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mine by a largo body of miners, with John To- 

 liin, President df the Miners' Centra] t'nion, at. 

 id. They wen- escorted to the Miner*' 

 I'nion hall at Uurkc, where two of them were 

 a.-ily induced to join the union, but the other 

 t\so. \Viliiam M. Pipkin and George L. Wolf, 

 po.-iti\eh ivfiiM-d to join, although inducements 

 were freely otTered. They were then escorted 

 to Tom|on's Falls, Mont,., by an angry mob, 

 driven out of the country, and cautioned never 

 to return, under penalty of death. 



This led to a temporary injunction, issued by 

 tin- Federal Court, restraining the miners from 

 interfering with work in the mines. The order 

 -- ued on Saturday, May 4, and placed in 

 the hands of Marshal Pinkham. The complaint 

 and accompanying affidavits made a bulky docu- 

 ment. The mine owners acted through the 

 Cii-ur d'Alene Mining and Concentrating Com- 

 p.-iiiy. which became plaintiff in the action. In 

 the complaint it was set forth that the company 

 owned and operated the Bengal Tiger, the Frac- 

 tion, the Sherman, and the Union Lode claims 

 in Lelande mining district, Shoshone County, 

 and a concentrating mill run in connection 

 therewith; that the miners' unions were or- 

 gan i/ed for the purpose of controlling the rate 

 of \\ages paid in the Coeur d'Alene mines; that 

 the Central Union had general jurisdiction in 

 the county ; that the unions claimed the right 

 to prevent any men from working who were not 

 members; that the unions had printed notices 

 in other mining sections advising laboring men 

 not to come to the Coeur d'Alenes; that the 

 unions disclaimed responsibility for particular 

 acts; and that they were not moneyed corpora- 

 tions which might be proceeded against for the 

 recovery of damages. Therefore, a temporary 

 injunction was asked for, restraining the unions 

 and all individuals connected with them from 

 repeating the acts complained of, or in any way 

 interfering with the working of the plaintiffs' 

 property ; and that, upon proper hearing, such 

 injunction should be made perpetual. 



The temporary restraining order was signed 

 by Judge Beatty, and set the first Monday in 

 June for the defendants to appear before him 

 and show cause why a provisional injunction 

 should not be issued. The bond was fixed at 

 $2,000. In the meantime the defendants were 

 restrained from interfering with the operations 

 of the company or preventing any one from en- 

 tering into its service. The injunctions were 

 ser\ed on the miners on May 12, and were re- 

 ceived in good part. 



A ^liort time before the injunction was served 

 the Union mine had started up with 135 non- 

 union men; the Gem was also ready to begin, 

 and other mines signified their readiness to re- 

 sume work as soon as men could be secured. 

 Three hundred miners left Duluth, in the charge 

 ot agents, on May 12, bound for the Coeur d'Alene 

 mines. The train was met at Bozeman by Joe 

 Warren, a Spokane detective, sworn into service 

 for this occasion by the Mine-Owners' Associa- 

 tion, and 53 armed deputies. 



On May 21 the Superintendent of the North- 

 ern Pacific Railway complained to Gov. Willey 

 that parties of lawless men were boarding the 

 passenger trains and preventing the train men 

 from performing their duties properly, and that 



the sheriff was incapable, and asked for an armed 



force to protect t he i rain*. The (io\ernor vi~it <1 

 thi- scene of tin. t roubles, made a personal , 

 tigation, and tried to bring about an amicable 

 settlement, but without success. Theref. 

 June 4 he issued a proclamation warning tin- 

 riotous bands to diper.-e, and saying that, if or- 

 der was not soon restored, he would declare Sho- 

 shone County in a state of insurrection and or- 

 der out the troops. The ill feeling between 

 the union and the nonunion mimrs increased 

 steadily, fights occurred, and mines were barri- 

 caded and guarded by armed men. At the Frisco 

 mine there was a serious conflict, and the union 

 miners placed 750 pounds of giant powder on a 

 rail car and sent it down the track, where its ex- 

 plosion demolished the Frisco mill and compelled 

 the surrender of the nonunion defenders. Sev- 

 eral men on each side had been killed. There 

 were conflicts also at Wardner and at Wallace, 

 with loss of life. 



On the night of Tuesday, July 12, the strikers 

 captured 132 nonunion miners, drove them to 

 the mouth of Fourth-of-July Cafion, near Catal- 

 do. and, after robbing them, fired on them, kill- 

 ing 12 and wounding many others. One hundred 

 and fifty nonunion men left Gem, and 18 box 

 cars, 1 coal car, and 2 coaches loaded with non- 

 union men, numbering about 200, were sent from 

 Wardner. 



The Governor now called out the militia, and 

 at the same time telegraphed to Washington, ask- 

 ing for United States troops. By order of the 

 President troops were sent at once from Fort 

 Sherman, Idaho, and Fort Missoula, Mont., and on 

 July 13 the Governor declared Shoshone County 

 to be in a state of insurrection, and placed it un- 

 der martial law. Troops were brought also from 

 other posts ; and this prompt exhibition of a 

 determination to suppress rioting with an ade- 

 quate force, put an end to the lawless proceed- 

 ings, and the miners returned to their homes. 



On Sept. 8 the grand jury found indictments 

 against 167 persons for conspiracy to violate the 

 injunction issued by the court. 



Political. The Democratic Convention met 

 at Pocatello on May 25 to choose delegates to 

 the national convention. The 18 counties of 

 Idaho, Owyhee excepted, were represented. The 

 question of silver was vehemently discussed. The 

 platform advocated, " as a matter of right and 

 ju>t ice," the adoption at Chicago of a plank de- 

 voted to "the free and unlimited coinage of sil- 

 ver as a full legal-tender money, at the present 

 ratio, and the full and unqualified recognition of 

 this idea as a cardinal principle of Democracy." 

 It further commended theorganization of the in- 

 dustrial classes for self-protection against trusts, 

 combines, and monopolies. The following de- 

 mands were made: A constitutional amend- 

 ment making United States Senators elective by 

 direct vote of the people; the strictest enforce- 

 ment of the laws excluding Chinese from and 

 prohibiting the importation of foreign contract 

 labor into the United States; the immediate sur- 

 vey of the public domain within this State. The 

 platform denied the risjht of the Government to 

 levy a protective tariff, except so far as required 

 for' purposes of revenue. Resolutions were 

 passed deprecating Federal interference in the 

 labor troubles in northern Idaho. 



