Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-01
SITUATION CRITICAL.
81 Outbreak at Leadyille. Col, May De-
cur at Any Time-Thc Str kers, in Des.
peration. Flee to the nm and Organize

81 Outbreak at Lcadyille. Col. May De-
cur at Any Time-Thc Str kers, in Des.
peration, Flee to the ms and Organize
CmCAGo, Sept. 20. A special from
Leadville, Col, says: Maj. W Smith
was appointed provost marshal here
Thursday and followed up his appoint
ment 10y maKing number of arrests,
which threaten To bring on clash be-
tween the military and the civil au-
thuriticS.
one of the provost marshal's first
acts was 10 cause the arrest of j. ".
Mitchell, a reporter for the Denver
Times. thereby establishing press
censorship
1t seems that he instructed Mitchell
not Ia send out certain pieces of news.
| 1t was sent aS a private note Ia the
paper. and for this Mitchell was ar
rested and the military authorities re-
| fuse la release him There is already
a clash, a. it is asserted martial law
has not been formally declared. and
the right Of the provost marshal to ar
rest and hold people without warrant
of law will be tested.
One of the men arrested will bc re-
leased on bonds 10y Judge Overs.
The military officials declare that If
he is released he will he Immediately
rcarrested. II this is done warrant
| will be issued out of Judge Overs
/ court for the provost marshal, who
will be arrested and brought before the
| judge, and the prisoner will bc pro-
duced 10y writ of hahcas corpus il
| Tha civil n,f hA,-if 10 An, in
| tain that their rights are inviolatr 50
| long as the courts remain open. and if
men are to hc arrested without war
rant Of law declaration Of martial
! law must he declared The courts re-
| fuse 10 countcnancc the present pro-
ccediugS.
LEAnvUIE, Col, Sept 20. -Thcrr is
danger ahead in the situation unless
cool counsel prevails. Mine managers
and citizens in general are determined
| Ia wipe out the touTh element The
/ strikers realize now that they are out
| laws and have retrcatcd from the city
and banded together To fight to the
| bitter end. Innocent sufferers from
the strike are likely to become dcSpcr-
ate also. since they realiz, their jobs
are likely To go To outside men.
Nearly every cuisines, man in the
| city has joined one of three militia
companies organized Thursday night.
Guns and arms for 800 men arrived
| Friday. The governor has So arranged
| things aztec the militia leave that in
event of a riot recurring, martial law
| can imme iiately bc declared and h, me
troops will take care of the situa-
ton. The city and county jail is
full of strikers and late arrests have
been turned over to the militia
and sent to the guard housr. There
were Is in the last named place at II
o'clock Friday morning. All are likely
to be released after examination. The
marshals are searching for arms and
ammunition, SO far without success.
! No miners are to be seen, having re-
treated to the hills.
The mines will open Immediately
with imported labor. Three hundred
are expected to arrive Friday night.
So far the strikers have no thought To
surrender.
The $50 miners from Joplin, Mo, ar
rived here safely Friday :ternoon and
were escorted ny squads OF militia 10
quarters prepared for them at the En-
mitt, Marion and other mines aijoin-
ing in the downtown district Though
there was some jeering hy men and
women in the great crowd assembled
at the depot to witness the arrival of
this first installment of non-union
miners, no acts of violence were com.
| mitted