Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-09-06
LAWLESSNESS COMMON
IN GREAT MINE CENTER
!. w. W. Added Its Fuel TO
Flame, and Citizens Of Com.
munlty Had to Ask for
Help.
MAY IMPEACH
MAYOR or BUTTE


Butte, Mont. Sept 5. A
movement to impeach Mayor
. Lewis J. Duncan OF Butte and
Sheriff Timothy Driscol Of Sill
. yer Bow county. was inaugural
ed tonight when Major Dan J.
. Donohue. commander Of the mi
. lItia. mantainine martial law.
. gave citizens permission to have
. the district court opened long
enough to file a petition.
. The petition addressed to
Judge J. J. Lynch and signed by
0 twelve citizens, asks that
grand jury be called TO investi-
gate all offices in the city and
. county and particularly those Of
. Mayor Duncan and Sheriff Dris-
- coll.
Q II recites that when martial
. law shall have terminated and
. troops Withdrawn. there will be
. a revival Of apprehension and
. distrust so long as the mayor
. and sheriff are allowed to oc-
Q oupy their positions"
. The petitioners ask the re-
. moval of the mayor and sheriff
. If the evidence obtained by the
. grand juy warrants.
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nv mosn,rs JOURNAL SPECIAL IsAssp w'nsi
Butte, Mont. Sept. b.--Butte'
fourth day under martial law, becaus
of troubles in labor union factions
was quiet and extraordinarily iarg'
shifts of men reported for work at tn
mines. The National guardsmen 0
Montana settled down for long sta.
by decorating the Silver Bow count!
court house, which is used as the bar
racks, with flags, and in being fittet
out with new shoes and undercloth
ing. Shower baths were installed
Many of the militiamen believe the'
will be here for two months ut least
until after the November election
No arrests were made and William
Budelier, previously arrested an'
charged with aiding in deporting mel
who refused to go in the Butte Min
Workers union, was released.
Keeps saloons Closed.
Major d. ]. Donohue refused thu
request of saloon men that saloons
be permitted to open part of th'
day.
The military commission was or
ganized to try military prisoners
charged with felonies. The commits
sion will begin hearing evidence Mon
day.
The mines will be closed tomorrow
and Monday because Of the Labor dal
celebration, which will be held in
park several miles from the city
There will be no parade Of the unions
The advent of the militia in BUTT
has taken the male population IRON
some of the smaller towns In thu
state. At Choteau no young mel
were left and clerks had to be import
ed to keep the stores open. AT Waller
only three men are left. Even th'
mayor Of Waller is aiding in keepins
peace in Butte.
Tyrannical Conditions Exist.
Conditions which led up to thu
present situation are Of long standing
II has been charged that the Westeri
Federation OF Miners when in contro
was domineering and the officers O.
the Butte local ruled with an iror
hand. According to evidence vari'
ously given, men were publicly kid
naped and deported. often after hav-
ing been beaten and slugged. Tht
union miners were made to pay heav,
assessments and many reported tha'
they were given no voice in running
the local.
This condition led up to revolt
within the union and after two riots
In which dynamite was used with fa'
tai results. new union known as the
Butte Mine Workers union, unaffil'
lated with any other labor body, was
organized.
|. w. w. Get Busy in Butte.
For three years before the revolt
Industrial Workers of the World
spoke nightly on the streets. preach
ing direct action" the taking of the
mines for their own benefit and at.
lacks on capital. During the riots nc
arrests were made and no attempt
was made by the local police or sher.
III to quell the disturbance.
Certain officers Of the Butte Mine
workers union advocated sabotage al
the union meetings. and after the new
union had obtained a membership OF
about 30 per cent of the miners in
Butte a jurisdiction committee was