Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-01

The name OF Frank steunenberg will
| always be associated with the effectuaI
stamping out of the reign OF anarchy
| and terror In the Couer dAlene mining
district In 1893 Called upon 10 act. he
did 1t without flinching. Thanks to his
prompt measures which
raised howl throughout the country
this section was cleared OF one OF the
worst gangs OF dyy mlters and cut
throats that In the name of organized
labor terrorized capitalists and work.
ing men alike--the Inner Circle.
GOVERNOR UPHELD.
Despite the protects that went up
throughout the country the course OF
Gov. Steunenberg and Of the United
states troops who were sent into the
Occur d'Alene district by President Me-
Kinley, was upheld by the congresslon-
al committee appointed to investiga 10
the matter and the stern measures nee.
essary to cope with lawlessness were
indicated
An effort was made TO shift the re-
sponsibillty on to the shoulders of the
Mckinley administration. but with the
manllness which was characteristic OF
the martyr In the cause Of law and or
der Gov. Steunenberg took the whole
burden. He affirmed that had the same
conditions come up again he would do
the same things, as he believed he had
done the only thing possible under the
circumstances.
~ was this open avowal that appar-
emily sealed his fate with the gang OF
anarchists who accomplished the foul
crime OF Saturday night.
WHEN TROUBLE BEGAN.
Frank Steunenbers was elected gov
ernor OF Idaho ia 1926, when the Popu-
lists and Democrats united. He was re-
elected two years later. II was I'm
April 1899, that the trouble which had
been brewing In the Occur dAleues
broke out at Wardner. when the Bunker
Hill 4 sullivan mine was DESTROYED BY
dynamite and several men were killed.
The miners who did the deed then stole
train and rode up the canyon. Before
tnls happened there had been a regular
reign OF terror In the district, and sew
eral mine superintendents had been
driven out OF the country. AS is gener-
any me case the troubles had their Or
igin In the demands for higher wages
ana The recognition OF the union.
GOVERNOR STEPS IN.
Matters grew from bad to worse.
Murders were OF frequent occurrence
and finally in May OF the same year
Steunenberg declared the district TO
be In state of instruction and es-
tabllshed martial law.
In his proclamation the governor cit
ed the fact that the peace officers were
both unwilling and unable to cope with
the situationi In fact, they were in
sympathy with the mob. one OF the
first acts of the military was to remove
the sheriff. Following his proclamation
the governor called on President Me-
Kinley for troops to cooperate with the
state militia.
BULL PEN" ESTABLISHED.
Then Was inaugurated the famous
bull PEN Men suspected OF compl-
city with the mob; miners overheard L.
express sympathy toward the lawless
and those suspected were thrown in
side the stockade. Paul Corcoron. Sec
rotary OF the miners union at Burke,
Ida, was indicted FOR murder as were
a number of others.
This had a great effect In clearing
the country Of agitators who rather
than be confined IN the "bull pen" fled
the country, From first to last there
'Tere LOO men imprisoned there. IN
GLIDING the editor OF paper at Mullen,
Ida, who undertook to print criticisms
Of the administration and the military.
The town Of Burke, whence came the
rioters who blew up the Bunker Hill &c
sullivan mine, was practically stripped
Of its male population by General Mer-
rlam and the suspects one and all We're
thrown into the stockade. In vain were
petitions for wrlts of habeas corpus APP
piled for. The courts decided that in
the face Of martial law the writ OF
habeas corpus had been suspended.
THE PERMIT SYSTEM.
Another feature to be introduced was
the permit system" General Merriam
and State Auditor Sinclair, tho latter
representing Governor Steunenberg.
promulgated a regulation that no miner
should be employed In any mine In the
district unless he had secured per-
init Coroner Hugh France OF sho.
shone county who had been placed in
charge of the deposed sheriff's office,
was tho man selected TO issue these
permits. RE was invested with arbi.
trury powers. Under the oaths taken
before a permit was issued. unionism
In the district was ehectually smashed
for the time being.
This rigorous policy had the effect
OF stHblishing peace in the blood
stained district which has prevailed up
TO this time.
CoRCoRAN CONVICTED.
In the meantime Paul Corcorqn was
placed On trial for murder In the FIRST
degree before Judge George H. Stewart
NJ Boise, who was sent to Occur 'Alene
by Governor iteunenberg to replace
the regular district Judge there The
case was prosecuted 10y w. II. Borah.
nov candidate for the United States
Senate, James II, Hawley. a prominent
Democrat and until recently mayor Of
Boise, and Col. J, w. Forney of Mos
COW, who was United States district az.