The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-25

Lay understand something ABOUT
4uano great struggle III the Occur |
u acne country II VIA De necessary 4
iOr me " repeat briefly the history
u t4eL strussle that led up 10 the
assassination Oh Ex-Governor Stuen-
enDerg, together with snort story OIL
sc LilaIs and Jonn 1. MorrIson
association with Clarence barrow,
VINO is now on trial at Los Angeles
Ior the greatest crime that any citi-
zen can De guilty OF.
....,O1 i,isoruvrs IN tne occur
q aiene District.
lne Coedr Alene mining country
. .Ocs..eu IA onOsAOAe COunt!, III
what Is cailed the pan Handle OF
aano There are 10 DE found the
greatest producing silver lead mines
ii all the word. Ihat camp alone
mas furnished at times fully 81 per
cent OF all the lead that is produced
the United States.
For many years LABOR disorders
an riot il the Occur d 'Alene coun-
~ ana the great struggle between
apiLai anu LABOR III Occur u -aIens
cached its climax on the morn
ing OF April 20, 1893, when thou
sans miners with their sympathizers
assembled on Canyon Greek, took
orciDie possession OF the Northern
seiile train and alter breaking into
powder magazines and taking several
tons OF dynamite powder, boardeo
neIr train which was run TO Wallace
where they were joined by several
hundred miners from Mullan and
other camps, then proceeded TO Ward
ner Junction.
Many OF the men on the train were
masked and practically all OF them
were armed. The great mills OF the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine at
aruner Ju4cuOn We're their polnt
Of attack. These mills that had cost
more than a quarter OF a million
dollars were blown up and destroyed.
A number OF men were driven out OF
the mines and John Cheyne, an old
and inoffensive citizen, was taken
out. maltreated and then forced TO
run and was shot down as he ran.
The good citizenship OF the
Occur d'Alene country was ter
nor Steunenberg for protection.
Feeling ran SO high in the Occur
d'Alene country that the State
felt unable to cope with so SER
ious a condition and Governor
Steunenberg asked the Federal
Government for assistance,
which was readily given.
Martial law was declared in
that country and hundreds of ar
rests were made. Out Of these
arrests one man was tried for
his connection with the blowing
up OF the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van mills and the killing of old
man Cheyne.
This man that was brought to tria
was Paul Corcoran. financial secre
tary of the Miners Union. He wa
tried. convicted and sentenced to sew
enteen years in the Penitentiary a
Boise.
From that day Governor Steun-
anI,ar,- xxac "a r,,arlad man His
enemies missed no opportunity
to impress upon him that his
days were numbered and that
they were only waiting an oppor-
tunity TO take his life. For his
stand in the protection OF law
and order in Idaho Governor
Stuenenberg was loved and adj
mired by all the patriotic. citiz-
ems OF this State. His undaunted
courage in the great crisis that is
now part OF the history OF this
State was admired by every true
e citizen of the whole country.
Is During the years that inter-
n vened between the closing OF the
is Occur d'Alene trouble and Gov
r ernor Steunenberg's tragic death
At he admitted TO his friends that
J, his death would be brought