The Meeker herald., 1897-01-16

It is not necessary for me hers 70 give z.
account Of the occurrences known a. the
sftack on the Coronado and Emmet mines
!, Dra. ,ss, a.aef s:sy
not 4 sudden, hasty crime; sommitted on
the spur Of the moment. Dsliberatioa and
Ras%sse tR1stIns shess oatrsIeeas crimes 8: ssoSn
by the fact that carefully prepared bombs.
s.ss wees found
tion cannon was found, made out of Iron
pipes. from which a chain wss ared At the
Thousands % Of discharges Of rines and re-
voivsIs were T6e aiack on the Coronado
was repuised with slaughter to the attack.
Ing party; a fireman was murdered In the
performance Of his duty; the buildings were
Consumed by IRE resulting from the exglo-
sion Of the bombs referred to; and rifles
w,sn went H Of rises spoken OK. were found near
the bodies OF men killed in the attack. or
Just where they had fallen.
phone Of the sheriff and the Judge. and he
fore ! had received their kilograms. sent
calling out OF the national guard which re.
sponded promptly to the call to arms. and
was sent to Leadville from their various 10
calitles some OF them entering the city In
the evening OF the same day; the remainder
arriving the next morning. issued such
orders to the brigadler general command
Ing as were by me deemed proper to meet
the emergency. I found then, and have
since been confirmed In the opinion formed
nv evidence. to me thoroughly satisfactory,
that a "reign of terror" had existed In that
community. eliminating In the attack and
mffhtssRctl9 mffhtssRc lqf a the ssl G2HSnaa9 and Emmet
ing himself willing and able to preserve
order In the community, had entirely failed
to suppress or oppose.
A large number of the deputy sherifrs were
strikers and While ,,n 40 not t. believe sh hrt shas
Of the miners union participated In or de-
sired to have brought about the lnwlessness
that existed. nevertheless, 1t Is clear to my
mind that In the very nature of things the
appointment and continuing in office of dep
nties who were IN ia ne.s nI M
with those who committed them, was calcu-
| lated to increase the disposition to lawless.
those engaged in the strike. to. relieve them
| from the restraint OF fear OF punishment
citizens and to prevent the segregation Of
| such members of the miners union as were
well disposed and naturally law-aoiding
mitting and upholding the commission Of
| crime.
Office re f' Of Lake county M " toward the enforce.
ment of the law did not change until a
change was made in the incumbent OF tina!
office. The very men who were captains OF
| the regulators mentioned continued TO Ds
| deputy sherifrs until very recently, although
| it must have been known to the sheriff that
they were guilty of the acts Indicated. and
were under indictment for the graver crimes
committed at the Coronado. Had the su
|
sheriff. and in my opinion he could havs
| prevented the lawlessness complained OF
had he SO desired the naTTay the
| jorlty believe to be naturally law-ablding
would not have been themselves In turn In
| timidated by the turbulent minority into al,
acquiescence in the acts Of their fellows.
| which produced the reign of terror and the
crimes committed in the terrible ri ss and fntsl
1t is worthy Of note that at no time since
the arrival of the state troops In Leadville
Of that district Indicated that the authority
OF law could be sustained II they should be
All parties, Including such members Of
the miners union as have conversed with.
have to me urged that the troops were
necessary. and. with rare exceptions. indi.
Gated 1t would be criminal on my part to
| withdraw the troops, In view OF the conai'
., nans7 s IN Rosa ha bee aasss sna that hss
course should be adopted. Within few
days an honorable man has been selected to
s@s S ss ss sttss
nenbant GHaTa Sl Was seeesd to
the arduous duties OF the office of sheriff o.
a change In the situation. Indicating thai
| while willing to AFFORD him every support
sosh st % With ss
confronted him, would consider the I'm
mediate withdrawal of the troops: In the
selection Of the new sheriff. i caused the
force to be diminished. believing that a IA
vorable change was taking place; % A. the tht
| expressed the desire that no further troops
be withdrawn for the present and because
| in my opinion. from all the facts. both OF
record and from all sources until the sherin
| shall have had time to reorganize his ofhct
and acquaint himself fully with the situn
tlon from the standpoint of an official. the
| presence of the troops Is necessary to tins
| maintenance of ORDER I stopped further de
| petion of the force.
| I
order of things in the sheriff's office Of
Lake county, In very short time the troop;
| the peace and the supremacy of the law Dc
maintained at the hands of the local author
bS Sf have ee been during IN tss Whole period
| Arbitr ton.
The subject of arbitration Is considered
In the message at some length, and he recon-
mends the creation of a state board Of arbi
tration similar to that of Massachusetts. oi
the working Of that law he says:
1t is not an experiment there and theiI
legislation is well dlgested and has pro
duced excellent results. satisfactory aiikt
to employers and employees. saving botf
and the demoralizing results of either strike,
or lockouts BY 1t the rights of neither side
G Th hsass st St tnsI9
theless, it is rare that either refuses to sub
NIT to the mediation Of the board whether
general or local, or refuses to abide by tht
results. The board has power to conpe
witnesses to attend. to testify and to- sub
nit their books to inspection. and may have
and usually do have, experts not interested
In the controversy to pass upon such points
as are deemed too technical for the ordinary
witnesses, to furnish and to supply tech
meal knowledge to the board. The board !,
paid by the state. The cost to the state ir
1885. In Massachusetts, for this state board
Of arbitration and conciliation, was $40,
| 0S2.16.
Among other recommendations in the mes
sage are the following: That coal mine su
perintendents he required to pass an exam
nation; that Denver be allowed to elect 1t
own officers; that the amendment regarding
mining leases passed by the last Legislature
I be repealed, and clause substituted reQuir
: ing the recording of leases; that the CLAIM
, of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd 70
. caring fer incorrigible girls be paid.
Request Of the Dauntless
Cincinnati, Jan. "a special to tn
,, Commercial Tribune from Jacksonville