Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-26

,u,,hsr Of them whom thsy csnnes III,
ssns a. Admission which IL apunoan.v
,srs,,sS nv the acts Of iawlessness neIe ..s
-. r.c,ted lam satisfied cannot w"
~. c,v,i mower control the situau'".
. . nv ssrlous bioodshed and loss o'
nc and I deera II my duty 10 lay w. W..
situation thus plainly before ~" 90 no
Won may determine what ~ u". "a az
doue. While resolved to execute s =.
AZ any cost am exceedingly aa~ Sore
I know you are. that s""
without the shedding OF D'oo'
yours very truly. .,o,pow
"sher,f Of jefferson county
c. rones has replied as foliows'
o,.,,oSTcovERY ALA. May q 1917
George NJ Morrow. sherin u
County. birmingham, Ma .,o,,
..I.ns bopor OF the state, the preVenevn
=, hloodshed and the supremacy Oh W.
law ALI REQUIRE the action you
~ your Views are heartily approsep,
90, nnronr,ate orders for the movement
of the troops VIII be Issued at o l'r..
"I ,hank Won Tor the courage, pautne'
and frmness with which you nave 49,
"'N THOMAS q. JONES, Governor
c.,orado strike situation.
cprpprE CREEK. COL, May %.
s'-,,.s,a ,,irers to-day destroyed inuch
,,sonsr,v near this thriving little nlih.ns
,ac,n h,t Notwithstanding the rae. ue'
| 49, cope,cts seemed inevitable al "e'e
welded Tonight all Is quiet o", -
,u,t,es will doubtless be reneWe" ." ~
morning. -. h.ra struck
against the Inauguration OF the n'nr-,,os -.
dav They asked 81 for eight hours WI %
~ accord,ngIy for a nine-hour day. Tbs
,bs ovners refused. and the mines were
cIosed The owners waited some uhe
,or break I'm the strikers ranks, OUT
his failing TO naterialize. they reques'eu
the state To send deputies for the pro
| toc,ion of uon-union men. III those WotN-
| ing the mines were intertered wiz" ~
deputies were TO arrest the ho"''e
| makers. and thus have basis LOT az
| ton in the courts -. -
Last night about o'clock ABOUT -,
yenty deputies left here 10 suaI y
| the miners about four miles distant AT
| Victoria Twenty of them were sur
rounded there and their arms ana am
r,untt,on taken away. Twenty-thTee
managed 10 reach the Independence NINE
whore they remained until IL O'Clock To-
day AT that hour the shaft-house was
unbranded by 800 armed men. ana the
| alternative was submitted 20 the depu-
| tics 70 stack their arms and surrender, or
be blown up with giant-po~der' "hlch
| had been placed I'm beer-kess ana WIN
| fuses attached. was ready for business
| The guards agreed to leave, ana were
| escorted about mile by heavy guard
and then permitted to return to the CITY
| The balance of the force returned here
| BY A circuitous route and were not mo-
| Tested.
| About Q O'Clock this morning. when the
| train on the Florence and Cripple creek
| railroad came i'm sight OF Victoria carry
| ing the l25 deputies from Denver 'ne
| shaft-house of the Strong mine was
| blown up with giant powder. the ma
| chinery ruined. and the shatt-honse
! burned. When the explosion occurred
/ the train stopped and the deputies dis
! embarked and went into camp near the
| railroad tracks, where they fortified their
| positlon with ties and other timber to
| resist a night attack II one IS made.
| There are about 90 miners armed with
| Winchester rifles, and not FEWER thdH
| 500 whose arms are pistols OF improve"
| pattern The stories Of pitched battles
/ having been fought between the miners
| and the deputies are untrue. There j.,
| however, danger that the miners VIII
| make battle at any time on the deputies
| The latter are not strong enough In mum
| bers 10 resist the force OF miners thai
! can be sent against them at moment 5
notice. The miners have all the ROADS
heavily guarded. and no one Is allowed
to pass the guards without stating his
| business and destination.
Excitement in Illinois.
| PANA, ILL, May 2j.-Therc is con-
] siderable excitement here tonight over
the reported approach OF body OF
! foreign strikers. variously estimated al
from 100 to 1000 IN number. said to b,
coming here for the purpose OF forcing
working miners to go out. mass-meet-
| ing OF citizens was held tonight. at
| which nearly 1900 men volunteered e.
act as special deputies 10 guard The
mines. Eight hundred stands OF arms
arrived from Springfield and St Loui'
this afternoon. and tonight the deputies
are armed, and guarding the mines.