The chronicle=news., 1914-06-16
TROOPS MAY Be
SENT TO QUELL
MINERS N
BUTTE

| hpuSs tonap iu suuU'NsipH WIN W."
r.ru-si Of cas-vsor stewart. that
pr-siicnt Wiisos send federal troops
Ia qu-ii disorder st HATTIE between
m-mt.rs of the wes,.ra Federation
of Miners and the Industrial Workers
oi the World.
In View of the apparent aal-'
.ondiiions in i'utt- te-iay the Mon-
tana d-i-saiion dtd Eo, rr-ss for this
Immediate s~ndins "f if"sps hut
mad. an enEae-m~st u see rf-slien,
| wii.aa tomorrow and discuss the ~n.
iir. situation With him.
iinii-. Meat. Jase is.-wi'h the
regular meeting af ih- miners anion
scheduled fof tonight. the situation
here rs the result of Iha, osesnisa-
,iaa's fa.sisnai sios -ss ani-, but
tense To-day. Every effort Vas hSihs
made ,o brinE the opposing factions
together. Committees Of five men
each have s-sn spi.oin'.i by the
leaders in the unioa and the s-.~s'
.inni.,s for a ruafcsrnsr Arranged
through the efforts 81 ~. ", iAnna'
hue. president of tho s,ai- federation
of iabar. The psoralI,ia ., h. SUBJ
mii,-i To the s.ateseas- with a ,i-~
tn bringing hack the s-eed~ss in'n
the organization are:
The abandonment Of all records of
tho old union ssesIN the charters
IRON tho Western redesaiian at Mia.
-ss aud the eoassart ~ith the em.
pioyiax eosnraaiss: tho Fvfisiiss al
the usipn. offices. sNAasssdssas o,~a
~i~e,ioa al which ali sinners viii h-
-niiti-d 10 vote s~xr sdless of shoft-
ages ia du-s or sss~S. meats: inm-d.
lat. insisiialian a. the offis-ss sn
elected. 4. b. fsi's- II hy a fuii sas.
II miners TN the ru-sli.a of s-.ain.
ins tho charter af tho Wesi-fn f-i'
-sa'i.n.
u the membership sos-s q. return
tho charter tn ,h- Federation the
miners are 10 pgoc-cv, aioas ss an In.
i-r-ndcn, union.
In the meantime Enc s~cesaioni.i.
.iii sonIinu. the program they ha'"
laid out. beginning With tho sakina
IT tho referendum vote tomorrow ou
the question "f showing Western
Federation card. a, the minrss
Governor Ss.-ar, reiterated today
his assertion that he had not s.k-s!
that federal up.i-s b~ sent tn Hattie.
it- said hts message to Washington
simply asked regarding tho dlsps.i.
sion of federal troops With a view 4.
'oarnin q whether irueps were avail.
able IL conditions here become .-ri.
ous.
DECLARING their ~as nothing Ia
compromise ami that nultc Miners
Union No. ! at the Western Fedora.
sion Of MincrS was tho oaty oexanisa-
ton that cosid do busine~s In I'us,-.
John G. iownoy. member os the eS-
-cutivc hoard Of the federal. In a
formal statement today threw down
the gauntlet to the dtsaffcctcd fac
lion and declared war against any
faction N miners that attempted to
set up an independent organization.
Lo~ncy dismissed all attempts al
compromise by asserting that the
federation would have nothing to d.
with outsidcrp. Tic said that while
/ efforts had bccn made to obtain con.
l. f-A-
scntativcs on the question Of a vot.
to surrcndcr the charter from the
present body. the officers Of tho oil,
union organization would have nc
hand in such procedure.
1.owncy said the union. holdins
contracts with the mining companies
would insist on carry Ing out ever,
agreement in full. lie Insisted that
a iawic.s Element from the outsids
was primarily responsible for the Dc
struction Of property and that the
men who Joined with tho mob were
miners who for months had not paid
their union dues.
The statement concludes with tn,
declaration that tho Western Fedora.
tion Of Miners and the Mine Work.
crs Of America are about to merge
into one great miners organization
II charges the Industrial Workers oi
the World leaders here with entire
responsibility for the present situa
| tiou.
Large numbers of men arr beins
sworn in by Sheriff Driscoii as depn
! tics for emergency duty.