The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
MORE MINERS ARRESTED
Five Hundred Added to the List
of Prisoners.
SHERIFF is UNDER ARREST
The County Attorney Has Been Removed
From Office - Grossly Exaggerated
Stories Have Been Sent Out-A
Sabbath Quiet Prevails.

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ton to-day has been the arrest of the
miners of the Standard, Frisco and
Gem by the federal authorities. Nearly
300 of them have been added to the list
of prisoners and the camps up Canyon
| Creek are now all practically deserted
| except for women and children. Lieu
| tenant Murphy of the Gath infantry and
a detail of men of his company made
the arrests, which were accompanied
by no demonstration whatever The
| same absolute quiet prevailed that has
| existed all the week.
The Occur d'Alene country was never
| more orderly than it has been during
| the week that has elapsed since just
seven days ago the miners from Cam
yon Creek wrecked the Bunker Hill
mill at Wardner. 1t is as if the fierce
storm that has been breeding so long
had spent itself in the demonstration
of last Saturday. The men have been
quiet and there has been absolutely no
disturbance. All Of the sensational re-
| ports that have gone out from here of
barricades defended by armed miners,
| of hold-ups and of riotous acts have
| been made up out of whole cloth and
are absolutely without foundation. 1t
has been week of Sabbath quiet only
disturbed by the little furry occasioned
by the wholesale arrests of miners and
| their confinement in the "bul PEN at
Wardner Junction.
1t was little past noon to-day when
special train over the Oregon Rail-
way Il Navigation came up from the
camp at Wardner Junction and pro-
/ ceeded up Canyon Creek with Lieuten-
ant Murphy and men aboard to COM
| plete the work begun the other night
when Burke was cleaned up. Some
men We're left at the Frisco MILL while
| others were sent further up. The de-
| tachment at the Frisco at once posted
| guards above and below the camp and
/ began the search of every house in the
| town. Offices, boarding houses, resi-
| dences. stores. saloons, warehouses,
| were all searched, and every man found
| was taken in charge. The work was
| thoroughly done and nobody escaped.
The Standard correspondent was on
| his way to Wallace from Burke over
| the country road and was stopped by
the pickets at the Granite MILL 1t was
a sure enough stop. When man looks
down the barrels of couple of 30-cali
Der rifles with a colored soldier at the
other end of the gun. his first impulse
is to stop. His next impulse is to stay
stopped, and the Standard correspond
ent followed both impulses. Then en-
sued a little diplomatic work. as the
result of which the Standard man was
sent back to Lieutenant Murphy. in
charge of a dusky veteran of San Juan,
while his companion, J. J. Hayes, re-
manned at the outpost as hostage.
Lieutenant Murphy, when finally To-
Gated, was extremely courteous and a
passport was readily granted, which
allowed Mr.. Hayes and the correspond
ent to resume their drive down the
canyon. There were others who We're
not so fortunate and they were left at
the outpost regretfully watching the
progress of the successful party down
the canyon. After two hours confine-
ment as prisoners of Uncle Sam. they
We're released.
There We're a great many affecting
scenes at Gem while the arrests were
being made. Wives shed tears as they
kissed husband and father goodbye.
While the Standard correspondent was
waiting for his passport. Lieutenant
Murphy came out of a house with
veteran miner in custody. The old
fellows hair was white and his mus
tache grizzly with many years of toll.
He turned at the door and kissed his
aged wife. Goodbye mother" he
said. and the only reply of the poor
woman was burst of sobs. Lieuten
ant Murphy turned to the woman and
said:
II am very sorry, madam. to be
obliged to do this, and hope that your
husband will soon return, but my or
ders are to arrest every man."
The same courtesy characterized the
entire search of the town. The men
took the matter good naturedly and
talked pleasant with the guards. who
in turn explained to them the mechan-
ism of their guns and their accoutre-
ments. The men at the Frisco and
Gem were prepared for the arrest and
had supplied themselves with over
coats and blankets, some of them
even having had lunches prepared for
themselves In this respect these men
are better off than the Tiger and Poor
man miners, many of whom We're taken
to Wardner Just as they left the mine,
hungry and in wet clothes. 1t is esti-
mated that there would be about $50
men in the prison at Wardner when to-
DAYS arrests reach there. Many tear
full wives and sweethearts amply at the
prison daily for permission to see
friends and relatives, but all are re-
fused
Sheriff younm and the county attor-
ney Were formally removed from Office
to-day and their KEYS ordered turned
over to the authorities. The sheriff is
under arrest at Wardner. He is not
in the bull pen" but is under guard
all the time.
At Burke to-day there was little
interruption in the prevalent quiet of
the camp. caused by the return this
morning of a man who is supposed by
the miners to have furnished the mill
tary officers with list of the men sus-
pected of taking part in last Satur-
days riot. There was no open out
break, but the man left the camp to-
night. He may be unjustly suspected.
but he has certainly incurred the i'll
will of 'The Creek"
None of the large mines of the dis
trict are working except the Morning
1t is expected that tomorrow will fore
shadow in measure the future of the
district under martial law. as the ra-
suit of the conference at Spokane to-
night of General Merriam and the mine
owners will probably determine this in