Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-06-30
THE IDAHO BULL PEN.
The Horrors Of Martial Law
Wildly Described by
Judge Mack.

- - A"A0~Af A>ASVA NV uN60 Va SsAo
First District Of Nevada and q member
of the Miners Union.of Virginia City
returned recently from the convention
of: the Western Federation Of Miners
at Denver, to which ha was delegate.
During his trip he made an ipvestiga-
ton Of the Occur d 'Alene trouble and
made a report of the result Of his in
vestigations to the, miners unions OF
Virginia and Silver City.
Judge Mack was formerly an ardent |
Republican, but joined the Silver party |
in 1892. He has been Judge of this
district for the past years.
Following are extracts from his re !
port:
It Is estimated that 1870 men were en-
gagged in the riot, and yet when the
Fedeaal troops arrived they ass .sted in
arresting every man who was men,
Der OF the Miners Union Of Burke,
Gem, Mullan and Wardner, and all
others who Sympathized with organic
ed labor. so that in tho end nearly
,25p men were incarcerated in this
vile prison, almost every one of whom
had nothing whatever to do with the
riot Of April %, 1898.
Most of the men arrested were kept
in this filthy bull pen for seven months,
without any criminal charge being
preferred against them, and without
any chance for trial, the writ of
haheas corpus being suspended all OF
this time. The treatment accorded
hese unfortunate victims of the Stand
ard Oil Company and the regular army
from the day of their arrest is dis
grace to the American people, and
ought to send to perdition the Admin
istration that upholis such barbarities.
| When arrested these men were plac-
ed in barn, unfit for habitation, and
not allowad out for thirty six hours.
For days they were compelled to eat,
sleep and wallow in their filth. They
were actually fed in troughs, and We're
compelled to dip into slop with their
hands or eat it like swine. Many of
the men were arrested at home while
in their shirt sleeves. and were not per-
mitted to get their coats, and conse-
quently suffered terribly from cold
Some were arrested as they came off
shift, in their wet clothing, and We're
not allowed to change their Clothes
and in that condition were driven into
box cars and ralroaded to the bull
pen.
Words cannot describe their suffer-
ings. If prisoner violated a military
rule, in order to punish one man the
United States authorities would keep
these men cooped up in this vile den
for days together, without a breath OF
fresh air. To lien accustomed to the
pure mountain air these conditions
We're fearful torture. Strong men
= tainted upon being taken into this sti-
P fling atmosphere, where they were
e starved apd suffocated to such an eN-
tent as to become an easy prey to sick
E ness and disease. AT times then
blankets swarmed with vermin anG
they were denied means OF bathing.
- A hundred and forty innocent met
9 were put on bread and water for nine
days and then made to stand in line il
S the boiling sun for seven hours per da,
II with the guards ordered to shoot dowr
It any man who moved out of line. Thi
+ treatment continued for days. On,
man who was i'll from dysentary ccult
not endure this punishment and fell il
his tracks. This case was reported t.
4 the officer and his order was: lie
IS the brute lie there
In order to convict innocent men i'm
IS prisoned in the bull pen, the mine own
e ers of the State and the United State
lr authorities resorted to all sorts of cor
;, r,,,,. measures to induce witnesses t
le testify against the imprisoned mer
Of Mrs. May A. Hutton was offered $40
l. coo by Governor Steunenberg of Idah
if she would induce her husband, OF
Sc of the Imprisoned men, to testify
n twenty men, to be named by the Co
n, ernor, as having taken part in the rio
IL This offer was spurned as such a ha
offer can only be spurned by mob
woman.
Although President Mckinley h
been fully advised Of the cruelties al
barbaritics practiced upon the mine
ne of the Occur d 'Alenes there is lit,
III likelihood that he will set aside mart
law in that district until after ne
ISL November, as it is expected by t
re- companies that. by the use OF the ba
~, onets of the United States army, ida
OF will be placed in the Republican c.
umn for President, and SO long as N
kinley is President of the Unit
: States labOring men must expect t
same treatment accorded the Coe