The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-27
LARGE GANG OF TOUGRSl
Attacked The Roosevelt Party 10 Cripple
Creek District.
ONE MAN STRUCK GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT
Rotten Potatoes. stale Eggs and
sticks and stones We're Used
by the AssRiiauts.

Cripple Creek, Colo, September &C.
Governor Roosevelt had most exciting
experience today at Victor. few MES
from Cripple Creek, among tho miners,
where demonstratiye crowd had as
sembled.
The governor had a narrow eNape from
serious personal violence.
The incident was the only one OF the
kind that has occurred during the prog
ress OF tho trip and 1t As said that the
trouble was occasioned by small body OF
roughs who had been organized and paid
for the purpose OF breaking up the meet
ing, The men engaged were few In num-
Der. but were violent in their attack.
Governor Roosevelt spoke at Armory
hall. which was filled. He had hardly be-
gun speaking when he was interrupted by
noisy demonstrations, He said: In my
State the men who were put en- the COM
mittee on platform to draw up an anti
ton had at that time their pocke.s
stuffed with ice trust stock The demo-
cratic leader in New York, Richard Croh-
er, upon whom you base your only hope
and 1t is a mighty slim hope, too-was an
other great stakeholder and, in fact, II
you were to go through the list of stock
hoiders in that trust 1t would sound like
reading the roll of the members of Tam
many hail.
A voice cried: 'what about the rotten
beefY'
The governor replied II alto II, and
you viii never get near enough to be hit
with a bullet, or within Ave miles OF IT.
Governor Roosevelt succeeded in finish
ing his remarks, though there was an evil
dent intention among some OF those pres
ent that he should not do SO. When the
governor left the hall with HE party to
10 toward the train he was surrounded by
a company of Rough Riders, commanded
by sherman Bell He was also ac-
companied by General Irving Hale of Col
orado, United states Senator Wolcott
Frank c. Cloudy candidate for governor
of Colorado, and several others.
Governor Roosevelt and his party were
on foot. A crowd of boys and men began
throwing stones. Rough Riders. mount
ed and unmounted, closed in around the
governor to protect him from assault by
tho mob One man made personal at
tack on Governor Roosevelt and succeed
ed in striking him blow on the breast
with stick. The assailant was immedi-
ately knocked down by Daniel NJ. Suili-
van. postmaster of Cripple Greek.
a rush was then made by the mob to
drag The mounted men in khaki uniforms
from their horses. The men on foot. also
In khaki, closed In around the governor
making a wedge which pushed through the
crowd and they finally succeeded In gain.
ing the train, which was surrounded D,
the mob.
BY this time there were probably 1906
or 1900 excited people in the vicinity ant
fisticuffs were exchanged on all sides
Many of the mob were armed with stick'
and clubs some with rotten potatoes,
stale eggs and tomatoes. The p--s~ re.
gained the train, however, without seriouI
injury and 1t pulled out OF the place with
the Rough Riders on the rear platform
Governor Roosevelt, while regrettng Tho
occurrence, was not disturbed by the in
cldent and was ready to proceed With hii
speeches In Cripple Creek.
/ The Roosevelt party left Denver at 9:fi
a. M. in a special train over the Denver
aud Rio Grsnde railroad The first sto,
WAS made at Castle Rock Colorad,
Springs was reached at noon and aftel
stopping here for about an hour the ggv'
ernor proceeded over the Colorado Mid
land and Midland Terminal railroads t
the Cripple Creek district.