The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-09
UNION MINERS AND
SOLDIERS BATTLE
The Troops Return to VIC
tor With Fifteen
Captives

Victor. Colo, June "a pitched bat
tie between the military and union
miners was fought at Dunnville, thir-
teen miles from Victor yesterday after
noon. John Carley, a union miner, was
killed The troops returned to Victoi
at 8 o'clock tonight. bringing with
them fourteen captives.
1t was reported, before a special
train left at 2 o'clock bearing a force
under General Bell. that the miners
I'm the hills about Dunnv,lle numbered
250 men and that 1t was their inten-
tion to march into Victor tonight In a
body to make an attempt to lberate
by force the inmates of the temporary
'bull pen" In Victor The force act
ually consisted of but twenty-one men
according to the statement of the num-
Der taken captive.
The officers left the train at the com
mand of General Bell. and prepared to
advance upon the camp of the un' 'onists
in regular skirmish order. AS they
emerged from a cut In which the trair
had stopped they were greeted with
q volley OF shots which came from
points of vantage in the surrounding
hills. The deputies returned the fire
to the best advantage possible and
proniscous shooting was engaged in for
ten minutes.
From the character of the firing Cen
eral Bell realized that the number
of the miners had been ove--estimated
and he had force enough to make =
general rourd-up and capture the en-
tire opposing force. Accordingly. he
divided his deputies and soldiers into
seven detachments and made a com
plete cleanup of the surrounding hills
capturing fifteen men Gnd their arms.
Cripple Creek, Colo, June v.-Telle~
county is once more under martial law
and the military is in supreme COM
mand Adjutant General Sherman Nj.
Bell and STAFF arrived In Victor eafly
today and Immediately promulgated
military rule by posting on the door OF
the armory where a large number Of
union men and sympathizers are inn
prisoned, Acting Governor Warren A.
Haggott's proclamation. General Bell
is In command and WI be assisted by
Colonel Edward verdeckberg. Two
companies of infantry are on duty,
Company l. of Victor and Company II
of this city both OF which had been
called out by the local authorities be-
fore martial law was proclaimed and
had been assisting In making numerous
arrests during the past two days.
Declaration OF military rule has al
ready had a salutary effect. All fac
tions in the camp are tired of the long
drawn out controversy and are plan
ming settlement. That the union
miners who went on strike August 10
1908. would be glad to bury the hat
chet Is shown by the publication of a
two-colmun editorial I'm the Victor
Reco' d. the mouthp ece of the Western
Fedei alton of Miners, urging that the
strike be declared off.
dispute has arisen over the in
quest on the bodies of the victims Of
the independence explosion. Coroner
James Doran. who resigned under
pressure brought to hear by the Citi-
zen's Alliance. the pressure being a
moose about his neck. accoe ding to his
statement. now says that his resigna-
tion does not go and that he viii hole
the independence inquest. He has i'm
paneled a jury for the purpose.
George Hall, the new coroner APP
pointed as Doran's successor, Is also
proceeding to conduct an inquest.
Victor Colo, June S.-The Record
owned and edited by George f. Kyner
and recognized as the official organ OF
the Western Federation OF Miners u
the Cripple Creek District. publ'she
an editorial today urging the miners &
cali off the strike which was inaugur-
ated ten months ago. The article says
THE sentiment is growing agaihsl
the Western Federation of Miners Oh
account of its continuing the strike
There are few people who believe tha'
this organization OF miners is respon-
sible for the crimes that have beer
committed here except that II the
strike had not been called and ct II,
tinued so long the dynamiting VIC ulC
not have occurred. and in thai re,
spect the strike is respons' BILE for tn,
outrage. whether there was justice II
the calling OF II or not.
"In the interest OF the men ant
womea who have made the Crippn