The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-10-29
OUTRAGE m NORTH IDAHO.
Masked Hon Drive Out DAN Conner
and Family.
A VICTIM or M1NERs' DIspLEAsuRx.

News comes from Wallace that
when Dan Conner. shift boss at the
Big Standard mine, came out Sat-
urday night to the dry room to cat
his midnight supper he was met by
four masked men armed with re-
volvers who ordered him to get out
of the country within "a hours.
He pleaded tina: he was married
man with wife and children at
Gem, and could not get them away
in so short time without immense
sacrifices, and asked for a week in.
which to comply with the demands
of the men. After some parleylng
he was granted three days, with the
threat that if he was not out in
time they would dispose of him,
his wife and his children, cleaning
the family out root and branch.
Mr.. Conner Immediately came to
Wallace to arrange to leave the
county of which he has been res
ident for many years, and where he
has always been known as law
abiding citizen. 1t was said that
he was ordered to leave because he
had discharged some men who were
not doing their work in a satisfac-
tory manner. He says that in the
light of previous events in thatAsec-
ton there seemed no other course
| for him to pursue except to gather
his family about him and flee for
safety.
A dispatch from Spokane, Wash,
October 25th, says: Dan Conner,
the shift boss in the Standard mine,
who was driven out of Canyon
Creek, in the Ceur d'Alenes, -is in
the city with his family. He gives
the following account of his treat
ment by the masked ruffians::
"On Friday night | was in the
dry room," he said, with about 45
men from the mine, about IL :45
a. m, when four masked men armed
with revolvers came in, and apply
ing vile epithet, commanded me
to accompany them. I went. Not
man in the room did anything
whatever to prevent my being car
ried away. l was escorted down
the road from the tunnel to the
railroad. Two of my captors walked
behind me and the other two on
either side, with cooked revolvers
pressed against my temples. BY
their voices and manners, which
none attempted TO disguise, l rec
ognized three of the men. Their
names are CIinch, McCabe and Nc.
Eleemel. After marching me down
the track they halted me and all
| four placed their guns alongside
my head, with the barrels pointing
into the air and fred probably q
shots. | believe if had offered
resistance should have been killed
on the spot. The leader said: "Ge1
down on your knees. you Odd.
I obeyed and he then told me te
beg their pardon.
Il said, Gentlemen, I beg your
pardon. One Of them told me
must get out of the camp with my
, family by 6 o'clock the next evening
If you don't we will burn you
your wife and children alive
II came to Wallace Sunday an6
went down to the Office of the Idaho
State Tribune to see Ed Boyce, th'
labor leader, and Mr.. Sovereign
the Knights of Labor man and tn
$ editor of the paper, which is tn
2 organ of the unions. l told m,
story to Boyce and Sovereign, bu
| got little satisfaction. While W
!, were talking Sheriff Tom Hane.
: came in. / laid my case befor
$ HIM and appealed to him for pro
8 lection. He said be could do moth
;po tO nrofect me mr. nv famllV"