Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-11-08
BRIDGE SET ON FIRE
Great Northern Passenger Train
Had a Narrow Escape.
ROY GOODWIN WAS ARRESTED
Incited a Mob at kalispcI and Helped 10
Disable Engines in the
Roundhouse.

Kalispell. Mont. Nov. 4.-Roy Good
win called a strike on the Kalispell III
vision of the Great Northern last night,
to go into effect at II p. m. Only 10 en-
ployes of the road attended the meet
ing, at which it was decided to strike
Those loudest in their demands for a
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 engin-
eer. one section foreman and about 80
noodlums who have been discharged
compose the sum total of the strikers.
AT II o'clock mob of about so went
10 the roundhouse and ran 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
| were called upon, who promptly swore
| in large number of deputies, who pa
trolled the track till morning. Two
| freight trains came in at l a. m. Depu-
ties were placed in charge of them and
| they were kept alive. No further dem
| onstrations were made on the part of
l the mob. which divided up into small
i 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 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. BiclSles, 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
800, 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
L
at the roundhouse says he can identify
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 a
crowd of citizens assembled at the de-
pot to await the arrival of the west
bound passenger. 1t was reported cut
Of Columbia Falls, 13 miles distant, at
2:4O p. IN. 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
/
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 its human freight, would have
oeen piled up in the gorge below and
the awful results can only be imagined.
Then it was that Goodwin was de-
i nounced in the strongest kind of Ian
i 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 way unpleasant to rioters.