Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-03-17
DENVER STILL EXCITED.
The Police War Nearly Oyer-Miners
KiOting at Cripple Greek
Troops still Out.


and police board war took secondary
place this morring. The matter of in
tensest public interest was the miners
riot at Cripple Greek. The town awoke
to learn that the Denver companies of
militia had again been summoned in hot
haste to the armory at Twenty-Sixth and
Curtis streets to await marching orders.
Before II o'clock the Chaffee light artill-
cry had set out for the Union depot to
take the 12 o'clock noon, special train on
the Santa Fe road, for the transfer of the
troops. The infantry men from the arm
DRY followed the artillery and at noon
were all aboard the train ready to move
to the scene Of the miners troubles. The
United States troops remained in quar-
ters at the Gettysburg building ready to
respond instantly in case of any emergen-
cy.
THE GALL FOB TROOPS.
The following message was received
at executive headquarters:
To Davis H. Waite, Governor of Colorado.
Cripple Greek, March 17.-Five hun
dred armed men are 1t Altman and two
deputies were shot last night by the mob.
I can not control them with the posse.
Send troops at once.
NJ. F. Bowers, Sheriff.
The governor sent this reply:
Sheriff FL Paso County, Cripple Creek.
Denver, March 17.-You ought first to
summon posse of citizens of your coun-
ty if they can not maintain order then
call upon me as governor for aid. Call
ing the troops must be the last resort. I
will order the troops held in readiness.
immediately wire me here.
DAVIS Fl. Waite,
Gov. of Colo.
THE POLICE WAR.
The war between Gov. Waite and the
old fire and police board is not advancing
toward bloodshed withany great rapidity.
The situation to-day is as the calm after
the storm. The people are anxiously
awaiting the decision of the chief execu-
tive on the proposition to submit the
matter to the supreme court, and the
governor is undecided as to what course
to pursue. There is no doubt but he
would gladly compromise the d1sgraceful
affair, were it not for the ill advice of
some of his intimate friends and the fear
for his executive dignity. The matter
has assumed such features that the gov
ernor is almost compelled to adopt the
suggestions of his legal advisers and
allow the courts to settle the trouble.
POLICE FORCE DEMoRAL1zED.
For ten days the fire and police depart
ments have been utterly demoralized,
and the city has been without protection
of any kind. The city hall is in posses
sion of armed policemen and deputy
sheriffs, and the building is filled with
arms, ammunition and dynamite. The
local militia is under orders, and the
whole state militia is prepared to march
on to Denver, and five companies of the
United States troops are in the city ready
far the emergency that is certain to occur
if the present tension continues.
The governor is being guarded day and
night by armed men as he is afraid of
violence or arrest and the whole popnlace
is in feverish condition. The supreme
court has the power to decide the matter
in dispute and put an end to all the ex-
citement if the governor will only give
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to-day he will consent to this arrange
ment.
The militia is still held at the various
armories, but the Indications at this time,
are that If called out again it will be to
preserve the peace at Cripple Greek aris-
ing over the adoption of the eight hour
scale and not to participate in any ex-
citement in this city.
SUBMITTED TO THE COURT.
At II o'clock Gov. Waite decided to
submit the trouble to the supreme court
for settlement. His communication to
the court makes over 400 words, and after
reciting the case from the first up to the
present day, he asks the court to decide
which men constitute the legal fire and
police and excise commissioners of the
city of Denver. This ends for the pres.
ent, the controversy which two days age
threatened to plunge the city and state
into bloodshed.