Citizens Alliance

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>For a time after the tragedy, the union blamed the deaths on the Citizen's Alliance, a group of local townspeople and business owners who supported the mining companies.  In fact, it was claimed that the man who yelled FIRE was wearing a badge of the Citizen's Alliance.  This was never proved.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This photo is the only one I have seen that is clearly identified as the Citizen's Alliance.  This photo was taken on Fifth Street, north of Elm.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Copper Country Reflections</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Country Reflections"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id254.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The morning after"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Morgue"><U><B><IMG SRC="0410e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id228.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Italian Hall Tragedy"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Click arrows to go through series.  Use the UP arrow to go back to the main page.</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> Citizens Alliance</div> <div> <IMG SRC="68e133a0.jpg" border=0 width="531" height="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>An editorial from the Miner's Bulletin, clearly indicating the union view of the Citizen's Alliance organization.  Printed 3 months after the tragedy, it speaks volumes about the emotions that were felt by many in the union.</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="6b026770.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="631" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>