Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-07-21
JUDGE BEATTY ON THE RIOT
A PLAIN STATEMENT Of THE FACTS
AS KNOWN TO HIN.

Between 500 aud 600 Men Participated
In the Trouble, and are Guilty of
Contempt Of His Court--The Trials
| for Murder and Destruction Of Pro.
perty Must Come Before tbs State
Courts.
James II. Beatty, United States
Judge for this District, returned from
Boise to-day. He says that the
weather there Is SO hot that he is glad
to get back here, where he can breathe.
Being interviewed by TIMES re-
porter, he said that he was not pre-.
pared to express any opinion upon
many points connected with the
trouble up north; but that the report
er was welcome to what official infor-
nation he had, both as to the doings,
Of his court or officials, and as to the
situation up there.
AS far as he knew the Occur
d'Alene region was in the hands of
the military, the miners union men
were submitting to arrest, and al
though some fear o! hostile acts by
individuals was entertained, he did
not look for futher outbreaks at
present.
} Yesterday morning, on application
OF Judge Hsgan after due showing
made. warrants were issued out of
Judge Beatty's court for several Of
the leaders Of the mob and other
prominent agita.ors. How many he
was not at liberty to say. Official
and other advices received would,
however, seem to indicate that there
we're fully 500 or 600 union men who
had participated in the riot. This was
undoubtedly violation of the injnnc>
ton issued by his court; and for this
act of contempt the men would be
tried and, if found guilty, punished.
That is as far as the United Stat- s
Court Is interested. With the MUIR
ders and destruction of property, it
had nothing to do. Such crimes
would have to, if at all, be punished
bv the State courts. Nor was the
United States in actual possession Of
the mines aud mills at any time. The
damages, if any, would therefore have
to be borne by the people OF Idaho, in
whole or in part. How, in what man
ner, and SO forth, was not for him to
say, as the State courts had undisputed
and undivided jurisdiction.
A bill passed Congress the 9Th in>
slant, Judge Beatty is informally in>
formed, which may complicate matters
in his court to a greater extent than
he felt at liberty to state at present.
lle has sent for certified copy of the
bill; aud it may be that the bulk Of
the men who will be arrested by vir.
tue of process from the United States
will have to be tried at Moscow. At
any rate United States Marshal
Pinkham left yesterday for the north
to begin to serve the warrants, and he
will, OF course, have to be instructed
as to what disposition will be made Of
the men. Some of the ringleaders
will be brought to Boise, where, an
official copy of the bill being then re-
ceived, all questions arising under it
) will be ruled upon.
Governor Wiley, Judge Beatty
says, has not made a mistake in this
matter, that he can see. If his sug-
gestion that troops of adjoining posts
about to start out on their usual sum-
mer excursions be sent to the Coeur
, d'Alene lake had been adopted, the
trouble might not have occurred.
: While Judge Beatty declined from
: expressing any opinion as to who was
to blame for this, he admitted, in an
swer to the reporters question, that
the people in Boise generally laid the
blame on our Congressional delega>
: ton.
The instruction being qnelled,
Governor Wiley is now endeavoring
to put a stop to the enormous ex-
pense to which thu State has been
put by the trouble; and the militia
will be ordered home jus. as soon as
it can possibly be done, consistently
with safety.