Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-23
BLOODY GOV. WAITE.
COLORADO'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
CALLS OUT THE TROOPS
To Gust From Office Two OF Denver's Of
ncials-The Police aud Deputy sheriffs
Hold the City Hall and the Governor
Calls the Soldiers-BattIe Probable.

Dispatches from Denver. COL, tell of
n deplorable condition of affairs. Gov.
Waite, the famous, determined to med
die in municipal affairs in Denver and
tried to GUST from Office two members
of the fire and police board-Jackson
Orr and ID. j. Martin-for alleged pro-
lection of gambling houses. Messrs.
Orr and Martin obtained an injunction
restraining Gov. Waite from forcibly
removing them, and when the governor
started To take such action despite the
injunction the police were called to
the city hall in force. Several hun
dred men were sworn in as deputy
sheriffs, armed and ordered TO prevent
troops from entering the building.
Gov. Waite called out the state troops
in the city and First regiment and the
Chaffee Light artillery TO attend to the
city hall. Gen. Brooks, commanding
officer, delivered to Police Lieut.. Clay,
in command outside of the city, mes
sage ID the effect that if the removed
| police commissioners did not vacate
within half an hour the office would be
taken by force, Orr and Martin re-
| fused 10 surrender. Before the half
hour expired prominent citizens en-
tered into negotiations with both par
ties with view of reaching n settle
ment by arbitration. The streets about
the city hall were packed with an
angry mob numbering many thous-
ands. "Had one of my officers given
an order to fire, he would have been
riddled with bullets from the crowd
and then | would have had TO sweep
both sides of the street with my Cat
Ting gun, said Gen. BroolEs.
go s.v.
that the state militia would proba bly,
! be inadequate TO cope with the mob
| that had full possession OF the city, Gen.
| McCool called out the Uuited States
! infantry from Fort Logan, 10 miles
from Denver to act in conjunction
with the state and local authorities in
clearing the streets and preserving the
peace. Adjt.-Gen. Tarsney, an old In
dian fighter. placed the militia strate-
getically in front of the city hall in
| Fourteenth street, with two Gatlings
covering the two big Napoleons,
loaded with grape and solid shot,
trained on the city hall, and four com
panies of militia in front and around
them TO stand the crowd off. The ex-
cltement was intense. But at $50 p.
m. Gen. McCook advised Gov. Waite to
! withdraw the state militia for the
night as the u. ). troops were able to
cope with the mob until morning.
Maj.-Gen. Tarsney said if he was or
dered TO fire on the city hall he would
blow it to pieces. Threatening demon
STATIONS have been made against the
governor at his residence and ne was
reported alarmed as TO his safety be-
fore the arrival of the United States
troops At the city hall it was claimed
that strict orders had been given not
TO fire shot or raise a club until the
militia had taken the offensive. From
| p. IN. until p. IN. the state troops
were drawn up in line of battle, and
the city hall forces were ready for
action. The other city officials were
! prepared TO vacate at moments no
tice. All overtures from the governor
were rejected because the ousted otli-
Gals said that they had all along been
willing to let the supreme court or a
board of arbitration decide the matter,
but now it must be settled by the
court or by force.
Gov. Waite issued the following
proclamation: "All companies of the
National Guard of Colorado are hereby
notified to be in readiness at the inspec-
tion armory 10 respond to call TO come
to Denver. which will be issued on Fri
day OF this week."
The withdrawal of the state troops
from the scene of action was the result
of conference between Gov. Waite
and Adjt Gen. Tarsney, at which it
was decided that it would be impossi-
BILE to take the city hall without great
and unnecessary loss of life.
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