unions. and tho action of the
governor is severely condemned by the
miners. Mass meetings will be held
throughout the Cmur d'Alenes this week to
d%enounce the action of Gov. Wiley. The
first of these was held ut Wardner last
night. at which Secretary Dallas. of the
Butte union, was the principal speaker.
The final meeting will be held at Wallace
Friday night. and it will be a general me
in which residents of all the towns will
participate. Secretary Dallas is quoted as
saying the situation was favorable for the
miners, and promising a sensation in a few
daye, in the way of the arrest of a promi-
nent mine owner on the charge of felony.
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The Bee Hive sells more baby carriages than
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are rock-bottom.