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Show ; ByTTE,,MERiCHANTB. , . ff I ,M , ..,,- .OUAfVJJHEIR STORES Big Mining C."P Laboring Under ! ' Tente Situation Since the Recest Riot I j Butte, Montana, Juno 23. Merch ants of Butte placed armed guards In I t their stores tonight to guhrd against e,l unforeseen contingencies. One of Uie - larger stores had watchmen patroll- Iing tho sidewalks. v . Ever slnco mo ilota of two weeks ago, caused by factional fights In tho local union of tho Western Federation Feder-ation of Miners, llutto has labored , under a tense situation. iff The, city outwardly was qulot to- da, as . lias beon since tho last H v riot of last wool; when 250 pounds of EH "' ' dynamite wero placed In twenty H charges in tho business contor. Tho Hj new independent union of minors, 19 which was formed In opposition to tho i Western Federation of Miners con trol, reported It had signed up 2289 members out of tho 9000 niothl tulrt-m tulrt-m ers hero. M , , The first mooting of the now or- K ganlzatlon, which has taken the name m' of the Dutto- Mlno Worker' union will be held this week. j. The taction loyal to ('resident C. f H. Moyer of the, Western Federation, .. who still la in Helena, announced a that It had obtained office rooms and 9 ould be ready by Monday to resume saw work ot reorganising tho Dutte local H under Ua plau utllned by President Jm Moyer on tho night tho miners' hall 1 B was dynamited. I The Inquest Into the, death ot Er- L ' ' the rioting,- was completed, and after mj ' ' thj testimony of numerous witnesses W was taken, It was continued until jjK s July C. ft Testimony whs to tho effect that , r the first shot was fire J from tho mln- L : i . .trs' hall, and that tho bullet that H. i v Wiled, ffoy,eam, fjuhoajl, f woid puncan.'Bpn pX Jho)mor,tps,-t titled tliat w.hlleho was.lj) ,the bll he saw thht President Moyer wasf armed, as wero almost all other men In tho room. Duncan quoted Moyer as saying: , "A person would be, a fool to come to this meeting without being armed." Many witnesses testified reluctantly. reluctant-ly. All who entered tho coroner's office were searched lor weapons. None was found. On good authority it was otnted that seven gunmen of Butte went to An aconda last night with the avowed intention of killing President Moyer, who did not go to Anaconda, as he hp.d announced he would. Undaunted by having their meeting meet-ing broken up and their hall destroyed destroy-ed by dynamite last Tuesday night, the followers of President Moyer called a meeting ot the loyul members of tho Butte local of tho Western Federhtlon ot Miners for Tuesday night. Joseph Uarkln, vice president ot the Butte local, and Ira Houchcn, who was elected secretary treasurer, to take office In July, are to have charge ot tho headquarters, which wilt soon be opened. , Jacob Oliver, one of the men prominent prom-inent In trying to save tho Butte lo-, cal. aald' that the Moyer faction hu about 1500 follower .iMtfeMd.Uiat ail that la needed to reatoro the Western Wes-tern Federation to aupreme control among the miners Is a strong leader.' Oliver relumed from Helena tonight, where ho had conferences with President Pres-ident Moyer. . . . |