The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
Roosevelt and a Mob.
Gets a Hot Dose From the
Cripple Creek Miners.

Cripple Greek, COLO sept. 20 -
Gov. Roosevelt had most exciting
experience today at Victor, few
miles from Cripple Greek, among the
mines where a demonstrative crowd
had assembled.
The governor had a narrow escape
from serious personal violence. The
incident was the only one of the kind
that has occurred during the progress
of the trip, and it is said that the
trouble was occasioned by small
body of roughs who had been organ
lied and paid for the purpose of
breaking up the meeting The men
engaged were few in number. but
very violent In their attack
Gov Roosevelt spoke at Armory
hall, which was filled He bad bard
ly begun speaking when he was in
terrupted by noisy demonstrations.
He said:
"In ny Estate the men who were
put on the common platform to draw
up an antitrust platform at the Kan
sas City convention, bad at that time
their pockets filled with ice trust
stock. The Democratic leader in
New York, Richard Croker, upon
whom you base your only hope, and
it is mighty slim hope too, was
another great stockholder, and if in
fact you were to read through the
iist Of stockholders in that trust,
! it would sound like reading the roll
of members of Tammany hail y
A voice cried: "What about the
rotten beef"
The governor replied: IL ate it,
and you will never get near enough
to get hit with bullet or within five
miles of it"
Gov. Roosevelt succeeded in finish
ing his remarks, though there was an
evident Intention among those pre-
sent that be should not do So When
the governor left the hall with his
party to 60 toward the train, he was
surrounded by company of Rough
Riders, commanded by Sherman Bell,
one of his own soldiers in the Spanish
war. He was also accompanied by
Gen Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston
John Proctor Clarke, of New York
Geo Irving Hale of Colorado; United
States Senator Wofcott, Frank G
Goudy, candidate for governor OF
Colorado; A NJ Stevens, Lieut.
Tied and others.
Gov. Roosevelt and his party were
on foot A crowd of men and boys
began throwing stones and shouting
for Bryan. The Rough Riders,
mounted and unmounted, closed in
around the governor to protect him
from assault by the mob. One made
a personal attack upon the governor
and succeeded in striking him a blow
in the breast with q stick. The
aesailant was Immediately knocked
down by Daniel M Sullivan, post
master of Cripple Greek
A rush was then made By the mob
TO drag the mounted men from their
borses The men Oh foot closed
around the governor. making 9
wedge, which pushed the crowd and
they finally eucceeded in gaining the
trsin, which was surrounded by the
mob
By this time there were probably
1000 or 1,5e0 excited people in the
vicinity and 6sticufs were exchanged
on all sides Many of the mob were
armed with sticks and clubs and some
with rotten potatoes, stale eggs and
lemons The entire party regainee
the train, however, without seriout
injury, :nd it pulled out of the place
with the Rough Riders on the real
platfarm
Gov. Roosevelt, while regrettine
the occurrence, was not disturbed by
the incident, and was ready to pro-
ceed with his speeches in Cripple
Creek