Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-15
Wholesale Arrests.

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are not members of the league, issued by Judge
Overs, who is filling the place of Judge DeFrance
during the 1atter's absence i'll California. These
warrants charged the citizens with having made
threats, and cited them to appear forthwith before
the Judge. While this action not unexpected
still there was considerable Indignation expressed
by many, as it was deemed wasteful and causeless
drain upon the county Golfers, which not any
too full at the best. There no attempt made to
evade the summons, however,-in fact there were
cases where the parties wanted had to introduce
themselves to the sheriff, they wished to get
through with the disagreeable business
possible.
The blowing up of the transformer house of the
Sun and Moon property, in which one of the per-
petrators, member of the local miners union,
was killed by his dynamite, fixed the stig-
ma of the act upon the organization to which he
belonged in the minds of many of our citizens
that number of arrests were made of walking del
egates and officers of the union. This was followed
by of these being quietly, but firmly requested
to go to other scenes.
We have in a prior issue published the reason
given for the ordering out of the men who
arresting citizens of Idaho Springs by the whole
sale, to speak They deemed inimical TO
the peace and welfare of the camp because of their
associations and general behavior. 1t was believed
by many that they had guilty knowledge of the
Sun and Moon incident and if they remained here
free to breed trouble and dissatisfaction that other
calamties would be visited upon us.
Notwithstanding the fact that these men were
requested to leave for congenial associations
and that they deemed unsafe residents in
this community upon their arrival in Denver they
were received with open arms by the Western
Federation of Miners and by various unions, with
driven from home and friends without cause
Their cause was taken up by the yellow Post and
the organ of Tom Pattersons law office, both
evidently melted solely by mercenary motives and
not by that higher journalism that leads to invest
igation and fair dealing
The swearing out of these warrants and the ar
resting of 81 of the leading members of the citizens
alliance of this place is the natural result of all
this agitation.
Forty-three of the men summoned proceeded to
Georgetown on the morning train, the balance
being summoned later by Under Sheriff Peck and
going up Tuesday night and Wednesday morning
Their appearance before Judge Overs did not prove
to be of the pleasing nature, from the start
they treated criminals than the
dynamiters who blew up the transformer house.
They were denied their plea for time to consult
with their attorneys, and were informed that they
must Immediately furnish bonds in the sum of $500
each for their appearance at the December term of
court and to keep the peace meantime. The banks
of Idaho Springs offered to put up a lump sum to
TO cover the amount of the bonds, but this was
denied upon the plea that the banks were guilty
ofcompciiy in the socalled mob Not one of the
parties arrested who was member of the citizens
alliance of this place could go his anothers
bond Even cash was refused in one case. All
were informed that the bonds must be signed by
parties outside of the Springs, and at once. This
meant that Georgetown citizens must be appealed
to. 1t is noteworthy that in this case as in Others
Georgetown proved equal to the occasion. Her
citizens without exception voluntarily offered to put
all up the surety needed. This saved some of the
newer the modification of probably repos-
ing in the county bastile and which contingency
looked very probable at one time. The action of
the citizens of Georgetown in this showed a
confidence in the recttude of the intentions of the
business people of this place that is very crafty
ing Idaho Springs and that will not be forgotten
In addition to the binding of 70 odd of our
citizens to the December term of court, separate
suits have been instituted against few of them for
damages by three of the men exiled from Idaho
Springs, calling for $4,000 in each case.
As to the parties suspected of completely
in the destruction of the Sun and Moon
transformer house, after preliminary sparring be-
tween Attorneys Talbot and Richardson before
Justice Morris Thursday afternoon, the following
were placed under bonds to appear the 10th:
A. l. Bean, John Crimmons, Pat O'Brien, Howard
Tresidder, Thomas Walsh, Ed. Carter, Joe Carbon
etti, Frank Napolis, J. E. Chandler, Joe Roehrl,
D. c. Copley, NJ. j. Riley. A. D. olcott L. T. Ben
der Con O'Brien, ED Compton, charged with con-
spring with Philip Fire to destroy said building
Another chapter added to the trouble yes
terday afternoon when Sheriff Sandberg came to
this city and served copy of the injunction on