Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-28
DESPERATE MEN.
The Cripple Creek striking Miners
Fighting for What They Term
Their RiShts-Large Numbers
of Armed Deputies.

Sheriff Bowers has released Russell, Mason
and Todd, the three miners captured at
Wilbur, in pursuance of an agreement
made yesterday in order to save the lives
of Superintendent Mcdonald, Foreman
Charles Robinson and Miner Mackgood,
who were captured by the strikers at the
Strong mine after the blowing up of the
shaft house. President Calderwood, of
the Victor Miners union, when notified
of the sheriff's action telephoned that the
three men with their arms must be de-
livered to him on Bull mountain. The
sheriff was not inclined to comply with
this demand. The miners hatred of Nc
Donald is intense and they had deter
mined to put him to death to-day, and
then execute their other prisoners if an
exchange of prisoners was not agreed to.
TALKING ABOUT ARBITRATION.
Cripple Creek, Colo.,-The deputies
who now number about 800 are in camp
at Midland, the terminal of tho Midland
railroad. No attempt will be made to
march to Victor or Bull hill pending the
result of the proposed arbitration, which
is extremely doubtful. The self consti-
tuted committee which proposed this plan
of settling the trouble with the miners
yesterday spoke only for j. j. Hagerman,
one of the heaviest mino owners here.
The other mine owners had not even
agreed to submit to arbitration and it is
net known how they regard the PROPOSE
tion. President Calderwood, of the Vic
tor Miners union, favors arbitration and
meeting of the union will be held to-day
to deride whether committee shall be
appointed for this purpose.
RAIpED LODGING HOUSE.
Last night Mrs. Mays lodging house, in
upper town and place where several
mine owners made their headquarters,
was entered by large body of men pre-
sumably striking miners. The place was
searched and every weapon of any de-
scription that could be found was carried
away. The Victor Miners union met to-
day and appointed committee to go to
Colorado Springs and confer with the
mine owners and labor leaders in regard
to arbitration.
The Victor Miners union has appointed
president John Calderwood and Shepperd
Morrison as an arbitration committee
and they will meet the mine owners com
mittee at Altman. The miners meeting
was large and harmonious and the miners
generally are hopeful of reaching set
tlement by arbitration.
GOV. WAITE TALKS.
Denver.--Gov. Waite is heartily in
favor of arbitration as means of ending
the labor war at Cripple Creek and has
wired to President Slocum, of Colorado
college, who has undertaken to induce
both sides to agree to arbitration: "Will
join you in urging peaceable settlement
between the miners and mine owners"
~ am looking into law and awaiting
developments" seid the governor to-day.
"If there is an actual conflict between
deputies and miners will not hesitate to
call out the troops. feal would stand
on constitutional ground in doing SO. In
case of battle shall certainly take a
hand. The troops will not act as guards
to the mine owners property, but they
will stop the fight, be assured of that
The course for the mine owners to pursue
is to take action through the courts to
secure possession of their mines. have
received no information that the miners
resisted any process of law if it was
properly brought. It ls about time for
the mine owners to explain why they are
gathering armed forces in Ell Paso coun.
| ty."