The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-07-19

may understand something about
Idanos great struggle in the Occur
q Acne country it will be necessary
Tor me to repeat briefly the history
OF that struggle that led up to the
assassination OF Ex-Governor Stuen-
enperg, together with short story OF
the trials and John T.. Morrison's
association with Clarence Darrow,.
who is now on trial at Los Angeles
for the greatest crime that any citi-
zen can be guilty Of.
A.vor disorders in the Occur
4 Alene District.
The Occur d Alene mining country
) AOcaCeu III Shosnone county, III
what is called the Pan Handle OF
Idaho" There are to be found the
greatest producing silver lead mines
in all the world. That camp alone
has furnished at times fully 81 per
cent of all the lead that is produced
the United States.
For many years labor disorders
an riot in the Occur d'Alene coun-
try and the great struggle between
apital ana LABOR in Coeur Aiene
cached it's climax on the morn
ing of April 20, 1899, when thou
sans miners with their sympathizers
assembled on Canyon Creek, took
forcible possession Of the Northern
Pacific train and after breaking into
powder magazines and taking several
tons of dynamite powder, boarded
their 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
Warmer junction were their point
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
rorized and called upon Cover
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 trial
was Paul Corcoran, financial secre-
tary of the Miners Union. He was
tried, convicted and sentenced to sew
enteen years in the Penitentiary at
Boise.
From that day Governor Steun-
enberg was marked 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 ad-
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 i
citizen of the whole country.
During the years that inter-
vened between the closing Of the
Occur d'Alene trouble and Gov
ernor Steunenberg's tragic death
he admitted to his friends that
his death would be brought