The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-08-05

of assault. There was no assault made,
only by those who assassinated that
helpless man. Hampton says that the
guards were ordered to load their guns.
Why that cowardly bunch had their
guns loaded all the time, and when
Capt. J. C. Hams of Company d, re-
ported that his men twho came on the
scene after the shooting) had been or
dered by him to load their guns. this
same Home Guard bunch Kissed him, he
cause he said that it was unmilitary
to order guns loaded until there was ac-
! tual cause for use. Why, "these Hom'
the 18th of February, the night before
Stewart was killed and their guns were
loaded all the time. Watching and
waiting Cor an opportunity to shoot
one or more OF the eight men there.
there is no word of truth in the state
ment that an attempt was male TO
assault the Cinnamon at the corn,r of
Main and First avenue on that day
Nor did the Cadets stop any such move.
Poor duped boy Cadets. they were al
most scared to death. They looked
pitiful. Judge Burke carried double
barreed shotgun and just in front of
where he stood a number of buckshot
penetrated the wall of the New England
hotel: around this a circle was drawn.
and so sure were they that Mr.. Burke
did shoot that there was written there
in these words "Burke's mark anil
that mark remained there until the fire
of 1889, when the hotel was. destroyed
in the great fire of June of that yea.
Judge Burke. l.. A. Banks, f. NJ. Carr
and Frank Hanford We're arrested and
chared of murder, and they were never
tried. and it was as useless to insist
on the trial of the bunch that hung the
two men some years before. which We
previously mention. The writer Of this
article was one of the inst men to
reach Stewart after he fell. Rlood
,treamed from a wound on the head in
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in the hands of Dave Webster; and
mortal wornd through the body from
which his life was ebbing can see
| him now with outstretched arm point
ing to the assassin who had murdered
him while helpless, stunned by n blow
on the heal. If there had been a dis
position to riot, what carange wonld
have taken place there. When you
take into consideration that there was
not a weapon of any sort in posses
sion of any one of the sO-called rioters,
not club nor stone thrown. not
blow struck. | ask who were the rioters,
Judge Burke was at that shooting, that
he did shoot was the belief of many
| Of those present. Mr.. Burke knows
there to shoot there is no doubt, and
he will not deny it. Actions speak
! louder than words. That his life was
in danger at that, or any time, IL all
rot. There was no intention at that
or any other time to avenge the death
of Chas. Stewart. Capt. Hams i'm
mediately after the shooting stood up
on a dry goods box, and addressed the
crowd. He said that "an awful crime
had been committed" and pledged him
self to aid in running down the
criminals and TO bring them to justice.
Capt Hams could not carry out his
promise as the moneyed interests had
him where they could ruin him. So
the matter has drifted along until now,
when, after a quarter of a century this
Juduge Burke, of pro-Chinese fame, he
who introduced resolutions in the
Chamber of Commerce relative to Jap
anese emigration and enfranchisement
he who is interested in trade with the
Orient, etc, via the Great Northern
/ steamship route, comes now this same
Judge Burke, asking to be made United
tates senator. In whose interests we
askH Naturally in the interests OF
those whom he has served in the past.