The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-28
The Entire Army OF Commonweal
viii Not Be Brought To
Helena
Some OF the Leaders May Have
to Answer for Con-
tempt.
Tho Deputies Are Reported ~ Having n
Hard Time Getting EaeuEh to Eat
At Torsythe.

Aftor all Helena is rot 10 have the Mon
tsna division Of the Corey army; IL will
have a few OF them some time next week.
but not all OF them a. any time. according
20 The present arrangement. Tho wiser
counsel Of Judge Knowles. Of the United
states court. aud OF TX Gov. Toole, of the
local counsel for the Northern Pacific. pre-
vailed in the matter. and the original inten-
iiou Of having all the captives brought here
for punishment has been abandoned. The
United States court 10 now In the midst Of
an impo tant criminal trial. There are
numerous other cases Of equal importance
90 follow. The business OF the con . is
enough to occupy its time for weeks 90
come. To have brought the entire 800 or
more oommonweAlers here for the action Of
the federal authorities would have disa -
ranged the entire business Of the court.
Bsaidsa that there would have been the
difficulty in handling such a large number
Of prisoners. aud the additional difficulty
OF finding any place 10 conhno
them should they have been SEN
tenced TO imprisonment for contempt.
stll greater difisultiss would have pre-
ssnted themselves had the army been
brought here and the members tried on any
Of the several criminal charges that might
havo been preferred against them. Each
man would have been likely 20 ask q sspa-
rate trial and that would have meant over
year OF continuous session OF the court,
allowing only one day for each case.
The things which might have happened.
however. are not going TO happen. Judge
Knowles and Ex-Gov. Toole stuck TO their
original opinion that 10 would be needless
trouble aud expense 20 the government 20
bring oil the captured oommonWealers
here for punishment. when II would answer
tho same purpose to have she leaders In
court. They have brought the eastern
officials OF the road 10 their way of think-
ING, and as the result Of yesterdays tsle-
graphic Communication the rlsn has been
perfected. II is as follows;
A number Of the leaders Of the common
wealers, how many is not yet known. will
be selected and brought TO Helena "a soon
as the business Of the United States court
10 "a such shape that Judge Knowles will
have time 90 attend to their cases. The
others will be left in charge of the troops
who captured them. probably al Fort
Keogh, until some orders are received as to
their disposition. 4 he probabilities nre
that they will be released. when 10 Is not
known, but meantime they will be we'll
taken care Of md fed by the commissafy
department at Fort keoRh.
In the matter OF provisions 10 seems that
the captured cOmmOnWeRleTa afe farinR
bettsF than the special deputy marshals
who were sent In pursuit OF them. The
deputies left Butte without making prspar-
ations for long campaign. The common.
veal army was better supplied. Now that
the regular army have the cOmmonwealers
In charge as prisoners the governm snt is
bound 20 see that there Is enough 20 eat.
From reports received here It is evident the
deputy marshals nTe haTing 10 do their own
foraainR. One report was that the com
monwealers were sharing their provisions
with tie deputies.
The national guard, which has been held
in readiness for duty By the governor since
Wednesday evening, was dlsbHnded yes-
terday morning and dismissed from further
service At present. 1ney assembled at
their armoTies yesterday morning ~ eight
o. clock, and at IL the governor sent tele-
graphic orders 90 the commanders ontside
OF the CITY, telling them 60 dismiss the
men for the present. Ihe governor went
IN person TO the armory used by the local
militis. and made them a litsle tslk bsfoFs
dismissing them, He thanked them for
responding 30 promptly to the call, and
their services. aud he WAS Rlaa of u. they
had shown commendable Iromptness in
IN ming cut and he felt sure had their ser
vices been required they wOu.d not have
shiTked any duty required of them.