Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-08
THE MINERS DEFIED
49, $500 90. rss .ss--.-s. =. -.
MARTIAL LAW AGAIN PROCLAIMED
IN coUR D'ALENE. -,
WILL DANISH UNION MEN
AUTHORITIES PROPOSE Te CLEAR
DISTRICT OF AGfTAToRs. -
Mine Owners Agree TO Follow Plans
Mapped Out for the Punishment
of Offenders Against the
Laws in State and Fed
eraI Courts.

SPOKANE, WASH, May mines of
Shoshone county, Id, that propose to
operate during the reign of martial law
may do so only on condition that they
dc not employ members OF the Cour
q 'Alene Miners union.
This is the martial law as laid down by
General Merriam and Attorney General
Hayes, of Idaho. At meeting of the mine
owners in this city yesterday morning, Mr..
Hayes presented this mandate. The own
ers cheerfuIly promised to obey.
we are going to clean up the Cour
d'AIene," said Attorney General Hayes
prior to bis departure for Boise.
Il have seen some of the mine owner to-
day and they have been informed by the
proper authorities that they cannot en-
ploy anyone connected with criminal or
ganization in the county. The Miners
union in ShoShone county contains many
desperadoes and criminals who have. un-
der the protection of the union, perpe-
trated crimes and outrages. Twice has it
been necessary because of these men and
their organization to put the country un-
der martial law. We want to stop that sort
of thing.
THE owners living in Spokane allow the
union to run things and when their prop
erty is threatened or riots occur as re-
to send troops TO protect their property.
Some of these mine owners know who the
men were who left their mines to go up to
Wardner for the purpose of blowing up
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines.
They allowed them to go out of the
mines to destroy the property of another
and then to return to work.
We have undertaken as large job of
criminal prosecution as ever commenced in
the history of the country. Trying between
200 and 500 men is task of enormous mag
nitude. We propose to push the prosecu-
ton vigorously, however. l am obliged to
go back to Boise for few days on official
business, but will be back in about a week
and expect to spend the entire summer
in the C0ur d'Alene. Prisoners will be
tried in both the state and federal courts.
Murder and arson are some of the charges
the state will bring against these men and
We hope to intiict the extreme penalty.
THE state and federal authorities are
working amicabiy together in the matter
and will aid each other all possible. Some
thing was done in this strike that was
never before done in the the history of the
United States. Aysingle company was sent
into district TO cope with l,0ev rioters!
II refer to the company of the Twenty
fourth infantry from Spokane, command
ed by captaain Bachelor: 1t was vas necessary zee
for others could not be got there quick
enough.
''It does not seem to be generally under
stood that Governor Steuenberg called upon
the government for troops before he knew
of the destruction of the mill. He had
heard a report that the mill was to be
blown up, but had received no confirma-
ton of the report when he called on the
president at 5 p. m. Saturday for troops -
To-day's meeting of the Cour d'Alene
mine owners was held at the Offices of
Finch & Campbell. 1t was called at the
request of Attorney General Hayes who
desired to lay before the owners the man.
date of the state and federal authorities
that union miners could not be employed in
the regione
Mr.. Hayes laid before us the ruling that
union men must not be employed" said
Mr.. Finch after the meeting.
He said further that the state authori-
ties would expect our cooperation and We
told him they would have it. OF course
we cannot get men right away and we do
not propose to go out and look for them
We are going to walt and see If they come
to us. There are certainly great many
good men in the union, but, as Mr. HAYES
said. when we told him this, if they are
good men they can disavow their allegiance
to the unions and go to work. Until men
sufficient to operate the mines come in
the mines will have to remain closed
down."