hang the leaders. Curz said the plan was to go after the Portland men to-morrow. There would be no attempt to injure the Portland property, and they will endeavor to take the men after they have left the mine. Curz said a number of people at the Military Qub
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during the day made remarks that Mr. Burns ought to close down or declare the mine strictly non-union. Curz said, including those killed at Independence, the number killed to-day is eighteen.
Kyner, of the "Victor Record," was taken to the bull pen, but several Shriners demanded Kyner's release, and two soldiers said if Kyner, who was a Brother Shriner, was not released they would throw down their arms, so Kyner was set free.
When General Reardon arrived to-night he went to the Military Club, and started in to raise trouble. He told the officers and the boys they were not doing right, and had acted without policy in the events of the day. General Reardon went to the bull pen and ordered the release of two or three men. Someone accepted Reardon's orders, and let the men go. One of the men released was a man named Logan, whose brother is a prominent Republican jurist in the East. Reardon told someone he could not afford to create the illwill of so prominent a Republican.
As soon as it was known what Reardon had done, the men were re-arrested, and Reardon was informed that he would have to get out of the Armory, and if he did not keep his nose out of their affairs, they would throw him into the bull pen. He was told he had nothing to do with the business they had in hand.
Things are quiet enough to-night. Arrests are still being made, and at this hour, 4.00 A. M., they are bringing in two and three men at a time.
Yours respectfully,