The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-26
10 BLOW UP AMIN
DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO wRscv
A SHAFT BY USE n-
DYNAMITE.
TWO MIN ARE INSTANTLY K,,t,
The INTERNAL MACHINE is sx.
PLooED BY THE DEcENu
ING CAGE.
MAY EMPLOY FEDERAL TROsp,
GEN. BATES ORDERED az wAo
DEPARTMENT TO INVEST.
GATE.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Nov. 24.-ohs
Mccormack, superintendent, and MOI.
win II. Beck, miner, were killed "a,
urday by an explosion in the yiasi.
Gator mine.
Officers of the Vindicator Mia,n,
company assert that the explosion wa,
caused by an Internal machine. Forr
hundred militia men have been plaees
on guard around the company's pro,.
critics.
Supt. Mccormack and Miner Beel
were descending into the mine In IN.
cage. They were the only passengers
When 1t reached the sixth level u.
explosion occurred, wrecking n.
cage and shaft and instantly killing
both men. The explosion, which wa.
terrific, was heard at the surface, ana
at first 1t vas believed to have been
An Earthquake.
The engineer hastily reversed u,
hoist, but he could not pull up Ii,
cage, and the bodies were recovered
only after several hours work. After
a thorough examination Of the shar
IL was positively asserted by officers
of the mining company that the Ell
plosion was caused by an internal ma.
chine. They assert that the inferna,
machine, containing many pounds Of
dynamite, had been placed on ID,
sixth level, which is part of the aha,-
doned workings Of the mine and with.
in a few inches of the shaft Then
loaded revolver was fixed in the shah,
with its muzzle pointing directly To-
ward the Internal machine To The
trigger of the revolver was attached
string, which was
Thrown Across the SHAFT
In such a manner that the revolver
would explode and the bullet strike the
Internal machine. Pieces of this rs
volver have been recovered from tho
bottom of the shaft. but not yestig'
of the internal machine can be found.
Sheriff Robertson, after investiga
Ing conditions in the sixth level Of the
indicator mine, comedies with the
statement OF the officials OF the con-
pany that a deliberate attempt han
been made to wreck the shaft with
dynamite. The executive COMMITTEES
of the Mine Owners and Operators as
ISOLATION has offered a reward OF So
900 for evidence leading to the arrest
and conviction Of the perpetrators
Maj Naylor and a detail OF fifty
soldiers were dispatched from Camp
GOldfeld to the mine and they took
charge of the property. No one was
allowed to approach the mine and no
one is permitted to leave. Shafts I"
other properties known to be connect
ed with the Vindicator workings are
also being guarded.
Gen. Bates to Investigate.
Washington, Nov. "a - Maj. Gen.
Bates has been ordered by the war de-
paTtment to proceed to Denver to M
vestigate the labor troubles with
view to ascertaining If there Isl
necessity for the use OF federal troops
there
Sheriff Asks for Troops.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24--Sher
iff Wilcox of Carbon county has an
pealed TO Gov. Wells TO call out tne
state troops to protect the coal nine
districts of his county, which are
cluded In the recent strike order
sued by the Mineworkers' Union o.
America. In his telegram to the ee'-
ernor, Sheriff Wilcox says:
"The local police authorities ua
deputy sheriffs are not sufficient ana
are powerless to cope with the laT
lessness and protect life and propefv
and maintain law and order. Ny n
sources are exhausted. and, thereieH'
I believe it my duty to call On you ~
governor of the state for aid and "
sistance at Scofeld, Castle Gate sns