The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-04
PROBING THE IDAHO RIOTS.
FURTHER TEsTiMdNY BEFORE NIL
ITARY COMMITTEE OF HOUSE.
Witnesses Testify to Arbitrary Meth
DDS of state Officers and Hard
ships Inflicted Upon the Pris-
oners in the Bull PEN"

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Edward
Flanagan, Of Mullau, Idaho, continued
his testimony today before the house
committee on military affairs. concerning
the Occur d'Alene riots. He said notices
were posted early last July, forbidding
members of organized labor from going
to the miners cemetery on July II for
their annual ceremony over the deceased
miners
This order. witness said, gave notice
that women and other relatives of min
ers would be arrested IL they assembled.
Chairman Hull brought out the state
ment that Auditor Sinclair Bartlett sign
ed the notice on the part of Gov. Stuen-
enberg, who, the witness said repre-
sented the Democratic and silver parties
Notwithstanding the order a number of
woman secretly carried flowers to the
miners graves. but as there was no or
ganized demonstration they were not ar
rested.
Flanagan explained the permit sys-
tenn, put into effect after the military ar
rived Under this system he said men
could not work unless they got a permit
from the state officials. Witness said
permits to work were purchasable. He
advanced $3.50 10 friend. who paid it to
a deputy and was put to work the next
day. Letters TO men In the bull pen"
he said. were opened by officials before
delivery to the prisoners.
Thomas Honey. formerly a miner and
now owner of mining and other property
testified as TO his experience during the
trouble. lie had been appointed deputy
sheriff and, seeking to preserve the peace,
ordered the saloons closed. Witness said
he was arrested by one of the state depu-
ties, accompanied by a squad of soldiers,
and put in the ''bull pen" He said he
could have given bail up to 100000, but
was not allowed to do so. He detailed
numerous Instances of alleged prejudice
in the proceedings before the coroner.
snying witnesses who testified against
the accused miners were released while
those favorable TO them were held a
recess was then taken.
AT the afternoon session, he said one or
the men, after being in q dark guardhouse
for week came out unable TO use his eyes
and IN The witness opinion his eyesign.
was permanently injured. The men in the
pen" he said. were physically broken
down after their long confinement. He
lost twenty pounds during his stay.
There was sharp controversy between
Representative Lentz and other members
OF the committee as to whether the wit
nesses should be Intercepted on the pol
itlcal connections OF various persons re-
ferred to In the testimony. The commits
tee finally decided by vote Of 1--WE to two
to permit inquiries on this line,
Moses simmons, county commissioner at
Murray. thirty-two miles from Wardner.
testified that the mine authorities appeal
ed 20 him on April &C. stating that the
Bunker Hin mine was in the hands Of a
mob on inquiry he did not consider 1t
necessary TO take any unusual steps. lat
/. er he was removed from office and arrest
ed. Mr.. Simmons will continue his tcsti-
mony on Monday.
] f. MIulholland president of the In
,crnationai Union of Bicycle Workers was
among those present at the hearing today.