Show HAD ANOTHER ROW Coeur dAlono Investigation Prolific of Wild Scenes Washington May 4Capt H G Lyon of the army testified before the Coeur dAlene Investigation today relative rel-ative to the protection given by the troops to time mining property In the disturbed district He said his orders contemplated the protection of life and property and particularly to prevent the destruction of the mines on Canyon creek One of these mines time Tiger Poornian was threatened with Hood if the pumps quit and as the Burke Miners union ordered time men to quit work ho stated at a meeting of the union that he would give five minutes for the revocation of the order subsequently subse-quently giving ten He contradicted previous witnesses that the five minutes min-utes was allowed the pumpmen with the threat that If they did not work they would bo put back at the point of the bayonet The hearing today was at times quite exciting owing to personal exchanges between members of the committee Representative Hay oC Virginia asserted as-serted at one point that efforts were being made by the majority to suppress sup-press testimony Representative Mondell of Wyoming said that this assertion Impugned the motives of members and was due to a failure of the minority to get answers they desired Hay hotly retorted throwing back the insinuation and declaring It was an absolute falsehood The frequency of theso encounters made the progress of the testimony slow Capt Lyon is the last witness except those In rebuttal to clear up minor points |