The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-27
Waite. Talk During the Day.

DENVER. Col, May &c = Governor
Waite does not hesitate to declare his
sympathies with the striking miners at
Cripple Creek. He asked Attorney-gen-
eral Engley for opinion to the right
OF sheriff to obtain an armed force from
another county than that in which he is
an officer. The Encouragement has writ
ten an opinion that the organization of
an armed force of men in Arapahoe coun-
~ to march TO or enter FL Paso county for
the purpose alleged is conspiracy to do or
aid in an unlawful act and all persons
members Of such armed force or cooper
ating TO organize to send or transport
the same into one county from another
are guilty of a conspiracy to do an un-
lawful act, and the deputizing of such
men 20 act as deputy sheriffs by the
sheriff Of FL Paso county is a violation of
law. The Encouragement adds: In
Ease III Paso county uses the armed force
tatus and riot or instruction is pre-
clpltaied by reason thereof, and said
armed force acts Independently of said
sherln, and riot or insurrection ensues
Dy reason OF an armed conflict with Others
the chief executive of the State shou d
preserve the peace Of the commonwealth
even IL Ii should become necessary 10
cali out the entire military force of the
state. III the peace cannot be preserved
otherwise. martial law should be declared
in the particular district and all violators
OF public order, including the said armed
force, should be summarily dealt with
that the dignity of the State may be
maintained inviolate"
All commandments of military posts
throughout the State have been notified
to hold themselves in readiness for an
active service call. Governor Waite said
today; 1T Is my duty to stop this row.
i shall probably issue a proclamation CAL
Ing. on al armed citizens to resume their
daily avocations and upon all lawless
bodies. to dispense. Those men from Dem
yer VINO are under arms at Cripple Creek
are. to my mind. rioters and an illegal
body. In directing all illegal bodies to
dispense those deputies must take cogniz-
ance of the warming just as must any and
At the sheriffs office in this county the
Governors proclamation Is regarded with
more dread than the possibility OF conflict
with the miners. Sheriff Bowers will
think he is.'' began Sheriff BurchnS. "ac
least / would not do it. The Governor
may entertain an anarchistic view Of the
laws of Colorado. but as a sheriff I be-
1ieve I can deputize regardless of
where they come from or belong"
1t has been learned that large quantities
OF arms and ammunition have been
shipped from Denver to the Cripple Creek
strikers during the past week. Two con-
sfgnments consisted each of eight hundred
guns and fifty thousand pounds Of am
mInition.
The Cripple Creek mine owners who have
determined to reopen their mines under
the protection of armed guards, are en-
gaging men In this city and elsewhere to
hours. About thirty commonwealers hired
in this city left for Florence on the morn
ing. train under charge of ex-Adjutant-gen-
eral Kennedy. Several hundred quarrymen
and miners have been engaged at Pueblo,
Colorado Springs and other places, who
will be shipped to the mines to-day.