The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-03

He left on tonight's train for the scene
of the trouble, accompanied by United
States Marshal Ramsey, who, it is said,
takes with him a writ of injunction is
sued by Judge Beatty of the United
States court, similar to that issued at
the time of the riot in 1892. 1t is to be
served on the officers and leaders of the
Miners union. if possible.
General Merriam was very reticent
as to his plans, but very vigorous in
his denunciation of the outrages. He
said he would cooperate to the fullest
extent with the state administration to
preserve order and bring the guilty
parties to justice, intimating that he
would not stop to inquire into any legal
questions that might bear upon the
governors actions.
I'VE are not here to bubble over
trifles in such an emergency" he
added.
Asked as to how many troops he was
going to send in, he declined to answer,
saying that Information was lust
What those murderers in the north
wanted to know" and adding, signifi-
cantiy: After L have placed a hundred
or so of them under arrest, 1 Will tell
you what my plans are"
1t is the proposed attempt to arrest
the Miners union men that is going to
precipitate a bloody conflict. A letter
has been received here from the Occur
d Alenes, written by sympathizer
with the union men, in which the fol-
lowing language is used:
THE people of the state generally do
not understand the situation here, or
they would withhold their judgment. Is
it better that we, the workingmen, and
those who depend upon their support
and their trade should be starved to
fr.ar1 az of
the grinding Bunker Hill & Sullivan
and other companies, or that we should
take things into our own hands in the
absence of any protection of the law?
Shall we be destroyed, or shall the
property of wealthy corporation be
reduced to ashes as an indication of
the wrath of a long-suffering people?
We can secure no help from others
against the Infamous conduct of the
wealthy corporation, so we must help
ourselves and keep bread and butter il
the mouths of our children, who might
starve before the very eyes of the min
ing companies without a shadow of
sympathy. We have mapped out our
course. The Bunker Hill & Sullivan
or any other company like it, cannot
longer operate here under past ar
rangements. Troops can be sent in, but
we will wear them out, and if they at
government by injunction arrangement
of the mining companies, our creeks
will run red with bluecoat blood
I'VE would all regret to be forced into
such position, but we cannot permit
ourselves to be ironed and packed to
United States prisons like dogs, leav-
ing our families to starve. We are pre-
pared for the worst, and we propose to
have the best of it,
1t is understood the band of armed
and masked men who left Wardner
yesterday had double purpose. One
was to lay mines in the underground
works of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine. and the other to fortify an all
ready naturally strong position in the
mountains. Once there, it would be
difficult for the soldiers to dislodge the
miners.
1t is known that four companies of
soldiers are already on the road to the
Occur d'Alenes. One is of the Twenty
fourth infantry (colored), from Spo-
kane; one each of the same regiment
from Vancouver and Walla-W alla, and
troop f, Fourth cavalry, from this
place, which left tonight on the same
train with General Merriam.