The Lamar register., 1899-06-21


was claimed that the locomotives
which are the largest in use by the
MON Pacific, would haul s.xiy-five
loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but
thus far they have only been able TO
haul nfiy loads. Trninmeu are OF the
opinion now tha, the new locomotives
viii not materially affect the working
force OF train a.d cnginemcn on the
Union Pacific.
A mass meeting Of the miners Of the
northern district was held nj Lafayette
Wednesday. The following resolution
was adopted; THAT eight hours shall
constitute days work. with CORES.
T-nndinE reduction In pay This was
carried almost unanimously. The ma.
iority against Il strike was about 10 TO
j. The action Of the miners was r,s-
ceive,l with satisfaction by the people
OF the community. II was resolved
To start work At a. IN. and Qu.t at IL
y. N. this TO constitute half days
work, and 70 start at ! n. III. and quit
At 3spo. with half an hour for dinner.
this 10 constitute full days work
About 500 men aFe working In this dis
trict-
Two prisoners escaped from the pen
itsntiary at Canon City the other after.
noon, They were William Lewis. No.
ftuS, and Fred Price. No. 42aG Their
vacation was brief. Warden HOyt has
Instituted a new ruling since he took
charge by which tho whole town Is
aroused when there IL an escape. The
signal which Is q pruiaugrd blast from
the ste1m whistle, sounded at ! o'clock
AMI within aftrcu minutes 100 men
and boys wers In pursuit OF the rrfu-
gcs'S- At ; o'clock the couviCts wcrs
hack In the pen. having t@srn captured
by Chaplain Rbudnsph ard Two boys.
VIII HanuiElu and Paul Foruey. The
captors had SiO1 divided between
them. this being the amount offered by
the warden The men wer,s only four
hinrks from the peuitcntinry when they
were captured. having taken refuge in
an old adolc house. The inen weTr
working on the limestone quHrrlcs and
quietly walked away while the guard
was not booking In their direction.
\ dispatch from Crested Bate on the
18th said: For the past eighteen hours
Crested Butte has been Inundated with
= flow uf water, The excessively warm
weather at the past several days has
caused the snow in the high basins 10
melt very rapidly with the result that
all the streams in this viclnaSc have
i~r-n sweiied 10 a high degree. Coal
Greek, which runs through the town
Ia a diagonal course. has been swollen
10 an abnormal degree and has gone on
rampage through the principal
stTrc,S tiiilng them with debris. wash
ing away cuiyerts and sidewalk fOun-
tatious and flooding a number OF
houses The streets are practically
iInpSssahie and the depot Huapproach-
81 a . L. -
Ing for the last wcrk In an effort 20
stem the tide OF the water. but their
efforts were una aTaIlinE to any great
extent Every team tn town and
large force OF men are bow at work,
but the wafer win - higher tonight
than ever.
The Miner Bank OF Creede closed
Its doors at =. . o'clock Wednesday
Later II was announced that the banks
AZ Mnutc Vista and Hooper. operated
under the same management. had also
closed. NHc'lsF the failures are due
To the threatened business conditions
caused by the sneiter strike Is not
known, but thar Is commonly ac-
crpted as the cause, The three banks
are under the aHaEemeut Of ID. ].
Mahcn. who Is president OF each con
ccTn lie Is absent in Denver. and for
This reason Il = announced no figures
can now IL made public as TO the as
seFs and liabilities OF the several in
stitutIons. Great excitement prevailed
in Creede, as the Miners was the only
bank in that place. and many mcr-
chants and mining companies had de
nOslts there. The cashier would give
no Information other thar to state that
the doors We're closed on orders from
President Maben from Denver. Presi-
deaf u. ]. Mahen was at the Albany
yesterday and left on last evenings
early train for Crcede. In response, he
said. to a telegram. Later the news
OF the three banks closing was made
public In Denver.
Adjutant General Sitter and Gov
crnor Richards of Wyoming have re
cclved messages from Buffalo. advising
them that a detail of mounted militia
had been sent across the Big Horn
mountains by way of Spring Creek and
Red Bank to ThermopollS to intercept
tue train robbers should they cross the
-. x Horn basin. Another detail was
sent to the UOle-in-the-Wall country,
from there to go across the Big Horn
range by the \ II trail. The cOmbina-
tion which has set ont TO run the ban
IlIIs TO earth is powerful one. The
general government has instructed the
limited States marshal of Wyoming
10 employ all the men necessary ana TO
continue the chase until the outlaws