The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-18
Cnur d'Alene Troubles.

journals have Ooen recOuutlu8 tue
difficulties existing between the
mine owners and miners In the
above named district. Several days
ago Governor Wiley went to the
scene of the supposed trouble ap-
parently for the purpose of inves'
tigatipg the reported disturbance
between the minesowners and the
men. The Governor proceeded to
the Cmur ,d'Alenes with all the
flourish of trumpets BETTING biz
past wishy-washy actions as the
chief magistrate Of the state. He
spent several days in that region
but the resolutions adopted at
meeting held by the citizens of Gem
on the 7th instant, state that ''he
did not visit nor see fit to visit
single mining camp in the Ceul
d'Alenes." However, he looked
around and saw no insurrectionery
movements on the part Of the
striking miners to cause any alarm
Moreover, on his return to the
capital, the Governor was inter
viewed by a Statesman reporter
aud to him said, that "thus far nc
breach of the peace had transpired
and that the Occur d'Alene district
was peaceable." Yet upon the heels
efthese assertions, Governor Wiley
on the 4th instant issued the follow.
ing uncalled for proclamation, not
only greatly exaggerating the exact
condition of affairs in that mining
region, but in reality stultifying his
own statements in reference thereto.
The following is the Governors
proclamation, emitting the where
as" in the preamble:
"Be it known, that do by virtue Of
the power in me vested by law, proclaim
and order all such unlawful assenblages,
combinations and bodies of men to inn
mediately dlsperse and cease to oongrc-
gate in any manner unlawfnlly, or to
interiors with the citizens of said county
and the railroad travel and traffic, or
threaten the property, business or per-
sons thereof, and to obey all the laws and
to allow each and every person or cor
poration to proceed with their usual bus
iness avocations and the working and
operation Of their properties in q peace.
full and lawful manner.
"And do further proclaim that If
lawlessness, threats, interferences and in
timidat ions still continue in Shoshone
county, and if the owners of properties
are further interrupted and interfered
with in the peaceful and lawful occupa-
ton, enjoyment and working of the same,
ana its citizens are further mOlested and
that l, as chief executive,
will issue an order, by virtue Of the power
in me vested, declaring the county Of
Shoshone in state of instruction, and
will call to my aid all necessary military
force, both state and national, to enforce
the law and preserve the peace.
sThis is to warn all such persons to re-
frain from unlawful and disorderly assem-
blages, and to obey the law and resume
their peaceful avocations in order that
martial law may be avoided"
If there ever was any weakness
shown on the part of an executive
of any state in his official actions,
it has been exceeded by Governor
Wiley in issuing such an extraor-
binary edict, when to all appear
ances and from the utterance of
the Governor himself, peace and
quietness reigned throughout the
Cmur d'Alenes, and that there had
been no demonstration whatever of
any insurrectionery movement on
the part of the striking miners.
The uncalled tor proclamation will
have the effect of spreading abroad
an impression that lawlessness
among the miners prevails to such
an extent that the Governor would
be compelled to order out troops at
any time. The procedure ON the
part of the executive has been such
as to not only antagonize the
miners, but has its effect upon the
working men generally of the state.
1t is reported that the strike has
ended and the miners have returned
to their work, and upon terms sat
isfactory to them and the owners OF
the mines. To show how utterly
uncalled for the Governors proc
lamation was, We publish below the
resolutions passed by the citizens
of the Gem mining camp, in the
Ceur d'Alenes
Resolved, That We. the citizens Of Gem,
have been greatly disappointed and con-
slider that We have been grossly insulted
by the action of the Governor of our
state in visiting the Ceur d'Alene coun-
try for the purpose of investigating the
where he did not visit nor
see fit to visit single mining camp in
the Ceur d'Alenes.
Reso9psd, That We. the citizens, do here.
BY denounce the action of the Governor
and his proclamation a. being unjust and
uncalled for; and also that We will use
every effort In our power at the coming
election to elect . governor for the people
and not for monopolies.
One hundred and torty-six mil
lions have already been appropri-
ated by the senate committee for