The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-18

HilDU1u4 OF soldiers.
Cripple Creek. Colo, March IAN
anxious day has followed a night of
excitement and adventure in the great
gold mining district known to the world
as Cripple Creek.
The resistance offered the sheriff
posse by the miners who are striking
for an eight-hour day and the same
wages as We're formerly paid for nine
hours, and the call for the militia,
have given affairs a warlike( aspect
After driving from Bull JILL the six
deputy sheriffs stationed there, one of
whom was shot but not seriously
wounded in the melee, the miners
would not allow any stranger in that
Ineighborhood during the night Sheriff
Bowers Immediately called out troop A,
of Colorado Springs under the author
ity given him by law, and today he
made requisition' on the governor for
more troops, in accordance with which
the First regiment of Denver, with the
signal corps and the Chaffe light artil-
lery, and company c, Second regiment
| of Pueblo, was ordered to proceed
hither under command of Adjutant
|
pected to arrive in camp tonight
The telegraph wires are still down
| between Cripple Creek and Bull Hill,
but it is learned the miners are defiant
and threaten to resist the troops when
| they arrive.
The sheriff is arming and equipping
men to supplement the troops.
Every gun, pistol and other weapon
available in the town is ready for use
! if necessary
The streets are thronged with people
among whom are many idle and hun
cry men. The saloons and gambling
places are damned.
In the moving mass the most jovial
ones are the union miners, who declare
they are not afraid of a handful of
soldiers. They represent the faction
which is steadfast on the hills, await
ling developments Another faction of
miners, who are believed to be in the
majority, are willing to go to work at
nine hours, but say the protection Of
lfered by the county is inadequate
| If a clash of arms occurs the miners
will have the advantage of position.
Bull mountain is one Of the largest Of
1.-The cluster of hills that surround Grip
pie Creek. It is heavily timbered and
is criss-crossed by foot trails and wa
gon roads from the various mines. Be
tween the town of Cripple Creek and
!
number of massive rounded hills almost
destitute of timber, and among these
hills are the small mining camps built
lup about the big mines. 1t is in this
DESTROYS camp that the scene of battle
will occur.
Along the trails leading over the hills
Hast night the miners were collected,
shooting at passing pedestrians or peo-
lple on horseback.
story of the Fracns.
Deputy Marshal Daley, of Altman,
who acknowledged that he fired the
shot which wounded Deputy Sheriff
Allen, gives the following account OF
Hast nights fracas:
Somebody had spread the report
iaround Altman in the afternoon that a
force of men were coming to burn our
little town last night. Twelve deputy
marshals were sworn in to assist II
preserving order At 1880 1 saw a
wagon coming up the road with five
men in it, followed by man on horse.
back Our little party of twelve com
Imanded the suspicious looking strang'
ers to stop. The request was compiled
with, and the spokesman of the party
told US that they were deputy sheriffs
We asked them to show their papers
to prove the assertion. They refused
to do so. 1 then said Gentlemen
consider yourselves under arrest. ~
this Deputy Allen fired a shot, and
raised my Winchester and shot him
AS soon as the first shot was fired, {
crowd of $50 men rushed from town anC
in few minutes the six were disarmed
1 have ample proof that Deputy Alle1
fired the first shot They were al
strangers to us, and the arrests were
made within the corporate limits of thu
town We did not abuse the men anC
as soon as we were convinced that the!
were legally appointed officers we turn
ed them loose"
The miners at Altman loudly de
!, nounce the authorities for calling on
; the state militia. Everybody believe
that a serious conflict is imminent.
Sheriff Bowers now has force o
$50 deputies, armed with repeating
rifles, 100 additional men having ar
rived tonight from Colorado Springs
: but he will not attempt to arrest an!
of the men who participated in las
nights disturbance at Altman, unit
the militia arrive. The troops from
: Denver aid Pueblo will not reach her
. till morning. At 10 o'clock they wer
, at Woodland Park, and il is not likei.
they will reach Midland before mid
night They will then have to lnarcl
, nine miles over the mountains.
No further outbreak has been re
: ported today. At Altum quiet pre-
walls tonight, although several han
dred miners, all armed are loungin
q about.