The silver lance., 1899-07-07
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.


were recently sent to Cheyenne from
the East to be used between cheyenne
and Sidney Nebraska, are not proving
as satisfactory as was expected. II
was claimed that the locomotives,
which are the largest in use by the
Union Pacific would haul slxty-nVe
loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, put
thus far they have only been able TO
haul fifty loads Trainmen are or the
oDiniop 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 the
Northern district was held at Lafayette
Wednesday. The following resolution
was adopted: THAT eight hours shall
constitute days work, with a cores
ponding reduction in pay. This was
carried almost unanimously. Inc ma
iority against strike was about 10 to
/ The action of the miners was re-
ceiyed with satisfaction by the people
of the community. 1t was resolved
to start work at a. IN. and quit at IL
a. M. this to constitute hair day
work. and to start at a. m. and quit
at $50. with half an hour for dinner,
this to constitute a full days work.
About 800 men are working in this dis
trict.
Two prisoners escaped from the pen
itentiary at Canon City the other after
noon. They were William Lewis. NO.
41OS. and Fred Price, No. 1926. Their
vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt mas
instituted IA new ruling since he took
charge by which the whole town Is
aroused when there is an escape. Inc
signal. which is a 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 5 o'clock the cOnvicts were
back in the pen having been captured
by Chaplain Rudolph and Two boys,
VIII Hannigan and Paul Forney. The
captors had 800 divided between
them, this being the amount offered Dy
the warden. The men were 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
q 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 a high degree. Coal
Greek, which runs through the town
in a diagonal course, has been swollen
to an abnormal degree and has gone on
rampage through the principal
streets, filling them with debris, wash
N fOun-
dations and flooding 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 a
large force of men are now at work.
but the water will be higher tonight
than ever.
The Miners Bank of Creede closed
its doors at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday.
Later it 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 D. J.
Maben, who is president of each con-
cern. 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 OH orders from
President Maben from Denver Presi-
dent d. ]. Maben was at the Albany
yesterday and left on last evenings
early train for Creede. in response, he
said, to 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 a detail of mounted militia
had been sent across the Big Horn
mountains by way of Spring Greek and
Red Bank to Thermopolis to intercept
tne train robbers should they cross the
--lg Horn basin. Another detail was
sent to the Hole-in-the-Wall country.
| from there to go across the Big Horn
range by the n ii trail. The combina-
tion which has set out to run the ban
dts to earth is a 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
marshal The Union Pacific has large
force of officers and a pack of blood
! hOunds in the field while nearly avarx,