The Portland daily press., 1900-03-22
THREATEN TO QUIT.
Minority Refuse To Go On NJ witness
4. Called Occur d'AIene Investiga-

Washington, March 2i.-The examinA-
tion OF A. v. GIN was continued before
the Cosur d'Alsue Investigating commit
tee. In response to inquiries by Repre-.
sentative Lsntz the witness told Of visit
to the "bdIl PEN At the time prison
or ohanosd to put bis fingers through q
hole In the side Of the prison. Thereup-
on, witness said, = colored prisoner who
was there on guard showed his bayonet at
the protru ding fingers, infiicting a
bloody wound. The copy Of the permit
required BY those seeking work In the
Coeur d'Alens district was introduced.
1t rtoited at length facts concerning the
holder that he was rot . member Of q
union and that he took an oath to obey
the law. Witness said he had not taken
cut o permit regarding 1t ss . badge OF
ssrvituds and un-American to require
an oath to obey the laws. Representative
Jstt made the point that the law pre-
sumed that citizen obeysd the law until
otnerwis, proven. The REORGANIZATION
was devoted co showing that the system
was to secure en- orderly set OF men
working In the mines. The witness said
its effect was to blacklist thoss who did
not take out permit and also to set mp
an "oligarohy or aristocraoy" Of those In
control OF the permit system.
Represeutativel,entz produced the form
OF warrant which the witness identified as
one In general use. It was in typewriting
with blank spaces for the insertion OF
names and directed that the person
named should be taken and held for vio-
latipg the proclamation Of the governor
OF Idaho, declaring martial law.
W. X. Shields, o commercial traveller,
testified TO peing at st. Rsgis, Mont,
some distance from the Occur d'Alene
trouble, when a miner named Francis
was arrested by soldiers Shields said the
townspeople stated that Francis had
worked there for many months including
the time Of the riot but he was nevertbe-
less taken to the "pen" The witness also
testified to the harshaess Of the soldiers.
Mr.. Lsntz asked that Bartlett Sinolsir
take the stand. Mr.. Sinclair Is the
official appointed by Governor Steunen-
berg to taks charge OF the AFT airs In the
OOcuE AicHo utnbftCe nuo hAS AAnuAO A"'
been frequently used in the course Of the
investi cation. Chairman Hull said Mr..
Sinclair could not be called at this point
as the committee had heretofore letter.
m ined to first hear all the witnesses to
support the charges and there were several
OF thess yet to be heard.
An animated discussion followed
am ong mem hers OF the committee rs to
whether MIR. Sinclair could be called by
the prosecution. Mr.. Sulzer declared that
the minority would not proceed further II
the committee insisted on calling Mr..
Young instead Of MIR. Sinclair &C this
time,
Mr.. Capron of Rhode Island character
lied this as q threat.
BJa vote of to the committee de.
cided not to call Mr.. Sinclair ~ wit
ness for the prosecution. Mr.. Sulzer
thereupon announced that the prosecu.
ton would rest Its casa. This cleared the
way for this opening OF the defsrse, but
as the hour was late the committee ad-
journed until tomorrow morning, when
it il expected that Gov Steuhenburg will
be called.