The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-22

1 known as Hogan army and 1t wa
7 finally captured by the 22nt U. $
t infantry in eastern Montana, unde
the command of Colonel Page an
, Major Emerson H. Liscum. Ma
8 jor Liscum, who later became
| general, was killed July Is, 1906
in the battle of Tientsin. China.
: In the early part of April, 1894
1.-THE agitation took form in Butte
| Neither Butte nor Anaconda haC
|, suffered much from the panic O
| 1898. Both towns had been KEEP
up by copper. Butte, though, was
recognized as the labor headquar
tiers of the northwest, and naturally
became the center of Northwestern
! Coxeyism. Unemployed men be
Igan to arrive from Portland, Sc
attic, Tacoma, Spokane and inter
mediate points. They stole rides
on the eastbound trains whenever
they could. Many of them walked
long distances and were sorry
looking specimens of humanity
when they reached Butte. One or
| two abortive attempts to steal
trains in Washington were made.
All told, the army in Butte num-
bered between 400 and 500 men.
They had two big banners. One
carried in its center big silver dol
lar, and bore the inscription, Gold
at premium. Labor pauperized. :
The other banner had painted upon
it an image of the Goddess of Lib
erty, and the motto, Free coinage
of silver 10 to l." William Hogan,
the general, was a man of resolu-
ton and considerable ability.
On April 19, Hogan marched the
army, numbering, according to his
figures, 38o men, to a spot on the
Northern Pacific track about mile
and half from town. They had
quantity if provisions and supplies,
which the people of Butte had Civ
en- them. They stopped an east
bound freight, consisting of seven
loaded cars. The seals were brok-
en- and the supplies loaded in. En-
gineer McGonnagle said his in
structions were to return to Butte
in case he should be stopped, and
he began to back. The men all
piled onto the train and we're ta-
ken into the yard.
There man from the ranks
who claimed to be an engineer, pro-
posed to take the train ahead. He
began to switch in some empty
cars, but the sheriff and few de-
0uties soon arrived and placed
themselves in possession of all the
engines. Meanwhile Hogan and
he other leaders called on the Nor
;hern Pacific and coolly demanded
| train. The officials said they
would wire to St. Paul and give the
lrmy an answer at noon the next
lay.
April 2 was an exciting day in
Butte. Fifty deputy sheriffs had
,een sworn in. AT noon, w. M.
Twohy, acting for the Northern
'acific, told the army the company
would not give them train under ! !
ny circumstances. The deputy
heriffs were then distributed
through the Northern Pacific
ards. A great crowd congested
mere. Patrick Meaney mounted a
lie of lumber and denounced the
ction of the Northern Pacific. I
Meaney called the army to fall !
ito line and march to the court :
ouse steps, there to hold an in =
ignation meeting. Arriving :
lere Meaney made another !.
beech. He was followed by Will :
i'm Cunningham, c. E. Kinman =,
i'd others, all advocating the seiz- :,
re of train if the Northern Pac7 !
ic persisted in its refusal to loan i
lie. Resolutions were adopted /,
the railroad for its =
and requesting" the 4
orthern Pacific to furnish train l.
ithout delay. These resolutions :
ere signed by William Cunning -
am, B. F. McDevitt, William F :; :
neffelbin, George E. McGrath, ]. Z
/. Clark, E. H. Cooney and c.. E. I,
inman. :,
The army returned to the yards a
i'd seized an engine. A bloody is
ght with the deputies seemed i'm
inent. AT five o'clock, Mayor CT
ugan and County Commission m
S Lloyd, Charles and Booth hur- r.
ID to the scene and urged the men ia
wait another day, promising to he
ke the matter up with the railroad tn
themselves and see what Nv
uld be done. A truce was de- kr
lred until nine o'clock the fol- I'll