Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-09
COMPANIES OF MILITIA READY
TO HASTEN TO CRIPPLE
CREEK DISTRICT.
OF LYNCHING

ARMED POSSES ana Are threatened
With Deportation - Meeting At
Cripple Creek This Afternoon.
: Aas *& IS 50 > .
Denver, COL, June z. 1t is =
reported at the, capitol that troops =
from Colorado Springs and neigh y
boring cities will be ordered to :
Victor before night. Fears that the y
town will be burned are enter .
tanned by every one familiar with =
the feeling now existing. Nearly =
500 troops are now mobilized and 8
+ can be rushed to the Cripple
: Creek district on short notice. y
Cripple Creek, Col, June q
Two thousand people are congre- :
gated this afternoon at the citi- y
zens' alliance headquarters for a y
mass meeting which is to be ad- y
dressed by the mine owners and =
business men. Armed squads are y
: still searching for several sus- =
pected men. !"
Lynching is freely talked of and
almost every man is a walking =
: arsenal.
Cripple Greek, Colo, June An y
= armed posse of 300 deputy sher-
y ifs is now securing the hills of the
y Cripple Creek district with the OBJ
= ject Of rounding up every union
. man and ioafer In the camp. They
= will be escorted to the county lines :
. and warned to never again return =
. to Teller county. The union men =
3 are we'll armed and say they will =
. resist any attempt at deportation.
4 = &&A 80 =
Cripple Creek, June Z. = Two more
names were added today to the list
of those killed by the Independence
dynamiting They are:
GEORGE S. HENDERSON.
FRED BECKLEY
1t is believed that the bodies of sew
eral others were blown to atoms and
that the remains are at the bottom OF
the hole made by the tremendous ex
plosion.
Denver, Colo, June Z. - While the
early reports today from Victor ant
Cripple Creek indicate that semi-peace
full conditions prevailed, fears of an
other outbreak at any moment are gen
eral Throughout the night squads o.
citizens reinforced by detail of mi
litia Travelled over the district making
q rrocta ,,pfi1 nouy tho hill NON 4, flIoc
with 200 or more prisoners.
Officials In Prison.
The city marshals of Anaconda
Goldfield and independence are among
the prisoners.
Rioting At Victor.
Victor, Col, June 7-Rioting broke
out in this city early last evening while
a mass meeting was being held to dis
cuss the explosion at independence
yesterday when twelve non-union min
ers We're killed by the dynamiting OF
the depot where they were waiting fol
a train. Forty shots were fired into
a crowd in the street. Two were kill
ed and six persons at least injured
The dead:
R. MCGEE, of Victor, shot through
the heart.
ROBERT sINCLAIL, died in hospi
tai.
Of the injured VIM. Hoskins and
Alfred Miller, both of Goldfield, may
die.
Secretary Hamlin, of the Mine Own
ers' association, concluding short ad
dress, said:
Union Miner Starts Trouble.
Il want to hear what the boys ir
the mines have got to say about this
trouble"
William Hoskins,a union miner from
Goldfield, asked to be heard, and was
Kissed by the crowd. A free-for-al
fight followed and shooting began
Most of the shots were directed sky
ward. Hoskins fell with bullet il
his body and the crowd scattered ii
every direction.
Victor Sheriff Resigns.
Previous to the rioting Sheriff Rob
ertson was summoned to the meetins
of the Mine Owners association a
Armory hall, where his resignation
was demanded. The county commits
sioners Immediately appointed Edward
Bell sheriff
1000 Armed Men Assemble.
The Marty mine district was CLOSED
by order of the mine association, ant
hundreds of miners focked into tow
from the surrounding hills. Full,
1000 supporters of the association
gathered about the Armory, where
was meeting. At the same time 100
armed men were assembling at tn
corner Of Victor avenue and Fourtl
streets in response to call for mas
meeting. Most of these were uniol
men who declared they intended t
resist to the death any attempt to rul
them out of the district
Order Out All Troops.
Marshal O'Connell hurriedly swor