The herald., 1896-09-28
Complicated by Sensational
Sermonizing
DEAD STRIKERS FUNERALS
Give Rioe to Apprehension Of Further
Disorder
An Attack on the Bon Air Mine Is Re-
pulsed by the Guard-The Pros
poets Gloomy.
Associated Press Special Wire

DENVER, Col, Sept. 27.-Rev. Myron
w. Reed of this city, one of the most
prominent ministers of the west, de-
livered very sensational sermon to
large congregation at the Broadway the
ater today. His subject was the Lead
vile strike and the labor question gen.
orally. He opened with denunciatfon
Of Il. V. Powderly, whom he accused Of
being one of ''Mr. Hanna's hired men,"
Referring to the Missouri miners re-
Gently imported to Leadville, he said
sit was likely to prove a dangerous
change Of climate at this time of the
year"
Referring to the political situation, he
said: REV. DR.. Hills is in the place
of Prof. Swing in Central Music hall,
Chicago. I have been reading his SER
mons. The pulpit of Prof. Swing is still
vacant. Prol. David Swing was philo-
sophie. poetic, with a dislike for con-
troversy. He hated noise and he loved
the Greeks. He preferred the company
Of Petrarch and Penelope to that of Mr..
Foraker of Ohio and Susan B. Anthony
Of everywhere. But when Prof. Swing
did conclude to touch a social question
| he did it UP to date and truly.
But now listen to his successor, who
lives in the city of Pullman, Armour
and Rockefeller. He said last Sunday
that seventy per cent of the fruitage of
labor goes to the working classes, and
was cheered by every banker in the
church. He is most optimistic. He says
that the vineyards have been so gener-
Gus that ten cents will buy basket of
purple fruit. and the poor mans nickel
will now buy fruit for the entire day.
"Bill Nye departs and ev. DR.. Hills
comes in. The owner of the vineyard
and the bucket maker has as yet failed
to smile at this joke. 1t is only seen at
the fixed income of it. 1t is always
JOY for this Chicago preacher to buy
California grapes at the cost of picking
them"
After further quotations from Mr..
| Hills sermon on Reputation in regard
to the bondholders, Mr.. Reed said:
wall street did come to the assist
ance Of the government in 1868 to keep
Gen. Lees army out of New York CITY,"
| He added: For some reasons 1t would
have been a gooE thing if Cen. Lees
army had trampled New York just a
half day or so. l sometimes wish that
the British would make a coaling sta
ton of it for little while"
FUNERALS HELD.
LEADVILLE, Col, Sept. 27.-The fu-
neral of Fireman O'Keefe, shot last
Monday morning while turning a hose
on the fire at the Coronado mine, oc-
CURED today 1t was notable fot the
impressiveness and the longest process
sion ever seen here.
At all the Protestant churches today
the sermons were devoted to the strike
and resultant lawlessness, which was
severely condemned.
The most significant occurrence of the
day was the funeral of William Higgins,
who was killed in the attack on the Co
ronado. The funeral was from the same
church and Immediately following that
of O'Keefe. The entire miners union
followed the remains to the cemetery.
1t was not particularly reassuring to
the friends of law and order to see 1900
men marching behind the body of man
who met his death as Higgins did.
MORE RIOTING.
LEADVILLE, Sept. 27.-At $3.50 p. m.
Gen. Brooks has just telephoned the
Herald Democrat that an attack is in
progress on the Carbonate hill reservoir
of the Leadville Water company and
that shots are being exchanged between
the military and the rioters. At $40 p.
m. lively fusilade began at the Bohn
mine and was continued for ten minutes.
The sounds resembled a number of shot
! guns seemingly from one place, an
swered by rifle shots from different
points near by.
Lieutenant Verdeckberg telephones
from the Bon Air mine that at 0: 80 four
shots were fired at a picket. who re-
| turned the fire and called for the corpo-
! raj of the guard. When the corporal ran
out two shots were fired at him and
these were returned, after which a squad
started in pursuit of the assailants.