Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-22
BULLET FROM HOUSE
STARTS A fUS|LLADf
BETWEEN DEPUTIES
AND |. v. v. PICkfTS
One Man VIII Die, Three May; Fifteenth Victim Is
Policeman, Knocked Off Of Motorcycle; Miners
in Ugly Humor; Police Reserves Called and
Sheriff Puts 200 Deputies on Job; Supposed
Abandoned Building on Anaconda Road Scene.

Butte April 21-Fourteen men, believed to be strike
pkets and policeman in local hospitals suffering from
gunso sustained battle Anaconda road near the
Neversweat mine 410 O'Clock this afternoon BE-
lieve two of the alleged w. w. will die
Police searching three other said to have been
seriously. Striking miners massed in Fnander Hall
and the street in front Of the building Feeling high Po
lice reserves have been called out
OCCUPANTS DENY FIRING FROM HOUSE.
County Attorney N. A. Roering has started nvesga-
has reached conclusion the Of
the shooting At his request the police raed the Simon
which place earlier reports stated the first shots
had fired The paroen found the place partially occupied
abandoned believed and all the occupants declared
that had fired from the building and that there had been
during the the usual patrons
BULLETS PERFORATED MELIAS HAT.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Mea informed the county attorney that
the first shot fired passed through his hat he standing
facing the gates with his back the Simon boarding house. He
declared that bullet apparently from story
boarding house and that when he turned he
lean from the window and shoot second time This bull
M he said whzed past Deputy Sheriff Jack Whean who stood
him. Earlier in the day. the deputies stated shots from
this boarding house carrying
going to work.
SHERIFF JUST ORDERING CROWDS BACK.
Sheriff ORoure the crowd in front of the mine
that he the open breaks between the
posing forces that several in
ed that as the arguments heated decided order
pkes from the mine and ordering his to the
crowd to shot was heard and there was
shooting in every direction.
MINE GUARDS OUT AFTER SHOOTING
Officers and all sought and the wounds in the backs
doubtless received he states from the proiscuous shoot
the dense crowd the mine Mine guards
within the fences did until after the exodus and then
without sight trestle 800 to
the east of the mine gate No shots could have from this
reste to the at the gate without piercing the fence
SEVERAL HUNDRED ON PICKET FORCE.
The shooting followed decision of Sheriff ORouke to In
his force deputies to 200 He had that
would be met by force if and that he would
that miners who wanted work would from assault
by the w. W. pckets The company, fearing attacks the
properties had also increased its guards at the mines
Several hundred pckets BY the strikers this
morning They swamed Anaconda and the approaches
the mines and turned hack from the workings Of the inter-
national unions not members of the W. W. strike
few with union cards managed to get through
MANY MINERS BEATEN ON STREETS.
Early Tuesday morning clash occurred in front Of Fnlander
hall North Wyoming pcets badly beat
when they attacked four miners carrying dinner buckets
Spectators said that dozen jumped two auto
mobiles and to the assistance Of the miners who being
beaten Two Of the pets knocked and the
others fled into their hall where they barriacded the DOORS
Scattering reports throughout the day 70 police head
quarters Of miners metal tradesmen and heng engineers beat
en- BY picksts
The operating companies made special effort to set ens
the mines keep them from being flood
I'd with water effort made to get miners through the
lines and the who patroed the 70 the ines ID
automobiles thouGht have been deputy shsGs -
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