The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30

his efforts to break up the strike. A few
weeks ago he was beaten, run out OF
camp and warned never to return.
1t was thought at 5 p. m. battle be-
tween the miners and deputies would
surely occur after dark, but both sides
seemed to have weakened and it is now
predicted that no further trouble will
occur at the Victor side Of the camp to-
night.
DENVER. Col. May 26.-At 4:4O o'clock
this afternoon the entire state militia,
consisting of two regiments, was ordered
out by Governor Waite to proceed TO
Cripple Creek and suppress the troubles
there The troops will proceed to Cripple
Creek at the earliest moment.
At late hour this evening Governor
Waite issued proclamation directing
the armed deputies 10 disper:e.
DENVER. Col. May 2S.-The mine
owners have decided not to arbitrate
differences with the Cripple creek miners
and trouble may begin at any moment.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Col. May 2s-If
trouble breaks out again, and it is i'm
possible TO see how it can be avoided, the
results bid fair 10 be far more terrible
than those already Witnessed. The
armistice declared yesterday was made
use Of by the sheriffs to increase their
forces. Nearly 400 men have been re-
cruited in Denver and only await the
slightest outbreak to be forwarded TO
The strikers seem to have taken cour-
age from the action of Governor Waite
and affect to believe that the militia
would tend TO aid them in carrying out
their purposes. Be this as it may the
entire district is terrorized and the strik-
ers, being encouraged by the temporary
withdrawal of the deputies. are becoming
bolder and more imperative and intoler-
ant. There Is no danger that nOn-par-
tisan will be fired upon without first be-
ing warned, but when ordered to stop II
means that he must stop just where his
feet are resting. 1t is but step from
this attitude 10 one of most reckless
bearing and people living in the camps
fear the outcome.
All day strikers have been searching
for aims and ammunition in the mining
camps. and wherever arms, ammunition
or provisions were found they were con-
fiscated and receipts given for them. No
one about the camps except strikers are
permitted to carry arms and the strikers
who reign supreme, have issued the order
that every able-bodied man found in camp
when the real contest comes will be forced
10 carry arms in their ranks. The result
is that many people are moving away
from the camps 10 the city Of Cripple
Creek and elsewhere. Town and county
officials are utterly unable TO do anything
In the face Of such an overwhelming num-
Der Of desperate men
Parties of men VINO are in sympathy
with the mine-owners have gone 10 Mid
land, where they will meet the deputies
and conduct them through the best
routes to the strongest points about the
scene of the trouble.
a large party of strikers have also
gone toward Midland To meet the depu-
ties and retard their progress as much as
possible. The country about Bull Hin.
the strikers stronghold, for eight miles
square. is held and patrolled by the
strikers.
IN a sensational sermon on the labor
troubles Of the country the Rev. y. l..
Warner. methodist, last night said: ''If
it is true as I understand from the best
authorities which I have been able to OBJ
tain. that the present trouble in Cripple
Creek is due to the fact that the mine
owners will not appoint half a dozen
catholic bosses, and if it is true that an
organization which might settle the diff
Guilty has refused to do so on this ac-
count, then I say that the A. n. a. was
not organized any too soon" There was
a chorus Of amens and the congregation
broke into vociferous applause.
Alexander Mcintosh. state organizer Of
the Western federation of miners, says
the published reports that the miners
union of Cripple Creek is composed al
most exclusively Of foreigners and catho-
lies is untrue. Over so per cent. Of the
members, he says, are American citizens.
Less than One-siXth are catholics. The
president is a presbyterian.