The Washington times., 1907-05-12
Origin Of Famous Bull PEN


Origin of Famous Bull Pen"
In the meantime. negro troops sent by
the Federal Government were securing
the country and bringing in hundreds OF
miners bound together with ropes. Or
ders were issued % arrest miners wher-
ever they were found They were herded
in box cars at drst and later thrown into
the notorious bull Den." a high stock
ade surrounded with a barbed-wire
fence, and patrolled inside and out by
troops, within which more than LOCO
! miners were confined. compelled 10 per-
form mental services for the negro
/ troops. dubbed and prodded. and sub
Jected daily to third degree proceedings.
Most Of them were kept prisoners dur
( ing the entire summer
1t is represented by Steunenberg' S
| friends that he received frequent threats
| Of violence. but paid little attention 70
them. and while the struggle between
] the mine owners and the mine workers
sun went on. the former governor
: cropped out Of public view until the
I night Of December 80, 1905
The governor was held responsible for
I the indigniues heaped upon the miners
and many epithets and threats were
openly uttered against him II is
NAttActAN DJ many LaidL MS retirement 10
private life would cause the miners To
cease thinking Of him. but. like the in
Jured Indian, they always remembered
The state charges that officers OF the
] federation blreu orchard u put Steun-
1 enberg out Of the way because OF the
continual clamoring by the miners Tor
vengeance. II Is further coutended that
I the officers were threatened with the
loss or their positions IL the score was
not evened with the former governor.
Reelected to Their Positions.
Since their incarceration the officers
have been reelected The states rep
resentatives, James II. HawIey and
! United States Senator W Z. Borah. will
argue that the reelection OF these men
is the reward for Staying Steunenberg.
The crime in which Meyer. PettibOue
and Haywood are alleged % be impIi-
Gated occurred in Caldwell on the even
ing Of December 80 1896. In conception
and execution IL was worthy Of a Then
ardier. Hideous, brutal, and appalling
arc but mild terms to describe the act.
After hard days work at his Of
hce the former governor started for his
home. A brisk wind was tanning snow
flakes in his face. Pulling his hat doEn
over his eyes and giving his muffier an
extra twist he turned I'D his overcoat
collar and bent into the storm. ms
thoughts were Of home. where a de-
voted wife and frolicling children await
ed his coming. II was but a few DAYS
after Chris tmas-the millennium. as II
were when -he knowledge OF man was
complete and man had forgotten his
cnmlty to his fellow
From all windows shOne the pickering
hight OF candles adjoining Christmas
trees. The laughter o. children could
be heard, and they pressed their noses
against the window panes as they gazed
On the lore pedestrian battling his way
through tho storm.
Just as the cloak Of night fell softly
over the community the stalwaTt man
reached his taVOritc path leading from
the back gate Of his home to the kitchen
door Through the window be could see
his loving wife and children grouped
about the supper table with a chair near
the stove reserved for him
Arriving at the gate he opened IT,
entered the yard and closed H. Steunen-
berg was a man who kept things in an
orderly way and always closed his
doors and gates
All Caldwell heard the terrific roar