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THE BLOODY COEUR D'ALENE STRIKE -- I BECOME RECORDING SECRETARY OF THE UNION -- DURING THE RIOT I SAWED A HOLE IN THE FLOOR TO ESCAPE FROM BLOODTHIRSTY DYNAMITERS.
After the smallpox siege I found myself in Denver without a home or family ties; but I had quite a fat little bank account. My salary had piled up during the eight months that I was gone, as I had no occasion to touch it, all my expenses, even to my laundry, medicine and doctor bills, having been paid by our client, the Territory of New Mexico.