The silver star. (Dolores, Colo.) 1897-1901, 1899-06-23


were recently sent TO Cheyenne from
the East to b, used between Cheyenne
and Sidney, Nebraska. are not proving
ms satisfactory as was expected. Ii
was claimed that the locomotives
which are the largest in use by the
Union Pacific. would haul sixty-hve
loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, nut
thus far they have only been able to
haul fifty loads. Trainmcn are OF the
opinion now that the new locomotives
will not materially affect the working
force OF train and engfnemen on the
Union,Pacific
A mass meeting of the miners of the
northern district was held Mt Lafayette
Wednesday. The following resolution
was adopted: THAT eight hours shall
constitute n days work. with n cores
ponding reduction in pay This was
carried almost unanimously. The ma
jority against a strike was about 10 to
!. The action of the miners was re-
ceived with satisfaction by the people
of the community. 1t was resolved
TO start work ut Z a. IN. and quit Mt II
Il. M. this to constitute half n days
work. and to start mt n. nj. and quit
at $3.50. with half an hour for dinner,
this to constitute a full days work.
About 500 men are working in this dis
trict.
Two prisoners escaped from the pen
itentiary at Canon City the other after
noon. They We're William Lewis. No.
410S. and Fred Price. No. 1906. Their
vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has
instituted n new ruling since he took
charge by which the whole town is
aroused when there is an escape. The
signal. which is prolanged blast from
the steam whistle. sounded at 4 o'clock
and within fifteen minutes 100 men
and boys We're in pursuit of the refu-
gees. At , o'clock the convicts were
back in the pen. having been captured
by Chaplain Rudolph and two boys.
Will Hannigan and Paul Forney. 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 We're
working on the limestone quarries and
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
n 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 n high degree Coal
Greek, which runs through the town
in diagonal course, has been swollen
to an abnormal degree and has gone on
rampage through the principal
streets. filling them with debris, wash
ing away culverts and sidewalk fOun-
daions and flooding number of
houses. The streets are practically
impossible and the depot unapproach-
able. \ 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 n
large force of men are now Mt work,
but the water will be higher tonight
than ever.
The Miners Bank OF Creole closed
Its doors mt 2:15 o'clock Wednesday.
Later 1t 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 IL not
known. but that Is commonly ac-
ccpted as the cause. The three hanks
are under the management Of d. ].
Maben. who Is president OF each con-
Germ. He IL absent In Denver, and for
this reason II Is announced no figures
can now he made public AZ to the AS
sets and liabilities of the several in
situations. Great excitement prevailed
In Creole. ms the Miners was the only
bank In that place. and many mer-
chants and mining companies had de
posits there. The cashier would give
tnTnrlnn Mt s.s. 90. Al.
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 Creole. In response. he
said, to 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-
celved messages from Buffalo. advising
them that II detail Of mounted militia
Ind been sent across the Big Horn
mountains 10y way Of Spring Creek and
Red Bank to Thcrmop0lis to intercept
the train robbers should they cross the
.g Horn basin. Another detail was
sent 10 the IOlc-in-the- Will country.
from there to gO ncrOss the Big Horn
range by the n II trail. The cOmbinn-
ton which Inns set out 10 run the ban
dts TO cnrth II u powerful one. The
general government has instructed the
United Stntcs innrsllnl Of Wyoming
to employ NIL the men necessary and 10
continue the chnsc until the outlaws
are captured. The Wyoming state nu-
th0rities have called ont the state mi
lltin. equipped them In cowboy style.
and sent them Ia the assistance Of the
marshal. The Union Pacific Inns n large
force or officers and n pick Of blood
hounds In the field. while nearly every
| sheriff Of eastern md northern Wyo
ininR In serving with some one Of the
posses. II hns been decided TO mike II
u nght 10 u finish. md the chase will