Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-24
Martial Law Practically Rules at
Leadville.
THIRTY MORE WARRANTS ISSUED
Miners Union Committeeman
Charged With Murder.
FL FIT ZEN ARE IN JAIL

! LEADVILLE. Col, September "a
| Thirty warrants have been issued by the
| district court for officers and members of
| the executive committee of the Miners
| Union, all charged with the murder Of
/ Fireman Jerry OKeefe. Fifteen of these
| have been served, and the men named in
| them are i'm the county sail. Edw Eoyce
of Boise, Idaho. president of the Western
Federation of Miners. was placed in Jail
| by the city marshal last evening, the
| sheriff stating that he was there for safe
keeping. no charge having been made
| against him as yet.
There was to have been a meeting of the
Miners Union at the city hall last even
| ing, and General Brooks sent a squad with
| a Calling gun TO the hall with instructions
| TO prevent thesmeeting. The gun was later
returned TO battery headquarters, the union
meeting having been keld at an early hour
and being in session out ten minutes
The order declaring mat the civ sIstllld
become subject to marCitl law at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon wa; suspended until q
| O'Clock. Before the latt.r hour arrived tho
order was Indefinitely suspended. Excite
| ment is again at fever heat. owing TO .he
Hood of alarming rump-s and The failure to
| declare martial law. The weather is dis
aSreeably colo and lamp.
| Except that the civil officers are for tho
time being allowed TO exercise their con-
| sulutional preroSatives provided they do
| not interfere with General Brooks move
ments, military rule is supreme today in
Leajville. The soldiers will make arrests
| disarm all but officers of the law, hold
| prisoners subject to the commanding Off
Ger, and search houses without other war
rant than the order of General Brooks
The military court of inquiry, to inquire
INTO the circumstances of the destruction
| OF the Coronado mine and the loss of life
| incident thereto, convened this forenoon
ana Will endeavor to establish the identity
of the men engaged in the riot, for the
beneht OF the civil authorities. Its sessions
will be secret. The following officers and
members of the Miners Union are in Jail
under strong guard, being held for the
murder of Fireman O'Keefe: Peter Turn
bull. vice president; f. J. Dewar, secre-
rick Kennedy, J: b. Doyle. Joseph
Otis, John A. Ahren, George Rich
ards, Earnest Nicholas. Eugene Cam
non, Cornelius Shea, Michael weible,
Gus johnson and Nels Clausen. Five men,
| bers of the executive committee, including
President Amburn, are still at large, and
search is being made for them. The charge
against Edward Boyce, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, who was
| arrested last night, is 'incting riot" and
Is based on a speech he made here to the
miners couple of weeks ago.
Secretary Dewar and the other officers Of
the union who in custody declared
that the outbreak Of violence Monday
morning was contrary to the policy of the
The arrests have caused CONSERVATION
among the strikers. and, it is believed have
greatly weakened their cause.
No Call for Federal Troops.
1t is said at the War Department that
no call has been made for the use of fed
e1'al troops for the suppression Of dis
order at Leadville. Col, and that there
appears to be nothing in the existing situ-
alton that makes 1t at all likely that fed
iSfa mill la lral for Inv
state authorities rendered necessary by
the possible stoppage of the United States
mails o. the suspension of interstate COM
merce. According to reports to the adju-
tant general. the National Guard of Colo
rado is a strong and well organized body.
fully capable of handling a much more
serious outbreak than that which now
threatens the peace of the centennial
state. The statement that the strikers are
preparing to wipe out the militia is rdi-
cued by officers familiar with the strength
and fighting qualities of that organiza-
tion.
As to the statement that Col. Merriam of
the 9TH Infantry has given orders for his
troops at Fort Logan TO be in readiness
for a summons to action, il is said that IL
is a popular theory among military men
that the regular troops are always sup
posed to be in readiness for any service
falling within the lines of their military
duties. According 10 leading War De-
partment officials there will be no federal
interference in the situation at Leadville
unless the governor Of the state applies
for help and the President believes that
IT is necessary. The case In no wise
sembles 'he labor troubles in Chicago a
few years ago in that far known
the material interests of the government in
Colorado have not been molested in the
slightest Gegree. Moreover. there are CO.
gent political reasons why the admnistra-
tion will move with the greatest caution
and deliberation in a case of this kind
involving possible conflict with the state
authorities.
Army Regulations.
Gen. Wheaton, commanding the military
department of Colorado, with whom the
governor of Colorado is said to have been
in consultation regarding the possible use
Of federal troops in Leadville. unless other
wise specifically instructed from Washing
ton, will be governed in his action in the
preseft case by the following provisions oc
the regulations of the army:
Officers of the army will not permit the
use OF troops under their command to aid
the civil authorities as posse comitatus
or in execution of the laws, except as spe-
cfically authorized If time will admit, the
application for the use of troops for these
purposes must be forwarded with state
n:ent of all the material facts in the case,
fo- the consideration and action of the
President; but, i'm cases of sudden and un-
expected invasion, insurrection riot, en-
dargerng the public property of the United
States. or in cases of attempted or threat
ened robbery Interruption of the United
States mails or other equal emergency so
imminent as to prohibit communication by
telegraph, officers of the army may, IL
they think necessity exists, take such
action before the receipt of instructions
fl ON the ceat Of government as the cir
cumstances of tie case and the law under
which they are acting may justify. In
every such case they Will promptly report
their action and the circumstances reqmr-
ing it to the adjutant general for the in
fl rmation of the President"
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