The Springfield herald., 1899-06-23
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

The new LOO class engines which
were recently sent to Cheyenne from
the East to be used between cheyenne
and Sidney. Nebraska, are not proving
as satisfactory rs was expected. III
was claimed that the locomotives
which are the largest in use by the
Union Pacific, would haul siXty-hve
loads from Sidney to Cheyenne put
thus far they have only been aDie 10
haul fifty loads. Trainmen are OF the
opinion now that the new locomotives
will NOT materially affect the working
force of train and enginemen on the
Union Pacific,
A mass meeting of the miners OF lne
Northern district was held ut Lafayette
Wednesday. The following resolution
was adopted: THAT eight hours shall
constitute Il days work. with cores
pondiug reduction in pay. lnis was
carried almost unanimously. Ihe ma
jorty against 4 strike was about ~ TO
/ The action of the miners was re-
ceived with satisfaction by the people
of the community. 1t was resolved
to start work at Il. IN. and quit NJ IL
II. m. this to constitute half II DAY
work. and to start at n. IN. ana quit
at $40. with half an hour for dinner,
About 500 men are working in this as
trct.
Two prisoners escaped from the pen
itentiary ut Canon City the other after
noon. They We're William Lewis. NO.
41OS. and Fred Price. No. i226. lheir
vacation was brief Warden Hoyt has
instituted new ruling since he TOOK
charge by which the whole town Is
aroused when there is an escape. Inc
signal. which is Il prolanged blast from
the steam whistle, sounded at O'clock
and within fifteen minutes 100 men
and boys were in pursuit of the refu-
gees. At > o'clock the convicts We're
back in the pen, having been captured
by Chaplain Rudolph and Two boys
VIII Hannignn and Paul Forncy. The
captors had 500 divided between
them. this being the amount offered by
the warden. The men We're only four
blocks from the penitentiary when they
were captured. having taken refuge IN
an old adobe house. The men were
working on the limestone quarries ana
quietly walked away while the guard
was not looking in their direction.
A dispatch from Crested Butte on the
18th said: For the past eighteen hours
Crested Butte has been inundated with
Il flow of water. The excessively warm
weather of the past several days has
caused the snow in the high basins to
melt very rapidly with the result that
all the streams in this vicinage have
been swelled to high degree. Coal
Creek. which runs through the town
in diagonal course, has been swollen
to an abnormal degree and has gone on
IA rampage through the principal
ing away culverts and sidewalk foun-
dations and flooding Il number of
houses The streets are practically
impossible and the depot unapproach-
able A force of men has been work
ing for the last week in an effort to
stem the tide of the water, but their
efforts were unavailing to any great
extent. Every team in town and
large force of men are now Mt work,
but the water will be higher tonight
than ever.
The Miners Bank of Creede closed
Its doors mt 2:15 O'Clock Wednesday.
Later il was announced that the banks
at Monte Vista and Hooper, operated
under the same management. had also
closed Whether the failures are due
to the threatened business conditions
caused by the smelter strike is not
known. but that is commonly ac-
cepted as the cause. The three banks
are under the management of ID. j.
Maben. who is president of each CON
Germ. He is absent in Denver, and for
this reason it is announced no figures
can now be made public as to the as
sets and liabilities of the several in
stitutions. Great excitement prevailed
in Creede. as the Miners was the only
bank in that place. and many mer-
chants and mining companies had de
posits there. The cashier would give
no Information other than to state that
the doors We're closed on orders from
President Maben from Denver. Presi-
dent ID. j. Maben was at the Albany
yesterday and left on last evenings
early train for Creede. in response. he
said. to n telegram. Later the news
of the three banks closing was made
public in Denver.
Adjutant General Sitter and Gov
ernor Richards of Wyoming have re
ceived messages from Buffalo, advising
them that Il detail of mounted militia
had been sent across the Big Horn
mountains by way of Spring Creek and
Red Bank To Thcrmopolis to intercept
tne train robbers should they cross the
-.g Horn basin. Another detail was
sent to the Hole-in-theWa country.
from there TO 20 across the Big Horn
range by the n ii trail. The combina-
ton which has set out 10 run the ban
dts to earth is II powerful one. The
general government has instructed the
United States marshal of Wyoming
to employ all the men necessary and TO
continue the chase until the outlaws
are captured. The Wyoming state au-
thorities have called out the state mi
litia. equipped them in cowboy style
and sent them to the assistance of the
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