Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-29
/. DANGER AHEAD.
The Situation in Leadvflle Still
Regarded az Critical.
STRIKERS As DETERMINED As EVER,
Citizens Joining Militia Comprehensive
Counsel Necessary to Prevent Further
Dloodshea-N onunion Miners
Arc Imported.

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danger ahead in the situation unless
cool counsel prevails. Mine managers
and citizens in general are determined
to wipe out the tough element.
The strikers realize now that they
are outlaws and have retreated from
the city and banded together to fght to
the bitter end.
Innocent sufferers from the strike are
likely to become desperate also, since
they realize their jobs are likely to go
to outside men.
Nearly every business man in the city
has joined one of three militia COM
panies organized Thursday night.
Guns and arms for 900 men arrived
Friday. The governor hes 80 arranged
things that after militia leave, in event
of riot recurring, martial law can
Immediately be declared and home
troops will take care of the situation.
The mines will open up Immediately
witt, imported labor. So far the strik-
ers have no thought Of surrender.
Nonunion Men Arrive.
The $50 miners from Joplin, Mo-, ar
rived safely in Leadville at Ave o'clock
p. m. Friday and were escorted by
squads of militia to quarters prepared
for them at the Emmett mine, Marion
mine, and others adjoining in the down
town district. Though there was some
jeering by men and women in the great
crowd assembled at the depot to wit
ness the arrival of this first installment
of nonunion miners, no acts Of violence
were committed.
wiz Shoot to XIII
The camp remains at peace and az
quiet as it has been throughout the three
months strike. The militia are entirely
capable Of maintaining order and they
are prepared to act promptly and with
out hesitation. 1t will shoot to kill IL
the slightest demonstration indicating
a riot occurs. The court Of inquiry hna
accomplished nothing and it will prob.
ably cease its sittings shortly.
Suspects Admitted to BAH.
The legal phase of the strike occurred
Friday upon a hearing before Judge
Overs, of the district court, as to bail
for the 20 prisoners charged with the
murder of Fireman O'Keefeat the Coro-
nado affair of Monday morning. The
sheriff and marshal testified that the ar.
rests had not been made upon complaints
and they personally had no knowledge
Of evidence sufficient to hold any of the
prisoners. District Attorney Thomas
wanted all these cases dismissed, but
this the court declined to do. The at.
torneys for the defendants also re-
quested hearing of the merits of the
cases before dismissal or a finding. The
district attorney in the afternoon
created scene and was ordered out of
the courtroom by the judge, the sheriff
escorting the dsgraced officer of the
court from the hall. Judge Overs de-
cided that in view of the state of affairs
existing here and for the reason that the
defendants and he himself, desired a
thorough investigation to be made, the
prisoners should be released on bail In
sums of $500, and the sheriff was d.
rected to accompany the miners who de-
sired to go out and obtain securities.
Although interest centered about the
courthouse and great crowd gathered
during the hearing, no trouble occurred,
the militia preventing crush of specta-
tors in the courtroom.