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Show I MARTIAL LI IS DECLARED I ClirjFBOTTE Proclamation Placing Town Under Control of State Troops Is Issued by the Governor. CIVIL AUTHORITIES POWERLESS, HE SAYS Members of Fourteenth In- Ifantry Ordered to Helena Hel-ena and Will Await Developments. - HELENA, Mont., Sept. 1. The city of Butte and Silver Bow comity were placed under martial !j law in a proclamation issued here late today by Governor Stewart. In his proclamation the governor u stated that conditions of lawlessness lawless-ness at Butte and the inability of civil authorities there to cope with the situation were so apparent as to necessitate this course. ic C BUTTE, Mont,, Sept. 1. Ten companies com-panies of the state national guard, acting act-ing under sealed orders given by Governor Gov-ernor Stewart to Major D. J. Donouue, commanding, just before the troops left Helena today, arrived here early tonight and went into camp on a hill-pj hill-pj side overlooking the city. Although 3 watched by large crowds, no resistance t waB offered to the soldiers. The militia-men militia-men came here on a train of nineteen steel ore cars and two fiat cars on a which had been mounted two machine guns. j Butte shortly will be declared under martial law. "A proclamation to that i effect is now being printed. All police-t;: police-t;: men have been instructed by Mayor L. i. L. Duncan immediately to report at po-i-- lice headquarters as soou as the troops enter the heart of the city and turn over the entire city to the militia. - Mines to Resume. Tbe Anaconda company announced tonight that the Anaconda and Original mines would resume work tomorrow t with protection given all miners who ' wish to work. The Butte mine workers' committee, repeating the tactics of this morning, marched to the Original mine "! late today to demand an inspection of nil the miners and to compel all YVest-ji YVest-ji eni Federation of Miners' members to :: juin the new miners' union. The com-;c com-;c mitlee was refused admittance am! was ousted from the grounds. Tbe comuiit-ti: comuiit-ti: liurrieilly repaired ' to tlie mine J' : workers : headquarters. Tt is expected that, with the city uu- der martial law, Sheriff Driscoll and his deputies will attempt to Serve warrants issued bv District Judge Michael Don-Ian Don-Ian last "Saturday for the arrest of MacDouald, John A. Chapman, Joseph Bradley and another on a cbarge of kidnaping growing out of the recent deportation de-portation of Western Federation of Miners. Chapman and Bradley also are oth-cers oth-cers of the insurgent ininers' organization. organiza-tion. All saloons have been ordered closed by the authorities. Infantry on Way. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 1. The First battalion of the Fourteenth infantry, in-fantry, 250 strong, under command of Captain V. J. Jordan, left hero this afternoon on two special trains for Helena, Mont., under orders of the war department. The federal troops are scheduled to arrive at Helena about daylight tomorrow tomor-row and will proceed to Fort Harrison, there to await further developments in Butte iu connection with the renewal of factional troubles among the miners. The battalion of federal soldiers comprises com-prises companies I, K, L and M. Threatens to Kill. "Muckie" MacDonald, president of the Butte Mine Workers' union, addressing ad-dressing a crowd of several hundred miners today on a street corner in the heart of the city, declared that any man that came after him with a warrant war-rant would be shot. "I understand that a warrant was issued for my arrest several days ago," he said, "but the officers were afraid to serve it. They were afraid because they knew I would kill any man that came, and I will die before I submit to arrest. If they get me in the jail some night I would be run out in an automobile, auto-mobile, and that would be the last of "Muckie" MacDonald." |