The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-07
THE IDAHO TROUBLES.
More Testimony In the Occur d'Aieue
investigation.


The most important evidence given yes
terday before the Occur d'Alene Investi-
eating Committee was that Of Henry Pipes.
an employe Of the Bunker Hin and sulli-
van Company. at the time OF the riots
His most significant statement was a dec
laration that ore Of the armed and masked
men in the mob which blew up the mill
told him that sheriff Young was an
right" The attorney for Governor Steu-
nenberg made much OF il before the com
mittee. in justification OF the Governor
action in replacing the civil authoriues
with martial law
The first witness Of the day was William
Pipkin. non union miner, who was mis-
treated during the riots Of 1892 by the
striking miners. Attorney CrOssthWaite-
for Governor Steunenberg placed him On
the stand with the view OF furnishing ed
ditional evidence as to the troubles Of the
district seven years ago. Some days ago
the committee agreed to limit evidence
within the strict rules Of law. which pro-
scribes hearsay The new rule was used
on Mr. Crossthwaite yesterday morning.
His efforts to have the witness tell OF the
90 troubles aroused general protest but
finally. by agreement the story was dd-
mitted In the telling of IL, however. Wit
ness Pipkin came frequently TO grief Tor
he was constrained to narrate couversa-
lions between himself and his enemies, the
striking miners. The committee decided
to rule out all this hearsay.
At the outset Pipkin announced that he
was not in the Occur d'Alenes during the
riots of last year. as he was then in Ma
Mia lighting Aguinaldo. His entire eVi-
dence related to the strikes OF lsy2
Il was a nOu-union miner then. he De
to n O.
the Sierra Nevada. also a non union prop
erty. On the afternoon Of that day ] was
called to the mouth Of The tunnel by
party of four men. Of whom the leader was
Tom Cosgrin They ordered me to quit
work"
Hold on there" interrupted Colonel
Cox. NO hearsay evidence goes. you
know"
Well" continued Pipkin. after this ad-
monition. Il quit work that afternoon as
result Of the crowds visit. Immediately
afterward / went to Wallace, Idaho There
l was employed by A. B. Campbell. TO WORK
in the Hidden Treasure, a nOn-union mine
near Burke. With my partner. l left Tor
the property. At Gem we were intercepted
by six or seven armed men. who tried TO
dissuade us from going farther. We went
to the mine nevertheless. That afternoon
a mob Of about one hundred and MY men
came up to the tunnel hustled me and my
partner around, abused us. drove US down.
bare-armed. to the Burke Union hall. and
there held a meeting. As a result OF IT, my
partner and I were driven out Of the camp
by a hooting mob Of about two hundred
men. Of whom many held tin cans. on
which they beat In our shirt sleeves We
were driven over the hills and headed for
Thompsons Falls. thirty miles away the
mob threatened US with death II We ever
returned The trip over the mountains was
a dreadful one. We were without food. and
had only s. cents In places the snow was
/ sixteen feet deep
I The examination Of Pipes at the after
noon session related almost wholly 10 the
/ destruction OF Bunker Hill mill by the
/ mob. He was a witness 10 nearly all the
events that took place Pipes was en-
/ ployed by the Bunker Hill people and was
/ ordered by the manager. Fred Burbridge.
/ to abandon the mill with the other hands
( when the mob came down. He, however
was one Of the last men to leave the works
! and was captured by the advancing rifle
! men who we're about TO attack it, Il told
/ the leader Of the mob that everybody had
gone and that there would be no trouble
in getting into the mill. he said Then
/ Pipes was held a prisoner BY a number
! Of strikers who also had Sheriff Young
in custody.
Il talked to one Of the mOb-a masked
man with brogue-about the presence OF
Young there. Oh, the sheriff's all right
( answer the riOter'
That declaration was one Of the most
interesting made by the witness and At
torney Crossthwaite used it to show the
I necessity of supplanting the civil author
tiles with martial law. The hearing will
[ he continued today