Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-06-19

was practlcally unuer martlal law,
with its saloons, that have not been
closed in years except on election
days, locked tight, and with every
hardware store cleared of all it's arms
and ammunition by the police, as the
result of the series of riots during the
fday-miners' union day-the 34th an
niversary of the establishment of the
union in this camp.
10000 Men implicated.
The miners union, with upward of
5000 members. is divided against it.
self. More than 1000 men have re-
fused to recognize the union further.
Acting Mayor Frank Curran was
pitched from a second story window
of the federation building when he at
tempted to address the crowd, counsel
ing peace. His condition is serious. A
wrist and a leg are broken and 1t is
feared he has suffered internal injur-
les.
Union Parade Busted Up.
Under the leadership of a number
of the Industrial Workers of the World
the seceders from the big organization
during the morning hours attacked the
miners union parade, composed of
more than half the labor bodies of the
city. President Bert Riley of the un-
ion and Parade Marshal Mike Con-
way were knocked from their horses
by a volley of stones from the rioters.
Other officers of the union were chas-
ed from the line of march and took ref
uge in the sheriff's office at the court
house. The parade was broken up,
and the speaking exercises in the the
, alter were abandoned because of the
+ stormy street scenes.
The crowd moved on the union hall
in the center of the city. Every piece
of furniture in the building was de-
I A piano was thrown down a stairway
the books, records and two safes Of
the union were thrown out. The bal
lot boxes, containing the $500 votes
. cast at the recent election of unior
Z officers, which had not yet beer
counted. were destroyed and their con
tents emptied into the street.
9 Mayor Thrown Out of Window.
Alderman Frank Curran, acting
mayor of the city, a socialist, went t.
q the union hall to appeal t othe mel
to dispense and was thrown from
e second-story window to the pavement
q He was taken to the hospital s~everel,
n injured. The mob did not cease it
work of destruction until wen the cal
pets in the big assembly hall of tn
D. union had been torn from the floo
It and thrown into the street.
A crowd of 10000 persons witnesse
the demonstration. Police and shel
n ifs officers were powerless.
The Cause.
e The trouble had its origin over tn
10 dissatisfaction of the miners with tn
v heavy special assessments levie
D. against them by the officers of tn
ID Western Federation Of Miners and tn
local officials as benefits for tn
Michigan copper mine strikers.
y Sunday Report.
y, More disorder marked Sunday |
= Butte, though several hundred miner
have returned to work. Early in tn
afternoon a crowd took two prisoner
out of the city Jail and later took pc
session of an aerial fire truck, whic
attempted to go through the crowd c
IL a false alarm.
II. Delegations went to two fire station
ID and told the firemen not to take m
d chimes from the buildings until the
IL were certain there was a fire.
Police Chief Worried.
ID Threats were made to lynch Speci
Deputy Sheriffs Owen Cribben al
u Martin Harkins, but the officers We
a. rescued by the police. Two men we,
arrested in connection with the tire
al on a charge of melting a riot.
Mt The police squad, with revolve
i'd drawn, backed down an alley wi
Is. their prisoners and the two speci
er. deputies succeeded in getting safely
en- the jail, but the crowd became SO me
,e- acing that Chief of Police Murphy {
dered the release of the two who b;
been arrested. The crowd carried the
away on their shoulders.
A delegation visited the three new
paper offices and demanded that
further mention be made derogatory
uz the I. w. W., and that the wor
ID. "mob" and rioters" not appear in al
ot newspaper story.
The managers of the Spectator al
re Blackjack mines have agreed that t
Western Federation card system sh;
an. be discontinued, and with this undo
N. standing several hundred men
If turned to work.
Governor Asks for U. s. Troops.
Washington. - Governor Stewart
Montana telegraphed President W
son Monday asking that federal troo
he be sent to restore order in the But
ma copper mine districts.
,or At the same time the governor sc