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Show STRIKERS THREATEN TO KILL,. Idaho Strikers Take Oaths to Murder Thirty of the Mine Owners. Boise City, Idaho. July 21. Information has been received here that the insurrectionists insurrection-ists have sworn to kill thirty of the leading mine-owners of C(Biir d'Alene. United States Marshal Pinkham left for the Coeur d'Alenes with warrants for eighty of the rioters, charging them with contempt of the Federal court, in having violated the injunction restraining them from interfering with the operations of the mines. The policy of the federal officials has. however, how-ever, been changed, and a new procedure pro-cedure will be inaugurated. Judge Beatty has no authority to call a special term of the circuit court, and the cases would have to be delaved until a term could be authorized by Justiee Field. The men after having been brought to Boise would have to be taken to Moscow for a hearing, i making a tedious and expensive proceeding. For this reason it has been decided to proceed pro-ceed against the offenders in the District court charging them with the crime of conspiracy con-spiracy in having conspired to interfere with the administration of justice. Judge Beatty can call a special term of this court when aud where he will and he will be asked to call such term at Coeur d'Alene City. District Dis-trict Attorney Wood will leave for the north tomorrow in furtherance of this plan. FOUND HUMAN BOXES. Cataldo. Ida., July 21. Lieutenant Smith came Into this city yesterday from Fourth of July eanyou, where he had been sent to search for murderers. In one of the gulches he found a large area that had just been burned over, and in this area what had the appearance of a funeral pyre. Closer inspection in-spection disclosed indications of human sacrifices sac-rifices resembling ashes and bone and some that were in the form of bones crumbled on being touched. The ashes were brought here for scientific examination. MEX AGAIN" AT WORK. Wallace, Ida., July 21. Work has been resumed at all of the roinesiu Creurd'A!me. " Wageshave been paid at $3.50 for skilled miners and $3 for shovelers with the right to board and lodge where they please. The presence of troop is a guarantee that the men can work for whom they please without with-out becoming members of any organization. The action of the Homestead strikers was commented upon in violent language by such men as Breen, Dallas, Poynton and j others. Breen, Dallas, and Poynton, who ! were trusted leaders under O'Brien have escaped es-caped to the mountain regions. Papers will be forwarded to the governor, aud their arrest ar-rest will probably follow. All of tne other prominent leaders are in custody. Indications point to a general exodus to Montana for such union miners as have not been arrested. Although the miners' union in Ceur d'Alene is completely broken ud and mine owners free of its halter it will require the presence of federal troops for six months or more to insure workmen here immunity from attack. One hundred and eleven men have been arrested at Wardner and there are 190 confined at Wallace Marshal Pinkham has been looking over the prisoners and is busy getting out indictments indict-ments against the principal ones. The prisoners will be taken to Boise in a few days to answer to the charges of contempt of court and will be returned here to stand trial on several indictments. Something will have to be done with them soon, as the prison pens are terribly crowded and sickness sick-ness will result from the unsanitary condition condi-tion existing at the prison. Provisions shipped on here for the miners' union are turned over to a committee of women ap-pointed ap-pointed by the miners' wives and by them distributed to the needy. I . e ! |