The times., 1899-08-22

ls5a, the pump men and engineers employed at
the llger Mine at Burke, county of Shoshone.
State oil idaho, quit work. Lieutenant Lyons,
IN charge Of the United States soldiers said
place, asked the men to meet with him in
Unlon hah at once, as he wished to talk with
them. Everybody around crowded into the hall.
Lieutenant Lyons said: 1T has come 10 my
notice some time today that sfme influence has
been brought to bear the pump men and got
them to quit work Now do not know whether
TINS WAS some foreign influence or a committee
from the Miners Union, but if il was not you
men are TO be congratulated, and ii you dld not
get them to quit / want to use your influence
10 get them 10 return to work, tor their beneht
and your own. My orders are To save the mine,
and by God, | am going TO DO it as well from
water as from fire and dynamite, ii | have 10
get those men and make them work at the point
OF the bayonet, and | will put soldiers down
with them to see that they will work. The Army
OF the United States stands unsullied, and ii
will never be degraded by my not fulfilling my
orders viii just give you ten minutes to think
TINS matter over and see what you can do with
them. There soldiers outside of the door,
and no one will be permitted TO leave this hall
until the pump men decide TO return TO work
1t IS now fifteen minutes TO siN and five minutes
past six l want the aBswerl' The lieutenant
then left the hall, and when the ten minutes
were up he returned and asked for answer.
One OF the miners told him they had notnlng
to answer, as they were in no way responsible
He then said, 81 want to the pump men,.
The pump men were called and asked by the
lieutenant who got you men to quit work
They answered. mo one He replied, We'll,
j want you 10 go back to work tof your own
benefit and mine, aud ii you do not the best you
viii get is the of it,; and fearing great
bodily injury if they did not return TO work. the
pump returned 10 work under protest.
] make this affidavit freely and without and
inducement interest therein except as a
American citizen who is opposed to unlawful
military restraint.
DAN CRIBBLES.
JOHN KELLEY.
FRANK GUSTAFSoN,
FRANK SHANNON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th
Gay of July, A. d. 1899
(seal) WILLIAM SMITH,
Notary Public.
Now you can see what despicable serv-
ice this Administration demands of the
standing army
MY friends, one of the blood bought
rights of the Anglo Saxon is the right to
assemble together and discuss their griey-
ances. This military authority of the Uni
ted States Government has dared to
threaten with arrest and Imprisonment
American citizens If they would assemble
TO celebrate an annual holiday in the
county of Shoshone, Idaho. That doesn't
seem SO bad way off in Idaho, but, my
friends, if they can create a military des-
potism in Idaho, they can create military
despotism in the District of Columbia, or
in any county of any State of the Union.
The Constitution is just as strong in the
State of Idaho as it is in the District of
Columbia"
- Bunch of Fudge"
The Hon. w. M. Morgan of Idaho and
former member of the State Legislature
then addressed the meeting, saying that the
interview given out by Mr.. Kennedy was
bunch of fudge and giving many argu-
ments to show that the statements were in
correct He claimed that Mr. Kennedy had
been in Idaho but six days and had been
taken in tow by a number of the attorneys
for the prosecution who sold him gold
brick"
General Brndle, of New Jersey, then
made brief address in which he denounced
the money trust and said that he had fought
the national bank with Andrew Jackson
sixty-seven years ago.
Former Senator Call of Florida then made
a powerful address, In which he described
the trust methods OF stealing elections, and
stated that the watchword should be.
Watch the ballot boxes and the election
officers
H. B. Martin, of New York, also ad-
dressed the meeting briefly, and the league
adjourned to meet on call OF special COM
mittee which was appointed TO secure a
larger hall.