Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-18
FURIOUS AT LEAOVILLE.
Situation is Rapidly Growing
Worse.
Police Held by a Mob and Email
Shot at While attempting TO Arrest
the AssaiIant of a NOn-UnIOn Miner
Life and Property Unsafe.

Leadville, Colo, Sept, I4.-Affairs are
rapidly reaching a climax and life and
property are no longer safe. At S this
afternoon Officers McGeeney and Nc
Nichols attempted to arrest Thomas
Maloney, who is charged with being
connected with the beating of Burns
last week. Maloney jerked away from
the officers and lot of men held them
while MaIoney made his escape. Mar
shall Daniels, Officer Nichols and Spe-
ciol Policeman Leichemere started after
Maloney. They found him at the head
of Sixth street. He ran out of a saloon.
pursued by the marshal. He turned
suddenly and fired two shots at the
marshal but missed him. He had got
ten in between some buildings, and
none of the shots fired by the officer
took effect Maloney mounted horse
that was in readiness and made his es-
cape. A number of people narrowly es-
capped being killed in the scrimmage.
Early this morning E. c. Terry who
has been doing carpenter work on the
Emmett fence, and who was the fireman
that refused to walk out at the Bohn
was attacked by FIVE men and horribly
kicked anJ beaten, so much so that his |
condition tonight is critical.
The strike of the LeadviIe miners |
has reached an acute stage. where the
violence that has accompanied it can no
longer be allowed to continue unless the
rule of law is to give way to anarchy.
The truth has been kept from getting
ont, and not many readers of the daily
papers or others outside of Leadville.
know what the people here have passed
through in the last two months.
The strikers. numbering 500, and COM
posed in a large part of the men who
held Bull Hill in 1894, are we'll armed
Each has a winchester and a revolver
They are organized and differed and
make some show of discipline. They
have regular barracks where they as
semble and keep their arms. They are
the rulers of this town, against whom
the town officers are powerless. even If
inclined to resist. And when it is fur
officers are in sympathy with the strik- +
ers, their unrestrained sway may be un- {
derstood. c
No man is safe even on the most fire. a
quented business street Cases are of t
frequent occurrence where strangers in d
the city. whose presence here is suspect i
ed of being inimical to the strikers, are a
halted on the streets by armed bands S
and searched for papers and weapons Fl
II pistol is found, the victim is taken "
o police headquarters, where he is fined d
or carrying arms illegally. Papers, v
money and jewelry found on him are
onfscated by his captors. If he is still II
lnder suspicion he is given limited az
ime to leave town. ,
A leading member of the go -ernor's az
taft was held up by one of these bands q
ecently. A pistol was found on him Oh
nd he was taken before The police re
curt and fined. The men arresting OF
i'm, all of whom were armed, none CO
eing officers of the law, were not mo- &c
,sted. an
The owners of the Coronado mine M
arted work week ago, and to protect pr
leir miners erected a stockade around -
leir property, where their men were 90
ept. 1t was reported that large sup oe
y Of arms were held in the stockade az
II use, and the strikers wished to as '''
,rtain if this were true. They induced '0
lie sheriff to investigate for them. That s0
went to the mine manager oe
i'd demanded admission by virtue of =,
S Office. He was allowed in, and
oked around. Returning to the w
rikers he reported there were no arms
ere
"Then by God we'll dynamite her to- Tri
ghtP was the answering cry.
The owners of the mine, seeing that rep
ey could not depend upon the ordi- J.
ry law officers for protection, went to jun
: district Judge and the sheriff, a nd lay
I'm they said: eve put our property Spa
your hands and we demand that it be to
'tected against the strikers We shall be
ID Lake county and Leadville respon- in t
lie for every dollar of damage suffer rec
by us on account of lawless acts. res,
W do your duty" wo,
The sheriff and the Judge had a con- Ieac
tation, and the result was the issu- pro
;e OF notice to the strikers, not that Sell
attempt to dynamite the mine would mott
punished by them, but that it would wor