Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-16
BUTTE RIOTERS RAID JAIL
Threats Made to Lynch Two Special
Deputy Sheriffs.
ARRESTED MEN ARE SET FREE
Orders Them Released and Mob
Carries Them Away-News-
paper offices Visited.

BUTTE, Mont. June 15.-Lttie disorder
following the riots of yesterday afternoon
marked today in Butte and several hun
dred miners have returned to work.
Early In the afternoon a crowd took two
prisoners out of the city jail and later
took possession of an aerial fire truck
which they attempted to move through
the crowd on a false alarm. The rioters
climbed into the machine, but being un-
able to run IT, gave II back to the fire
men after cautioning them not to attempt
again to run through the crowd in the
street.
Delegations went 10 two fire stationo
and told the firemen not to take machines
from the buildings until they were GER
tain there was a fire. The crowd fol-
lowed the captured machine back to the
station broke several windows and did
minor damage.
Threats of LynchiaE.
Threats were made TO lynch Special
Deputy sheriffs owen Cribben and Mar
tin Harkins, but the officers were guarded
by the police. Two men we're arrested
In connections with the threats by squad
Of policemen on a charge of melting a
riot. The police with drawn revolvars
| backed down an alley with their prison
ers beside the two special deputies and
succeeded in getting safely to the Jail,
but the crowd became so menacing that
Chief of Police Jere Murphy ordered that
the two men arrested be released. The
crowd carried them away on their should
ers.
The remainder of the day was spent in
parading the streets until members Of
the newly appointed executive committee
of the insurgent miners, constituting
themselves a law and order committee,
informed the agitators that no more dis
order would be tolerated and succeeded in
dispensing the gathering, miners going
to their homes.
A delegation visited the three news
paper offices and demanded that no fur
ther mention be made derogatory to the
Industrial Workers Of the World and
that the words mob and rioters not
appear in any newspaper story.
/ Return ito work.
The managers of the Spectator and
Black Rock mines have agreed that the
Western Federation card system shall be
discontinued and with this understand
ing several hundred men returned to
work today at these mines. A full night
shift has signified its intention of resum-
ing work.
Governor Sam v. Stewart will arrive
in Butte late tonight from Helena to in
vestigate the situation. Calls had been
sent to the capital for the militia. but the
sentiment geperally is opposed to bringing
troops into Butte. The belief is prevail
ent that the situation is under control.
No arrests have been made in connec-
ton with the wrecking OF the Casey home
this morning by dynamite.
The home OF Patrick Casey, an official
in the local union OF the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, was dynamited at 2
o clock this morning. The house was
damaged. but Casey, his wife and three
children were uninjured. The police have
been unable to find one Of the insurgent
miners reported last night to have taken
5000 from the federation safe after 1t
was dynamited by the insurgents while
crowd estimated at 1000 looked on from
a distance.
Policemen were in the crowd. but did
not interfere with the dynamiters. Sher-
| iff Timothy Driscoll attempted to inter-
1eTe eaTuSTI Dub no was CuOheQ ana
driven from the scene. together with the
deputies he had with him.
Acting Mayor Frank Curran, who was
thrown out OF a window and sustained a
broken leg and wrist while trying to
pacify the mob which wrecked the feder-
alton headquarters yesterday. is resting
easy in a hospital
The riots were caused by long standing
| III feeling between the regulars OF the
5000 members of the Western Federation
of Miners here and the insurgents, prln-
cipally members of the Industrial Work
ers of the World. The members with
sentiments In favor Of the Industrial
Workers OF the World objected to heavy
assessments levied against them by :he
Western Federation of Miners interna-
tional officers ana local officers as strike
benefits for the Michigan copper miners.
More than $500, 900 in benefits had been
sent from Butte to Michigan and some
miners are reported 10 have paid as
high as $40 monthly for strike benefits.
Men who failed TO pay the assessments
we're disfranchised. At one of the mines
/ Friday morning the insurgents refused
to exhibit their union cards to walking
delegates OF the union and the walking
delegates instructed the mine manager
not to work the men who failed TO ex-
/ hibit the cards The insurgents called
out men working on the night shift of
three mines.