Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-11-19
LIFE IN LEADVILLE.
is NOT ENTIRELY PEACEFUL.
A Carpenter Assaulted and Cut-Two Min
srs Attacked-Attitude Of tho County
Authorities.

Denver, Nov. 1G.-The Republican this
morning prints the following special dis
patch from Ieadville:
Another "beating-up" case, direct
outsrowth of the miners strike. is report
ed. John ellis, carpenter employed at
the Little Jonny mine, was terribly cut
and pounded by two unknown men this
morning.
From the story US told by the injured
man 1t appears that he was on his way
to his boarding house on Third street,
and was several blocks away when he
was seized by two men with whom he
had some words and was brutally at
lacked by both of them. Gillis made a
hard fight, but he was finally fellcd to
the ground unconscious. He was kicked
about the head. while both hands and
one OF his arms are frishtfully cut with n
knife. The worst cut Is on the right
arm. where there is slash eight inches
long. which laid open the flesh to the
bone. lie was removed To st. Luke's hos
riial. and Is there receiving every atten-
ton.
II Is also learned tonight that Two
men employed at the Chip property who
were down town las. night seeing the
sights were attacked by five men. The
two Chip miners were prepared and put
all their assailants to flight. not. how
ever. until one of the men attacked had
broken his wrist by bringing It In con-
tact with great force agninst his assail-
ants.
II has come to pass In the Leadvillc
strike situation that hardly 4 night goes
by without an outrage OF some kind be-
Ing reported. From now on. however.
there will bc more protection, as the city
marshal. under instructions from the al
lrrm"n. has placed twenty additional
men on the force. Including n number of
men who arrived from Denver to-day.
The difficulty between the shcriff's dcpu-
ties and the city force shows that but lit
liz help Is TO he expected from certain
county authorities. In fact. Il Is openly
charged by mine managers and many 9th
ties are morc Of less working hand In
hand with the strikers. AMI that the cotin-
~ Jail Is a rendezvous FOR .lc latter. II
l. certainly rot assuring TO sec such q
man ~ Peter AIcKecvcr. who has been
under arrest here on n charge Of holding
up man and wln Is ont oil $500 h,n'ls
on that charge. holding commission
given him by Sheriff Newman as n dcpu-
iy shrrirf.
The ca.r OF Sheriff Newman. who
stands convicted Of malfcasancc In Office
In connection with the T.eadvillc gam.
bling places. and who applied 10 tho Su-
pi-cmc cntirt for u stay In the proceed
ings which ous,cd him from Office and
sentenced linn In ninety days In jail.
comes I'M In Denver tomorrow morning.
court bc sustained. the office OF sheriff
Of Lake county will hc vacant. and |;
VIII b. necessary that IN appointment of
a new sheriff h. made by tho county
commissioners. Great interest Is mani
(rstc,l here In thc result. au,l there Is al
ready much speculation as to who the
new sheriff will hc In ease there Is va
cancy.
Another bunch OF non.union miners
will arrive here on Tuesday and will be
taken To the Ri>on. the Chip and Little
.Icnny mines. There are said to he
seven,y.iivc men In this party.
A mine manager who is employing
non. union men tonight said: This cry
which Is heard on the outside that We are
dissatisfied with the work Of the Mis-.
sourians Is entirely false. Despite the
fact that they are new men here, they
are doing better work than was done by
The miners of Lcadvillc during the past
year. II is very evident 10 us that for
many months before the strike a great
many OF the members OF the Miners I'M
ion who were employed In mines here
were virtually OH strike while In our
employ. for the reason that they did not
half do their work. The union miners
ore irving to make themselves believe
that the Misso,rians are leaving the
mines and going home. This Is n mis-
take. Only four l,av" left the camp aud
they were sent back l,y the mine mama
gers on account of sickness"