The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-13
Say They Were Well Treated by
People Everywhere.
HE BLAMES SOCIALISM.
Adjutant General Gives Out
Another Statement.
determination Of the Federation
Only Hope, He Says.
Bell Says a Big Bunch OF Mem
Will Be Hanged.

Denver, Colo, June lathe Cripple
Creek union miners, deported TO tbs
Kansas line by order of Adjutant Cen
eraI Bell, are beginning to arrive here
About Is have already reached this city.
among them John Comstoclz, who said
in an interview:
I'VE are all safe, I guess We got
off at Holly, as has been told. and those
people certainly treated US fine. They
feasted US and we have only thanks
for them. have not thought OF
whether or not I will return to the
camp The question has never come
up as yet. No. we did not suffer muchs
because the people everywhere out there
took us in and did all they could for
us"
Cripple Creek, Colo, June 13-Generai
Bell has given out a statement con-
cerning his action in deporting strikers
and the causes leading up to the same
He attributes the recent troubles grow
ing out Of the miners strike and the
strike itself, to the socialist element in
the Western Federation OF Miners. who,
he saws. captured the organization two
years. ago. He declares that the fedora
/ ton has made unionism a secondary
consideration and that the organization
root and branch is being made a vehicle
for the promotion of socialism The
leaders, he asserts, have not hesitated
to cause weak and willing members
to commit any crime to strike terror 70
property owners or s;3 WorfiIg 51infates ,.s''
/ The murder of non-union men Dy
/ I,IoU-ina l1p the Independence statlofs
he charges, was '.perpetrateu WIN - ~.
aid and advice Of federation leaueAS
1 T,xr mon in their employ
i The only hope for peace and security
Il of life and property was to toexterEfllileAes
| the federation from the camp
j Mines Are Resuming-
rr;nnIa creek. Colo, June "a
| Practically all the large mines IN ms
| district which closed down las~
| Monday after the explosion at moe
I Dandence by which more than twenty
! 2oT-Tnior miners were killed and in
! jured, are working today. lhe FoIt- F3
! land mine, which continued working
until last Thursday, when IL was
| closed by military order, has not YET
/ been reopened AND the company mas
not announced its plans. rms is lIe
| only large mine in the qlslIlcL IA
! ploved during the ten months since
| the beginning of the strike. II mas
| been conducted on the open shop
| plan and nearly half OF the 1Orcs OK
/ 400 men laid off when General Sher-
| man NJ Bell ordered the mine shut
| down were nOn-uniOn1stS- Genera1
/ RGif declares InAL 10 HAEAADGA "a liz
| Western Federation of Miners VIII De
| pernitted to remain in the camp, ana
/ that the Portland company conse-
! quently will be forced to falI IN line
with the policy of the other mine
| owners who organized to fight the
miners federation
] After a conference between repre-
sentatfves of various local unions and
! of the mine owners and the citizens
! alliance at which good feeling wa@
shown on both sides, the employers
| agreed to make a full and frank
| statement concerning their attitude
| toward all organized labor. A COM
! mittee is today preparing draft OF
| such a statement, which viii be SUD
| mftted to the central committee for
/ approval before it is made public
I Employers say that no radical action
VIII be taken except as to the West
/ ern Federation of Miners and allied
I and kindred Organizat ations. The state
ment will declare that the domination
of the Western Federation of Miners
! will no longer be tolerated in the
Cripple Creek district The walking
/ delegate and the boycott also will be
/ declared against in clear-cut terms.
The district trades assembly as now
/ constituted employers say must be
/ abandoned.
on the other hand, the employers
| of labor viii place themselves on rec
1 ord as against any lowering Of the
existing scale of wages and hours.
Matters seem to be settling down
gradually and the bitter spirit of ami
mostly winch mas prevailed between
various classes Of people seems to be
abating materially More reason and
fairness are being shown in discussing
the strike situation in all of its va
I rious phases and causes.
About 125 men are in the bull pen
at the present time. A list for de-
portatfon has been made out to be
presented to General Bell. The total
number who will be sent out today
or tomorrow viii be between so and
rs, if the list as has been prepared is
not amended by General Bell The
destination Of the next party to be
deported has not been officially an
Z nounced and Will not be until the
train is well outside Of the district 1T
is understood that the men win be
taken either to New Mexico or Utah
Lieut.. Cole and a squad have been
scouting in the neighbOrhOod of
Dunnville with a view of locating the
!. men who We're not captured bv the
military after the fight last Wednes-
day Soldiers who have returned say
they were shot at from ambush, but
were unable to locate the persons who
fired the shots.
: Say Militia Robbed Them.
Denver. June IA News special
from Granada Colo, a town about 20
miles, west of Holly. says:
A large portion of the deported
miners have arrived here. They are
on their way back to the mountains
The town hall has been rendered the
men and number have availed
themselves Of the opportunity As