The state herald., 1894-06-15
THE WAR IS OVER.
CRIPPLE GREEK At PEACE.
The Miners Surrender Bail Hnl to the Nj.
iitis sd the Deputies Wlthdrsw.-
Militia VIII Guard HlnsS
and Mako APRosts.

The Miners Surrender Bail Hill to the MI.
litis ssd the Deputies Withdraw
Militia WIN Guard Ninss
and Mako Arrests.
On Tuesday Mr.. Hagernan called
attention to the fact that he and Mr..
Mofat had signed the compromise
agreement for themselves alone but
will try to induce the others to accept
it. There seems to be little doubt
that the provisions Of the compromise
will be endorsed by the mine owners,
but As condition precedent to this
they demand that their properties be
restored to them and that they be al
lowed to work them in their own way.
Some Of them were rather indignant
to-day when the story got abroad that
they had settled the matter without
first having had their mines restored
to them by due process Of law. lrv.
ing Howbcrt and others said: "At first
the instruction must be suppressed
ond the law breakers arrested and then
compromise can be discussed.
In fact there was considerable talk
Of this kind at Colorado Springs dur.
ing the day. Sheriff Bowers continued
to swear in deputies and took $50 up
to Divide in the afternoon. Il was
understood that Sheriff Bowers' inten.
tion was to retain his big force Of dep
uties until the mines were in the pos.
session Of their owners and until he
had served warrants upon large num-
Dor Of the leading miners. The num-
Der Of arrests was put as high as 200.
When the news Of the compromise
was received at Cripple Creek there
was great satisfaction, and it was ap-
parent at first that it would be ratified.
The warlike conditions were relaxed
and pickets drawn in. A meeting Of
the miners was arranged for 7:30 in
the evening. But in the afternoon
reports were spread that many Of the
mine owners would not endorse the
agreement. The miners also began to
be apprehensive Of wholesale arrests,
which would permit the employment
Of great numbers Of non-union men,
and later quiet boycott Of union
men.
1t was also reported that deputies
were moving from Divide toward the
camp. These reports and rumors
caused distrust to take the place Of
Joy. The pickets were again posted
and the meeting declared of Temporal
rily.
A special dispatch to the Denver
Nees early Wednesday morning was
in substance as follows:
At 10 o'clock Monday night all the
newspaper correspondents at Divide
were invited to the headquarters Of the
deputies and then kept locked up for
several hours to prevent news getting
out. Then the 1000 deputies were Or
dered to advance. At 1890 midnight
the deputies were ready to leave for
Midland. Fifteen box cars had been
pressed into service, and oil the men
and ammunition loaded into them. At
2 O'Clock this morning Camp Divide
was deserted. At 6 o'clock firing was
heard in the direction Of Midland. At
dawn the scouts and artillsrymen will
be in possession Of Beaver Park. After
hat committee composed Of United
States Marshal Brown and Detective
LOOMS will 20 to Bull Hill aud de.
mand that certain strikers be turned
over. Neither Bowers or Veatch was
at the camp and it was not known who
was in command.
The reported departure Of deputies
from Divide was found to be correct.
At noon they had reached Gillette
where they cncamped at n distance Of
four miles from Bull Hill. They had
pitched their tents in regular camp
fashion and run up the American flag.
This I'D vance angered the miners and
Governor Waite. The latter declared
that Bowers and his force had violated
an armistice. A dispatch was received
by the governor at 3 p, m. Wednesday,
saying that his force would not Ad.
vance farther until the militia reached
it and then the deputies would follow
the troops.
II was stated that early Thursday
morning Deputy United States Mar.
shall Brown and Deputy Sheriff Warren
would go up Bull Hill under flag Of
truce and ask 200 miners for whom
they held warrants to surrender
II was reported that most Of the
men for whom warrants arc out have
left the district and that not more
than dozen suspects would be on the
hill Thursday. The end Of the strike,
as far rs convictions are concerned,
may be the same as that In the C1ur
d Alene mining district
Il appeared later that the advance
Of the deputies was due to the lack Of
a military head. Who II was gave the
instructions TO open fire could not DO
learned, but abou, 200 shots were OF.
changed between the advance guard Of
the deputies and the rctrca,inx pickcts
Of the miners.
The deputies appeared To be anxiou,
for Fight. Il Is thought that real
hostilitics might have commenced II .
courier from Sheriff Bowers had not
reached camp with orders to wait for
thu militia