The state herald., 1899-07-14

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taken before Justice Minor for trial
and acknowledged his guilt. Sixty min
utes was given him to leave town.
There is no change in the situation OF
the Baldwin coal miners strike. Pres.
ident Van Mater of the Alpine Coal
Company was there Sunday and went
up to the Baldwin to confer with the
men. He made them Il proposition OF
paying the old scale of wages-G5 cents
per ton for fOrked cOal--for the next
two months, until he could get new coal
contracts, offering to replace the forks
which they had destroyed two weeks
ago without charge. The union held Il
consultation and declined the offer, re-
fusing to mine any forked coal They
offered to mine shovel coal for 50
cents. The president declined, and
thus the matter stands. Both sides are
| firm and there seems to be no chance
of settlement. The miners are in poor
circumstances. as they have worked
scarcely any since January list. Num-
bers OF them are leaving and only
about fifty remain in the camp.
The trunk lines between the Missouri
river and the Colorado and California
summer resorts are now handling nm
extraordinary passenger traffic, which
for the most part Is moving westward.
1t Is estimated that II carload of this
business originates at Omaha every
day and that fully 1000 tourists reach
Denver daily. This business scatters,
some OF II going to California and some
TO the Puget Sound country. Eastern
passenger men report the movement Is
bound to continue for at least thirty
days. They are making n specially of
the mountain resorts this year, and say
they are engaged in n campaign OF
education to induce eastern people to
90 to the Rocky mountains rather than
take n sea voyage. The summer tour
list business this year is certain TO at
tain proportions never before reached
In the history of American railroads.
a dispatch from Helena says Judge
Knowles, in the United States court.
has signed n warrant for the removal
of David Putty and Bud Nolan, the
two outlaws who wcrs captured in
Beaverhcad county and are believed 10
have been implicated in the hold-up of
The Union Pacific train near Wilcox,
Wyoming. Officers will leave for Og-
den at noon tomorrow TO convey the
prisoners TO Cheyenne They have
been positively identified as Putty and
Nolan. and are being taken East to
answer to charges of robbing post
offices at Woolton and Big Piny. Re
cent adviccs. however, are to the ef-
! feet that the Wyoming authorities have
card up their sleeves, and that the
men when safely lodged in the Chey-
enne Jail will he Informed against for
the robbery Of the train. District At
torncy Timothy Burk thinks the gov
ernment will be able to connect them
with that outrage, although they are
admitted now not TO be the original
Roberts brothers, whom the officers
We're looking for when they set out.
Secretary of State Chattcrton of
Wyoming. who is secretary of the new
railroad company known as the Wyo-
ming Southern. which is now engaged
In building line from Fort Steele, on
the Union Pacific, to Saratoga. has re-
| turned from Omaha. where he has been
for several days In consultation with
officials of the Union Pacific relative 10
| traffic arrangements between the two
roads. The Wyoming Southern has
consummated the purchase OF 10000
railroad ties which were seized from
j. c. Teller of Denver last spring, as
the hitter had cut them from govern
ment land. The railroad company paid
cash for the ties mt the rate OF ~ cents
per tie. the transaction amounting to
$4,000. This deal dlspcls all doubt
which may have prevailed heretofore
regarding the building of the Wyo-
ming Southern. The work OF grading
the line VIII he commenced nt once and
the steel will be laid as soon as the
grade Is completed. II Is safe TO saw
the road will be in operation not later
than October LIST.
The grading OF the new Burlington
railroad from Alliance. Nebraska. to
liartvillc, Wyoming. is being pushed
rapidly. Between Alliance and Camp
Clark, on the North Platte river, men
and teams are ms thick and busy ms
flles. Some heavy work X necessary
ON this portion of the line. especially
lust this side OF Camp Clark, where
nils OF seventy feet deep win have TO
be mndc, From Camp Clark up the
river through Scott's Blum country. the
grnding is practically completed TO the
wyoming line. n distance of sixty
miles. From the Wyoming state line
10 Hnrtvllle the cross.scctlonIng has
been completed and the grading work
VIII begin at once. The rond from Al.
lance To liartvillc VIII be In running
operation by the LIST OF September
some say the 10th Of August. II Is un.
derstood here that grading win begin
on the line To Brush. Colorado, via Sid.
ney, Nebraska, and Sterling, Colorado,
ny the list OF August, from both ends
OF the line, and that the LIST OF Noycm.
Der VIII see the burlington 4 Missouri
trains of the new line entering Denver.
The enrdlng OF the Brush line would
he now In progress had II not been for
me sudden necessity confronting the
burlington 4 Missouri OF heading on
the Union Pacific from Hershey by nm
Immediate building OF the Iinrtyllle
branch.
In his report TO the pcnltcntlary CON
mlssionors Warden lioyt gives us the
Following figures: "Dcccmbcr 30, isgs
there were In the pcnitcntlnry 5pO
prisoners. During the six months end
ing June 10, 1879. lis were committed
10 the prison. los were discharged on
expiration Of sentence. and was par.
doncd. -Four were transferred To the
Insane asylum Mt Pueblo. \ so the rc.
forinntory nt liucna Vista. and . died,
while :. convlcts ARE employed on the
state ronds. From this gnng there
have been three escapes, but all have
been tccnptlircd. During the first four
months OF lsoD. before I took posses.
sion of the Institution. sI0,I2i.iG WINS
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