Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13
CONDITIONS IN
COEUR D'ALENES.
r PAPER Points Out That Old Leaders are Striving to Gain
ConrolColorado Outlaw Head Of the Strongest Organi-
on in the Distrct-Denver Paper Throws Some Light on
Movements Of Gang

ances and their preaching Of the doc
trlne OF discomfort logically lead to
crimes Of violence.
Let us hope that the perpetrators of
this inhuman crime may be made tn
pay the full penalty.
DENVER PAPERS COMMENT.
The Denver Republican also calls at
tention to the fact that there are ref
ugees from Colorado In the Occur
d'Alenes and adds that the old unions
there have been very active recently
and preparing to make demands upon
the mine owners. 1t points out that
one 7" ugae from Colorado is a leading
spirit IN the movement Its article IS
as follows,
The Cripple Creek officers are GER
tain that the man who gave the name
Harry Orchard arrested for the muir
der OF Steunenberg, Is one OF the men
who escaped from Cripple Creek after
the explosion OF the depot at lnde-
pendence. resulting In the death of II
people. He was known under several
aliases. He was. and perhaps Is, a
member OF the Western Federation OF
Miners.
1t has been proven through close
examination of the scene and the re-
mains Of the explosive used 10 murder
the Idaho man, that identically the
same methods were employed there as
at Cripple Creek. The work In both
cases was done by professionals. No
chances were taken. Experts IN eXplo-
siyes were responsible In both In
stances, The wiring and the detona-
tons and every particle OF evidence
that remained, went 10 prove that tho
MI hA
rage, either committed the independ-
ence horror or the instructors were
the same.
No charge has been preferred
against the organization az a whole.
The executive committee cannot be
held responsible. But there Is no
quest ion but the assassination of
Steunerberg was brought about by men
who had a grievance against him for
his stern insistence upon the main
tenance Of the law when he was gov
ernor OF the state. Neither Is there
any denial Of the fact that the Couer
d'Alenes district is the refuge for the
Colorado outlaws. Vincent ST. John,
president OF the miners union. who
fed from Telluride after the murder
OF Mine Superintendent Collins, is at
Burke, Ida, under the name of John
Vincent. He is one OF the leading
spirits In the organization. The men
who escaped from Cripple Creek and
others who were driven from that dis
trict are 10 be found In the mining
camps OF Idaho.
For several months the miners UNI
ion in the Couer q Alenes have been
unusually active. They have been
getting ready to make demands on the
mine managers. The n0n-union men
have been going out and miners union
men going In under disguise The
unions have been filling some OF the
camps with their own men. 1t was
thought that the time was nearly ripe
for an uprising on behalf Of the unions.
The Western Federation OF Miners
did not encourage Il strike. II has had
enough. Recently President Meyer
had been making tour OF the unions.
He was advising radical action in get
ting men into the unioss.
Commenting on the tour of the pres
ident, the Miners Magazine, the Off
Cial organ of the federation, had this
10 say last week.
I'VE cannot too highly commend the
work of President Charles Meyer for
the amount OF organizing work that
has been done. His visit to the diff
ferent parts of the jurisdiction has
been the means OF imbung more ag-
sresslye and revolutionary spirit into
the membership OF the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners and win be OF last
Ing benefit TO all wage workers"
But the treasury OF the Western
Federation Of Miners Is not overflow
ing, And although Meyer did his very
best, The membership of the affiliated
unions has not been Increasing. In
Colorado there has been a marked fall
ing off