The record-union., 1894-05-31
GIVEN FULL POWER TO ACT IN Be
HALF OF THE STRIKERS.
A Meet # Prominent Citizens Held
at Co.orado Springs esolves That
the strikers at Cripple Creek Must
Lay Down Their Arms. and Give
the Owners Possession of Their
Property.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

of Governor Waite. The chief executive
of the State spent from A. NJ. to P. NJ.
in travelling from Florence to Victor, a
distance Of twenty-four miles. The rea-
son for this snaiPs pace is that the road
from Florence and Cripple Creek is an
entirely new one; that eighteen miles OF
roadbed is in a canyon, the walls OF
which reach to hight OF more than a
thousand feet, and that the rivulets swell
to torrent with each heavy rain. In
winding down the canyon the road
crosses a stream eighty times, and as a
storm has been raging in this region for
thirty-six hours, and as the road is now,
it appears almost a miracle that none OF
the bridges went out.
On reaching Victor his excellency was
hastily put into al express wagon. the
only vehicle that could be had, and trans
ported to Bull Hill, where he met the
officers of the union in secret session.
1t has been impossible for newspaper
man or a person not a member or the
union to tarry in the vicinity of Bull Hill,
if in fact he was permitted to reach the
summit, tor longer time than five min
utes. The Governor was not in the best
of humor, and he insisted that nothing
like oratory should be practiced upon
him, and in consequence statement OF
so-called facts were submitted to him.
What the Governor said in reality it is
impossible to learn, but it is given out as
a fact that at the conclusion OF the confer
ence he was given full power to act in be-
half OF the miners with the mine owners.
Governor Waite left Victor over the
Florence and Cripple Greek Railroad to-
night in company with President John
Calderwood. 1t is understood that his
excellency and the representatives of the
Miners Union are to have a conference
with the mine owners at Colorado Springs
some time tomorrow.
The Gatling gun ordered from Chicago
is expected to arrive tomorrow. A ru-
NOR is current this morning that party
of miners scouts have captured Deputy
Sheriff Bob Mullin, together with four of
the deputies, bnt it cannot be confirmed.
Mullin is the man whom the miners are
so bitter against and who WAS reported as
shot in Colorado Springs the other day.
MINERS MUST LAY DOWN ARMS.
COLORADO SPRINGS, May 30.-At a
meeting of prominent citizens to-day it
was resolved that the time for arbitration
at Cripple Creek had passed and that the
miners must lay down their arms and
give the owners possession of their prop
erty. one hundred and fifty additional
deputies have been sworn in by the
Sheriff, composed of leading citizens.
One hundred OF these are TO serve as the
home guards. Among the active depu-
ties are such men as Percy Hager and
Judge Harrison.
U. s. TROOPS MAY BE CALLED INTO USE.
DENVER, May 30.-Another bill was
filed in the Federal Court to-day by G. S.
Thomas, of the Raven Gold Mine COM
pany Of West Virginia, asking for an in
junction to prevent miners from inter-
fering with the working of it's properties
at Cripple Creek. The bill recites that
the title to the land is still vested in the
United States Government, and the
strikers are preventing the plaintiff from
prosecuting improvements necessary to
prove his claim. The bill also sets forth
that the State officials have refused to give
the plaintiff protection. Argument on
the application was heard to-day by
Judges Hallett and Riner, who announced
that they would render decision to-
morrow. If the injunction is granted,
United States troops will probably be
sent against the miners.
TALK OF DRIVING OUT MINERS.
WALsENBURG (Col.), May 30.-Only
thirty men were working in the mines
at Rouse to-day, all the others having
joined the 1000 strikers assembled here.
Manager Kebler, OF the Colorado Fuel IL
Iron Company, refused to grant their re-
quest to close all the mines and arbitrate.
He says if the men will go back to work
their grievances will be considered and
adjusted. The strikers have a very
bitter feeling against Kebler and the
deputies who ordered them off the COM
pany's property at Rouse. and many are
IN favor of marching to Sopris and driv-
ing out the miners at work there.
HooTED AT THE SHERIFF.
TRUMBULL (O.), May 30.-Just before
night local freight on the kanawha and
Michigan Railroad, carrying several cars
OF coal mined in West Virginia, entered
Gloucester. A mob of angry miners was
in waiting. The trainmen were COM
pelled to take out the coal cars and pro-
mise to haul no more before the train
was allowed to proceed. Last night a
train was similarly held up, but the mob
drew the couplings and pins out and
threw them away. Sheriff Riley was
called, but was hooted by the strikers,
and the engineer would not pull out un-
der his guarantee of protection. A brake
man who became loud III his denuncia-
-tion of the miners was struck on the
head and badly injured. Troops were
called for.
GUARDS TAKE REFUGE IN A SCHOOL,
HOUSE.
TRIMBLE (O.), May 30.-Company A,
Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio National
Guard of New Lexington, twenty eight
in number, arrived at Gloucester on the
late passenger train to suppress the riots.
They had no sooner alighted from the
train than they were surrounded by
miners who took their tents and cooking
utensils and threw them into the creek.
Several guns were also captured by the
miners, and the guards took refuge in the
schoolhouse. The city authorities wired
Sheriff Riley at Athens to send no more
troops and withdraw those already there,
and wait for the trouble to subSide.
Everything is quiet here tonight.
TROUBLE AT GLOUCESTER SETTLED.
COLUMBUS, May 30.-The trouble at
Gloucester has been settled peaceably.
Al out 10 o'clock telegram was received
at the Governors office from the Sheriff
at Athens that the L. G. 81 O. Railroad
had agreed to increase the wages OF the
miners. The Sheriff asked that the call
for troops be recalled. Five companies
of the seventh Regiment were under
orders to proceed to Gloucester, and Bat
terry III of Columbus was on its way to
the Union depot when the news of the
settlement of the trouble was received.
WARNING TO STRIKERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 90. Representa-
tives of the Evansville and Terre Haute
and indianapolis and Terre Haute Rail-
roads to-day asked Judge Baker of the
United States Court for restraining
order to prevent the strikers from inter-
fering with business. The Judge sug-
gested a conference with Governor Mat
thews. The Governor agreed to issue a
proclamation lnstructing the strikers to