Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-11-02
Occur dame Agitators Awed by
Display of Firmness.
THE CITIZENS HEADING 1T
They Are Determined to Nip in the Bud
the First Attempt at Law.
leSsneSs.

wallace, Idaho, Oct 28-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
Council in ordering the militia to pre-
pare to move at 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, 800 armed
m IN responded to the bugle blast and
waited impatiently for the order TO
march 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-
men in the Hunter mine to join the
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-
lieved 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.
MR.. CURRAN'S STATEMENT.
Superintendent Curran, of the Hunt
er mine, says:
"A committee called upon me Friday
and wanted to know If [ had any OBJ
iections to their talking with the men
employed in the mine. I told them no.
They then went up to the mine. The
next day while 1 was away on business
the committee went up to the mine
n.
the mine and told them that the mine
was low grade ore, and l could not al
ford to have the men kept from their
work, and that | thought the one WISH
granted them was sufficient to transact
their business. l then ordered them OH
the premises.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Boyce called
on me and asked me if 1 had any OBJ
iections to my men joining the union.
7 answered him that all the men en-
ployed in the mine were free to act TOT
themselves, as any free American cltl-
zen should; that had no strings on
them"
BOYCE TALKS.
State Senator Ed. Boyce, national or
panizer of the federation of miners
who accompanied the committee from
the miners union that waited on the
n,an in the Hunter and Morning mines,
made the following statement tonight:
FRIDAY the members OF the coIailll'-
tee, seven in number, called on the Hill
ers at the Hunter mine ana sohclteo
them to join the union. AT that time
Superintendent Curran ordered thelh
off the premises. On Saturday the COM
mittee. accompanied by myself, went TO
the Morning mine. l asked Superlnten-
dent Larson If he had any oD)ectlons
to our interviewing the men, ana ne
said he had nothing to say one way OF
the other. We then solicited them 10
Join the union, showing them the bene-
fits of organized labor, and told them
we would keep the hall open from 3
to $3.50 D. 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