Show WITH A I HAND Of IRON How flow Miners Were Oppressed in the Coeur 1 lAlene leper leperI I THREATS FOR FOB WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN lEN MENt t Grooved Work Vork of Officials Who Sold Permits Men Hen Paid 2 50 For the Privilege of Going to Work One Unfortunate Who Was Almost Blinded in the th Bull Pen Prejudice Perfectly Apparent in the Proceedings dings Be Before Before Before fore the Coroner Suspects Were Wee Refused Bail t March 3 Edward Flanigan of ot Mullan Ida continued his testimony ny before the house committee committe on military affairs concerning the Coeur dAlene Alene d troubles He said no notices notices notices tices were posted early last July for forbidding forbidding forbidding bidding members of ot organized labor from going to the miners cemetery cem on July 11 for their annual ceremony over the deceased miners The order witness said gave ae notice that women and other relatives of ot min nun miners miners ers era would be arrested if It they assem assent assembled bled Hull brought out the statement that State Auditor Sinclair Bartlett signed the notice as a representative of Governor who the wit witness witness witness ness said sald represented the Democratic and Silver parties Notwithstanding the order a number of women secretly carried flowers to the miners graves but as there was no organized demon demonstration demonstration stratton they were not arrested Mr Finnigan explained the permit system put into effect after the mil mU military arrived Under this system he said men could not go to work unless they got a permit from the state of officials officials The witness said Sl d permits to work were He advanced O to a friend who paid it to a n dep deputy deputy uty and was put to work the next day Letters to men in the bull pen he said were opened by the officials be before before fore delivery to the prisoners Thrown Into Bull Pen Thomas Henri formerly a miner and now an owner of or mining and other property testified as to his experience during the trouble He had been ap IlP appointed appointed pointed a deputy sheriff and seeking to preserve p peace ace ordered the s saloons loons closed j V said he was arrested by bythe the state deputies accompanied by a squad of or soldiers and ald put in the bull pen He s said aid he could have gives given ball bail up to but was not allowed to do so He detailed numerous in instances Instances instances stances of alleged prejudice In the pro proceedings proceedings proceedings before the coroner saying witnesses who testified against the ac accused accused cased miners were released while those favorable to them were held He said one of or the men after being in a dark guard house for a week weck came out unable to use his eyes and andin andIn andin in the witness opinion his eyesight was permanently injured The men in inthe Inthe inthe the pen he said were physically broken down after their long confine confinement confInement ment mant He lost twenty pounds during his stay V Politics Mixed Up V V There was a sharp controversy be between between between tween Representative Lentz Lenta and other members of or the committee as to whether the witnesses should be in interrogated interrogated interrogated on the political connections of ot various persons persona referred to in the testimony The committee finally de decided decided decided by a vote of 5 to 2 to permit in inquiries inquiries on this line Moses Simmons county commission commissioners era ers at Murray miles from front Wardner testified that the mine au authorities authorities appealed to hiron April 26 stating the Bunker Hill mine was In Inthe inthe inthe I the hands of a mob On inquiry he did nt n t consider it necessary to take any tj steps Later he was Wag re removed removed moved mOEd from office and arrested Mr Simmons will continue his testimony on Monday J F president of or the In International International union of or Bicycle Workers was wag among those present at the hear hearing hearling ling lug ing today |