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and the entire crowd of approximate
ly 400 persons agreed to see that n
one went to work the next da,
Threats to kill were made by severe
men in the audience, and during i'm
flammatory speeches, I heard threat
10 or Is times that 'scabs' woul
be killed.
Mr.. Boiling also stated that he at
tended another meeting at l. w. W
headquarters the day following tn
riot. There were between 375 an
400 men present." he said. 81 hear,
more threats and committee of ST
were appointed to be on duty at TIL
III. w. w. hall at all times to receive
names of men who refused to strik'
in order that pickets might get then
at their homes. There was no op
position to this plan, more than hal
of the men present voting Tor it."
This meeting led up to the battle
| of Anaconda road, in which Ton
Manning was killed and IA pickets
wounded. Several hundred men hat
concentrated on Anaconda road
Sheriff O'Rouke called in his deput.
les and deputized the mine guards
and was endeavoring to dispense the
mob, which had become ugly, when
according to the testimony of several
of the deputies, two or three shots
we're fired from the second story of
nearby building, and the riot start
ed. Following this clash between
the officers, mine guards and strik-
ers Sheriff O'Rouke called on Gov
ernor Stewart for troops, advising
him that the situation was beyond
his control.
Following the arrival of the troops
there has been but little violence,
aside from mysterious shooting with
silencers.
The 1. w. w. leaders have been
making a determined effort to
prove that Roy S. Alley gave the
word for the deputies and mine
guards to fire and started the
shooting. Mr.. Alley is a promin-
ent executive of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company and the
personal representative in Mon
tana of John d. Ryan.
Mrs. Catherine Dougherty, wife
of striking miner, was expected
by the I. w. w. leaders to give
testimony proving Mr.. Alleys con-
nection with the start of the riot.
She had testified in her direct eX-
animation that she had seen a
stout, dark man, wearing glasses,
draw a pistol from his pocket at
the same time waving his hand for
others to get into the fight.
When Mr.. Alley was brought be-
fore the witness she acknowledged
that she could not identify him as
hn
and concluded with these words:
81 have never seen Roy Alley
in my Iife.''
identified Mr.. Alley in connection
with the start of the shooting.
The testimony of John Templeton,
former member of the marine corps,
nd a special deputy sheriff, was to
he, effect that the first shot was fired
rom the window of the second story
f boarding house 100 feet away.
'empleton was employed as miner,
nd had been driven down the hill
y the I. w. w. pickets. Then he
7ent to the sheriff's office and volun-
eered to serve as a deputy. II
j. R. Wharton, superintendent of II
he Butte street car lines, told of the |
ght the strike pickets made to block |
,reet car traffic, pulling the trolley
rom the wire and threatening the
lotorman.
Several of the I. w. W. witnesses
,stified that they were not citizens
{ the United States and did not want
, be. Others who were citizens
lid they had not voted for years.
Colonel D'Gay Stivers testified that
2 had seen two men firing at the
'ficers' from the crowd.
During the testimony it was
ought out that the bullet which
lied Manning was of smaller calibre
an that of any of the deputies or
ecial officers.
Many miners, who had endeavored
get through the picket lines to
} to work, testified to the violence
it'll which the 1. w. w. pickets
Gated them.
Roy Alleys Testimony,
Roy S. Alley was one of the last
illnesses. He denied that he had
aved his hand as a signal for the
en- to come on" or that he in any II
ny assumed direction of the work
the officers, declaring that as
on as he learned Sheriff O'Rouke
Is on the scene and in charge of
e efforts of the peace officers to
5perse the mob, he retired to posi-
N some distance up the hill from
e place where the deputies and
lice were stationed.
Characterizing the mob as a typ-U
Il wobbly crowd, Mr.. Alley dell
lred that in his opinion any force
emed necessary by the peace Of
ers to dispense the mob was justi-t
be, under the circumstances. Acts
violence and assaults by members
the mob upon the officers were de-
led by Mr.. Alley, who described
: I. w. w. crowd as defiant and
ly to the extreme.
Mr.. Alley declared that he was
armed. He told of the efforts of
e of the strike leaders to get their
N to go after the officers, and that
)ts came from the crowd. He said:
II heard number of remarks
put the soviet government, when
, mob was defying the sheriff and
O heard number of remarks that
officers were "going to get theirs"
aw fellow make pass at John