Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-05
United States Soldiers on Guard In
Ceur d. Alene.
WATCH AVENUES OF ESCAPE


Nnrincr. Ida. May t.-Four hundred
United States troops are on guard To-.
nirht In the Coucr d'Aicne mining dis
trlci. and martial law Il In full force
In sho-hone county. Ida. while the
governors proclamation issued yestcr-
day has not been posted In public
places. citizens are aware that martial
law ia In force. by reason OF the fact
that United States troops are on the
ground u see that q n carried out.
BRIG. Gen. II. g. Merriam. who ar
rived today frum Denver. ny way N
llpise. has determined 10 arrest. II pos-
Hihlc, all those implicated IN blowing
NJ the bunker iIiii and sullivan mine.
While u H. known that some OF the
mob. fearing arrest. have escaped from
shoshono county. a iarEe majority of
those wanted are Htlli within the
county.
MERRIAM busy.
Gcn. Merriam has boon busy MI day
sending dispatches throughout the min
ms district. dlspusinH u the tfoupH 20
~ 10 protect property and shut on the
escape u those suspected of assisting
Ia lawleHaacta here last Saturday.
Every avenue OF escape fnpm the
couor d'Alenc district II guarded by
one Or more companies of troops. and
the Federal authorities believe that the
arrest ~ all suspected Will be- made
without serious trouble as soon az ldcn.
tihcation u possible.
DYSAMITERs HELD.
one hundred aud twcn,y-ciEht men
accused II participation IN Saturday,
riot have hvcn arrested and are under
guard u United states troops near the
railroad station horc.
Gen. Merriam has established n strict
censorship over the telegraph officu
here, and nothing II allowed IL 10 out
regarding the plans for the arrest Of
the remaining suspects.
The taking Of testimony In the corn-
nef.H inquest over the bodies 81 Smith
and chuyne. who were shot and Killed
by the mob Saturday last. wnen The
bunker lliil and Sullivan minn was
blown NJ, was commenced today by
Coroner France behind closed DOOR.
Attorney General Hays u Idaho ar.
rived today ANA was present al the In o.
quest on behalf of the State. Import.
ant witnesses on tho stand were Shorln
James -, Young % Hhaahouc county,
james H. f0vsr clHn. cx.manter work
inr ~ the knights Of Labor! and al.
ber, Hutton. n Northern rArtnc enYi.
ncer. The attorney general refused L.
disclose the nature ~ the testimony un.
III all witnesses have been examined.
SOLDIERS ARRIVING.
Tho troop. arriving today from the
Wcnt we're sixty men from company N
Twentf-fourth United States Infantry
'colufril, from Vancouver bqrrupks
under command of Lieut. Murphy, and
irpop Y, Fourth United states cavalry,
IRON lioisc. under Lieut. Walsh. sis
fantry arrived last nlght and today
from the east. and VIII probably be-
held at burke. Wallace and Muilan.
Troops \ ana .. Fourth cavalry, dis.
mounted from wailn Waiin nnd Iioise.
arrived II Wallace this evening Aftcr
a short halt there they went on 10 Gem
and burke No reports have Yet brdn
received mr. 10 arrests. hui itss known
locally that most u the men wanted
have already nown.
RIOTERS THY TO ESCAPE.
To-day tho mountains arr full u nee.
Ing men. With the railroads all guari.
81, the only safe way out OF the cnuu.
NY n over the old Clidden road To
Thompson Falls, Mont That route IL
lined With them. Some take the road
direct FROM Burke, while others 40 hy
way of Murray, The road from There
was Kept open nearly all winter In
hauling ore ami II fairly punsabla.
around Murray the fuFitiyoH also have
thc sympathy u a majority of the poo-
This morning n tcamster met nfteen
fuEluNga on that road within Xix miles
ut here, THIS afternoon tho same man
mot fifteen others, They acknowledge
being Last Chance men. hut were
frightened by the IMPORT thcy had ~.
cclNcd 81 tro1pH at Thompson Falls
and decided Ia abandon the trip .nd
are camping tonight nt Monarch. three
miles out. They express themselves
~ feeling bad that hard working mon
should be driven out Of tho country by
soldiers,
TAKEN FROM THEIR BEDS.