The Bessemer indicator., 1894-03-24
THE WESTERN REGION.
THE SEAT OF WAR
sAifsed frsA Ds.vsr 20 Cripple crssh-
Shsri6 Bowsrs Calls Tor AID to
Resist the strtkers.

shifted frsA Dsavsr 90 Cripple creek
shsriR Bovsrs Calls ior AID to
Resist the strtksrs
Governor Waite ordered out all OF
the First regiment, portion OF the
Second, the Chaffec light artillery and
the signal corps to Cripple Creek.
This was done ut the earnest and re-
peated call Of Sheriff Bowers, who
telegraphed his inability to cope with
the situation. He notified the gov
ernor that 700 armed miners were de-
flying his authority and that he deemed
the condition Of affairs critical in the
extreme since the conflict between the
miners and deputy sheriffs on Bull
Hill the previous night.
The governor hesitated somewhat
before sending the soldiers to the
camp and after the Denver contingent
was far on its way to the scene Of the
trouble he almost decided to revoke
the previous orders. But at the ur-
gent request Of the sheriff in the camp
the soldiers were permitted to pro-
ceed on their way.
The appeal of Sheriff Bowers was
caused by the action of a party of
miners, who, on Friday night, cap
tured six deputy sherifis and had them
arraigned at Altman for carrying con-
cealed weapons. The deputies were
discharged by the judge. There was
no more trouble of serious nature,
but spirit of unrest pervaded the
town and the surrounding country.
The mine operators seemed to think
that fight was on hand, and there
fore welcomed the militia. The union
miners insisted that there would be
no trouble and that the sheriff would
have no real difficulty in keeping law
lessness in check They expressed a
determination to do all in their power
to keep the peace and to prevent
trouble.
No acts Of violence were committed
Sunday in the camp, though there were
several exciting occurrences and many
alarming rumors and suspicious.
At an early hour Sunday morning,
the mayor of Altman, NJ. c. Dean, and
the deputy marshal of the town, Dick
Daley, were arrested. Early in the
afternoon John Ca lderwoo d, the pre-
ident of the Miners union, was found
by deputy sheriff and also arrested.
The three men were taken to the
county Jail at Colorado Springs Later
Walter Russell, vice president of the
Miners union, was arrested at Victor.
1t is hoped that the presence of the
troops will prevent any outbreaks on
account Of the mines running on the
non-union scale.
Sunday evening conference took
place between General Tarsney and
Brigadier General Brooks on one side
and delegates from the Miners union
on the other. The miners, in response
to questions, said that they did not
intend to resist the sheriff in serving
processes or arresting them on charges
for disregarding the injunction Of
Judge Campbell, They denied in the
most positive manner ever having in
any way disobeyed the injunction of
the court and thereby being in con-
tempt. They said that at the time Of
the arrest of the deputy sheriffs their
union was in session, and not one Of
them, as union man, had anything
to do with it. The arrests, they
claimed, were made by regularly ap-
pointed officers of the town of Altman,
and if these men had made mistake,
they could not, as an organized body of
laboring men, be held responsible for
it.
Sheriff Bowers wants the troops to
remain for several days and they will
probably do so.