New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-27
, FIGHT AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
,,,yER AND DEPUTY KILLED.
-, THE MILITIA OF COLORADO
ORDERED OUT,
80 REGIMENT MAY NOT oBEY-GovERNoR
.rrr-s PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OF
CRIPPLE CREEK-pEPUTIEs TO
RE DISPERSED

.-,,,a Creek Col May 26.-One miner was
ma and several were wounded before dawn
-. Morning in an attack made by the miners
tha train containing the deputy sheriffs.
..,rers fired from behind powders. and the
,,ns from the coach windows, giving bat
:. - earnest. The miners retreated with their
,dsd The loss TO the deputies is not known.
n.nyer. May 96-The exciting scenes of to-day
: r-nnle Creek resulted in the death OF two
One was William Ribeau. deputy sheriff
=, had several weeks ago been driven out OF
ANN bv he miners who held grudge
~,,ns, him for his pernicious activity and
-, and the other was George Crowley, a
~.nrnown miner. Several more miners were
'.,n-ed but as they have been carried into the
...,,shold on Bull Mountain, their injuries can
not be learned
,rs ras,l. Of the reports OF the day determined
...~nor Waite at sundOwn to call out the entire
S.o,as ~ the state including the Chaffee Light
,-.u,srv with their Gatling guns and smooth
- They are ordered to start as soon as the
.-.,0s can be prepared. and they will go by way
:, rqorence The militia will be directed by
,a,r,ant- General Tarsney. in the absence OF
pLsasier-General Brooks from the State. Cap
..,r Kinkaid. ot the Chaffee Artillery. went
s,a, 70 Colorado Springs yesterday 10 serve the
u ,n ssrt out by the Sheriff Of Ell Paso
c-ntv and he has been relieved from duty
s,h the Cbaffee Artillery accordingly.
Va Va meeting of the captains of the 1st Regiment
,.s heen called and IT is rumored that they Will
.orsder the proprety Of declining TO OBEY the
.Ssrs 70 90 out against the miners The militia
'..no, oct away before daylight. The I'd Regi-
~sr, hesdouarters of which are in Pueblo. con-
ss,s ~ companies scattered all over the south
s-n and western parts Of the State.
~ Governor issued also a proclamation
.,il,nr upon all good citizens in insurrection IN
,ss ~rjppe Creek district TO lay down their arms
and dIsperse In long address he recites the
Srns,itntional provisions relating to the assem-
biags NJ armed bodies Of men, showing that the
ssn5ing Of armed bodies Of meIl from Denver
81 other places is in direct violation or law.
IA declares the Sheriff must call on only citi-
zsns ~ his own county 10 assist in serving papers
az nutting down riot, and that when he falls 10
nreserve order he must seek aid of the Governor
Waite then reviews the previous call OF the
shsriA and his action in sending down the mill
troops 10 go to the scene TO preserve order and
peace without attempting to protect the prop
erty Of corporations or individuals.
What effect this proclamation ana the orderlns
out OF the troops will have upon the strikers
ga,hered on Bull Hill cannot be predicted. They
have during the last two days been greatly
v-ough, up by the cunning Of their dangerous
leaders who have fought officers and armed
bodies in Pennsylvania. at Rock Spring Wyo.,
and IN the Occur d'Alene country. and are ready
to DO anything required Of them. They are bet
Ter disciplined and organized than was ever
known In similar circumstances: they have guam
rtss q ammunition, deadly giant powder and
dynamite They also have the country fuly
psroiA and passed the day in clearing II of all