The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-07-23

ueiS ulP9H ,ile mine owners association
and non union workmen are in the as
tendency. Immediately upon the declar-
alton of martial law the arrest Of stril<
ing miners was begun and over 200 have
80 Tar been arrested and temporarily
confined IN the sch hool house and ware
roams to await trial for charges of con
sptracy. They will probably have to
stand trial at Boise City before the Uni
ted States court. as the mills we're in
control of the district court at the time.
The penalty is very severe. \ long list
of witnesses and a large number of atl-
davits has been secured and the pros
ecutlons will he vigorously pushed. The
men suspected of using dynamite and
shooting non union men will also have
to answer, not only to the charge of con-
splracy, but Also to the charges of will
ful destruction of property and murder.
Those who caused the explosion at the
Frisco mill, If discoverd, will be tried
for murder in killing the men there.
A thorough investigation of the shoot
ing at Gem is to be made and union and
non-union men are to be tried alike for
their share in the affair The courts are
now to be appealed to, as all the prison
ers are to be handed over to the author
tiles for trial, under directions from the
war department
According to advices received by the
Spokane Spokesman the non-union men
will be heard from as soon as the trou-
bles have ended. They claim that their
interests have been entirely overlooked
The general public, they assert, have
taken sides and that their svmpathies
are either with the miners union or the
mine owners association.
Thursday afternoon the non-unon
men discussed their grievances and, it is
said, those who We're in Spokane out
lined policy which they will ask those
who remained in Tekoa and Cpur
d Alene to indorse. 1t is also said that
they have prepared statement for the
press, which will be published when the
present excitement is over. The docu-
ment has been placed in the hands of a
well-known citizen of Spokane and Will
be published when he decides it will
have no prejudicial effect.
The non-union men claim that as
American citizens they have the right
to work for any wages they wish. Also
that no body of men has a right to in
terfere with them in the discharge of
any engagement they make. They also
assert that they must be recompensed
for the time lost through their being
prevented from working when they de-
sired to do so. Those who received in
juries will also seek compensation, and
those who were compelled to give up
their money at Old Mission will demand
that their loss be made good
There promises to be some interesting
developments in a few days. The man
who holds the statement was asked yes
terday why he did not publish it. II in
tended to publish it Sunday morning.
he said, "if | saw the troops had posses
sion of the mines and the men had re-
turned to work Now l think it will be
wiser to hold it back till the excitement
has cooled down. / have no desire to
increase the trouble by adding fuel to
the fire."
One important contention the non
union men will make is that Shoshone
county is liable for the injuries they re-
ceived and for their loss of time. They
claim that if the owners of the Frisco
mill get recompensed for the destruction
of their property, they must be paid for
the injuries received IN its defense
That the non-union men have carefully
thought out their plan of action is evil
dent from their familiarity with the
legal aspects of the cases. Separate
claims will be made for the loss sus-
tanned and the injuries received at Old
Mission and Gem.
A Wardner dispatch of the 10Th says ::
The detachment sent by Gen. Carin to
oo'. .AA "a ouiy Suhyoi iiao lCUuI hCSt,
bringing out of the mountain recesses a
party of nearly starved non union men,
numbers of whom are wounded. All of
the men had been robbed of their money
and stripped of clothing, blankets, etc.
Searching parties detailed for that pur-
pose are out looking for missing men.
The stories of those brought in confirm
previous reports of the outrages and bar
barities perpetrated in the canyon. A
dead body recovered from the river Sun
day could not from its bloated condition
be recognized and the remains received
a rude burial.
The latest news from the C9ur d
Alene country is to the effect that
work has been resumed in all the mines.
Wages have been fixed at $3.50 per day
for skilled miners and S3 for shovelers,
with the right to board and lodge