Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-11-01
STOPPED IN TIME
Occur dame Agitators Awej by
Display Of Firmness.
The CITIZENS HEADING IT
They Are Determined to Nip In the Bud
the First Attempt at Law
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Wallace. Idaho. Oct. 2s.--If there was
any intention on the part of the MEM
bers of the miners union to drive out
the miners from the Hunter mine Sun
day evening it was nipped in the bud
by the prompt action of Governor Nc
Connell in ordering the militia to pre-
pare to move at a moments notice. and
the announcement that he would de-
clare martial law at the first outbreak
Of trouble.
All is now quiet, and the citizens are
confident there will be no trouble.
Public sentiment appears TO be over
whelming in favor of crushing out any
attempt at intimidation at the very out
set. Never before have the people of
the Occur d'Alenes been so united and
determined to suppress lawlessness,
They declare the time has come when
working men DESTROYS Of earning a
livelihood must and shall be protected
at any cost.
When the special train from Mullan
reached Wardner last night, 300 armed
m IN responded to the bugle blast and
waited impatiently for the order to
m arch to Mullan. AS there was no
trouble the order was not given.
Colonel Morrow mustered in a COM
pany of militia at Mullan today, many
being miners.
Members of the miners union de-
clare the committee did not order the
men in the Hunter mine to join the
union or leave the country. Citizens
declare they did, and that the threat
was not carried out because of the
prompt show of resistance on the part
Of the citizens and militia. 1t is be-
ieved the scare will have salutary
effect, by showing the union that the
first attempt at violence will be imme-
diately put down by armed forces.
MIR. CURRAN'S STATEMENT.
Superintendent Curran, of the Hunt
err mine, says:
"A committee called upon me Friday
and wanted to know If had any OBJ
jections to their talking with the men
employed in the mine. 1 told them no.
They then went up to the mine. The
next day while was away on business
the committee went up to the mine
again. When 1 returned 1 went up to
the mine and told them that the mine
was low grade ore, and 1 could not af-
work. and that 1 thought the one visit
granted them was sufficient to transact
their business. 1 then ordered them off
the premises.
Saturday afternoon Mr. Boyce called
on me and asked me If / had any OBJ
jections to my men joining the union
| answered him that all the men en-
ployed in the mine were free to act for
themselves, as any free American citi-
zen should; that l had no strings on
them"
BOYCE TALKS.
State Senator Ed. Boyce, national or
ganizer Of the federation of miners,
who accompanied the COMMITTEES from
the miners union that waited on the
men in the Hunter and Morning mines,
made the following statement tonight:
Friday the members of the commit
tee, seven in number, called on the min
ers at the Hunter mine and solicited
them to join the union. At that time
Superintendent Curran ordered them
off the premises. On Saturday the COM
mittee, accompanied by myself, went to
the Morning mine. / asked Superinten-
dent Larson If he had any objections
to our interviewing the men, and he
said he had nothing to say one way OF
the other. We then solicited them to
join the union, showing them the bene-
its of organized labor, and told them
we would keep the hall open from
to $50 p. m. Sunday. in order to give
both day and night shifts an oppor-
tunity to join. We then returned to
town, where we heard that Superin-
tendent Curran would not allow any
Of his men to join the union. / went to
interview Mr.. Curran, and told him we
had heard he had said that any of his
employees who Joined the union would
be discharged, and asked him If it was
so. He said, L don't give damn what
they join That ended the interview.
Saturday evening, after the inter-
view with Curran, we talked with the
men again. They said that on Friday
he had told them If they Joined the
union they would be discharged, and
on Saturday had informed them he
would not work mixed crew, but
wanted them all to Join the militia, as
he could get plenty of guns from Gov
ernor Mcconnell. The best of good ma
ture prevailed. and some of the men,
bers of the committee took dinner with
the workmen at the Morning mine. OF
the committee of seven all nationalities
were represented. We are going to re-
peat this action right along peaceably,
soliciting the men to join the union,
and this is the only warfare we intend
to wage"