The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-11-09
Great Northern Passenger Train
Had a Narrow Escape
ROY GOODWIN WAS ARRESTED
Incited a Mob at kalispel and Helped TO
Disable Engines in the
RoundhOuSe.

to go INTO effect at IL p. m. Only ~ eili-
ployes of the road attended the meet
ing, at which it was decided to strike.
Those loudest in their demands for
strike are not at work on the line, and
many of them are not railroad men,
At the appointed hour no one stopped
at ALL The crews came when called
and trainmen, engineers. trackmen,
dispatchers and operators declared
their intention to stay with the COM
pany and respond to all calls for duty.
Employees of all classes loudly denounce |
the action. Three firemen. one engiu-
eer, one section foreman and about 80 |
hoodlums who have been discharged |
compose the sum total OF the strikers.
At u o'clock a mob of about so went |
to the roundhouse and ran a snowplow |
engine into the turntable pit complete
ly blocking it. They then killed all the |
engines in the roundhouse.
Superintendent Ryan Immediately be- |
gan to take prompt action. Sheriff
Baldwin and City Marshal Hoover
We're called upon, who promptly swore
in large number of deputies who pa
trolled the track till morning. Two
freight trains came in at q. m. Depu-
ties were placed in charge of them and
they were kept alive. No further dem
onstrations were made on the part Of
the mob, which divided up into small
squads.
Roy Goodwin was to be seen chasing
around, up and down the tracks, giving
whispered orders, and it was Superin-
tendent Ryan now who made the dem
onstrations At 4 a. m. Justice Nash
and Assistant County Attorney Bren-
men were routed out of bed and war
rants were sworn out for Roy Good
win, Nick Moran, T. p. Bickles, A. Nal
colin and Steve Tucker, charging ma
licious destruction Of railway property.
GOODWIN ARRESTED.
Goodwin was found about a. m. and
put under arrest, with bonds fixed at
$500, which he only secured after scour-
ing the town till noon. The others were
arrested later and put under the same
bonds Examination was, set for this
afternoon, but subsequently postponed
to 10 tomorrow morning. The hostler
at the rOundhouse says he can Identity
the ones above named as those who
came to the roundhouse to kill the en-
gines and ditch the cars. When the
citizens learned this morning Of the
strike, and learning that it was called
and agitated by those who have no in
terests in common with railroad men
in active service, general indignation
was expressed and Goodwin was de-
nounced in no uncertain tones.
After his speech in Spokane in which
he urged bullets in place of ballots, cit
liens who held any respect for him lost
it.
The damage done by the mob was
soon repaired and trains set to moving
without interference.
SET FIRE TO A BRIDGE.
The sensation of the day was when
crowd of citizens assembled at the de-
pot to await the arrival Of the west
bound passenger 1t was reported cut
of Columbia Falls, 1S miles distant, at
240 D. m. Forty minutes elapsed and
an uneasiness began to be felt. In just
one hour Engineer Buckley whistled in.
The news was then given that a das-
tardly attempt had been made to wreck
the passenger train. The torch had
been applied to a bridge just west Of
the big cut this side of Columbia Falls
and the fire was just gaining Roadway
as the train dashed on to the bridge
The engineer applied the air and the
train was stopped right on the bridge.
Fifteen minutes later and the train,
with it's human freight, would have
been piled up in the gorge below and
the awful results can only be imagined.
Then it was that Goodwin was de-
nounced in the strongest kind of Ian
guage as an unsafe man to be allowed
in any community. A reward of $500
was offered by the Great Northern and
$500 by Governor Richards for the ap-
prehension of the persons who attempt
ed to wreck the train. The line Of ac-
ton adopted by the rioters is right in
line with Goodwin's Spokane speech,
and the community will only be too
well satisfied to see him summarily
dealt with by the courts, and if any fur
Their attempts at train-wrecking are
made the citizens may take hand and
suddenly terminate the lawlessness and
in a way unpleasant to rioters.
MONTANA CENTRAL MEN NOT IN II
surprised to Hear That Strike Had
Been Ord red Reward Authorized
Helena, Nov. 4.-RumOrs of a Great
Northern strike spread rapidly through
the city yesterday. 1t was reported
early in the afternoon that the threat