The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-06-01
NO HOPE OF PEACE
WAR At CRIPPLE GREEK.
strikers win Maks No Csucsssions-
Owners send Large Hsrss Of
Deputies to Fight u
NaoaanaPy.


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Deputies to right Il
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Inc owners OF mines ~ Of'pp'e
creek nave de'efminea 70 resume
wofk on their properties nCW'.na' .ne
railroads have been built i9to the .s
camp; 10 90 TINS 'hey knsw sha' II
would be necessary 70 soma IN non
union miners ana enough aepu''es u
protect taem' ..
a specla' Tram bearing wv ~ men ,e''
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ABOUT u m''e ana hs'' 'fom WV
'or.
"A NUMBER Oh the men ~'o were scn'
out Us scouts were nrea upon Dy m'"
ers anu 'hen fe''feu' bdAASA~
some OF tne men wan.Ry 2 ~
on the miners, out TINS was hcs'vusn'
wise until reihioreements shou'u ~
pear At 3:3o cioc. tue army Will
drew from the view OF the enemy inc
construction tram conveyed IL 'owa,us
Florence ine men cA'apeu Nv W."
Dur until reiniorcemehts shou'u arri'e'
Orders were sent to Denver ior an
additional force OF guards, and county
Detective DE Lue began to recruit
men for service. 1t was expected That
10 men would leave Tor Cripple creek
Saturday morning. 1t was reported
that other forces would be enlisted At
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Lead
vile.
Friday morning party OF masked
miners visited the Strong mine where
non-union men were at work and or.
dered the men out The SHAFT and
buildings were then blown up. 1t
was reported that several men we're IN
the mine but this could not be veri-
ned.
John ihomas' VINO was 50 pad'y
beaten by the strikers Thursday on
the suppositlon that he was spy or
non-union man, died the next Jay Oh
his injuries.
The strikers held meeting at VIC
tor late Friday evening and the sus-
gestion was made that they go down
the road and attack the lOO deputies
VINO had Withdrawn from town. inns
IDEA met with favor, ana AZ CLOCK
3oo men sel'ed construction tram
and started IN pursuit OF the enemy
When near Wilbur the strikers leitthe
train and moved cautiously forward.
The deputies under 'eatch had plckets
out and they saw the scouts al
yanc'ng In the early morning hght
The pickets opened nre ana gave
the alarm. Inc miners hred IN return
Ihey oeiehea iorth from al a'rec''ons'
ihe pieke" dropped In 1ehino4ocks'
tue miners following 70 "Nnin 'or'y
ieet, when they saw their mistake,
Neatch ana ms iieutenants' Dun
ninston ana Newmeyer, haa 'nc,r men
together anu poured Iorth vol'ey al
ter voiiey IN the ar Inc miners re-
treated. Their ruse was not a success,
Seeing TINS the Denver contingent
assumed the aggressive ana gave chase
Slowly and sulieniy the the miners re-
treated, firing all the time. The light
was bad, however, and the enemy pro-
tected by the natural situation.
As they were falling back their
leader, Hiram crowley, ieii mortaisy
wounded, A shot pierced his cheek,
he bullet passing through the lower
tpart Of the neck and fracturing the
spinal cord. All but q lew Of the
miners ceased firing. They assembled
around their leader and carried him
away.
After Crowley fell most Of the min
ers broke in confusion, making theii
way to their train. II was at this
time that the Veatch forces made u
capture Of six OF the strikers scouts.