The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-28

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N.Y. thorities have at last thrown
aside all subterfuge, and the
pretense that martial law is
continued in the Couer d'Alenes for the
purpose of suppressing an insurrection
has gone with the others. The Cover
nor induced President Mckinley to send
troops here by representing that Sho-
shone County was "in a state of in
surrection and rebellion" and issued
proclamation to that effect Since the
date of that proclamation the authori-
ties have insisted that ne condition Of
anarchy described by the Governor
still continues, and have sought to JUS
tify every outrage perpetrated in the
name of martial law on the ground of
necessity
When the wife of the editor of the
Mullan Mirror endeavored, through the
courts, to obtain possession of the few
paltry type taken from her by COM
pany of soldiers while her husband was
in the bull pen, an answer under oath
was returned to the process Of the
court stating that the type had been
seized by order Of the Governor and
''as a necessary means Of suppressing
the insurrection now existing in Sho-
shone County
According to residents Of this district,
no insurrection ever existed here. and
even the authorities now seem to have
wearied of the absurd pretense. They
have come into the open and the citf-
zens of this county now confined in the
bull pen, without any charge whatever
against them, are told they may Sc
cure their liberty by signing an agree
ment to leave the State and promising
never to return. Yesterday Auditor
Sinclair was asked If he would release
a certain prisoner on bail.
"Why, certainly he replied; there
are more than 100 men in my charge
whom 1 should be glad to get rid of,
but they have become so attached to
their quarters they refuse to leave. I
cannot drive them out"
This astonishing statement was made
with such positiveness that it bore the
stamp Of truth, but investigation has
developed the fact that the reason Sim
clair cannot drive these men out of the
bull pen is because he requires of them
a promise to leave their homes and
families and the State of Idaho as
condition precedent to their release.
There are many owners of property in
prison at Kellogg. Many of them are
married and are householders. These
man cannot understand why they
should be driven from their homes and
the locality in which they choose to
reside, when they have committed no
wrong. They refuse to be thus coerced
and maintain that they will pass the
rest Of their days in the bull pen rather
than purchase their liberty by such
means.
This is why Sinclair cannot drive
them out" and he will probably not
succeed, even though aided by officers
of the United States army who disgrace
the uniform they are enabled to wear
by the toll and industry of just such
men as they are now imprisoning.
Elisor Sutherland left to-day for
Pierce City and the south Of Shoshone
County in search of jurors who will try
the cases of the rioters This will carry
him $50 miles from here through Koo-
tenai Latah and Nez Perce counties,
Idaho, and Whitman, County, Wash
ington. No juror from that end of the
county has been summoned in the Dis
trict Court since the county seat was
moved from Pierce City to Murray, fif-
teen years ago.