Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
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TO SLOW UP A MINE
pEL.sERArEAr ATTEMPT TO WRECK
A SHAFT BY USE OF
DYNAMITE.
TWO MEN ARE Instantly Killed
THE INTERNAL MACHINE is Ex-
PLopEp eY THE DEcEfap.
ING CAGE.
MAY EMPLOY FEDERAL TROOPS
GEN. BATES ORDERED eY WAR
DEPARTMENT TO INvEsTi-
GATE.

| Cripple Creek, COlO., NOV. 24.-Chas.
Mccormack, superintendent, and Mel
vim H. Beck, miner, were killed Sat
urday by an explosion in the Vindi-
Gator mine.
company assert that the explosion was
caused by an internal machine. Four
hundred militia men have been placed
on guard around the company's pop
critics.
Supt. Mccormack and Miner Beck
cage. They were the only passengers.
When it reached the sixth level the
explosion occurred, wracking the
cage and shaft and instantly killing
both men. The explosion, which was
terrific, was heard at the surface. ana
An Earthquake.
The engineer hastily reversed t;,c
hoist, but he could not pull up the
cage, an1 the bodies were recovered
only after several hours work. After
a. thorough examination of the shaft
it was positively asserted by officers
of the mining company that the ex-
plOsion was caused by an Internal ma"
chine. They assert that the infernai
machine containing many pounds OF
dynamite. had been placed ON tho
sixth level, which is part of the aban.
doned workings of the mine and with
in few inches of the shaft Then
loaded revolver was fixed in the shalt.
! 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 manner that the revolver
would explode and the bullet strike the
internal machine. Pieces of this re-
! volver have been recovered from the
bottom OF the shaft. butsnot vestige
Of the Internal machine can be found.
Sheriff Robertson, after iMvestigat-
ing conditions in the sixth level of the
Vindicator mine, comedies with the
statement OF the officials of the com
pany that deliberate attempt had
been made to wreck the shaft with
dynamite. The executive committee
Of the Mine Owners and Operators as
sociation has offered a reward of $5.-
900 for evidence leading to the arrest
and conviction OF the perpetrators.
Maj. Naylor and a detail of fifty
soldiers were dispatched from Camp
! Goldfield to the mine and they took
charge of the property No one was
one is permitted to leave. Shafts on
other properties known 70 be connect
ed with the Vindicato: workings are
also being guarded.
Gen. Bates to Investigate.
| Washington, Nov. "a - Mai. Gen.
Bates has been ordered by the war de-
partmeDt to proceed to Denver to in
vestigate the labor troubles with
view to ascertaining if there is a
necessity fer the use CT federal troops
there.
Sheriff Asks for Troops. =,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24-Sher.
iii Wilcox of Carbon county has ap-
pea!ed to Gov Wells to call out the
state troops to protect the coal mine
districts of his county, which are in
cluded in the recent strike order. is
sued by the Mineworkers' Union of
America. In his telegram to the gov
ernor. Sheriff Wilcox says:
THE local police authorities and
deputy sherIf1s are not sufficient and
are powerless to cope with the law
'essness and protect life and property
and maintain law and order. My re.
sources are exhausted. and, therefore,
believe it my duty to call IN you as
governor of the state for aid and as.
sistance at Scofeld, Castle Cato and
Sunnysiae." $50