The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-05
STRIKE RIOT
IN COLORADO
SEVERAL KILLED AND WOUND
ED AT TELLURIDE.
MINERS AND GUARDS FIGHT
Trouble Originates with smuggler-
Union Mines and Threatens
to Affect Others.
MINERS and GUARDS FIGHT

Denver, July "a special to the
News from Telluride, Colo, says:
The excitement which has been pre-
vailing all day over the riot in the
Smuggler- Union mine is rapidly sub
siding this evening. The controversy
has been satisfactorily adjusted for
the present and everything is quiet
in Marshal and Savage basins.
Early this morning word was re-
seived in town that there was consid-
cradle shooting going on in the Snug
gler- Union and many kinds Of rumors
were afloat. The trouble is only
part of the strike trouble, which was
probably brewing for some time.
The first rumor to reach town was
that eight or ten had been killed,
but this proved not to be true. How
ever, it is positive that Will Jordan
was shot in the right hip; Charles
Brewer, superintendent. of the mine,
had his right arm broken and badly
shattered from bullet; Shift Boss
Nicholson was shot in the head and
Mexican trimmer of the name of
J. Dujan was killed.
Jordan was brought to town about
2 O'clock this afternoon by five of the
men who were working for him on
the dump. DR.. Sheldon was called to
the Bullion tunnel to dress the
wounds of the injured men and sent
a message about noon saying that
Becker had bad arm and Nicholson,
who was shot In the head. had a
chance to live, but that was about all.
At that time these were the only men
on either side whose wounds he had
attended to.
Most Of the forenoon shots were
exchanged between miners, deputies
and guards, but at noon all was quiet,
with the exception Of few shots now
and then.
Some time this forenoon one of the
cabins near the OsWego building was
blown up, but it is impossible to
learn what damage, if any, was done.
The Liberty Bell and Tomboy min
ers have all practically gone out in
sympathy and those properties are
all idle in the way of active opera
tions. Miners were seen coming over
the range this morning from the
Ouray and Silverton sides and it is
reported that the Camp Bird and
Revenue miners are also out in SYM
pathy, but as to the last namedsprop-
critics the report cannot be verified. |
The mayor has ordered all saloons
to be closed from s p. m. until other
wise notified.
Telephone wires have been cut and
there has been no communication be-
tween the town and Smuggler hill
all day.
This afternoon the corpse of a man
was brought to town from the basin
and it was found to be John Barthell,
q Swede miner, who was killed about
the first shot fired. Barthell was fight
ing with the union miners.
The killed, as far as known, are:
JOHN BARTHELL, union miner.
J. L. DUJAN, Mexican employed
as trimmer in the mines.
Wounded: Charles g. Brewer,
mine superintendent right hip broken
and badly shattered by bullet; w.
Jordan, shift boss and deputy sheriff, |
shot through hip, no bones broken;
John Nicholson, shot through head,
will probably die; unknown man.
shot through both legs. All OF the
wounded, except the last named, are
working in the mines.
AS nearly as can be learned today
the fight was precipitated at the Sher-
idan tunnel, which is about three
quarters of mile above the Bullion
tunnel, through which the mines are
worked and where the principal |
boarding and bunk houses and other
buildings of the upper terminal tram
way are located.
During last night number Of |
union miners went up to q point near
these places and at o'clock this
morning, It is said, sent a man with
q message to the men working with
William Jordan that if fhov woy,ld