Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-08-05

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and viii Soon be Tried.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. SIN tn
United States district court yester
day Judge Beatty commenced hear
ing the cases wherein twenty-fv'
C@ur d'Alene miners are charge'
with contempt Of court In havin'
on July llth, at Gem, violated TIN
injunction OF the court commt0d
ing the members and sympsthizer'
of the miners union to retain from
molesting the property of mine own
ers and persons of their non-union
employees. After the answer ol
the respondents to the information
of the federal prosecution had
been received, the attorney for the
respondents moved thathis clients lie
dismissed, for the reason that It had
not been clearly shown that they
were guilty of contempt. His mo-
ton was overruled, and he excepted
upon being asked II they were gui :
ty or not guilty.
The respondents whose name
follow entered pleas Of not guilty
r. Robinson, Joseph Davis, III. Nc
Gee, Thos. o Brien. j. +. Poyton
Hugh McF ldden, Thos. Whaley, l.
Selson, Dan Harrington, VIM.
}aughen, 5. II. Brockman. Pa
Kennedy, Andrew Magusen, Thoi
Dole, Gus Peterson, Quinn Sullivan
leo. Smith. Thos. Eaton, Davic
McGee. John Nicholson, and job
Fitzgerald. The fist and only wit
iess called today was John Knee
,orne, who at the time Of the Frisc'
Mill explosion was employed al
Helena and the Frisco mine as :
blacksmith.
He stated that he saw the smok,
# the first shot fired near Gem earl,
N the morning of July 11th,and wa
positive that 1t was discharged by
one o. the party of union men who
were hidden behind logs on the Hi
side above Frisco mill. Stationed
within the mouth of the tunnel wer,
4 number Of Frisco guardsmen, bu
he was sure they did not fire first
The initial shot was followed by Il
1esultory fusilade of six or sever
shots,and then there was vollry oi
one hundred shots fired before tie
force In the mill began to reply
Kneebone said that after the abor-
tive attempt to destroy the mill 10y |
sending powder-laden car down
the steep tramway back Of the plant,
ne saw man carrying a powder box
toward the head of Penstock, and
shortly after this an explosion occur
red, and Frisco mill collapsed. He
declared be would know the man
who carried the powder If he should
zee him again. After the explosion,
Kneebone and his comrades deter
mined to surrender. aud hung out
lag of truce. In o short time sever
VI hundred armed men came down
rom the hills and had surrounded
the mill. Most of the mob were
lnion miners. They compelled the
frisco men to march to the miners
lnion hall at Gem. AT the time of
he surrender he saw Thomas ,
)'Brien, Dan Harrington, Thos. Ea.
on, Thos. Doyle, and Joseph Poyn.
On. near Frisco mill, on their way |
'om the hillside. Each was armed ,
18th rifle or shotgun. After re- G
laining an hour at Gem the men s
ere placed in box cars and taken t
Wallace. Next morning Knee
)ne and so or 80 others were order t
| to leave town Immediately, and
ley boarded train and went to v
he Old Mission. That evening flf- h
en- or twenty men on foot and r,
,rsebnck came to the mission and d
to shoot and yell at nom re
lion men. "Get out of here, you OF
ID s--of b--s!" they cried. Non 81
lion men fled like sheep. Knee. OF
ne was fired at several times. He A
n up the railroad track and took to
the brush. He remained several W
urs In the timber, then started for III
steamer landing at Old Mission, hi
t was Interrupted by four men. to
10 robbed him of all he possessed, th
d told hlm to leave the country. tn
missed the next steamer but en-
light one the following day, and bo
mt to Cgur d'Alene City, thence an
Spokane. Upon cross examina- of
q Kneebone's testimony was not lly
ken. Kneebone states he will sh
mt out the men who carried the Fr
vder to direct against the Frisco TO
II. The hearing will continue one fir
,k and some sensational develop bo
nts are expected. tn,
all
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