Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-18
ITEMS FROM DENVER.

Grafton OF Miners, OF which Edward
Boyce is president. and the other the
Western Labor Union. the head or
which Is Daniel Mcdonald of Butte.
Montana. The delegates to the two
gatherings met in joint session during
the morning and to this the public was
admitted. but In the afternoon both got
down TO active business In separate
halls In the same building, only the del
eGates being given entrance TO the pro-
ceedinGs.
1t Will bc AT least n week before the
South Park line OF the Colorado 4
Southern Il in operation through Platte
canon. Superintendent Dyer estimating
that IL will require that time TO COM
pletr repairs of the damages caused by
the flood OF the Goose creek dam over
flow. Five thousand additional sacks
OF sand were shipped to the canon.
making 222.0Oo used To make 'nn en-
bankmcnt TO divert the course OF the
river from the new path that II selected
for itself after the Hood. aud send II
back tn where II foE6lcrly flowed.
pile driver was also sent MP, TO drive
piles for n temporary bridge that will
span the worst part OF the wnslout.
Between 900 and i11 miners en-
ploycd Tx the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company nt Sopris, camp located
about i've miles west OF Trlnldad.wcnt
out ON n strike Monday morning. The
men assert that the company has not
il.cn glvIn. them correct weights on
the coal mined. They also say that
they ARE arbitrarily compelled to pay
two per cent. of their earnings Tor
Insurance. The strikers held tw" meet.
inGs to-day. Everything was quiet and
orderly and after discussing the mat
ter. they appointed commltic TO walt
on the officials OF the company and pre-
sent the gTicvnnccs. In the meantime
they decided TO return to work to-
morrow morning.
Accommodating the two howIizcrs
which have bccn received 10y the adJu-
tnnt general for display ON the State
Capitol grounds. or In the War Relic
collection, us souvenirs nf the valor
NJ the Colorado regiment nj Manila.
copies of several letters were received
which greatly lncrrasr the value Of the
guns. These letters set forth jus; how
and when the trophies We're secured.
and the letter of General Greene high
Is praises the Colorado regiment for Its
lighting qualities. In transmitting tu
Adjuinui General Dv-rmy-r the corr.
sIl1ud-nC- aud the br,srch'loahIns
huwliE-r-, General Irving Hale. form.
-rIy colonel oI the Colorado regiment.
says: These Hrr two OF the guns that
helped to entertain u while We w-r-
In the trenches"
officials OF the railroads Interested
-Sprcss no doubt that til" sale OF the
Colorado Midland will h. completed be-
tween May 18th and June 18th. The
transfer ho1ks for voting trust ccriih-
Gates will close next Friday and viii
-. a
u majority OT the stockholders has sig.
niii-d approval aud there remains only
some stock held In England tn b. heard
from. The trustees nrc empowered To
make the sale. The stock viii pass in.
io the control Of the Colorado s South.
rrn nnd tho Rio sraudr Western rail.
ruads. The preferred stock will sell
for ssSp share and the common stock
for Si"5n There j. no probability now
that the Denver 4 Rio Grlndc will nc.
Iuir- any Interest In. much ltss con.
trnl. II the Midland stock. but II will
pass 10 the owncrs of the two railroads
named.
The Court II Appeals rendered sever
NJ d'~'isiuns uu the 18th. \ rrhcaring
NJ the test east against Dulph Dome
dian. HrvusF1i nf violating tlr wine
room uUlinnuc-. was refused. The ju.
,licial finding was that II the ordnance
wns construed ns the city Of Denver
claimed Il should L. even the hotels
would have q hard task In keeping
from violating IT, The building OF
county court house In Alamo square or
Acacia Park. In Colorado Springs. will
not H. permitted. The county commits
sioncF- proposed to erect court house
on public square. and several citizens
brought suit to restrain them from 80
doing ON the ground that these squares
had ltC"u dedicated FOR Use ms public
parks nni after twenty nine years ser.
vice ~ such could not bc diverted from
the original u$c to which they had been
put. The decision Of the II rnso court
Is reversed.
The rnrrICssncSs 81 Jacob Watkins
in taking the hridlc on nm unruly horse
Tuesday Afternoon. l. the direct cause
Of the death Of Watkins wife. Sarah.
the dangerous injury Of Joseph knl.
inpnson. n nCighbur'S child. and the
brrisinE Of Harry Knlmcnson and Leo
Watkins. When Watkins toofr Of the
hridlc. the horse. hitchrd to light cx.
press wagon. was standing before =.
VI. ConiCk's harness shop, ThirtcCnih
and Market. In the wagon sat Mrs.
Watkins and tn" three children. Quick
rs a flash. the horse. relieved nf the
hridlc. dashed down Market street to.
wapl the Watkins house. No. l43T
Eleventh street. \ sharp turn around
the corner Of Eleventh and Market and
the woman and thrrp little boys wCrc
thrown violently to the ground The
woman struck spuntrly On her head
and suffered fractured skull She
lived ten minutes and died In great
pain In her home. only thirty feet from
the spot where she was fatally hurt.
\ special to the Republican from
Cripple Creek says: \ new batch of
sales Of mining claims in the Poverty
GulCh section has become public
through the recording Of dcr,Is. -Four
groups that will fit into the hig comb.
nation hav just changed owners. and
the supposed purchasers are easily
traced to ". :. Strntiun These com