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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-04-14
.D||)IAl|hlNABLE ||)Il| FACTS!
INTERVIEW WITH PRES. Royce, OF
). THE IDAHO MINERS UNION.
Governor Steunenbere's Infamy-
How the Rights of Man Were
Denied and Dehed. Not Only by
. the Governor, hut Also by the
Prexident-Militnr nnd Ter
roriam Innuxurated-FrOm the
San Francisco Star.

d Governor Steunenberg, in his testi-
mony before the House Committee on
Monday last, charged Mr.. Edward
Boyce, President of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners and editor of the
Denver Miners Magazine, with having
gone to Wardner and picked out twen-
ty men, who selected others until there
were 100 union men who secured arms,
and blew up the Bunker Hill mill. We
were, therefore, much gratified when
on Wednesday last Mr.. Boyce called
at this office, and Notwithstanding the
pressure on his time, he gave us the
entire history of the trouble of last
year as we'll as that of 1892 both being
an outcome mainly Of the usurpations
and tyrannies of the Standard Oil
Company. Mr.. BOyce is gentleman
of mild manners and of marked intel
ligence-evidently one of the very last
men in the world to even indirectly
countenance violence of any kind. to-
ward men, or the destruction Of prop
erty.
We first asked Mr.. Boyce to give an
outline of the troubles in 1892, which
he did as follows:
The Troubles In 1892.
When that gallant champion of hu-
man rights, Patrick Reddy, came in
1892 to defend the union miners (as he
did also last year,, everybody there |
realized that he could not be bought.
The trouble in that year commenced
with the organization, by John Hays
Hammond, of the Mine Owners In
dustrial and Protective Association, the
object of which was to reduce miners
wages all over the West to $3.50 for un-
derground work. Governor Wiley per-
mitted this organization to secure all
the state guns and ammunition. The
mines connected with it shut down;
fighting men were imported by the
mine owners and operators to drive out
the union men, and Federal Judge
Beattie issued an injunction forbiddlng
the men from "trespassing' on the
grounds of those companies,or advising
men not to take the places of others
discharged. He further held that ig-,
norance of an injunction was no excuse
for disobeying it. Under those rulings
twelve men, (myself being one) were
arrested on July IA, 1892, and impris-
oned until released on February a.
. II 4
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WILL BE NO FUSION.

MidrOadefs and Social DemOcrats
: : 81 Cannot Hitch Together.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 1o:-It. was
given out today by G. NJ. Walter. sec
retary Of the middle Of the road fac
,tion Of the Populist national commit
tee, that the much talked Of fusion
between the social Democratic party
and the middle Of the readers will not
materialize for the reason that there
isstrouble between the socialist Demo-
cratic and socialist labor parties. ;.,s ;t,s
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ssgn fia,as
! ~ \ Il l!.l .!
Rthfoauas lenlns: y
was carefully lod ged Oh q brake beam.
and rat athers jected to being removed.
Railroad men, like sailors, believe ili'
mascots, and Charlie Purdy concluded
that he#would take the little cat to the
switch shanty and make him the
switchmen's pet. Night yard master
Fitzgerald and Burg Sampson took
turns in bringing it milk from their
homes until the little one became quite
at home at the shanty. The switch-
men call it Hobo" or "Bo" for short,
and he is indeed their mascot. --.3-
All day long "Bo" lounges about the
shanty, but when night comes he lis
ready for duty. As soon as the lant-
erns are lit and the night switchmen
leave the shanty to board their engine
for their nights work. 'Bo'' goes with
them. When switchman alights from
the, train, "Bo'' is at his feet meOwing
for recognition. II the train is;to make
run for the lower end of the yard he
is placed on the foot board Of the en-
CINE or on fiat car if there be one in
the train. Not long ago ;"Bo" met with
mishap while trying to bound on the
foot board. He missed his step and fell
under the engine, and came out with
his tail so badly crushed that it had
to be cut off. The switchmen cared for
|it.during it's suffering and it is. again
following them around as usual. ='Bo''
knows when it is II O'Clock at night
as we'll as the switchmen, and he is
always at the shanty door before the
men; waiting to partake Of their mid.
night lunch. ..ss:5 -. :. Il =; =;
F.'Bo'' will have nothing to do with
the day men. It was a night man who
found him, and he shows his apprecia.
ton by following no one else. "Bo'' is
petted as much as any child ever was
and it would not be q healthy proceed:
ling for any one to illtreat him in tht
presence Of: a, switchman. Rough a'
any Of them may be, their mRsco
Eholds "a tender spot in their hearts.
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which honest and capa s,,as, IA
women differ. But should ti}z z. >''t-c
ibe in the affirmative h. = 8
sufficient reason for labor as a body
identifying itself with;politics? think.
not. So soon as q union on-international.
or subordinat ate-dictates the politics Of
its members it becomes a despotic and:
unworthy the support or recognition Of
free men. If, after deliberate discus:
sion Of any public question by labor
organization. 1t should be decided that
politics was the proper path to tread,
let it be SO recommended and declared.
to be the sense Of that body, leaving
the members free to exercise their own.
Judgment as to how they should vote.
There are burning questions to be.
solved. Therefore it behooves everyone
who tolls for his daily bread to .delve;
below the surface Of things and strive
to discover the c1lse OF the evils which
surround him. In my opinion, there is
no hope for relief through politics as
now. understood, and even though there
was, it is largely a question OF indiv-:
idual development. Men can never be
marched to the polls in droves, or de-
clare en- nasse for any political party,
with any hope of raising the race to q
higher level, but after calm and delib-
crate sthought. one should decide on a,
certain line Of. action and follow it, he
exercises the functions of a free man.
!, It seems to me that trade unions
have q higher mission than the trans
formation of their meetings into politi-
cal caucuses I believe the wrongs we
suffer can be righted without bne sin-
gle act 81 legistition. The trouble
with the labor movement as with re-
formers in general. is that they have
not come to anylagreement as to the
proper line OF action to pursue. Broth
ers, so long as we are divided, thus the
enemy will triumph. They are united,
and therefore continue to hold us in
Iservitude 81
There are several proposed remedies,
any of which, IL 3dopted, would be bet
ter than the asta blished order of
things. It IL thefefore the duty tof ali
sincere men and Yomen the world over,
to- study these Questions, and choose
(which seem to, item the best, quickes,
Land most lasting reform. 1T IL not my
purpose In this short article, to- mar
out any plan. bit simply to urge the
necesstty of sactj4rl \ F rom time imnne.
mortal the wealth producer has sbeen
robbed ofS the pr4 ducts Of his labor II
it: hot high tink that this cond dition
should cease; and make way Tor. q just
and equitable sfciety where he who
soWs. may also reap.
en. my broth 1rs,, men the workers.
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"who q CoronerE j &, Il France p

who il Coroner France?" =. :;
''The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine
has q hospital Of its own, and every,
employee must pay one dollar 9 month
for it's support France is the physi-'
clan, and was also elected Coroner. ''ass
. Originated In MintnG Land G Grabi.
What Is the extent sof the Standard
Oil ownership Of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mining ground, ana how S#waS
st acquired n? ?..s s5 fs.
now seostr over
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MlAMy OlEWlf0maSst ING TIC. ng {WOmeI1h sAlfd3
children. jumped on the train who did
not know where they We're ;going, and.
there was no preconcerted plan among
any of them. There was a. fight be-
tween the guards and the discharged
non-unionists, and on arrival. at Ward
ner station some started towards the.
Bunker Hill works" II. !
Then there was no overt act by the
union men at all? They simply stood
for their rights, and were denied the
right Of habeas corpus?" =:
Eyes, and held in prison for six
months or more. The bull-pen was
only abolished when Congress met"
Gov. Steunenberg's Hlaclkest Perhdy.
How did Steunenberg become can
didate in 1896 and secure the support
of the Miners Unions?'' -.
He became a candidate under pecu-
liar circumstances. There was in that
campaign feeling in favor of all the;
silver forces uniting So the conven-
tions of Democrats, Silver Republicans
and Populists were all held at Boise
on the same date. The Democrats and
Populists fused, but the Silver Repub-
licans didn't come in. The Populists
insisted on having their man nominat-
ed for Governor, but the Democrats at
first refused, fearing the nomination of
certain anti-labor candidate, whom
the miners would not support. Gov
ernor Steunenberg then came to me
and: ,%''''' - II
"I understand how you people Of the
north are situated. You have been ui,-
justly treated. I know your influence
here and what you have to fight
against in that (shoshone) county, and
would like to have your support.
have been q member of the Typograph-
ical Union for twenty years, and am
in good standing as such today, but !
fleft my card at my office -. =%
"After. securing the nomination, he
said to me: i want to thank you fol
what you have done for me, and III ]
am elected, T. owe my election to you.
At several subsequent conversations
he said: rs there anything I can dc
for you in the meantime?' I replied
We ask nothing from you except this
Provided you are elected governor, j
want you to go to Shoshone County
make personal Investigation, and sat.
isfy yourself that the miners and la:
boring people there are not the unlaw'
full mob they are reputed to be by ths
subsidized press Then he shook m,
hand and replied: II I am elected
that will be my very first official act.
But he never took any steps in tina
line. Before his election, however, HI
went to shoshone county, /, where HI
y Ipublicly stated that IL elected he woul,
y Husband the militia, because he consid
cred It menace to the peace and wei
fare Of the county. GAIL its member
were non union employees Of the Bun
ker Hill mine.) After his election hi
I, ,,|sympathtes for mine owners and Oper
ators and antagonism to organized la
: bor BECAME sof5apparenta in ali his act
y that the members of labor organiza
. tions ins that county voted solid al
lagainst him when she ysrAs rem ottninate
i Iins 1ssss the % De1nocfat IfeS SSsas ia
land iisdn0t d mem bber 81 sfhe TypoKraph
Iical union. g. Typd
I, m lsa Z! 4 p = q @ SeSl
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pally acquired by relocating claims.
The mining law requires a certain
, amount or: value of work to be done
on a claim by the end of each calendar
year. So the company on every New
Years day would send it's agents to
relocate all claims where las claimed)
that amount Of work had not been
done. In this way they acquired all
the claims excepting six, which they
bought. Phillip O'Rourke was the orig
inal discoverer, and he sold some of the
ground. holding on to the remainder;
but the Standard Oil gang afterwards
beat him out of all that was left by
taking forcible possession, regardless
of law or equity. His son Dennis is
one of the ten men now serving twen-,
ty-tWo months in San Quentin, to
which they were sentenced by Judge
Beattie on the charge of delaying the
U. S. mail" ,~.
Here Mr.. Boyce related the case of
the Hunter mine, some twenty miles
from the Bunker Hill mine; and not at
all connected with the explosion. Su
perintendent Ollen insisted that he had
right to operate the mine with any
men he choose to employ; but Auditor
Sinclair went there with soldiers and
told him that if he didn't discharge all
his men and operate the mine with
such men as he (Sinclair) sent him, he
would arrest him (Ollen) and put him
in the bull pen. And Ollen had to COM
ply !
What are the facts concerning the
one or two men killed at the time of
the explosion?" l.
ITO understand how that came about
it is necessary to state how the troubles
at the Bunker Hill mine arose among
the six hundred non-union men there
employed, no union men being allowed
to work in the mine. The union wages
in that region were $3.50 fer under
ground and $500 for surface work.
The Bunker Hill rates were so cents
less, and sometimes $1.OO less. The
company employed detectives, who re-
ported any mans name who joined the
union, when he was at once discharged.
These men became dissatisfied, and
some $50 of them on April 24th signed
petition to manager Burbridge to
have the same wages as were paid at
other mines. All signers were at once
discharged, and Burbridge sent out
agents to hire others to take their pla-
ces, also hiring armed guards to patrol
the entire neighborhood of the mine,
some of whom got drunk and made
threats. The mill was built close to
the county road, and these guards even
stopped and turned back farmers
wagons on the public highway. The
discharged men appealed for help to
the organized miners of Burke, Gem,
Wardner and Mullen, who took steps
to support them in their distress by,
raising money. There was great ex-
citement, and on the evening Of April
2Sth twas decided to: have a celebra-
tion at Wardner, sone seven hundred
yards from he Bun kerst Hill 4ET. mine
n ss s if,eS sana al
||l1l y 1Ill y
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spring were ere then 4conside dereds We asked
Mr.. &Boyce If these began with the
blowing up Of the Bunker Hill works
on April 29th, to which he replied in
the affirmative.
HistOry Of the Trouble of 1900.
"Could Governor Steunenberg," we
asked, "have known anything Of the
affair and what kind of persons had to
do with it,"
He could not"
"Could the Miners Union have been
implicated in the blowing up Of the mill
in any manner harmful to the union
so far as the facts are established?"
Undoubtedly not"
'Yet after that blowing up, they were
indiscriminately placed in the bull-pen
and denied the writ Of habeas corpus?
''They were denied that writ. They
were first placed in an old stable, which
was found too small, and then the bull
pen was erected" - ,
What were the bull-pen's dimen-s
sions?" ~. g.
Eighty by sixty feet"
"What was the highest. number OF
persons confined there at any one
timer =,
"Something over seven hundred, and
some fifteen hundred at d1nerent
times"
I'm what manner were those persons
fed?"
"All sat down around the corridor.
One man then came around with tin
dish and a. knife or fork. Another fol-
lowed him with a bucket Of oatmeal,
which he dumped on the plates. Next
followed a man with stew, which was
dumped on the same plate with the oat
meal; lastly came q man with bread,
. which was thrown to the men as
bone would be thrown to dog"
.,, -"What were the circumstances under
which Johnson, the Scandinavian, was
shot after he jumped into the river?'
II was told by released men that
johnson understood but little English;
that when the scaffold of the bull pen
was being erected, Auditor Sinclair and
Coroner France took him outside, and
pointing to it, said to, him: That is
the gallows they are going to hang
YOU on After that, being terrorized,
he would jump out Of his sleep, yell
ing and shouting that he would be
killed. He was brought before the
Probate Judge, who decided that ne
was insane, when Sinclair asked the
Judge to- take him to the asylum, ano
the Judge replied that 1t was the bus
mess Of Coroner France to take charge
of him. So France and two coloreG
-. soldiers led him to the depot, whence
he ran of to the river, jumped in. ane
France said to the soldiers, Shoot
tho ---- - -." 90 & : X
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THEasNVlTCHMEN's CAT. I,
In the Pet Of all the Yardmen and
:. Follows Them About all Night.

[ssXS Down ! at the NORTHERN Pacific rail-
Esoad yard III aS lIseelnlntne tramp cat, He
s. fia,as
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|. ! Q : :! |! / ! | | ING !. \
On EASY AYalENTS.

. By our system of.small weekly pay
ments every person in Duluth, no!
matter how humble or small their
means, is enabled to provide them
selves with beautiful and stylish gar
[nents. his IS the only establish-I
ment il The city where. you Can buy a:
garment without paving the. cash and
wear il while you are. paving for
same We rdiallY invite YOU ID call
and Iinspect our stock and learn how
easy il IS to procure a nice ganrne ent
Without feeling The cost: 4
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some solut ION to the pro-
:osophy e thics and relif
Can orIras bes ched
|ical action !? That is "a
/ which honest and capa
women differ. But shol,
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IA L!,lAlboR IN ! p POLITICS
- -.
WHAT NIGHT BE DONE If MEN
##sszz;&sa #sz;a WE'RE WISE =.
All Members Of Labor Organiza tionx
y; Know, or are Supposed to Know,
What are the Baslc Principles Of
.ysF- /. d T
= Trade UniOnism-Our Greatest
Enemy IA Our IGnorance-None
are 50 Blind as Those Who viii
Not See. ..sza9;s,, ,,al5 Tr :.:$. I; ta>
(By W. S. McEWen.)

4;+t (By W. S. McEWen.) :
There has been great deal said and,
written recently, pro and con, of the
advisability of trade unions going into
politics. A few are becoming dissatis-
fled with present methods and look to
the ballot as the, means of escape from
unjust conditions; others are averse to
any change and prefer to let things jog
along in the old accustomed way, while
very small minority believe in radical
departure from the beaten path, but
|oppose organized political action. This
is question which will have to be
settled in the near fltureAa question
which organized labor the world over
can no longer safely ignore.
All members of labor organizations
know, or are supposed to know, what
are the basic principles of trade uni
onism. Mutual protection against or
ganized or unorganized capital and the
regulation of wages and hours Of labor
1 think can be safely said to cover the
original purpose, but recently there has
been marked widening and BROADEN
ing process going on among the leaders
if it, has not yet reached the rank and
AIc.' 1--WE nave III JUL pOWcI ~
change this whole condition of wrong.
We who are the greatest are consid-
cred of little consequence except to
minister to the needs" of our masters:
we who are the real rulers have will
lingly offered our necks to the chains
of servitude and looked up to and
blessed, magnified and, glorified the
class who have robbed us of our inher-
itance. How much longer will this be
permitted? "How long, We simple ones,
will We love simplicity, and the scorner
delight in his scorning, and fools hate
knowledge?" There are workers today
who actually believe the present order
of things if not perfect, then impossi-
BILE of improvement; who look upon the
capitalist as the source of wealth and
the laborer q suppliant for favors at
his feet, and yet are pleased to call
themselves free men. What hope ID
there for such people? They are the
men who, are blocking our progress to
a higher plane of civiliza tion. have
often said our greatest sfen'Y n ga
ignorance, and the only enNss AZ
evils under which we SD get sSss
intellig gence, vet, when Is 4 'Ssss
tact wi til such specimens stss
asz., sssl.,
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Hotel Clerk,s Suner.lIrIon.

A reporter for the Kansas City StIal
was in one of the hotels in that city
the other night, when the clerk said
ITO 10 Visitor, who, in leaving, had care,
1essly closed the hotel register:
Don't shut that book If you dc
you'll houdoo this house, The CLERK
insisted and the visitor returned IL
open the book and hIsli an explanation
"Why, don't You know the CLERK
said, "that If you shut hotel register
land don't reopen Ut yourself you hoo,
doc the book? The next person reg.
listening on THAT book is sure to be q
deadbeat. At le'atst THAT is the univer
aal superstition among hotel men, ami
my observation has been thst there Il
something IN IN. | wouldn't open tina,
book tonight ! have often gone half.
way across the Office to put my finger
between the leaves and prevent somt
careless person like yourself from
shutting the regisber. ANGST every.
one has a superstition and that is on,
OF the mce,t importantIn hotel clerkS
creed"
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sns wasaKansns city Girl.

Denver, Col, Nov, 24.--"That woln-
an is one of the robbers" said DR..
Flora Belts. at the Jail this afternoon.
"She took the earnings from my
ears and the rings from my fingers
and dungled them in 'front.' of my
face. She help Barr to beat me, and
did most of the beating herself"
I'VE w %" TINT Mrs. RrutS accuses
rs Mrs. Jessie Hodges. She was i'm
plicated by the confession of DIR.
HaennaTlt, one of the conspirators who
was driving with Mrs. Belts at the
time of the robbery. Her companion
was John X. Barr, now under arrest.
Mrs. Hodges acknowledges that she
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II have used Chamberlain Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find
it to be great medicine" says Mr.. L. s.
Phipps, Of Poteau, Ark. at cured me
of bloody tlux. l cannot speak too
highly of it, This remedy always wins
The good opinion, if not praise, of those
who use it. The quick cures which IT
effects even in the severe cases make It
q favorite everywhere. For sale by all
druggists.
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HUTCHINSON RENO COUNTY KANSAS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30 1900

was living with Barr az his house
keeper at the time Mrs. elitts was
robbed OF $1,000 worth OF diamonds
and beoten almost hnsenslble She also
says, 10 Mrs. Nichols, Of Kansas City,
day Of the robbery. She dendee, how
ever, Of having amy knowledge OF the
ostzs. She broke down and cried a.
no mention OF her mother, who, she
says, Is Mrss. Nichols. OF Kansas City.
Her maiden name was Bessie Nichols.
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Miss Theresa Renting, highly TO
spectacle young woman, was found
murdered In u Vacant lot of Davis
street, near dhe New York Central
railroad tracks, at Rochester, N. Y,
Wednesday, She lad been robbed 81
her money and outraged.
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'Ooicty

"All governments derive
their just powers from
the consent of the
governed"
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with 47O,d05 Inhabitants the State
HhOVya IA a Per Cent increase,

Washington, Nov al,-The popula'
tlon of the state OF Knnsas, as off
fcially announced today, Is i,470,4oS,
as against l,427O06 In 1880. This 10
an increase OF 1880, or 3 per cent.
The nonulnilon by counties Is:
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Telephone No % for nice lower
berth on the 1850 p. m. train for Kansas
City
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-23
GEORGE ABE COMING

The Japan Gazette speaks of the ar
rival i'm Yokohama of John +. Bass of
Harper's Weekly and the New York
Herald, and George Ade of the Chicago
Record, two well known journalists. A
letter received from George AIDE
says that he expects to arrive in Ho-
nolulu, en- route TO the States, by the
China early next month. He says that
John r. McCutcheon the artist and cor
respondent for the Chicago Record,
who has been in the Philippines since
he went there with Dewey's fleet, has
gone to South Africa as correspondent
for his paper. Mr.. Ade, besides being
one of the best known newspaper men
in America is the author of several
widely sold books, among them "Artie," q"
doc Horne" and Fables in Slang"