The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-04-17

A strike was on in the coal regions
controlled by the Empire Coal and
\ Coke Company. 1t was one of ser
les of the bitter fights between capt.
tai and labor. The adjutant general
of the state had conceived brilliant
idea to bring about the successful
/ termination Of the trouble. When the
governor ordered state troops into
the trouble zone the adjutant general
did not send one of the regular mill
tia troops to patrol the district. In
stead he selected the getty Troop"
military organization composed of the
sons of rich men, many of the fathers
being stockholders and directors in /
the Empire Coal and Coke Company.
Heretofore the militia companies sent
to quell the strike disturbances had
sympathized with the men and little
good had been accomplished This
time there was to be no slip of this
sort. The City Troop was the solu-
tion-a sort of an alignment Of the
aristocracy against the peasantry- I
according to the adjutsnt general The i
City Troop rode out Of the city cheer I
ed by mothers, fathers, brothers, sis t
ters, sweethearts and friends. When L
they arrived at Tiburon, the center v
Of the trouble districts, the soldiers C
we're met by "One-Eyed Bill" Nc r
5onigle, the strike leader, who offer y
ID to assist the young men to put up Z
heir tents. Two months passed and c.
was quiet. The adjutant p
.eneral wasn't satisfied. He was B
friendly to the rich mine owners and W
wanted the miners forced back to -
york. Knowing that the strikers had hi
title money in their treasury when
he strike was called, the adjutant fe
eneral decided to make a personal
lvestigation as to how the miners liz
ere able to live without working. ID,
he following is the result of his in Ii
as told by Damon Run mi
on in Munsey's Magazine: ca
Gentlemen, | have been to Thur hi
H. said the adjutant. "Some things n.
hich were a mystery to me are now hi,
ute clear--and it is not pleasant
Dry that | have to tell. When | got
Tiburon, after miserable journey slo
: wagon, | found the town totally brt
serted. Not even a stray dog loo
AIMED the single street; the stores the
ire closed, the houses locked up. sor
looked as if the population had de- fas
rted in a great hurry. | could not will
d single soldier | went to the con
,op camp, and not even a horse fen
IS in sight; no guards, not sign fro
lifel Imagine such condition of q
airs in military camp tive
Finally ran across young man had
overalls, who seemed in a great bell
Try. ! accosted him, inquiring the He
ereabouts of the people. had
They're at the ball game, he said, leaa
king at me in manifest surprise fielc
Where are the soldiers ?" asked. Her
Where have you been all sum is a
rG demanded the young man. gen
eyre at the game too. Don't you that
w that this afternoon we're play IT
the seventh and deciding game agai
the series between the militiamen 81
the AlI-District team for the by
mpionshipY innil
assured him that did not, and the
kindly explained further "'
why, he said, those soldiers dolls
ned up Tiburon and all the other the
ms In the district this summer. ing {
n we organized the All-Districts "A
n the beaten teams, and we've got "V
mllitiamen tied, three games and "The
e, on the series a"
t was strange sight that greet 'Thos
ny eyes when we reached the ball All r
lnds ! paid for my companion eft t
myself and we went into the strik,
d together. On one side | saw "a
horses OF the City Troop in shall
ct line, with the troopers sitting contii
t on the ground. Near by was a get ,
bench, upon which sat another produ
p of soldiers, strangely attired to
wore riding trousers, without "W
ngs, flannel service shirts and Drexe
caps. On the other side, on an sive !
: bench, sat singular collection across
zen in grimy baseball uniforms, huge,
the names of different towns the st
ed across the shirt bosoms-Ti- CAV
!, Clayville, Starkton and others rector
y one or two being the same. won t