Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-28
WAR uroS ORGANIZED LABOR.

The Occur d'Alcne barbarian" oi
August goth. a mine owners paper .
published nj both Wallace and Ward
nor, prints an order issued by General !
! Curtis, who is still in command in the
Occur d'Alene country executing mar
tial law, as follows;
Headquarters Idaho National Guard,
/ Wallace, Idaho, Aug. II, lSe2-Special
Order No. 53-Thc Tiger and Poor
man mines will shut down and all
mining work thereon cease after II
o'clock midnight, Saturday, Aug 20,
1892, uatil further orders.
GIN j. +. CURTIS.
The same paper also gives the in
formation that the saloons in Wardner,
Wallace, Gem, Burke and Mullen were
closed by the same military command /
AIT. The Barbarian applauds the act
and gives as d reason that the Tiger
and Poorman com anies employed
union miners and strengthened their
hands by furnishing them means OF
subsistence" and goes on To remark
that "neither mines nor saloons will
be permitted to harbor and support
those who participated directly or in
directly in the late riots" "Indircctly"
il very indefinite term, but il the
men participated in the riots they
would have been handed over to the
mcrcies of n court doing political scrv
ice. In its arrogance and impudenc'
this mine owners organ goes on e
saw: I'll the Poorman and Tiger com
panies were so very anxious 10 resume
work that il became necessary 70
them TO employ an undesirable ele
ment and thus keep them among Il
TO menace the peace OF the country
perhaps they will be equally anNiou
now TO resume with class OF me
TIE who can be trusted" etc. 1t is ger
RID orally the employer who decide
AY whether his men can be trusted, an
Ess not men engaged in the same bus
.os ness from ten to fifteen miles ava.
'oN II is avcrred that the mine owners
oEs Wardner and Gem, together with Il
It'll attorneys who are leading Ropublica
politicians, influence the military cor
son mander in all Of his doings. III
ioN principal cause Of complaint the min
HoN owners have had against the uni'
has been that its members have Il
i"c' tated who should he employed. Gle
VI Curtis, acting under the advice OF .
~" class Of mine owners, is dictati
'o's' whom the others shall employ II
cur that is not all. The saloon men,
- their generosity, have contributed
US the support Of the miners out OF e
~ ployment and their families. VII!
'P'n A SIM This gallant General, "
"o's hopes to be the next Republican >
AZ rotary OF State OF idaho, would ha
An tEem and their families staryc or IL,
'"'" tie State.
It's The truth is the whole thing, fr
Jared III, !. .,;,;c.l ;
D .! spiracy conceived in the State housl
his Boise and h ltehed in Shoshone cout
Its intent was to drive out union II
tran. from Shoshone county, who are ID
Com ocrats generally, and substitute OIL
ption who can bc controlled body and !
their bv n class Of mine owners. Cover
that Wiley is in sympathy with them
Al the has been from the beginning. IL
rrare are.two reasons for tlis--one Is
would he is a mine and mill awncr, and
yber. other from the fact that lac Is n u
)emo. san Republican.
ned Ii is probable that martial law
would continue III Norm lhah" "ii'''
craek election, when it will cease because
object of its being brought into q
ence will haze passed away.
hU"h The hayCnet and the bullet has
'e lo'. ways been nvorite weapon OF
ohVer Republican party IN procuring v
sm"it Whether the people Of Idaho vii!
,atioh nit these methods that proved -
rchm tent in the South during the da,
ntell' reconstruction TO be transi lanlt
take their own soil remains 10 be d.
W. mined.
defeat --...---
Martial law and the calling
of the militia in four States is
Ia 93l 81 f.,;,. g NIX ini nrisfo