| Show COEUR DALENE investigation MORE HARSH WORDS UTTERED IN COMMITTEE ROOM washington slay 4 captain H G lyon of the army testified before the coeur dalene investigation today relative to abo protection given by the troops to the mining property in the disturbed district he said his orders contemplated the protection of life and property and particularly to prevent ait oit destruction of the mine on canon creek one of these mines the alger boarman Po arman was threatened with flood it the jumps quit and as the burke miners onion ordered the men to quit be stated at a meeting ot the union that he would give five minutes for the revocation of the order subsequently giving iten he contradicted previous witnesses that the five minutes was allowed the pump men with the threat that if they did not go to work they would to put back at the point ot the bayonet bayo net the bearing today wasat times quite exciting owing to personal exchanges between ai embers ot the committee hay of virginia asserted at one point that efforts were being made ay the majority to suppress testimony representative mondell of wyoming said that this assertion impugned the motives of members and was due to a failure by the minority to get answers they desired hay hotly retorted throwing back the insinuation and declaring it was an absolute falsehood the frequency of these encounters made the progress of the testimony slow captain lyon Is the last witness except those in rebuttal to clear up minor points |
