The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25


mine owners only, of the mining camps above
mentioned to meet In their respective camps
on Monday, December 4, 1893. and each camp
select three delegates To attend the Miners
Delegate Convention, which la hereby called
to meet at salida on wednesday, the sixth o!
December next, to consider tho question of
call being issued by the governor OF this State
for a special session OF the legislature Of Colo.
rado.
"a promise to be present at said convention,
to explain fully the measures of relief pro-
posed for the miners Of the State and to abide
by the decision Of the convention.
DAVIS II. WAITE.
"Dcnver, Colo, Nov, e2, 1893
CoIorad,
All of the LOO coal miners OF Fremont,
County are at work again
President Jefrcry Of the Rio Grande says
that their business In the mountains is pick
ing up.
No clue has yet been obtained Of the mur.
dcrcrs OF Postmaster Beam Mt Lansing. The
people In the vicinity have petiloned The
governor TO ofer reward.
Some OF Dcnvers sports arc trying TO get
the Corbett- Mitchell fight for that city. They
claim u have great deal OF spare cash for q
purse. 1t is extremely doubtful II the authori.
ties would allow II.
Notices to be filed In lieu of sisessmcni
work under the new law introduced by Con
gresham Bell must be flied with the coun y
clerk before December 81, 1893. TO prevent
claims being jumped.
The members OF the national committee OF
tho irrigation Congress for Colorado and ad-
jace MT statrsare ms follows: Colorado, J. ii.
Roc bo, Hardin; Idaho, I. d. Bnbbitt, NRmpa;
Kansas, J. w. Gregory, Garden City; Utah
Arthur L. Thomas. Salt Lake CITY; Wyo.
ming, Elwood Mead, Cheyenne.
The Midland will run trains over the Grip
pie Greek branch on December 9Th, and will
also commence TO run trains through the
Rush-Ivnnhoe tunnel. Manager Collbran
statca that he hns money enough to build the
Midland Terminal through from Cripple
Creek to the Arkansas river.
Denver Mnrkcts-Egss, ranch 26c, state
3ic; butter, best creamery 2o,G26c, dairy Zoe;
hay, upland baled sll09*l2, second bottom
t7aSS.50; alfalfa 800; oats, Sl.O06fs1. 10;
potatoes G50ts l.05; cattle, choice steers 300
0et330, COWS i2.O0(as2 80, native feeders 81. 80
Gos2.75: hogs, choice 1855; spring chickens
{2.0O0ts $3.50 per doz. i; turkeys lie.
The Denver real estate men held their third
annual banquet on the evening of the 18th. The
speeches made showed that the members were
hopeful OF the future prosperity OF the city
and the state. Sir Morton Frewcn, the
English champion Of silver coinage, received
u
encouragement. He believes that things will
soon change in England and that blmetallIsm
Will triumph
All the employees OF the Denver Consoli-
dated Electric Light Company-about sixty
in number-struck at 4 o'clock on Tuesday.
The result was that the works were shut down
and there was darkness throught the city.
There was great scramble for tallow can
dlcs. The men struck because the company
threatened TO make 10 per cent cut In their
wages on Dec. ].
From some remarks dropped by Governor
Waite II seems probable that he will call an
extra session of the legislature In short time,
the state. just what the details arc no one
knows. He will also probably ask legislation
which will make II possible TO carry on tho
construction OF the state canal and thus give
employment TO Idle men. great many pro-
tests arc made against an extra session.
The State Silver League Will meet In Dem
yer December 7th at 10 O'Clock a. m. The
call says: "The silver question has become a
national question, to be carried into the cleo
tions OF 1895 and 1896. and the werk of etluca.
tion should be extended go rs 10 reach every
voter, especially In the great agricultural and
manufacturing states of the South and East.
To do this, organization Is essential. The
situation now calls for such action by the
State League ms will unite and consolidate the
sentiment In this state, ard sound the note
LOT the campaign Oh 1871 anu 1870. AT this
meeting OF the league officers for the ensuing
year are to be elected, therefore 1t is Import
ant that every silver club In the state shall be
represented, ms this will be the most import
ant meeting ever held In the state upon the
silver question:
Governor Waite Is still In doubt MS to the
propriety of calling the legislature together
In extra session. lie has said that he would
issue tho call II silver fell to co cents To n
committee OF gentlemen who were sent to
him by the chamber of commerce to protest
against an extra session, he said: II viii tell
you this, that II may set your minds at rest
upon lew points. In my call outlining the
work upon which the legislature shall pass
while In extra session, will not emboIy any
thing abrogating the trust deed law, aJroga,-
Ing the attachment lnws, abrogntng the fore.
closure act, raise the railway question, touch
upon stay act or reopen any of tho Discus
SONS had by the last General Assembly. /
shall In all probability cali the legislature to-
geiher, hut when cannot say. Probably
within the next month or two. | cannot tell
you the exact date or time, but you can rest
assured will do nothing which will frlchtcn
away foreign capitalists, cause foreign money
to be withdrawn or ieopardlze the interests Of
amy non president held in this State" The
governor has some scheme in mind which he
Will not divulge.
T.. II. Christian, deputy state engineer, for
mtrly In charge OF construction OF state ca
ma No' ~ HAS gohc 10 oagauche, where he
goes TO commence work on the Saguache
water storage reservoir lie says: .,As we
now have available the f3o, 900 appropriated
by the legislature for the Sagauche reservolr
construction, work will commence Within
four weeks upon It, am authorized BIZ Cor.
crnor Waite to proceed as rapidly as possible
In the matter. We will not, however. buIid
the reservoir upon the site originally selected
| by Maxwclpb engineers, hut upon n eite lo.
Gated by engineers sent out by me several
! weeks ago Maxwclfe men located the re,er
voir about 90 miles up the creek from IA.
| guache park. on a site covering SO acre, of
ground. with water capacity OF 1,G.O acre
feet, Had the reservoir been built here Il
would have been useful only few years. The
/ new site determined upon coyers IG9 scres
| with 4,5W acre feet. Is within Il mIles al
| Sngauche parK, (contalnIng the land to be ir
rigaied) and the reservoir's cost on this latter
proposition will be no more than the former
wniie Tue length oil the main ditch is reduced
from ~ TO miles. Nothing In the future
can affect the permanent water suppIy Of
this reservoir and II will bc perpetual, The
construction OF these works means 4l 600 ma
in value TO the property In the county, Ws
| VIII have 2oo men at work within four weeksr
1t wns supposed that the coal mIners Mt
New Castle hud decided to 20 TO work, but on
the 10Th they notified tho euperintendent IN 4
they would not do 80 They fubniltei nav
demands for the old scnle OF wages, and ne
fused 70 accept the reduction The men seem
very determined, cnd the miners At the vul.
can nave nssessed themselves 60 cent? a dnv
for relief fund Superintendent Evans saId
that he should start the mine Wcdnesdny
morning. He notified all men who ala mi
want 70 60. 70 work to remove their tools
from the shaft.
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