The times., 1899-10-25
SITUATION STILL SERIOUS.
Governor SteuneaberE Fears Renew
nj OF idaho HinIng TrouhIe-.

aAA ~ tANhV NAAtME trnMHAeSs
Gov. Frank Steuuenbers. OF Idaho. held
another long conference with the Secretary
Of War yesterday afternoon regarding the
withdrawal Of the Federal troops from the
Cosur d'Alsne mining district. The Gov
ernor insists that unless some troops are
left in the district the laWIess element
which has been driven out viii return an3
insugurate another reign OF terrier
There are at present about 800 troops
there" said Governor SteuneuberE to
Times reporter and I VIII not consent
to the withdrawal of all % them for several
months. ] don't care IL only one company
is left in the district I viii Insist, how
ever, that an the troops be not taken
away, for il they are Go viii only result in
the loss Of additional property and pos
sioly more lives. and the troops wiz have %
De sent back 20 again restore order
ne State officials are willing TO provide
guards 70 act as iaiiers for the sixty-fve
men awaiting trial, but all the troops the
State might provide would not keep the
lawless element In subsection without they
were backed up by Federal troops. / be-
Heve the Secretary Of War viii consent 10
have small body of Federal troops remain
In the district. which is all I ask
The Governor has also filed a long state
ment with Secretary Root giving his rea-
sons for wanting the soldiers left IN the
district In his statement the Governor
IS particularly severe on the miners
unions He says the unions are responsible
for the outrages committed last spring. In
regard 70 the miners unions. the statement
reads as follows.
The evidence in the court martial
trials disclosed that The crimes OF April
~ ,e . .
eonspiracies, beginning about April Is.
1889 For instance, the evidence showed
that at Mullam. upon the morning OF
April %. these men formed in line in frour
OF the Miners Union Hall and took no the
march from that point 70 the railroad.
that at Burke the miners collected fla and
about the Miners Union Hall some Of
them carrying guns at the time upon the
public street and unmasked. and about 10
O'Clock marched 10 the depot, covered the
engineer with rifles. and took complete
control OF the train. that at Murray they
met IN the Miners Union Hall where guns
and masks were in readiness and were
handed to parties coming in. the room be-
ing darkened. and the guns were taken
from hiding place under the desk near
where the president OF the union sat
The crowd seemed to be az all times
under the control and acting in Obediencs
TO the commands OF superior officers.
marching and obeying orders with mill
taTy precision The blowing Up OF the
Bunker Hill and the Sullivan mines on
April 2s was openly endorsed by the on
ciai organ of the Western Federation OF
Miners, which was edited by J. r SOyer-
eign- This newspaper is still the mouth
piece OF lawlessHess, and is, with each is
sue. particularly encouraging those who
committed the crime Of April % to con-
rIuTFa effHh
presents itself The paper brazenly admit
ted that the destruction OF property and
the murders OF April % were the work og
the so-calIed labor organizations Of Occur
d'Alene. thus clearly proving them 20 be
criminal organizations