The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-07-07
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cts dropped in behind rocks, the miners fol-
lowing to within forty feet, when they saw
their mistake.
yeatch and his leutenants, Duunington
and Newmeyer, had their men together, and
poured forth volley after volley in the air.
The miners reiterated. Their ruse was not
success. SeeinfSthis, the Denver contingent
assumed the aggressive and gave chase. Slow
ly and sullenly the miners rctreated, firing all
the time. The light was bad however, and
the enemy protected BY the natural situation.
As they were falling back their leader, Hiram
Crowley, fell MORALLY wounded. shot
pierced his check, the bullet passing through
the lower part of the neck and fracturing the
spinal cord. All but few OF the miners
ceased firing. They assembled around their
leader and carried him away.
After Crowley fell most of the miners broke
in confusion. making their way for their
train. 1t was at this time that the Veatch
forces made capture of six OF the strikers
scouts.
Some three hours after the encounter, the
Denver pickets found William Rab!deau, one
OF the deputies, lying cold and dead. He had
been shot three times. One OF the bullets
passed through his heart. The honors Of war
we're even. Each side had killed one man.
John Todd of the miners and ex-Pol!ceman
Padget OF the Denver army were each slight
~ wounded.
The deputies sent their prisoners to Colo
RADIO Springs.
The miners returned to Victor. They have
no idea OF giving up the struggle except by
force of arms. A muster roll Saturday morn
ing showed 57l bearing Winchcsters and
probably 100 more with shotsuns and other
arms. In the afternoon a report was circu-
lated that 800 men were on the way TO cap
turc the mines and in a few minutes the hills
we're black with men running to the post TO
be ready for action. The rumor was false.
It having been reported that three men
were entombed ia the Strong mine, party
Of strikers went down the shaft 10 investigate
The three men consisting OF Sam p. Melon
aid. the superintendent, Charles Robinson,
foreman OF the mine, aud John Baggett, tue
engineer, were found uHlnjured and were
brought 10 the surface.
The moment they were on the surface they
were placed under arrest and an armed guard
marched them to one of the strikers lodging
houses in town. From there they we're
marched to the Independence shaft house
and on entering the fret thing that MELON
aid saw was moose suspended from the roo:
of the bunk house. An angry crowd OF men
who had returned with the corpse OF their
leader from the battle with the Denver dep
uty sherlGs were determined TO lynch Nc
Donald aud his two friends. If It had not
been for the guard which had promised them
protection the three men would have been
dangling from the rafters in every few min
r,.s Tho nro,.ction Guaranteed them. how
aver WINS given They wero sent to Altman
in hc held as hostages for the men the Den
vcr army eaptured from the strikers. 1t was
aid how,ver that II an attack WAS ATTEMPT
.d n, tho cam, tho miner. svore that the
three prisoners would quickly dangle from
RON.
Lat. s,,,rsav .ficrnoon Governor Waite
.s o,,,,,,.r,,.--,n- of tho state ,roons f.,
sued an order TO the adiutant general to or
dor the first and Second rcgiments. Colorado
National Guard, TO report at the different
srmor,e- n. spccdily M possible aud proceed
TO Florence.
The next morning, however. the governor
changed hts mind. deciding that II was not
necessary TO send the troop, until further hos
tIll,ies took place
The first active steps towards arbltra,inG
tho differences between the miners and mine
owners were taken on Saturday by the labor
conference committee OF the Colorado Springs
trades assembly j. j. Hagernian, on behalf
Of himself and other owners, offered basis
OF compromise, and the trades assembly sent
a committee to submit II to the miners Inc
committee consisted oil President siocuin oil
Colorado College, Rev. f. Evans Darlington
I. ooilais' pres'uehtoi 'he uaues 's'cuiois'
l.. w. Bates, president, and &. Geisslcr' sec
rotary OF Colorado Springs carpenters union,
and ID. IL. hogan ametnper Oh the same oouy'
The committee proceeded TO Altman sun
day morning. After experiencing some dii-
| liculty In getting past the piehets ana INTO
the town the committee attended large
meeting OF miners which was called by
| President Calderwood OF the western feuer-
alton of miners.
President slocum explained the GRAND up
on which he aud his colleagues had come
On behalf Of j. j. Hagerman and others,
| whom he did not name, he made the io!io"-