Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-26
CRIPPLE CREEK TROUBLE.
The Striking Miners Desperate-MOre
Men Killed trains stopped
Deputy sherifs and News
paper Men Forced to
Leave.

CTlppio OiooA, OSS3 -S
was a fight between the deputy sheriffs
and union men at Wilbur, on the Flor
ence d Cripple Creek railroad, eleven
miles from this place, at 4 O'Clock this
morning. After the smoke OF battle
clsaree away one miner was found killed
and three deputy sherlffs wounded A
non-union miner was shot and killed in a
saloon at Victor this morning at Z O'Clock.
FIERCE ENCOUNTER.
The mob that attacked the Deputies
numbered about 800 and then went to
to Wilbur on a train stolen from the
Florence 4 Cripple Greek railroad. Their
approach was discovered by sentries
posted by the deputies and firing at once
began from both sides. The deputies
fred from windows of the coaches, and
the miners f1ssn utt7nd bon,ders and
trees. The engagement did not last long
and the miners retreated to Victor with
one man killed, four wounded and several
missing. The dead miner is George
Crowley and the wounded are hiding
with friends in tho camp. It is not
known how the deputies Jared, but the
miners who returned claim that at least
fifteen of them have been either killed
or wounded. The town of Victor is
quiet, the armed miners having resumed
their position on Battle mountain and
Bull hill.
WAITING FOR REINFoRcEMENTs.
At the latest reports the Denver depu-
ties we're still at Wilbur awaiting the ar
rival of reinforcements, expected from
Colorado Springs today. The names of
the wounded have not been learned. So
far as known none of the deputies we're
killed.
The man killed in a saloon at Victor
was William Roubideau, deputy sheriff
from Colorado Springs, who was driven
out of the camp few weeks ago and
ordered never to return. He made him
self Objectionable to the strikers by his
efforts in behalf of Superintendent
Locke, of the Isabella mine, who started
the movement to put all the mines on
the nine hour basis and was run out of
the camp after being severely beaten.
II is now positively known that no
lives were lost by the blowing up of the
Strong shaft house yesterday. Samuel
Mcdonald, Superintendent Charles Rob
inson and Jack Vaughn, workman,
were in the second level of the mine at
the time of the explosion and remained
there in safety until to-day, when they
were brought out by union miners, taken
under guard to Bull hill and released on
parole. 1t is reported here that Attorney
G, 8. Thomas, of Denver, on behalf OF
the mine owners, is trying to have United
States troops sent to the camp.
ENGAGING NEW MEN.
Denver.-Cripple Greek mine owners
who have determined to reopen their
mines under the protection of armed
guards, are engaging men in this city and
elsewhere to work at the rate of So pei
day of nine ehonrs. About thirty Common
wealers were hired and loft for Florence
on the morning train under charge of OK
Adjutan. General Kennedy. 1t is sale
that several hundred quarrymen and coal
miners have been engaged at Pueblo
Colorado Springs and other points, who
will be shipped to the mines to-day.
Gov. Waite remained in seclusion uE
to O'Clock to-day. Though informed
that a fight had occurred at Cripple
Creek he has not yet ordered out the
the militia. 1t is thought he is prepar
ing proclamation ordering the Denver
armed force at Cripple Greek to disperse
News has been received from private
source in regard to the battle at Wilbur
to-day, to the effect that 800 miners went
to WILDER in the night for the purpose OF
taking possession of a bluff commanding
the railroad. They encountered sever
deputies guarding bridge who free
upon them, killing two men and wound
ing several others and the remainder
fed. It is also reported that the depu
ties captured four of the miners.
Officers of the Florence & Crippl,
Greek railroad have been notified by tn,
Miners union that the company will no
be permitted to run passenger or bo,
cars into Victor.
NEwsPAPIR-MEN ORDERED AWAY.
Every man known as newspaper-mal
has been ordered away from Battle noun
tain and Bull Hill and told not to return
again.
1t ia said that every wire will 60 dowl
tonight. The Denver deputies hav'
withdrawn to Florence, forty-five mile
from Victor, and will wait there for rein
forcements.