The evening times., 1900-03-17
INNOCENT MEN ARRESTED
Further Testimony on the Occur
dAIene Mining Trouble.
allen r. Gill, n Mechanical Engineer,
Testihes Before the House Military
out Under the PIcn of Martial Law.
Peaceful Workers Made Victims.

ed this morning. Those members OF the
committee who were among the early ar
rivals were Chairman Hull. Dir. Parker.
Mr.. Dick. Mr. Hay. and Mr.. Jctt. Il was
informally announced before the commit
tee was called to order that Mr.. Forney,
special prosecuting attorney for ShOshone
county, Idaho. who has been under exami-
nation as witness for several days. was
confined 10 his hotel by reason Of sickness
and would not appear upon the stand at
today's session. This gave rise TO consid-
cradle speculation as TO who the next wit
ness was 10 be.
At one side Of the room sat James T.
Sovereign. and about him were ranged
score Of other labor leaders and miners
who had felt the weight Of military rule
in the Coeur d'AIene region.
II was 1O.30 when Mr.. Lertz entered the
committee room. and some time after him
came Mr. Esch. Following him was Mr..
Slayden.
Mr.. Hay announced 70 the chairman that
he bad given notice that be would ask Nr.
FOrney some further questions, and he
wanted il understood that he would press
those questions. Mr. Hull said that the
until his examination WAS complete.
The first witdess Of the session was Al
len F. GIL, OF Spokane. Wash. He gave
his axe as fOrty-twO years and his occu-
patton as that OF mechanical engineer. He
was born In Michigan. He went 20 British
1 Columbia when a young man and then took
mp his residence on the Pacific Coast In
Spokane. he had filled the offices Of City
Ccmrnssion and Fire and Police Commis-
siOner
He had filled the position OF master me-
chanic FOR The Oregon Transportation and
Navigation Company He was master me-
chanic Of The Tiger and Poor Man Mining
( Company al Burke. in Shoshone county.
Idaho. On April % 1888. he was at work
and so, TOO. were all the men employed by
that company with one exception.
| There was no unruly conduct on that day
AZ Burke so far as ne observed. The town
was unusually quiet"
"Nherc were YOU on April 3o2"
Il was az The mine. All my men we're
| at work az -ne mine ON that day with the
exception Of four Everything was per-
/ fectly quiet and peacesbIe."
"pid you see any evidences Of insurrec-
uon2"
40. siri the town was quiet"
Were The men az your mine AZ work 80
They remained at work three or four
.
( ed When the troops came 7 went TO the
commanding officer Major Morton. and ex-
{ pIaiueJ 90 him that the manager OF The
/ mine being absent ] was iu charge. and 1
would have % have PASSES for The men 10
| come and go"
! do not know anything a5out you
and VIII place you under arrest said Nor
ton The witness said Morton declared
This is martial law FFe was NOT allow
/ ed TO send a telegram 10 The manager or
president of the mining comuauv He
heard Morton order soIdie.s 20 break into
/ private DWELLINGS and search them ..Tr
I was abolt in front of INV house % said rbe
I witness. THAT was arrested hoard
/ Morton command q soldier 10 hraaE furo
my house. The soldier tried The door and
Z finding fr locked broke IL i'm Thz touea
/ was searched"
..yyas tbara arv 5is+u-bsrce g., r,,,l,.
until tb. arrival of tho soldiers,
40 sfr--
WAS there any ouposition 20 the civil
/ authorities"
/ NO. sir
so far as YOU observed Va there any
need for the troOus7"
You want nv opiniou2"
Yes. sir
Justice was defeated bv froops The
guilty men. who feared arrest escaua5
I from Burke over a mass irto Noatars
! The men who were innocent and ala no.
/ fear arrest remained until the tr.one az
I rived and ,-are r1acs1 -,r.7.- s--,s- p.
/ The Witness toiJ ~ a -rir h. l,,7 ned.
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reTc-ss5 ma s1,,,l,. -, -, -
I s-,bo-itis. r,less,. ,-,,,,,i- -, -, -
uire no ssv- Rsr,Tet+ SiDrIs5- - - 80
I seutcF ~ hin, aFids,.its ;- ~. -. =,
sfc,,t t,-,,-,,- -, 80 "
] rsl-e1 ir+, r-,stC5,- r., - ~ "a - o%1e' %
/ der bfs r.rso,,,1 - -. - IN
| RuDler I5u r,iII ,-ee 49,, ~ -, ~, -.
ag5aavit Vent 70 sbov- ~ - 81 m a.,
/ could have bsd no narticinstic1 n - -
/ crime. Sinclair said fbgt ubat he -
v-ss NOT sfiids,its 80 sL,,. .I-l. y N~n 1el
| innocent. but that tbev v,ere e,,ilt-
on questions frnu Mr. Te6+- IN lie
ness said he was nor a member Of ",
labor orgaDizatiop
The men emDIovsd nv him and Nh.
v-o-Ire5 ,,n5arsro,r,5 w., -, " ~ ~
Nfi,,rs, T-io, am, NO., - ,-I..,' - eI7
ero,,pd ,,-era r,ey,,t7 % - yS- - a - 3
eraffCn ~ T.abor Tn vifDoss - -.
live fLar r,anv inDocsnt me-, -
oned Il Lnorr rb.t >, he - ..il. - - -
they were working u1ler nv, cb.rs,s - =
the bunker HU MN V-as bIo,-,, e., y, -''
When YOU we're al Wardner to see Si,
clair did YOU 20 10 the bull men -,
large crowd Of men-I thought very
| great number of men TO be confined in e.
I small a building. Many of the men baf
their gum clothes on. They were black onf
dirty and miserable looking"
..What is the difference in the tenDer,.
ture of the mine and the surface.
In parts Of the mine il is 1O5 degree.