The Monte Vista journal., 1899-05-27
MARTIAL LAW.


ment is doing something in the
Occur d'Alene INNING camp that
will have as disastrous an effect
upon the republican party next
year as did the Homestead massa-
ere in 1892. A reign of terror now
prevails in the town and vicinity
of Warden, Idaho. One thousand
miners are under arrest and are
herded in bull pens and are SO
brutally treated by federal troops
that four OF the number have died
since their Imprisonment n week
ago. The Montana labor oryaniza-
ton calls upon MI lovers of pat
riotism and justice everywhere to
denounce Gen. Merriam and the
war department behind him for the
tyrGnnical treatment of the work.
Ingmen Of Idaho and Montana, and
Furthermore calls on workinymen
to use their ballots to secure a
government that will clip the
wings Of military autocrats and
truculent officials.
Gen. Merriam has declared that
none of the mines shall hereafter
employ a union man. This edict
went forth ten days ago. aud the
administration at Washington has
acquiesced in it. 1t is crime, in
Idaho, punishable with death,
starvation, or sbject slavery for n
man to be . member Of labor
organization the purpose OF which
is to secure more of the necessnries
and comforts of life. Organized
capital has promulgated this law
in Idaho, while for itself it sets no
bounds; its insatlate greed knows
no limits; its avarice is never salts
fed and its arrogance makes dis
pots blush with shame.
1t is doubles true there is some
fault on both sides, but it is not
probable the blame can all be laid
to laboring men. Every labor
union in this country is discussing
the Occur d'Alene situation and
much more Indignation is being
aroused everywhere than the out.
side world Is aware of. 1t is ap-
parent that organized capital is
bound to crush out organized
labor il possible, aud it is with that
purpose in view tue struggle is
being watched.
The Silver Bow trades and labor
association closes its resolutions
concerning the Coeur dAlene
affair by resolving:
That il the martial game to de.
feat the trades union succeeds in
this instance the workingman will
find cause to formulate certain lin
its to present to the government,
beyond which friends OF organized
labor will not allow any of their
friends to go, and standing on their
constitutional rights, they will pre-
pare to defend those rights at any
cost"
One miner describes the situa-
tion as follows: again evil days
have fallen upon us and We are in
the hands OF scsb deputies backed
up by the United States regular
soldierx. On Thursday evening
The scsb United States deputies
zane to Burke under the protec-
lion OF the regulars aud proceeded
70 arrest everv male inhsbitant OF
Burke, the miner in his dirty wet
'verslls, the storekeeper in his
'hirt sleeves, the butcher with his
lpron on, etc, etc, aud would not
wen allow man 10 get his coat.
Tho scab deputies went around
'earching houses, breaking in
loors, insulting the women and
every nook and corner
n each house. They started about
O'Clock aud stood the prisoners in
! row until they had them all cor.
allied; they then herded them all
nto box cars aud took them TO
Nnrtlner.
The scenes and tren, mcnt nj
Nsr,lner arc described as mos: hor.
ible. On~ could imagine snch
hinss being done by Spsnisr,ls to
'ubsn prisoners, hut It il hsri for |
n American citisen to believe un. |
sss actually witnessed.
just imagine about 400 A Am-ricnn |
itixens. oil Of whom are innocent |