The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-09-11
DYNAMITE BY The TON
-Four Thousand Pounds Said 10 Have
Been Placed In One Mill.
TRAGIC TWELFTH OF JULY
The Prosecution Still Has tho
Fioor-The Court Forbids
Jurymen to Read
Newspapers.
Spec Dispatch to tn. Standard.

SPECIAL Dispatch to tn. Standard
CoEuR D'ALENE, Idaho. Sept. lo.-The
examination of Mr. Clement was resumed
by the defense tins morning in tho United
States court. His Testimony was subsian-
TALLY the same as given yesterday after
noon To the prosecution. Mr.. Rctldy cre-
atcd some little excitement in the court
room. Mr.. Rc,ldy asked the witness III tho
Mine Owners association or his company
were employing private counsel to prose-
cute the case. Mr.. Hepburn of the defense
objected. The objection was not over
ruled. but Mr.. Hcybiwn arose and said
that Judge Hagan and himself were cm-
ploycd by the Mine Owners association rs
private counsel To prosecute the ease aud
that they made no secrecy OF tho fact.
Robert Shane. mill supcrin,cndcnt for
the Bunker Hill K sullivan company, was
the next witness. He testified to the cap
tnre of the concentlator on the ,noruing
ut the l.th by about Is armed men. He
testified that he was compelled to shut
down the WORKS. and that his men wero
placed IN line and marched To The railroad
depot. Dean was the spokesman OF rhe
armci crowd aud used very insulting Ian
giiagc. Tho witness testified that "Sage-
brush" Sinclair came 20 hiGi about 10
O'Clock In the evening and said he wanted
revolver. saying lie had had fight with
TWO union men and he wanted tn protect
himself. The witness thought he was tell
ing the truth and let him have the weapon.
That was the last the witness saw of the
man or gun. The witness SAID that after
the company had gotten possession of the
mill. fully i.o00 pounds of dynamite WAS
taken from different parts of the mill.
.Inhn Shnna hrnt hs.r rs,f R,,,arf aud mi
foreman for the same company. was then
called. His testimony was similar TO that
of lis brothers. The witness testified that
after the armed men had taken posse ssion
of The mill one of the men said: Lets
so and take the mines, there Is no fight
here" The witness saw about two tons
OF powder taken from the mill. During
the examination of this witness. MIR. Hey
burn accused the counsel for the defense
OF misleading the witness by asking him
n certain question. Mr.. Raddy Sc, erely
scored Hepburn for making the accusa-
ton and said il was unkind. The court
decided that Hepburn was wrong.
Charles Sweeney was then called and
testified as to the meeting in McAuley's
Office on the morning of July II, and to
the terms made by the union aud To tho
acceptance of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van company to take the non-inion men
out of the country. The witness said
that after leaving McAulcy's office,
lie went down where ho was met by
Pat Flynn and Others. Pat Flynn
called him renegade Irish - -
and told Sweeney that lie Sweeney had
been assisting Ia down the Irish. that lie
brought tho first batch of non-union men
into the country and that they should have
4. L. Al
ones in.
The noon hour having arrived recess
was taken till > y. m. AT thc afternoon
session the jury was excused while the ~
prisoners who were brought down last
night, were arraigned in court. The
prisoners were Messrs. Littrick, Leasurc.
Dalan, Godfrey. Werner. Anderson.
Flynn, Bradley, Shaw, Thomas. Telling
!ier, Trimbai Davis. Jones. Tohin. A new
arraigamcnt of defendants, PettIbone.
Bushnell. Riley. Calls, Siuclair aud Muir
ply. now on trial, was made upon Sec
ond indictment found by tho grand jury.
After these men had been arraigncd. the
court proceeded to the trial of tho case a
issuc with Sweeney in the witness box.
The further line of testimony adduccd by
Sweeney was TO the elect that hc had
seen certain Of tie defendants carrying
arms at the time of the troubles at the
Bunker Hill & sullivan mill ard mine.
He said il was usual FOR men 70 carry arms
i'm the Occur d Alencs and that Il was utt
an uncommon practice.
Tho next witness was Frank Jenkins.
mine superintendent Of the Bunker Hill tS
sullivan company. Tho testimony OF MIR.
Jenkins was substantially the same as
that of Mr.. Sweeney. Mr.. Jcnlius wore a
grandfather hat aud a Harrison button Oh
the top button hole of tho left lapel of his
coat. He was n delegate To the republican
state convention and is the chairman of
the republican committee OF Shoshone
county. At tho conclusion of tho testi-
riony OF Mr.. Jenkins. the court stated that
adjournment would be made until .
o'clock Monday morning. His honor
stated 10 the jury that he would place
them in the hands of special bailifi. and
instructed them especially tbat in view Of
the fact that certain newspapers have
been expressing opinions as 10 tho prob
able decision of the jury In this case. he
would forbid them reading the newspapers
while they were parties to the adjudication
of the case. The town Is full OF strangers
and presents a lively appearance.
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