The record-union., 1899-05-05
United States Troops in Full Charge
in Strike Regions.
Gen. Merriam VIII Arrest All Connec ted
With Bunker Hill Outrage.
Every Avenue of Escape From the
With One or More Companies
of Troops-One Hundred and
Twenty-Eight Men Charged
With Participating in the Riot
Under Arrest.

Under Arrest.
WARDNER Qdla-), May 4.-Four
hundred United States troops are on
guard tonight in the Occur dAlene
mining district, and martial law is in
full force in Shoshone County, Idaho.
While the Governors proclamation has
not been posted in a public place, citi-
zens are aware that martial law is in
force by reason of the fact that United
States troops are on the ground to see
that it is carried out.
Brigadier- General H. C. Merriam, who
arrived to-day from Denver by way of
Boise has determined if possible to
arrest all those implicated in blowing
up the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines.
While it is known that several of the
mob, fearing. arrest, have escaped from
Shoshone County, large majority of
those wanted are still within the
county.
General Merriam has been busy all
day sending dispatches throughout the
mining district, disposing of the troops
so as to protect property and shut off
the escape of those suspected of assist
ing in laWless acts here last Saturday.
Every avenue of escape from the Occur
d 'Alene district is guarded by one or
more companies of troops, and the Fed
eral authorities believe that the arrest
of all suspected will be made without
serious trouble as soon as identification
is possible.
One hundred and twenty eight men
accused of participating in Saturdays
riot have been arrested, and are under
guard of United States troops near the
railroad station here.
General Merriam has established a
strict censorship over the telegraph
office here, and nothing is allowed to go
out regarding the plans for the arrest
of the remaining suspects
The taking of testimony in the Coro-
ner's inquest over the bodies of Smith
and Cheyne, who were shot and killed
by the mob on Saturday last when the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine was
blown up, was commenced to-day by
Coroner France behind closed doors.
Attorney General Hays of Idaho arrived
to-day and was present at the inquest.
Important witnesses on the stand to-
day We're Sheriff James Young of Sho-
shone County; James r. Sovereign, ex-
Master Workman of the Knights of La
Dor, and Albert Hutton, a Northern Pa
cific engineer. The Attorney General
refused to disclose the nature of the tes-
timony until all witnesses have been ex-
amind.
The following troops arrived here to-
day from the West: Sixty men from
Company B, Twenty-fourtih United
States Infantry (colored). from Vancou-
yer Barracks, Wash, under command
of Lieutenant Murphy, and Troops F,
Fourth United States Cavalry, from
Boise, under Lieutenant Walsh. Six
companies of the Twenty-fourth In
from the East, and will probably be
held at Burke, Wallace and Mullen.
Both cavalry troops went direct to
Burke, arrests commencing immediate
ly. squad was detailed as guard. the
balance of the men starting out AS
fast as men were found they were
brought to the guard and herded in the
streets. No information is given out,
but the expectations there is that prac-
tically every man will be taken either
as a prisoner or a witness, his status to
be determined later. Many men were
taken IN tneF D6US-
The day shift at the Tiger mine were
all taken as they came from work. A
special train with troops left Burke at
7:30 p. m. with nearly every man in
town, twenty soldiers being left as
guards. The Mammoth, Standard and
Frisco mines and the town of Gem will
be cleaned up while coming down the
canyon. The train left Burke with two
coaches and six box cars, all loaded.
Mullen reports no arrests there to-day.
1t is expected that arrests will COM
mence there tomorrow.
MOUNTAINS FULL OF FLEEING
MEN.
WALLACE Qda.), May 4-Troops A
and c, Fourth Cavalry, dismounted,
from Walla Walla and Boise. arrived
tonight. After a short halt here they
Went ON to Gem and Burke No re-
ports have yet been received as to ar
rests, but it is known locally that most
of the men wanted have fled
To-day the mountains are full of flee
ing men. With the railroads all guard
ed, the only safe way out of the coun-
try is over the old Glidden road to
Falls, Montana That route
is lined with them. Some take the road
direct from Burke, while others GO by
way of Murray. The road from there
was kept open nearly all winter in
hauling ore, and is fairly passable.
Around Murray the fugitives also
have the sympathy of a majority of the
people, This morning teamster met
fifteen fugitives on that road within six
miles of here. This afternoon the same
nod
edged being Last Chance men, but were
frightned by the report they had re-
cived of troops at Thompson Falls. and
decided to abandon the trip and .,re
tonight at Monarch three
miles out They expressed themselves
as feeling bad that hard working men
should be driven out of the country by
soldiers