The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-10
THE MINERS DEFENSE
They Swear That the Non Union
Men Began the Shooting.
RIOTERS PROVING AN Ai-iBl.
Some Non-Union Men Quit Work 1t
Homestead, but tho General Sit.
uation IL Unchanged.

Boise, Idaho, Aug. 9.-In the contempt
proceedings against Csur d'Alcne rioters
the defense began the introduction Of
testimony today. The line Of defense as
marked out by the examination of wit
nesses on the stand today is to prove that
the non-union men began hostilities, the
contention being that the union men can
not therefore be held to have violated the
injunction restraining them from interior
ing with the working of the mines, and
further that these defendants did not par
ticipate in the fight. A large number of
witnesses were examined.
Charles Kerland testified that he saw
several of the defendants at the time Of
the fight, and they were not engaged in it.
John MCGOWAN, a former saloonkeeper,
testified as to the opening of the fight at
Gem and the Frisco mine. He said the
non-union men were busy on the 10th,
erecting barricades, and that early on the
morning of the 18th, firing was begun with
shots from behind these barricades. C. J.
Fleming testified that Thomas Eaton was
not a participant in the riot He saw him
while the fight was going on, and he was
taking no part. J. F. Moffatt, deputy
under Sheriff Cunningham, testified
that 1t was commonly believed that
the non-union men intended to have
revenge for the beating of Guard Will
Jams. He described the breastworks, and
said that rifles were sent up on a special
train to the Frisco. The first shots came
from the Gem mill. He saw Tom Whalen,
r. Robinson and others Of the defendants,
and they were all unarmed. He saw the
non-union men after the surrender. No
hNfu S~nI n< N
Gem painter, testified that the shot that
killed Guard Bean seemed to come from
the Gem mill. He saw no shots fired from
town. nor did he see any ofthe defendants
committing lawiess acts. He saw no
armed men in town. Emma Ellison, a
domestic at Savage's hotel, saw the guard
Bean killed. The smoke of the shot
rose over a woodpile in front of the Gem
mill Charles Bishop, bookkeeper of the
Tiger mine. testified that Magnus, one of
the defendants, was at the mill until
q. m. on July II. Hugh McGee, one of the
defendants, was sworn. He was not q
member of the union. The shooting on
July IL came from the Gem mill. His
cabin was twice struck. There was no FIR
ing from town. Dan Harrington, another
defendant, who is a saloonkeeper, testified
that the first shot was fired from the
Frisco mill. He had no arms, and re-
manned in his house all the time. The
defense will probably rest tomorrow.
WARDNER, Aug. 9.-Forty-two prisoners
who refused to sign parole were released
today on bonds of from $500 to 81 600.
They were examined some time ago and
recommended for parole, the evidence
agains: them not warranting their being
held for any crime. The war department
has determined to retain four companies
of troops at Wallace until Governor Wiley
decides that their services are no longer
needed as protection to life and property.
The remainder of the troops will be with
drawn September l.