The labor world., 1899-06-24
MAR e LAW
The Striking Miners Of Idaho Submitted
to Indignities That Would Disgrace
Siberia .sz:.. -.
BY IS. GO.OD. J /. DW'l!INI. ! !!


was arrested and sent to the IS Bull.
Pen. Owing to the treatment he re-
ceived there he died. When he / be-
came aware. Of his impending death
he pleaded 8to be allowed to- confer
with his friends about the disposal sof
his effects; this was denied. Finally
he ]. asked for the consolation Of I +
priest, which request was also denied.
Another prisoner in; the Bull Pen
named johnson, became violently In
sane and suffered under the impres.
sion that he would be hanged unless
he identified some Of the men sip
posed to have been implicated III the
explosion Of April eeth. He was aad-
Judged insane and ordered committed
IS an insane asylum. While being
conveyed there BY Coroner France he
attempted to escape and fell into the
Occur q 'Alene river. Coroner France
gave the order; to fire high Z Four
negro soldiers fired upon the man and
killed him as he struggled iii the water.
Large numbers Of admit tedly inno-
cent men have been arrested, threat
sened with the gravest penalties and
tied to every ceiyible indignit
and torture to make them swear to
1.-The identity Of certain other prisoners.
They are denied the privilege 81 seeing
their, the relatives or eo,lnsel, Prisoners
are compelled to labor against their
vii, digging ditches and onts
the mines. under threat Of solitary
confinement hsoiioaenedy ybou % 8
oner France has been conducting q
secret inquest for weeks. at which
men are laaI before him the
point of the bayonet and comp eiled TO
teatif ga;nst their consciencess With
out the advice u counsel. 81 81
The condition ofs the Bun PEN. is
described as revolt Ting is the last de-
IssRsee. The three hundred d more.
prisoners are couped u. Up, Wit thout the.
means Of observing the ordinary; laws
iof to,f' nature SIS decency. The food Of
Tered ! Them is Soff the yilest auality.
tMany off the prisoners have been, stary-4
ca and suffocate into sickness i and 81 i
number have, died.
From the above outline. 4 syaduue dt
Idea idea of the scondi tons existing IL the
Occur d aAlenes, under sthe military
|reginae may be- derived. .sast isaa state
pf II airs that ht to- arouse, alsrtm;
and I; ;;ange through ghout the 6 count NV.
fIt ssil should z y bring down gtheairon hand,
Iof publ ic wrath s,po nthe eowartily
heads Of. osea5respo ponsible for ii, no;
matter how high they may be. The
governor % Of the state of Idaho. who
was va eeeted orls the Chicago (Bryan)
plat torn, s1sr has issneds a: proclamation.
which is ] the most !: outrageous 5docu-
M nent that eyers.yas conceived BY, man. an,
EltgWould. bring "a blush 4of shame il q
1.-The cheek of the ear 81 Russia. This.
from rs on ~ 2 man elected on the work
ing mans platform = Great God, how
longer will the American 1,eonlg
allow themselves to be terrorized into
2 submissive state of degradation?
The president OF the United States
esponsible. He is the head OF our
military and unless he Immediately
.cal'ssoft 4. his ''logs of war''' /: he should
be de1iounoed as traitorous. not only
to- = American institutions. but to the
most rudimentary dictates Of common
decency and common humanity.
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