The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
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 STOPS P'..:z'lG IN
 BUTTE, MONTANA
Says He Will Investigate COnditiOns-MOb Held Full Sway for
 a Time

Butte, Mon. June 14.-Rioting by seced- ing members of the local union of the Western Federation of Miners continued all last night and today, but with the announcement tonight that Governor S.. w. Stewart would arrive before morn ing to investigate the situation some semblance of order was restored.
 After dynamiting and footing the safe of the local union last midnight. many of the 2o00 revolters against extra as easements and the card system of the union continued to parade the streets. Dynamite was exploded under the home of P K. Sullivan, an officer of the miners union and the seceders vowed new union would be formed under the leadership of the Industrial Workers of the World.
 Although several hundred miners re- turned to work today, many disorderly persons kept up riotous tactics. In the afternoon a crowd took two prisoners from the city jail and later seized fire truck. false alarm of fire had been turned in and firemen tried to run the fire apparatus through the crowd.
 The ihsurgent miners scrambled on the truck and threw the firefighters off. When the miners found that they could not operate the vehicle, they returned it to the fireman with warning not to run it through a crowd again.
 Delegations to Fire Stations
 Delegations were sent to fire stations with a demand that fire. department make sure there was a fire before an- swering any alarm. The crowd also broke several windows and did other damage to one fire station. Threats were made to lynch Deputy Sheriffs Owen Gribben and Martin HarlSins, but the officers were guarded by the police, who arrested two men. The policemen with drawn revolvers backed down an alley with their prisoners beside the two deputies. They got safely to the jail, but the crowd became so menacing that Chief of Police Joseph Murphy ordered the prisoners released The rioters car ried the two men away on their shoul- ders.
 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 should not appear In any story of the sit- uation.
 The remainder of the day was spent in paradng the streets until members of the newly appointed executive committee of the insurgent miners, constituting themselves law and order committee informed the marchers that no more dis order would be tolerated. The committee finally dispersed the miners
 Managers of the Speculator and Black Rock mines of the North Butte Mining company and the Butte and Superior mines have, according to insurgents, agreed to permit miners to return to work without Western federation cards. provided federation walking delegates do not appear at the mines tomorrow or Tuesday to protest. Of the 5000 members of the union here the insurgents are said to control the votes of 2000.
 All saloons ordered closed yesterday remained with doors locked for the first Sunday in many years.
 Acting Mayor Frank Curran. who was thrown out of window and injured while trying to pacify the mob that wrecked the federation's headquarters yesterday is resting easy in ! hospital tonight.