Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-06-24

pntte. Mont, June 24.-After a nignt
of terror in Butte, apprehension was
fell throughout the city TO-DAY tnat
,bo mob Of insurgent miners that last
night wrecked Miners Union hall with
2s nlasts lof dynamite, might turn
their activities in another direc-
tion. Nevertheless the city was out
wardly calm today.
The mines, all but two, near the
wrecked Miners hall, from one Oh
which the powder that blew up tne
building was stolen, are working To-Day.
No trace has been found OF Presl-
dent Charles H. Meyer, of the western
Federation of Miners, who last nlgn'
called the meeting of the old union
IN order and presented his plan for con-
o;liation of the warning factions. Hard
lv hal Moyer read his paper, promis-
ing to correct the grievances sof the
seeding miners and concluding with
a nlea for calmer Judgment, when the
first shots Of the early evening riouns
in which one spectator was killed.
ard three injured, were heard,
Meyer Flees A
Meyer and about 200 miners, steau-
fast to the cause of the old union were
hurriedly warned to flee for their
lives They escaped from the rear Oh
the building into an automobile, Two
MON IN the crowd through which the
machine dashed, followed with drawn
royolvers which they discharged as
thew gave chase. III a moment the
machine had turned corner and was
mt Of sight. Since tnen nothing has
leen seen or heard of the federation
president.
After several hundred shots from
rifles and sawed-off shotguns were
discharged, the dynamite crew began
its work. This continued until
o'clock this morning when the expio-
sives that had been taken by force
from the Stuart mine had been ex-
bausted. The rear and side walls OF
the Miners Union hall, erected IN
1899, remain standing.
ot ~. 100000 Damage
Every pansaof glass in the build
in,g,ss ssG6fn On both sides of the street for
a block each side of the hall is shat
tered. The property damage will ex-
ceed 100000. At midnight the offl-
GERS OF the new Butte Mine Workers
union circulated handbills inlthee crowd
IA calling upon the miners in Gthe name
of their new union to return to their
homes. These appeals had little effect
Police Inactive
Appeals had Hittle effect. Police
q and sheriffs officers were inactive
during the riot and dynamiting. Some
effort was made to prevent damage
to property other than that OF the
miners union, but the officials took
the position that 1t would cause fai
greater damage to IRE and property
to attempt to prevent the men from
destroying what they asserted belong
ed to them.
Sheriff Driscoll denied today thai
his men entered the hall or that they
fired any shots during the roting
The first shots came from the hal
where the meeting was in progress.
The killing Of Ernest ]. Noy hac
the effect of infuriating the crowe
and soon hundreds of men were III
ing pistols. aiming mainly at the WIN
dows of the union hall or firing int
the air Whether under existing con
dftions the mines will be continued Il
operation is question being decide'
today by the operating companies. Il
a conversation with Governor Stewar
early this morning Mayor Duncan de
clared that he saw no need for stat
troops, believing that the situation
would quiet itself
Charles Meyer. Of the Western Fed