Show A RAY BY OF IGHT APPARENT idaho miners putting in a defense THE FIEST FIRST WITNESS HELPED As his ills version was in favor of the men this trial however Is but the beginning I 1 LOISE boise ida aug auga 0 STANDARD Sr special ecial the miners union had their first innings in the federal court today to day the attorneys for the defence defense saw that their general line of evidence would be to show that there lias has been no conspiracy in the cmur dalene affair bat but that the conduct of the gua guards ads in building breastworks and in dis playing arms had caused a general and spontaneous uprising for the protecting themselves and their families they would show that when the guards with rifles were up tip the railroad track on sunday afternoon of july after the tile first fight between williams a union man and a guard at the gem in which the guard was whipped such action on their art was an all apparent menace and a signal ill hat at hostilities would soon begin and that the uprising of the miners was the tile result of this action the first witnesses it nesses were examined to show that certain of the defendants defend anta had nothing to do with the riot V F deputy sheriff swore emphatically that certain of the defendants had nothing to do with the riot he ile swore emphatically that there were no armed men in the town 0 of f gem and that no shots were fired from the town until after the tile explosion at the gem he ile had examined the tile breastworks at the gem carefully and found no bullet marks on oil them dixons saloon had been riddled by bullets fired by the guards at the gem mill I dodging houses li bues in which WO women men and children we were re sleeping had been penetrated willi with bullets from the guns at the gem mill he saw shot lie ile heard him cry out after being shot he ile admitted to seeing armed anen coming coining from burke on sunday evening the counsel for the defense said that their strong witness would be brought in tomorrow they expect to close tomorrow forenoon A subscription is being circulated hero here to secure money with which to defend the men inen now on trial this contempt suit Is only the commencement coin in encarn ent of the proceedings ce against the members of tho the the union to bo be commenced in a special term tern tobe to be held in ca ur dalene city 1 I ty they will bo be tried for conspiracy judge beatty is very fair to both ides and bedenis see anxious to get at the facts and ift tho affair to the bottom |