The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-06
ten WERE FOUND GUILTY
Verdict in the Occur d'Alene
Miners Case.
THREE WERE ACQUITTED
They Were Tried on the Charge OF Con-
spiracy and OF Stopping United
States Mail Train-Review
o. Labor Troubles,

Moscow, Idaho, Nov. 5.-The jury. to-
day returned verdict Of guilty in the
case of 10 and not guilty in the case
of three of the Occur d'Alene miners
who have been on trial here in the
United States court on a charge of con-
,spiracy and of stopping United States
mail train at Wallace on April 90 last,
the day on which the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan mine was blown up at Ward
ner.
The convicted men are: Dennis
o'Rourke. Arthur Wallace, Henry Ma
roni, John Lucinetti, C. R. Burres,
Francis Butler. Ed Abinola, P. Z.
O'Donnell, Mike Malvey and Louis
Salla.
Those acquitted are: F. w. Garrett.
Fred Shaw and w. Y. Bundren.
Tomorrow at O'Clock the convicted
men will be brought into court and will
receive their sentence.
Under the statutes the penalty for
conspiracy against the United States
and a. delay of the mails is a fine of not
less than 81 900 nor more than $4,000,
or not to exceed two years imprison-
ment, or both fine and Imprisonment
Garrett, Shaw and Bundren were re-
victed men are all single with the aX-
ceptioa of Salla. an Italian, while all
those acquitted are married men. The
defense viii carry the case to the cir
cult court Of appeals.
The labor troubles in the Occur
dAlene mining district are of long
standing and have been the subject of
much discussion in labor organizations
throughout the United States. In July,
1892, the Frisco mill was blown up with
dynamite by a mob and five men killed.
For several days a reign Of terror eX-
listed throughout the Occur d'Alenes,
but United States troops were ordered
to the scene and for many months mar
tial law prevailed. An attempt was
made to convict the guilty ones, but
every trial resulted in acquittal. After
the United States troops We're terror
lied lawless acts became frequent and
many citizens were terrorized and i'll
several instances men were assassinat-
ed. All the mines except the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan employed union labor
and the Miners union demanded that
the company discharge all non-uniOn
men and employ union men. This the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan company re-
fused to do.
On April 20 of this year mob Of
1000 men took possession of railroad
train a. Wallace and went to Wardner,
where they blew up the mill of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan company with
dynamite, destroying a quarter of a
million dollars worth of property AMI
killing two men.
United States troops were ordered to
the scene under command of Brigadier
General H. c. Merriam. Martial law
was declared and about 700 men were
arrested.
All were released except about so Of
the leaders. who are still confined in
the stockade at Hardner. Then the
state district court took up the cases,
and Paul Corcoran, one of the leaders.
was convicted of murder and sentenced
to II years in the penitentiary. Six
others who were to have been tried in
September last escaped from the stock
ade at Wardner and are still at large.
The men convicted to-day in the Unit
ed States court were charged with con-
spiracy and stopping United States
mail train.