Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — TROOPS LEAVE FOR BUTTE [ARTICLE]

TROOPS LEAVE FOR BUTTE

Arrival of Militiamen Expected to Cause Trouble. Butte, Mont.. Sept I —Militiamen left Helena today. The arrival of the troops is expected to precipitate the trouble, as the miners openly have been threatening to lay the city in ashes if the troops come. With the arrival of the soldiers an attempt will be made by Sheriff Timothy Driscoll to serve warrants for the arrest of “Muskie” Macdonald, president of the mine workers: .Joseph Chapman, Joseph Bradley and another officer of the new union, upon a charge of kidnaping, growing out of the recent deportations. Because of threats of miners to dynamite the jail no attempt has been made to serve the warrants. Armed guards are at the largest stores, banks and electric plants